DrRuben Fernandez-Rodriguez

Associate Research Fellow

Faculty of Health/School of Medicine/Institute for Mental and Physical Health and Clinical Translation

  • Associate Research Fellow
    Faculty of Health/School of Medicine/Institute for Mental and Physical Health and Clinical Translation
  • HERB, Health, Education and Research Building (HERB), Level 1, 285 Ryrie Street, Geelong

BIO

Dr Rubén Fernández-Rodríguez is an early-career interdisciplinary researcher working across Nutritional Psychiatry, chrononutrition, lifestyle psychiatry, cardiometabolic health, sustainable food systems, planetary health and advanced evidence synthesis. He completed a PhD in Health, Social Research and Physical Activity at the University of Castilla-La Mancha in 2023, awarded Cum Laude, International Mentorship and Best Thesis Award in Health Sciences, following the Extraordinary Master Award and Extraordinary Degree Award. Fernández-Rodríguez’s postdoctoral year 2025 Field-Weighted Citation Impact was 4.73, meaning his work was cited 373% above the world average. He contributes to national and international leadership through the Scientific Committee of the Australian Lifestyle Psychiatry Symposium, the Organising/Scientific Committee of the International Society for Nutritional Psychiatry Research, and the Grounded Minds Consortium (a Flinders and Deakin collaboration connecting the Soil-Gut-Brain axis). He has supervised 18 honours-equivalent students and 3 master’s students, co-supervises a PhD candidate in Spain who has obtained a competitive regional grant in 2026, and co-supervise a PhD candidate at Deakin.

DEAKIN UNIVERSITY CURRENT APPOINTMENT

  • Associate Research Fellow
    Deakin University, School of Medicine

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ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Technologist fellowship
    University of Castilla-La Mancha, Movi-fitness spin-off, Spain10 Sep 2018 - 9 Sep 2020
  • FPU PhD fellowship
    University of Castilla-La Mancha, Spain2 Nov 2020 - 13 Jun 2024
  • Juan de la Cierva Postdoctoral fellowship
    University of Granada, Spain1 Dec 2024 - 30 Nov 2026

DEGREES

  • Physiotherapy degree
    University of Castilla-La Mancha, Spain2 Sep 2013 - 28 Jul 2017
  • Health and Social Research (Master degree)
    University of Castilla-La Mancha, Spain31 Jul 2019
  • PhD in Health and Social Research, and Physical activity
    University of Castilla-La Mancha, Spain14 Jun 2023

LANGUAGES

  • English
    Can read, write, speak, understand and peer review
  • Spanish; Castilian
    Can read, write, speak, understand and peer review

FIELDS OF RESEARCH

  • Nutrition and dietetics
  • Sports science and exercise

AREA/FACULTY

  • Faculty of Health

DEPARTMENT/SCHOOL/INSTITUTE/DISCIPLINE

  • School of Medicine

SPECIALIST RESEARCH GROUP

  • Institute for Mental and Physical Health and Clinical Translation

AREAS OF EXPERTISE