Postdoctoral research associate for the ARC Training Centre for Advanced Technologies in Food Manufacture (School of Chemical Engineering), my research areas are:
- analysis of vitamins and minerals in food using microbiological assays, HPLC and LC-MS/MS
- optimisation and development of analytical methods for qualitative and quantitative determination of vitamins
- bioaccessibility study of nutrients and anti-nutritional compounds
- in vitro uptake/transport study of nutrients (Caco-2 cells absorption model)
- functionalities and properties of food ingredients
- processing of legumes to enhance vitamins contents