TENURED PROFESSOR
Mauricio
ESPINAL RUIZ
School of Chemistry
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Director of Postgraduate Office
Director of GED
Research Group
CONTACT
Information
mespinru@uis.edu.co
+57 (607) 634 4000
Ext. 2784
GENERAL
Biography
Professor Mauricio Espinal Ruiz is a specialist in the areas of food chemistry, chromatography (GC-MS and LC-MS), and biochemistry, with a particular focus on the kinetics of surface-active enzymes. His research centers on the technologies and structural design principles of delivery systems used to protect and transport nutrients and bioactive compounds. Additionally, he is dedicated to the physicochemical, nutritional, and functional characterization of complex food matrices.
EDUCATION AND
Qualifications
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Doctor of Science - Chemistry
Universidad Nacional de Colombia, 2016
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Master of Science - Chemistry
Universidad Nacional de Colombia, 2010
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Chemist
Universidad Nacional de Colombia, 2007
Director of Postgraduate Office
Director of
GED Research Group
CONTACT
Information
mespinru@uis.edu.co
+57 (607) 634 4000 Ext. 2784
AREAS OF
Expertise
Food chemistry
Enzymology
Chromatography
Biochemistry
OFFICE
Hours
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Thursday
9:00 a.m. – 11 a.m.
UIS Central Campus, Edificio Camilo Torres, Escuela de Química, oficina 239
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Outstanding
Works
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Pectic polysaccharides with different structural characteristics as inhibitors of pancreatic lipase
Article, Food Hydrocolloids, 2018
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Effect of Maillard Conjugates on the Physical Stability of Zein Nanoparticles Prepared by Liquid Antisolvent Coprecipitation
Article, Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 2015