David Palacios Santamaria

David Palacios Santamaria serves as a Contracted Professor (Assistant Professor equivalent) in the Department of Biotechnology and Food Science at the Faculty of Sciences, University of Burgos, Spain. His academic profile centers on biochemical applications within food science and biotechnology.

He obtained his PhD from the University of Burgos in 2015 with doctoral research titled Study and characterization of commercial lipases with biotechnological potential for oil modification, supervised by Dr. Natividad Ortega Santamaría and Dr. María Dolores Busto Núñez.

His research spans Biotechnology, Biochemistry, Food Science, and Enzyme Technology, focusing on lipase-driven modifications of oils for novel food product development. This work integrates molecular biology techniques to optimize biotechnological applications in food systems.

Dr. Palacios Santamaria is embedded in the BBT Biochemistry and Biotechnology research group under the Consolidated Research Unit 357, actively contributing to the Avances en Ciencia y Biotecnología Alimentarias PhD program at the University of Burgos.

No public information is available regarding his supervisees or research grants. His laboratory work operates within the university's Consolidated Research Unit framework, emphasizing collaborative food biotechnology innovation.