Dr. Ariel Ramón Fontana

Profile

Academic positionLecturer, Assistant Professor, Researcher
Research fieldsFood Chemistry,Analytical Chemistry
KeywordsPhenolic compounds, Winemaking by-products, Bioactive peptides, Pectins, Technological application
Honours and awards

2022: Second Place Special Mention, National University of Cuyo Foundation award for innovation (2022). Competition with 17 innovative projects in the same category.

2022: Winner of the Young Outstanding Researcher Award in the 2022 Edition of the Outstanding Young Award 2022. Category 2: Leadership, Commitment, Innovation and Scientific and/or Technological Achievements, given by the Business Council of Mendoza, Argentina.

2020: Experienced Postdoctoral Researcher (Alexander von Humboldt Scholarship), University of Bonn, Institute for Nutrition and Food Science, Germany.

2020: Promotion to Independent Researcher at National Research Council of Argentina (CONICET)

2019: Promotion in University Teaching as Head of Laboratory Assignments, Organic and Biological Chemistry (QOB), Agronomy Sciences Faculty (FCA), National University of Cuyo (UNCuyo); Mendoza, Argentina.

2017: American Chemical Society (ACS) Pittcon Travel Grant for the 2017 Pittsburg Conference on Analytical Chemistry & Applied Spectroscopy, PITTCON 2017, given by the ACS to relevant young researchers from South America.

2017: Posdoctoral Researcher (CONICET Schollarship for young researchers). Department of Analytical Chemistry, Nutrition and Food Sciences, Institute for Food Analysis and Research (IIAA), University of Santiago de Compostela (USC), Spain.

2016: Promotion to Associate researcher at CONICET

2015: Early Career Chemist Travel Grant, given by 2015 International Congress of Pacific Basin Societies (Pacifichem 2015) and the ACS financial support.

2014: Assistant Researcher at CONICET

2012: Postdoctoral Researcher (CONICET Schollarship)

2012: University Teaching, Auxiliary, University of Cuyo

2010: Doctoral Scholarship to develop the final stage of doctoral studies, Type II (2 years), CONICET.

2010: Permanent Formation PhD Stay (Fundación Carolina Schollarship). IIAA, USC, Spain.

2007: Doctoral Scholarship, National Agency for Scientific and Technological Promotion (ANPCyT), Argentina.

Current contact address

CountryArgentina
CityChacras de Coria
InstitutionUniversidad Nacional de Cuyo
InstituteFacultad de Ciencias Agrarias

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Andreas SchieberInstitut für Ernährungs- und Lebensmittelwissenschaften (IEL), Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, Bonn
Start of initial sponsorship01/12/2021

Programme(s)

2021Georg Forster Research Fellowship Programme for Experienced Researchers

Publications (partial selection)

2025Franziska Knuf, Rita Caspers-Weiffenbach, Andreas Schieber, Ariel Fontana: Peptidomics profiling and biological activities of grape pomace protein hydrolysates. In: Food Chemistry, 463, 2025, 141032
2025Ariel Fontana, Franziska Knuf, Romina Monasterio, Andreas Schieber: Screening of wine industry by-products as a source of bioactive peptides: Fractionation, in vitro antihypertensive activity and peptidomics analysis. In: Food Chemistry, 476, 2025, 143478
2023Ariel Fontana and Andreas Schieber: Preparative Fractionation of Phenolic Compounds and Isolation of an Enriched Flavonol Fraction from Winemaking Industry By-Products by High-Performance Counter-Current Chromatography. In: Plants, 12, 2023, 2242