Prof. Dr. Juan Mielgo-Ayuso is currently a Full Professor of
Physiology at UBU and Secretary of SEÑ. He earned a Diploma (1996) and later a
degree (2011) in Human Nutrition and Dietetics from the University of Navarra,
and a PhD in the Biomedical Research program from the University of the Basque
Country (2013). During his doctoral studies, he gained experience in the field
of nutrition and muscle recovery, which culminated in the defense of his thesis
"Nutritional analysis and its relationship with psycho-physical stress and
muscle damage in professional female volleyball players throughout a
season". He completed a 12-month postdoctoral stay at the Department of
Health and Human Performance at UPM (2014), and in 2015, he obtained a one-year
contract as a Junior Researcher. He has been combining research on muscle
recovery in athletes as an assistant professor at UBU since 2020. His research
topics mainly include public health, epidemiology, and sports nutrition.
