Raquel Sendon Garcia

Raquel Sendon Garcia serves as a Professor in the Department of Analytical Chemistry, Nutrition and Bromatology at the Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Santiago de Compostela. She leads the FoodChemPack research group under the Institute of Materials (iMATUS), focusing on chemical safety assessment of foods and food contact materials.

Her research expertise spans critical areas in food science:

• Chemical migration analysis from packaging to food
• Food contact material safety evaluation
• Food safety regulation compliance
• Advanced analytical techniques in bromatology
• Nutritional impact of chemical contaminants
• Plastic polymer degradation in food systems

Dr. Sendon Garcia earned her PhD from the University of Santiago de Compostela in 2005 with a dissertation on plastic component migration into foods, supervised by Dr. Perfecto Paseiro Losada and Dr. Concepción Pérez Lamela. Her ongoing work through FoodChemPack drives innovation in food packaging safety standards and chemical risk assessment methodologies.