Melissa Arias
Projects
Since 2025 DiP-SuSaKlim –Superfood from Saxony-Anhalt: Climate-adapted crop rotations in organic farming and development of digital value chains (Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg, Germany)
2023 FairChain Food Hack – Project in cooperation with the Research Institute of Sweden (RISE) to optimize a sustainable value chain for Swedish berries (Umeå University, Sweden)
Curriculum vitae
Education
2021 – 2024 Master of Science in Nutritional Sciences
Justus Liebig University Gießen, Germany
Master’s thesis: Cultivation of Pleurotus spp. on side streams of the vegetable industry
Institute of Food Chemistry and Biotechnology
2023 – 2024 Study Abroad Semester during Master’s Program
Umeå University, Sweden
Food Design - Sensory Analysis and Product Development Project
2018 – 2021 Bachelor of Science in Nutritional Sciences
Justus Liebig University Gießen, Germany
Bachelor’s thesis: Predisposition to Type 1 Diabetes in Patients with Manifest Celiac Disease
Institute of Human Nutrition
Research Experience
2024 Practical Master’s Thesis in the Laboratory
Institute of Food Chemistry and Biotechnology, Department of Chemistry, Justus Liebig University Gießen
2024 Student Research Assistant in the Laboratory
Biochemical Institute, Faculty of Medicine, Justus Liebig University Gießen
2023 Student Research Assistant in the Laboratory
Biochemical Institute, Faculty of Medicine, Justus Liebig University Gießen
2022 – 2023 Student Research Assistant in the Laboratory
Institute of Animal Nutrition and Nutritional Physiology, Justus Liebig University Gießen