Jaime Zufía
Head of Efficient and Sustainable Processes
Food chain 4.0, production efficiency and savings, production efficiency and savings, circular economy: valorisation of food by-products, food processing technologies
jzufia@azti.es
Dirección:
Parque Tecnológico de Bizkaia Astondo Bidea. Edificio 609 48160 - Derio (Bizkaia) Spain
Descripción:
Jaime Zufía holds a degree in Biological Sciences and a Master’s in Environmental Engineering and Water Management. He has worked in England, private companies, and public institutions in eco-efficiency and sustainability.
Currently, he is the Coordinator of the Efficient and Sustainable Processes Department at AZTI since 2013. Previously, he was the Principal Investigator and Head of Corporate Environment from 1998 to 2013.
With over 26 years of experience, he has led more than 50 research and innovation projects related to circular economy, environmental improvement, new technologies, and eco-efficiency of industrial processes. He has managed European projects under LIFE+ and FP7 calls and led clean production projects in Latin America. He has also developed strategies for the Basque Government and other institutions.
He has made over 22 oral contributions at conferences, 16 posters, 42 scientific publications, and 24 technical publications. He teaches the Master’s in Circular Economy at the University of the Basque Country and has given over 200 talks on sustainability.
He is a member of various sustainability and food innovation platforms, including the EU Platform on Food Losses and Food Waste, the Spanish Network for Life Cycle Analysis, the Packaging Sustainability Platform, and the Spanish Technological Platform for Fishing and Aquaculture.
