Dr. Pedro Bouchon

Associate Researcher
Engineering Faculty

pbouchon@uc.cl
+56 2 2354 7962

Specialty: Food structure, food design, food processing.

Professor Pedro Bouchon is an Industrial Civil Engineer with a major in Chemical Engineering from the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile and a PhD from the School of Food Biosciences at the University of Reading, UK. During his academic career, he has played a leading role in the training, research and transfer areas. Since March 2017, he became the Vice Rector for Research at Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile.

design of food structures in a controlled manner based on specific formulations and/or processes, in order to obtain quality characteristics conceptualized a priori. The study includes the evaluation of the bioaccessibility and bioavailability of compounds of interest in vitro or in vivo, both in model systems as in food matrices. In addition, the study covers the integration of various microscopy techniques and includes, as a fundamental part, the use of advanced image analysis programs to obtain quantifiable information on the structures studied.

Professor Bouchon is a member of several editorial committees of scientific journals. These include the committees of the journals Food and Bioproducts Processing (Elsevier), CYTA-Journal of Food (Taylor and Francis) and Advances in Food Science and Engineering (Isaac Scientific Publishing).