Kort præsentation

Mit forskningsfelt er fokuseret på at forstå, hvordan molekylære egenskaber og interaktioner bestemmeer den endelige kvalitet af et produkt. Mit fokus er på teksturen og mikrostrukturen af mejeriprodukter.

Primære forskningsområder

• Funktionalitet af mælkeprotein
• Ændring af de funktionelle egenskaber ved hjælp af enzymatiske eller andre behandlinger
• Geleringsegenskaber og grænsefladeegenskaber
• Reologi og mikrostruktur af mejeriprodukter
• Interaktioner mellem mælkeproteiner og exopolysaccharider (EPS)
• Interaktioner mellem mælkeproteiner og andre proteiner i fødevaren
• Funktionalitet af ost (smeltning)
• Hvordan struktur af maden påvirker mæthed

Aktuel forskning

Ongoing PhD projects:

• Lykke Andersen: Understanding stabilizer functionality in soft-drink concentrates. Industrial PhD project with the company CoRo Foods.
• Ruifen Li: Understanding and controlling protein ingredient-milk component interactions during processing (Bespoke). Part of a larger project involving DTU, SDU, Arla Foods Ingredientsand  Arla Foods amba. Financed by the Chinese government and the Danish Dairy Research Foundation
• Adel Alturki: Drug Delivery Using Food Grade Protein Nanotubes. Together with KU-Pharma. Financed by the Saudi Arabian Government.

Other ongoing projects

• Richard Ipsen (project manager): StrucSat - How food structure affects satiety. Collaboration with Department of Nutrition, Sports and Excercise (KU), Department og Biology (KU), Danish Technical University (DTU), Institute of Food Reserach (Norwich, UK), National Institute of Nutrition and Seafood Research (Norway), DuPont and Arla Food Ingredients. Financed by The Danish Council for Strategic Research.
• Richard Ipsen: HAPFAM - Healthy and affordable protein rich foods for African markets, Participant and work package leader in WP2 on Functionality of protein fractions and protein mixtures. Financed by The Danish Council for Strategic Research.

• Xiaolu Geng: Multifunctional Dried Cheese in Powder Form for Clean Label Food Products. Industrial post doc project with Lactosan A/S.

• Denise Felix da Silva: Cheese Powder as a functional ingredient in complex food matrices. Industrial post doc project with Lactosan A/S

• Richard Ipsen (participant): Whey protein alginate complexes, WPAC. A project based at DTU, and involving Lund University, Norwegian Technical University as well as other parftners from KU.

Undervisnings- og vejledningsområder

Kursus ansvarlig for følgende kurser:

• Dairy Product Technology 1

Desuden er involveret i:

• Molecular and functional properties of milk
• Dyrs ernæring og præstation

Vejledning af > 150 B Sc og M Sc studerender, næsten alle i samarbejde med industrien.
Vejledning af ph.d.-studerende: 75 i alt, 3 på nuværende tidspunkt, medvejledning af 8 ph.d.-studerende

Deltagelse og håndtering af skræddersyede kurser til industrien

CV

Education

1982: MSc, Dairy Technology, The Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University, Copenhagen, DK

Employments

2010: Professor (with special responsibilities) in Food Structure Engineering from 1st March 2010. Research group leader, Dairy Technology from 1st February 2010 and from November 2010 - March 2011 Acting Head of Department, Department of Food Science

2001- Permanent position as associate professor, Dairy Technology, Department of Food Science, KVL (merged 2007 with University of Copenhagen as the Faculty of Life Sciences)

1999-01 Associate professor, Department of Dairy and Food Science, KVL

1996-99 Research assistant professor, Department of Dairy and Food Science, KVL

1991-95 Associate professor, Department of Dairy and Food Science, Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University (KVL), Frederiksberg, DK

1990-1991: Head of Department, Dept. of Product and Food Technology, Danish Meat Trade College, Roskilde, DK

1985-1989: Researcher, Dept. of Product Technology, Government Research Institute for the Dairy Industry, Hillerød, DK

1983-1985: Associate Expert, FAO`s Regional Dairy Training Centre, Naivasha, Kenya.

1982-1983: Compulsory military service (Civil defence force)

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