WSEFST2024 | Food Science and Technology Conference | Top conference in food science

Prof. H N Mishra

Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, India

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Dr. Liburdi Katia

University of Tuscia, Italy

Title: The role of endogenous enzymes in the evolution of sensorial characteristics of plant-based foods

Since December 2021, Katia Liburdi has been an Associate Professor in the Food Science and Technology sector at the Department of Agricultural and Forestry Sciences (DAFNE)-University of Tuscia. She has been a lecturer in courses (Oenology, Food Chemistry and Food Technology) for the bachelor’s degree in food science and technology and Agricultural and Environmental Sciences. Moreover, she spent different periods abroad for research activities. During the past five years, she was “Research Visiting” at the University of Debrecen (Hungary), a “Research Assistant” at the University College of Cork (Ireland) and “Invited Professor” at the Faculty of Animal Science and Biotechnology, University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine (USAMV, Romania). Prof. Liburdi conducted research activity devoted to enzyme application in food processing. Recently, she studied the application of vegetable proteases of different origins to the cheese-making process. The derived knowledge has been published in 44 peerreviewed quality journals (h-index 18, Total Citation: 790 (by 361 documents); Scopus ID: 14016315000, Web of Science: R-8222-2018. ID ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3175-5364). Since 2019, she has been Associate Editor of the Food Bioscience journal (IF: 5,318; JCR Q1 journal) and a member of the Editorial Board of Acta Alimentaria (Scopus and WoS indexed with IF: 0.384) and Foods (IF: 5,561; JCR Q1 journal) journals.

Dr. CHUA Lee Suan

Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Malaysia

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Dr. Chua Lee Suan is an associate professor from the Department of Bioprocess and Polymer Engineering, Faculty of Chemical and Energy Engineering in Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM). She is also a research fellow in the Institute of Bioproduct Development, UTM and supervises postgraduate students for their master and doctoral degrees. Her research scopes are mainly focused on LC-MS/MS based metabolomics, phytochemical profiling, herbal processing & standardization, honey & honey bees related product development, and food product quality improvement. She and her team have actively involved in many governmental and industrial projects since 2006. She manages to secure funding supporting her research activities. Her active involvement can be seen from her research profile with more than 150 indexed research articles published at the global platforms (https://people.utm.my/chualeesuan; https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=KINizCQAAAAJ&view_op=list_works&auth user=1). Her H-index is 36 at this moment. She also serves as reviewer and editor for international well-known journals. She has been in the list of top 2% Scientists in the world issued by Stanford University. She is a registered chemist from the Malaysian Institute of Chemistry in her profession, and appointed assessor of Standards Malaysia for MS ISO/IEC 17025 accreditation in testing and calibration laboratories.

Prof. Jorge O. Cáceres Gianni

Complutense University of Madrid, Spain

Title: Emerging adulterants in honey and how to detect them easily

Prof. Dr. Jorge Caceres received her Ph.D. in Chemical Science and is now the director of the Laser Chemistry Research Group in the Analytical department at the Complutense University of Madrid. One of her main lines of research is food adulteration and security. He has more than 122 articles in scientific journals indexed in the JCR, placing more than 97% of them in the first third (T1). Furthermore, the results of my research have been presented in 64 scientific congresses/meetings, 90% of them of an international nature.

Prof. Homero Rubbo

Universidad de la Republica, Uruguay

Title: Nitro-fatty acids as novel Virgin olive oil quality markers

Dr. Rubbo has investigated the biological production of nitric oxide (•NO) and reactive oxygen species and their central role in the pathogenesis of acute and chronic diseases. His independent research on the biological chemistry and pharmacology of •NO has critically contributed to unraveling new and pathophysiologically relevant information about the reactions of •NO and oxidized lipids and demonstrated the products of this reaction to be essential mediators of tissue oxidant protection. Investigations were particularly focused on the antioxidant roles that •NO plays at the biochemical and cellular levels. Understanding the reactions of •NO-derived reactive species with unsaturated fatty acids forming nitro-fatty acids (NFA, nitroalkenes) has been a central focus of Rubbo’s research and is of significance because it unifies eicosanoid and •NO cell signaling pathways so critical for the regulation of tissue and inflammatory function. Dr. Rubbo's research has progressed, with •NO and oxidative stress-related investigation now active and fertile grounds for understanding general mechanisms of key events such as inflammatory injury. In recent years, Dr. Rubbo carried out pioneering research on the chemical-structural characterization of NFA, describing key anti-inflammatory signaling actions. These studies have allowed us to propose a modulating role of NFA on arachidonic acid signaling cascades through the activation of antioxidant pathways. His lab is performing oxy-lipidomics and metabolomics with the aim of discovering new molecules to diagnose and treat neurodegenerative diseases, particularly oxylipins as new monitoring markers, providing a platform for developing novel pharmacologic interventional strategies directed toward modulating inflammatory tissue injury. Finally, within the framework of the collaboration with the olive oil industry, Dr. Rubbo has demonstrated the presence of NFA in extra virgin olive oils, as new quality indicators. He has published over ninety original research and high-cited review articles (H Index 35), as well as several Master's and Doctorate Theses and collaboration with international reference laboratories.

