Marcela González-Gross#
| Membership Number: | 7303 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | BASIC AND CLINICAL TRANSLATIONAL SCIENCES |
| Elected: | 2025 |
| Main Country of Residence: | SPAIN |
| Homepage(s): | https://imfine.com.es/ |
| ORCID: | 0000-0001-7757-3235 |
| X: | @GrossMarcela |
| Linkedin: | https://www.linkedin.com/in/marcela-gonz%C3%A1lez-gross-875a66160?utm_source=share&utm_campaign=share_via&utm_content=profile&utm_medium=android_app |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2024 - ongoing Head of Department of Health and Human Performance, UPM (re-elected)
- 2020 - 2024 Head of Deparment of Health and Human Performance, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain
- 2012 - ongoing Full Professor for Exercise Physiology and Sports Nutrition, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain
- 2004 - 2012 Associated Professor for Exercise Physiology and Sports Nutrition, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain
- 2004 - 2014 Visiting Professor University of Bonn, Germany
- 2003 - 2004 Associated Professor for Physiology and Pathophysiology of Nutrition, University of Bonn, Germany
- 2001 - 2003 Postdoctoral researcher. Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), Madrid, Spain
- 2000 - 2001 Associated Professor for Physiology and Pathophysiology of Nutrition, University of Bonn, Germany (restricted contract because it was to cover a maternity leave)
- 1998 - 2000 Postdoctoral researcher (part time), Faculty of Medicine, University of Granada, Spain
- 1998 - 2000 Postdoctoral researcher (part time). Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), Madrid, Spain
Fields of Scholarship
- Interaction of nutrition and exercise on healthy ageing
- Healthy lifestyle
- Adolescent nutrition and lifestyle
- Hydration in sports and exercise
- Exercise is Medicine
- Cognitive function
- Novel biomarkers
- Health education
- Vitamins and hyperhomocysteinemia
Honours and Awards
- 2024 Awarded as one of the 100 most influencing women in Spanish Sports, in the category of research
- 2024 Election Numerary Academic of the Royal European Academy of Doctors, Spain
- 2023 First most cited researcher of Universidad Politécnica de Madrid in the Stanford University ranking
- 2022 Election President Spanish Nutrition Society (SEÑ) (4 years), Spain
- 2021 Election Corresponding Academic of the Royal National Academy of Pharmacy, Spain
- 2017 Fellow of the international union of nutritional societies (IUNS)
- 2016 Second prize National Research Prize of Sports Medicine, Spain
- 2011 Communication Star Award European Commission, for the HELENA Project, EU
- 2011 Johnson Space Center Director’s Innovation Group Achievement Award, USA
- 2008 SENPE (Spanish Society of Clinical Nutrition and Metabolism) Award for Promotion of Societies activities
