Topical Advisory Panel
- Food Physics and (Bio)Chemistry Section
- Food Engineering and Technology Section
- Food Quality and Safety Section
- Food Analytical Methods Section
- Food Microbiology Section
- Food Nutrition Section
- Nutraceuticals, Functional Foods, and Novel Foods Section
- Food Security and Sustainability Section
- Food Packaging and Preservation Section
- Sensory and Consumer Sciences Section
- Foodomics Section
- Food Toxicology Section
- Meat Section
- Plant Foods Section
- Grain Section
- Dairy Section
Members
Interests: nutrigenomics; obesity; bioactive compounds; lipid metabolism; metabolic syndromes
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Interests: nanomaterials; nanoencapsulation; microencapsulation; biodegradable packaging materials; edible; seaweeds; dairy products; bioactive compounds; antimicrobial actvity; antioxidant properties
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Interests: diet quality; ultra-processed foods; sugar-sweetened beverages; food frequency questionnaire validation; obesity; cardiovascular risk factors
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Interests: process analytical technology (PAT) applied to food; food quality evaluation; food authentication; non-invasive technologies; e-sensing technologies; spectroscopy; image analysis; electronic nose; chemometrics; multivariate data analysis; byproduct valorization; improved product shelf life
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Interests: analytical chemistry; food chemistry; food packaging; waste and by-product valorization; innovative extraction technology
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Interests: food reformulation; functional foods; healthier and hybrid meat products; food by-product valorisation; upcycled foods; consumer attitudes and rapid sensory profiling techniques
Interests: host-pathogen interactions; Listeria monocytogenes; Salmonella; pathogen-environment interactions; food-borne pathogens; resistance against disinfectants
Interests: food microbiology; by-products utilization; food safety; nutrition; intestinal flora; functional food
Interests: lactic acid bacteria; probiotics; edible mushrooms; bioactive peptides; lactic acid fermentations of vegetables and mushrooms; functional foods
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Interests: human health and nutrition; foods and health; phytochemicals; functional foods; biochemical mechanism
Interests: food safety; food microbiology; nonthermal process; hurdle technology; mechanisms
Interests: plant chemistry; chemical analysis; gas chromatography; mass spectrometry; lipid analysis; alkaloid analysis; plant toxins in food; underutilized vegetable species; Solanaceae.
Interests: agri-food systems; consumer behaviour; food policy; food fraud; food safety; agri-environmental policy; payment for ecosystem services; qualitative research methods; stakeholder analysis
2. ESA, IPVC (Escola Superior Agrária, Instituto Politécnico de Viana do Castelo) of Microbiology, Refoios, Portugal
Interests: General Microbiology; Food microbiology; bacteriocins; bioprotectives cultures; Lactic acid bacteria; Clinical Microbiology; good nursing practices.
Interests: fruits and vegetables; eating behavior; food patterns; diet quality
Interests: food processing; functional food materials; gluten-free foods; gluten content; triterpenoids; metabolites; phytochemicals; natural products; poly(trimethylene terephthalate) films; fermented soybean extract; plants extracts
Interests: food sensory; food preferences; sweet taste; healthy product development; healthy nutrition; childhood obesity
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Interests: green extraction; process engineering; modeling; antioxidant activity; antioxidants; biological activitiesphenolic compounds; biorefinery; agro-industrial by-products; ultrasound; microwave; supercritical CO2
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Interests: grain quality; protein chemistry; dough quality; starch-protein interaction; wheat toxic epitopes; gluten allergenicity
Interests: food microbiology; food safety and shelf life studies
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Interests: drying; food texture; acoustic emission; sorption properties
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Interests: Flavor; Volatile analysis; GC/MS; LC/MS/MS; Analytical method development and validation; Instrumental volatile flavor analysis and its relationship to human sensory perceptions
Interests: antioxidants; wine; physico-chemical properties; aroma; anthocyanins
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Interests: wine; volatile aroma compounds; phenolic compounds; wine microbiology; sensory evaluation; wine stabilization
Interests: food system transformation, behavioural incentives, systems approach, healthy and sustainable food environments
Interests: thermal processing; radio frequency; microwave; drying; pasteurization/sterilization; grains; disinfestation; fruits and vegetables
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Interests: milk and milk quality; milk from minor species; analyses of milk protein profile; proteolytic activity; rheological properties as gel strain and coagulation time
Interests: food microbiology; food chemistry; food science; food safety; fermentation; microbiology; probiotics; yeasts; molecular biology; food analysis
Interests: ethnobotany; wild food; wild food plants; economic botany; ethnoecology; food sovereignty; food security; small-scale food production
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Interests: obesity; type 2 diabetes; non-shivering thermogenesis; adipose tissue; lipid metabolism; liver