Prof. Christa Grobler

Vaal University of Technology, South Africa

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Dr. Patrícia Rijo

Universidade Lusófona, Portugal

Title: Medicinal Centauri Honey: chemical composition and biological activity

Patrícia Rijo has a degree in Chemistry from the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Lisbon (FCUL), and a Master and Ph.D. in Pharmaceutical and Therapeutic Chemistry from the Faculty of Pharmacy of the University of Lisbon (FFUL). She is currently an Associate Professor at the School of Health Sciences and Technologies (ECTS) at Universidade Lusófona (ULHT, Lisbon, Portugal) where she is responsible for Organic Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmacognosy and the international coordinator. The main area of research is medicinal chemistry, phytochemistry, and pharmacognosy, with an emphasis on the Chemistry of Natural Products. She is the director of Research & Innovation at CBIOS (Research Center for Biosciences and Health Technologies at Universidade Lusófona), where she leads the Laboratory of Natural Bioactives (Bio.Natural). Patrícia has published more than one hundred articles in international journals, has more than three hundred communications (oral and panel) presented at national and international meetings and conferences, and has three registered patents.

Dr. Marta Coelho

Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Portugal

Title: Bilateral effects of diet, microbiota, and bioactive compounds

Ph.D. in Food Science and Technology and Nutrition from the Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Universidade do Minho e Universidade de Aveiro. Master's degree in Biotechnology from the Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa. Graduated in Biosciences with a specialization in Microbiology from the Universidade Católica Portuguesa. Marta Coelho is a researcher at the Escola Superior de Biotecnologia, where she teaches in the curricular units of biochemistry and quality management and control.

Its research interests focus on the production and characterization of functional ingredients and food, the valorization of agro-industrial by-products, focusing mainly on the evaluation of the relationship between the effects of these ingredients on the modeling of the gastrointestinal microbiota, biomarkers, and genotoxicity mechanisms involved. She is co-author of more than 20 internationally indexed publications, 1 book chapter, and more than 20 oral/poster and Juri communications in 1 master's thesis. Currently, she is co-coordinator of research and innovation of the Smart Waste Portugal Young Professionals Group, a researcher at the Centro de Biotecnologia e Química Fina, and a trainer at the Universidade Católica Portuguesa.

Dr. Helena R. Rocha

Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Portugal

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Helena R. Rocha completed her BSc in Biochemistry at the age of 21 years from Faculdade de Ciências of Universidade do Porto and Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Porto/Portugal. Currently, she is attending the 2nd year of the MSc in Applied Microbiology at Escola Superior de Biotecnologia of Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Porto/Portugal, being her Master’s dissertation related to the interaction between carotenoids and the intestinal microbiota and its potential impact on functional properties. Her know-how in this theme originate the review article “Carotenoids Diet: Digestion, Gut Microbiota Modulation, and Inflammatory Diseases” in Nutrients in May 2023, displaying parts of her paper as an entry in the Scholarly Community Encyclopedia and being invited to some international conferences.

Dr. James Carson

University of Waikato, New Zealand

Title: Towards decarbonisation in the food processing industry

Dr James Carson is an Associate Professor in the School of Engineering at the University of Waikato in New Zealand. The main theme of his research is the application of heat transfer and thermodynamic analysis to practical problems, most commonly related to refrigeration. Early on in his research career most of his research outputs were related to thermal properties measurement and modelling and thermal process modelling, with applications mainly related to food refrigeration. Recently he has focused more on improving the performance of vapour compression cycles as part of the Ahuora programme https://eng.waikato.ac.nz/research/energy.

Prof. Suresh Gulati

University of New South Wales, Australia

Title: Dairy foods naturally enriched with nutritionally important omega 3 fatty acids - eicosapentaenoic (EPA) and docosahexaenoic (DHA)

1973-2002: Principal Research Scientist and Project Leader of the Animal Nutrition & Feed Technology team at the Commonwealth scientific industrial research organisation (CSIRO) Livestock Industries. Managed scientific research projects in Meat, Dairy, Wool, and Parasite control, Aquaculture with particular emphasis on nutrition.
Collaborated with Industry/research Institutes nationally & internationally

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