Ligia Esperanza Díaz Prieto

Dr. Ligia Esperanza Díaz Prieto is a Research Technician in the Immunonutrition Group. She graduated in Microbiology and Clinical Laboratory by Colegio Mayor de Cundinamarca University, Colombia (1992). MSc in Tropical Parasitic Diseases, by the University of Valencia (2000) and Dietetics and Human Nutrition, by University of Cádiz (2010). PhD in Pharmacy in the Complutense University (2006). She worked in diagnosis of tropical diseases in the Amazonian trapezium (1993-1998). In 2001, she joined the Immunonutrition Group led by Prof. Ascensión Marcos, at the Higher Council for Scientific Research (CSIC), Madrid, Spain. Her research lines include, the study of nutritional status and its relationship with health determinants, especially immunological biomarkers, nutritional study in populations at risk of malnutrition and eating disorders, and the immunomodulatory capacity of bioactive components.