JOSÉ JOAQUÍN
MUROS MOLINA

I was appointed senior lecturer at the University of Granada in 2021. In 2019, I obtained an international doctorate in Education from the Universities of Jaen and Nottingham, obtaining an extraordinary doctorate award, and an international doctorate in Nutrition from the Universities of Granada and Loughborough in 2013. Both were awarded the highest rating. I obtained a Master's Degree in Human Nutrition and a Diploma of Advanced Studies in 2008. I have three Bachelor's degrees in Sports Sciences, Nutrition and Dietetics and Educational Sciences. During my academic formation, I was the beneficiary of a University Teacher Training contract (FPU) during 2008-2012. During this period I spent three months at Loughborough University (United Kingdom) under the direction of Prof. Stuart Biddle. I was also the beneficiary of a Postdoctoral Fellow during 2015-2017. During this period, I completed a placement at the University of Nottingham, under the supervision of Prof. Michael Symonds. During this period, three articles were published in JCR journals, alongside a book chapter. Further, I learned the scientific techniques needed to assess brown adipose tissue using thermo-imaging. I also collaborated on various projects, with the most notable being that supervised by Prof. Helen Budge entitled, “The effect of extra virgin olive oil on brown adipose fat tissue”, and on which I participated on the design, data collection and analysis, and publication of findings. I have received several research awards, most notably the 17th John M Kinney Award for Paediatric Nutrition in 2017 for the article “Mediterranean diet adherence is associated with lifestyle, physical fitness, and mental wellness among 10-y-olds in Chile”, published in the journal Nutrition (10,000 dollars), the “Institute of Rioja Studies” research award for researchers under 35-years-old (6,000 euros) for the work entitled “Evaluation of health status in schoolchildren in Logrono: Influence of diet and physical activity”, and best young researcher in the area of clinical nutrition and metabolism awarded by the SENPE in 2018 (1,000 euros). With regards to scientific contributions, I have published 52 articles in Journal Citation Reports (JCR) journals, being a reference author (first, last or corresponding author) in 34 of these cases. I have 12 additional articles in Scimago Journal Rank (SJR) indexed journals, being a reference author in five of these cases. Further, I have published one book under the title Innovation in Nutritional Health and Education, and eight book chapters, most notably the invited contribution in collaboration with Dr Knox (University of Nottingham), in the Elsevier published book “The Mediterranean diet: an evidence-based approach”, entitled “Mediterranean diet and mental well-being in the young”. A further two chapters appear in Nova Science Publishers books, namely, “Effect of a school-intervention on health-related parameters in children” and “Relationship between physical activity, BMI, screen time and self-esteem in Chilean children”. I have given more than 100 presentations and 13 invited talks at scientific conferences. Here, of most note are the talks given in 2018 at the Eighth International Conference on Health, Wellness & Society entitled “Association between healthy lifestyles and quality of life related with health in schoolchildren” held at the Imperial College in London where issues related to the present project were discussed. I have collaborated or am currently collaborating on four projects with the Office for the Transfer of Research Findings (OTRI) for a total sum of 176,660 euros and with the Business-UGR Foundation for a total of 707.697,78 euros, being the PI of one of these projects. I am a research team member on the European project with a stipend of 370,455 euros.