Julia Gil N. Martin
Programme Manager & Scientific Lead at ProVeg Incubator- Claim this Profile
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Chinese Limited working proficiency
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English Native or bilingual proficiency
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French Full professional proficiency
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Spanish Native or bilingual proficiency
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Credentials
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HSK 4
Ministry of Education, ChinaAug, 2019- Nov, 2024 -
Divemaster (DM)
PADI
Experience
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ProVeg Incubator
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Germany
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Food and Beverage Services
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1 - 100 Employee
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Programme Manager & Scientific Lead
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Sep 2022 - Present
-Develop curriculum, plan sessions, and host the Incubation programme. -Conduct all technical due diligence for in-house investment, assist in portfolio management, and provide technical recommendations to partner investors and funds. -Provide expert advice in ProVeg's cell-ag projects and strategic research projects. -Represent Incubator in conferences and trade-shows, aiming to maintain and grow global mentor and alumni network. -Develop curriculum, plan sessions, and host the Incubation programme. -Conduct all technical due diligence for in-house investment, assist in portfolio management, and provide technical recommendations to partner investors and funds. -Provide expert advice in ProVeg's cell-ag projects and strategic research projects. -Represent Incubator in conferences and trade-shows, aiming to maintain and grow global mentor and alumni network.
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Career Break
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United Kingdom
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200 - 300 Employee
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Writing
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Jun 2022 - Aug 2022
Worked on scientific articles with friends and collaborators while focusing on releasing buildup from the pandemic and growing back healthy and fun habits. Worked on scientific articles with friends and collaborators while focusing on releasing buildup from the pandemic and growing back healthy and fun habits.
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Mosa Meat
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Netherlands
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Food & Beverages
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100 - 200 Employee
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Food Scientist (Fat Team)
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Apr 2022 - Jun 2022
Employee 161 (Series B): first food scientist. -Developed a food science strategy for the company, focused in a 3-way approach to product development that included analytical and sensory product evaluation complemented by physico-chemical characterisation of the in-house fat ingredient. -Drafted design and budget of company’s future product development lab. -Drafted a roll out for the progressive training of an internal sensory panel. -Worked on the first product formulation with in-house fat ingredient.
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Hoxton Farms
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United Kingdom
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Biotechnology Research
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1 - 100 Employee
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Scientist (Lipid Chemistry, Sensory)
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Oct 2021 - Mar 2022
Employee 13 (Seed). -Designed and developed analytical techniques and workflows for the compositional and sensory profiling of cultivated animal fats. -Provided strategy team with high-level food science insights about both in-house product and plant-based meat industrial standards. -Owned and managed all food science and lipidomics projects, including equipment budgeting and acquisition, external partner contracts, and curating investor-ready reports. -Assisted cell isolation team with cell culturing when hands needed.
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Cultivated Biosciences
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Switzerland
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Food and Beverage Manufacturing
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1 - 100 Employee
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Food Lead
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Jan 2021 - Oct 2021
Declined offer to become co-founder (Inception & Pre-Seed). -Rearranged the project's goals to fit an alt protein-centred framework. -Identified technical opportunities for improving consumer acceptance of plant based dairy products. -Stablished protocols and processed analytical data for preliminary validation of prototypes -Defined a R&D agenda for further development of the ingredient within 2 years. -Opened dialogue with investors. -Co-wrote a grant proposal for R&D funding in the NL to further the project. -Co-created HR strategies for co-founder and technical lead recruitment. -Awarded 1st Prize in Prototyping category of the ReThink Protein Challenge 2021 (NL). -Awarded with the Fuji Europe Africa B.V. UN Sustainable Development Goals Award (NL). -Invited to half a dozen scientific and entrepreneurial events (e.g IUFoST, SLUSH...).
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Unilever
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United Kingdom
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Manufacturing
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700 & Above Employee
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Consumer Insights (Future Flavour)
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Sep 2020 - Jan 2021
Strategies for accelerating the consumer acceptance of animal-free indulgent products, focused on consumer insights and sensory expectations. Under the supervision of dr. Rosa Whalen (Future Flavour, Unilever UK) Strategies for accelerating the consumer acceptance of animal-free indulgent products, focused on consumer insights and sensory expectations. Under the supervision of dr. Rosa Whalen (Future Flavour, Unilever UK)
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Migros-Genossenschafts-Bund
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Switzerland
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Retail
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700 & Above Employee
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Product Developer (Plant-based Innovation)
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Jun 2020 - Aug 2020
Part of a multidisciplinary team developing novel plant-based products for the home brand of Switzerland's largest food retailer. Part of a multidisciplinary team developing novel plant-based products for the home brand of Switzerland's largest food retailer.
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Wageningen University & Research
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Netherlands
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Research Services
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700 & Above Employee
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Graduate Researcher (Plant-based Lipids)
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Jan 2020 - Jun 2020
Food Chemistry Group, Laboratory of Lipids (PI: Dr. Marie Hennebelle) Explored the potential of rapeseed oleosomes in plant-based food emulsions, establishing a comparison with animal-based emulsifiers, focusing on the dynamics behind lipid oxidation, rancidity, and loss of sensory and nutritional quality. Used GC-MS, CLSM, H/P-NMR, DUMAS, SDS-PAGE, Z-potential measurements, and dynamic light scattering. Food Chemistry Group, Laboratory of Lipids (PI: Dr. Marie Hennebelle) Explored the potential of rapeseed oleosomes in plant-based food emulsions, establishing a comparison with animal-based emulsifiers, focusing on the dynamics behind lipid oxidation, rancidity, and loss of sensory and nutritional quality. Used GC-MS, CLSM, H/P-NMR, DUMAS, SDS-PAGE, Z-potential measurements, and dynamic light scattering.
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Lifetech Scientific Corporation
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China
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Medical Equipment Manufacturing
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1 - 100 Employee
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Product Assistant (Scientific Specialist)
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Jan 2018 - Aug 2019
Top 100 China company producing new-gun stents for coronary angioplasty. Brought scientific expertise to the communications, public relations, investor relations, and marketing departments. Top 100 China company producing new-gun stents for coronary angioplasty. Brought scientific expertise to the communications, public relations, investor relations, and marketing departments.
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Instituto Español de Oceanografía
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Spain
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Government Administration
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100 - 200 Employee
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Research Assistant
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Jun 2015 - Feb 2016
National Institute of Oceanography of Spain OCTOWELF National Research Program: Aquaculture of Octopus Vulgaris. Research project: Role of PUFAs in the feed of octopus during early development (effects on paralarvae growth and success rate of transition into benthic stage). National Institute of Oceanography of Spain OCTOWELF National Research Program: Aquaculture of Octopus Vulgaris. Research project: Role of PUFAs in the feed of octopus during early development (effects on paralarvae growth and success rate of transition into benthic stage).
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Education
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2019 - 2022
Wageningen University & Research
MSc Food Chemistry (Protein & Lipids) -
2019 - 2022
Wageningen University & Research
MSc Consumer & Sensory Science -
2011 - 2015
Universitat de Barcelona
BSc Bioengineering
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