Scientific Staff
BIO
Mabel Gil has a Pharmacy degree and a Ph.D. in Biology. She is a Research Professor at the Spanish Research Council (CSIC) in the Food Science & Technology Department at CEBAS-CSIC institute in Murcia, Spain. She is the head of the research group on Microbiology and Quality of Fruits and Vegetables. She has been involved in different projects of National and International private and public funds. She coordinates an expert group involved in fundamental and applied aspects that affect quality and safety of fresh produce.
RESEARCH INTEREST
Over the last years, her research activity has been focused on quality and safety aspects of fruits and vegetables, specifically, on leafy greens and fresh-cut products from pre-harvest to post-harvest operations. Her research topics deal with the study of preventive and intervention strategies implemented through good agricultural practices, and the optimization of processing operations including water disinfection in the agro-food industry, that impacts product quality and safety.
Email: migil@cebas.csic.es
Researcher ID: D-2237-2012
Representative Publications
Albolafio, S., Marín, A., Allende, A., García, F., Simón-Andreu, P.J., Abellán Soler, M., Gil, M.I. 2022.
Strategies for mitigating chlorinated disinfection byproducts in wastewater treatment plants. Chemosphere.
López-Gálvez, F., Allende, A., Gil, M.I. 2021.
Recent progress on the management of the industrial washing of fresh produce with a focus on microbiological risks. Current Opinion in Food Science, 38, 46–51.
Truchado, P., Gil, M.I., Allende, A. 2021.
Peroxyacetic acid and chlorine dioxide unlike chlorine induce viable but non-culturable (VBNC) stage of Listeria monocytogenes and Escherichia coli O157:H7 in wash water. Food Microbiology, 100, 103866. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fm.2021.103866
Albolafio, S., Tudela, J.A., Hernández, N. Ortuño, J.A., Allende, A., Gil, M.I. 2021.
Practical applications of sensor-based methodologies for monitoring peracetic acid (PAA) as a disinfectant of fresh produce wash water. Food Control. 2021. 121,107632. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodcont.2020.107632
Marín, A., Tudela, J.A., Garrido, Y., Albolafio, S., Hernández, N., Andújar, S., Allende, A., Gil, M.I. 2020.
Chlorinated wash water and pH regulators affect chlorine gas emission and disinfection by-products. Innovative Food Science and Emerging Technologies. 2020, 66, 102533 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ifset.2020.102533
Garrido, Y., Marín, A., Tudela, J.A., Truchado, P., Allende, A., Gil, M.I.
Chlorate accumulation in commercial lettuce cultivated in open field and irrigated with reclaimed water. Food Control 2020 114, 107283. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodcont.2020.107283
