Marta Prado is the group leader of the Food Quality and Safety (FQ&S) research group.

Marta Prado got her advanced degree in Food Science and Technology in 1999 from the University of Santiago de Compostela (Spain). On 2005 she obtained her PhD from the same university in the program of Nutrition, Bromatology and Food technology. Between 2005 and 2010, she worked at the Institute of Reference Materials and Measurements from the Joint Research Centre of the European Commission (EC-JRC-IRMM) in Geel, Belgium as a Scientific Officer. She participated in several national and European research projects and she has coordinated an exploratory research project.

From November 2010 Marta works at the International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory (INL), where she currently leads the Food Quality and Safety Research Group (FQ&S). Her research interests are the development of new, fast and reliable detection methodologies combining molecular biology and nano- and microfabrication technologies.

• Prado, M. ; Boix, A. ; von Holst, C.
  Development of a real-time PCR method for the simultaneous detection of mackerel and horse mackerel
  Food Control 2013 34: 19-23.

• Prado, M; Espiña, B; Fernandez-Argüelles, M. T.; Diéguez, L.; Fuciños, P.; Vial, S.; Oliveira, J.M.; Reis, R.L.; Boehme K.
  Detection of foodborne pathogens using nanoparticles. Advantages and trends
  Book: Antimicrobial Food Packaging (2016)
  Pages: 183-201
  ISBN: 978-0-12-800723-5

• Prado, M.; Ortea, I. ; Vial, S. ; Rivas, J. ; Calo-Mata, P. ; Barros-Velázquez, J.
  Advanced DNA- and protein-based methods for the detection and investigation of food allergens
  Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition 2016 56:1–32

• Vial, S.; Berrahal, Y.; Prado, M.; Wenger, J.
  Single-Step DNA Detection Assay Monitoring Dual Color Light Scattering from Individual Metal Nanoparticles Aggregates
  ACS Sensors 2017, 2 (2), pp 251–256

• Vial, S., Nykypanchuk, D.; Deepak, F.L.; Prado M.; Gang O.
  Plasmonic response of DNA-assembled gold nanorods: Effect of DNA linker length, temperature and linker/nanoparticles ratio
  Journal of Colloid and Interface Science 2014 433: 34-42

• Prado, M. ; Boix, A. ; von Holst, C.
  Novel approach for the simultaneous detection of DNA from different fish species based on a nuclear target: quantification potential
  Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry 2012 403:3041–3050