María Jesús Moreno Aliaga

María Jesús Moreno Aliaga is a Professor at the Department of Food Sciences and Physiology, Faculty of Pharmacy and Nutrition, University of Navarra. She leads research at the Center for Nutrition Research (CIN) and the NUPERMET research group focused on personalized nutrition and metabolic syndrome.

• Academic Rank: Professor
• Key Research Areas: Obesity, lipid metabolism, adipose tissue biology, omega-3 fatty acids, metabolic syndrome

Her recent research focuses on:

• Mechanisms of metabolically beneficial lipid mediators (maresin 1, DHA derivatives)
• Inter-organ crosstalk in metabolic diseases
• Exercise and nutritional interventions for obesity-related pathologies
• Gut-brain axis interactions in aging and metabolic dysfunction
• Epigenetic regulation of adiposity and insulin resistance
• Computational approaches to metabotype categorization

Her work combines

• In vivo studies using rodent obesity models
• In vitro cellular investigations
• Clinical trials with postmenopausal women and obese populations
• Multi-omics approaches to metabolic regulation