food

Objectives

_ Clean label food formulations and sustainable technologies for improving food quality, health, safety, and sensory properties.

_ Development of green innovative analytical and omics-based methods for food safety and quality control;

_ Chemical and biochemical properties of agrifood products and their alterations during processing to promote healthier dietary choices and creation of functional foods.

_ Evaluation of how bioactive compounds and functional foods modulate the age-related phenotype and immune-based disorders.

Team

Fernanda Cosme

Food Technology / Enology

Principal Investigator

fcosme@utad.pt

Alice Vilela

Sensory Analysis

avimoura@utad.pt

António Inês

Food Microbiology

aines@utad.pt

Fernando Nunes

Food Chemistry

fnunes@utad.pt

Francisco Peixoto

Biochemistry

fpeixoto@utad.pt

José Miguel Ribeiro

Proteomics

jmribeiro@utad.pt

Luis Filipe Ribeiro

Food Chemistry / Enology

fmota@utad.pt

Maria Oliveira

Biochemistry

mmso@utad.pt

PhD Students

Elisa Costa

Enology

ecosta@utad.pt

Carlos Gomes

Medicinal Plants

camgomes@utad.pt

João Siopa

Food Chemistry

siopa@utad.pt

Mário Bezerra

Food Biotechnology

mariojbezerra02@gmail.com

Mónica Silva

Biochemistry

m.g.27@live.com.pt

Rafael Vilamarim

Food Biotechnology

rafa_vilamarim_93@hotmail.com

Tiago Durães

Food Chemistry

tiago_monteiro_27@hotmail.com

Collaborators

 

António Jordão

Enology

antoniojordao@esav.ipv.pt

Elisete Correia

Multivariate Statistics

ecorreia@utad.pt

Juliana Milheiro

Enology

julianaf@utad.pt

Luis Moreira

Food Chemistry/Biotechnology

luismoreira@utad.pt

Cristina Antunes

Analytical Chemistry

cguiomar@utad.pt

Sandrine Ferreira

Food Chemistry

sandrinedsf@hotmail.com

Partnerships

Regiefrutas

DouroMel

Cooperativa Agrícola de Figueira de Castelo Rodrigo

Filtaporto

University of Aveiro

University of Coimbra

Institute of Chemistry, Slovak Academy of Sciences

Institute of Agricultural Medicine, Poland.