Salwa Karboune
Academic title(s):
Associate Dean (Research); Professor
Scientific Director, Consortium for Research, Innovation and Transformation of Agrifood
Department:
Food Science and Agricultural Chemistry
Research areas:
Safe, nutritious and secure food supply
Bioproducts, biomaterials and bioenergy
Fields:
Bio-based products
Food science
Foodomics
Natural and functional food products
Value addition
Specialization:
- Innovative green bioprocesses for the synthesis of novel food ingredients and nutraceuticals
- Discovery and biochemical characterization of carbohydrate-active enzymes for the synthesis of tailored prebiotic oligosaccharides and functional polysaccharides from abundant simple sugars
- Developing modified proteins via enzymatic cross-linking or conjugation with oligo/polysaccharides and understanding their molecular properties
- Enzyme technology solutions towards efficient biomass conversion into highly valuable bioactive products