Biography

Pablo Hernández-Alonso is a Data Scientist and Health Consultant working at Open Evidence. He obtained his PhD in Nutrition and Metabolism (URV, Reus, Spain; 2016) after a MSc. in Cellular & Molecular Biology and Genetics (UV, Valencia, Spain; 2012). He has recently obtained a MSc. in Bioinformatics & Biostatistics (UOC-UB; 2019). He obtained his degree in Biotechnology 9 years ago (UPV, Valencia, Spain). He has a wide background in nuts’ research with emphasis on clinical trials. In fact, his doctoral thesis reported for the first time the beneficial effect of pistachio consumption on ameliorating insulin resistance in subjects with pre-diabetes. He is currently exploring the molecular basis and nutritional epidemiology of colorectal cancer, together with unraveling different metabolites associated with food groups and/or macronutrients and their implication on the disease. He has experience in cell biology, molecular biology (gene expression and microRNA analysis), cell culture (primary and immortalized cell lines), viral culture (replication, evolution and mutation detection), metabolomics (plasma, serum, and urine), metagenomics (DNA extraction, sequencing, and analysis), data handling & analysis (using R, Perl, Python & MATLAB) and statistics (R, SPSS & Stata).