Research Theme: Consumers
Current Postgraduate Research Students
Xiaohai (Justin) Geng
Thesis title (PhD): Developing and assessing implicit methods for food choices.
Supervisors: Dr Mei Peng and Professor Miranda Mirosa,
Hajar Mohamad
Thesis title (PhD): Malaysia consumers' perceptions of wellness and food choice in purchasing functional foods.
Supervisors: Professor Miranda Mirosa, Professor Indrawati Oey and Professor Phil Bremer
Zahra Zolfaghari
Thesis title (PhD): Characterization of unifloral honeys based on volatile compounds, physicochemical properties and bioactivity.
Supervisors: Associate Professor John Birch and Associate Professor Graham Eyres.
Former Postgraduate Research Students
Sarah Counsell
Thesis title (MSc): Consumer inspired quality.
Supervisors: Dr Karen Lusk, Pat Silcock, Jana Haran (Mondelēz, Germany).
Dr Mario Fernandez Alduenda
Thesis title (PhD): Formation of flavour in natural coffees.
Supervisors: Associate Professor John Birch, Dr Karen Lusk, Pat Silcock.
Pui Yee Lee
Thesis title (PhD): Chinese consumers perceptions and purchase intentions for beverages processed by non-thermal processing technologies.
Supervisors: Professor Indrawati Oey, Dr Karen Lusk and Dr Miranda Mirosa.
Dr Rana Peniaminia
Thesis title (PhD): The impact of food hypersensitivity on quality of life.
Supervisors: Dr Miranda Mirosa, Professor Phil Bremer and Dr Tamlin Conner (Psychology).
Dr Valentina Ting
Thesis title (PhD): Real time monitoring of volatile organic compound release in relation with textural and acoustic characteristics in apples.
Supervisors: Professor Phil Bremer, Pat Silcock, and Frank Biasioli.
Fiona Zhang
Thesis title (MSc): Understanding Chinese consumer’s perception of freshness in orange juice.
Supervisors: Dr Miranda Mirosa, Dr Karen Lusk, and Professor Indrawati Oey.
Research Theme: Sustainability
Current Postgraduate Research Students
Yakun Hou
Thesis title (PhD): Utilization of shells and spines of kina.
Supervisors: Professor Aladin Bekhit, Dr Alan Carne (Biochemistry) and Dr Michelle McConnell (Microbiology).
Hassan Ismaila
Thesis title (PhD): Development of simple strategies for increasing microalgal biomass for biofuel production.
Supervisors: Associate Professor John Birch and Professor Phil Bremer.
Former Postgraduate Research Students
Dr Amin Shavandi
Thesis title (PhD): Mussel shell to bone substitute.
Supervisors: Dr Aladin Bekhit, Associate Professor Zhifa Sun (Physics), Dr Azam Ali (Applied Sciences).
Dr Clara Bah
Thesis title (PhD): Evaluation of slaughterhouse animal blood properties.
Supervisors: Dr Aladin Bekhit, Dr Alan Carne (Biochemistry), and Dr Michelle McConnell (Microbiology).
Research Theme: Food Functionality
Current Postgraduate Research Students
Senni Bunga
Thesis title (PhD): Fish Roe Spoilage Metabolism and Compositional Changes.
Supervisors: Associate Professor John Birch and Professor Aladin Bekhit.
Stephen Giteru
Thesis title (PhD): Characterisation of Kafirin-Polysaccharide edible coatings for delivery of bioactive compounds in spray coating food applications.
Supervisors: Professor Indrawati Oey and Dr Azam Ali
Zahra (Raha) Haddadian
Thesis title (PhD):The impact of milk fat globule membrane structure upon enzymatic reactions on emulsion surfaces.
Supervisors:Professsor Phil Bremer and Associate Professor Graham Eyres.
Dong Ju (Jenny) Kim
Thesis title (MSc): Characterization of lipids from Mutton bird (Puffinus griseus).
Supervisors: Associate Professor John Birch and Professor Aladin Bekhit.
TA Mungure
Thesis title (PhD): Lipid and protein oxidative stability of dry and wet aged venison.
Supervisors: Associate Professor John Birch and Professor Aladin Bekhit.
Former Postgraduate Research Students
Dr Natalie Howes
Thesis title (PhD):Effects of Plant Fatty Acids on Lamb Fatty Acid Composition.
Supervisors: Dr Aladin Bekhit, Dr David Burritt (Botany), Anna Campbell (AbacusBio Ltd).
Feng (Lily) Gao
Thesis title (MSc): Studies on flax, hemp, canola and carrot seed oils.
Supervisor: Associate Professor John Birch.
TA Mungure
Thesis title (MSc): Lipid oxidative stability of hot boned beef.
Supervisors: Associate Professor John Birch and Dr Aladin Bekhit.
Dr Ali Rashidinejad
Thesis title (PhD): Polyphenols in cheese.
Supervisors: Associate Professor David Everett and Associate Professor John Birch.
Dr Shahin Roohinejad
Thesis title (PhD): Extraction of -carotene from carrot pomace using microemulsions and pulsed electric fields.
Supervisors: Professor Indrawati Oey and Associate Professor David Everett.
Dr Claudia Schueuermann
Thesis title (PhD): Determination of the Sources of Compositional Variation in Mount Difficulty Pinot Noir Wines – A Case Study: From Grape Juice to Wine.
Supervisors: Professor Phil Bremer and Pat Silcock.
Dr Sue Siang Teh
Thesis title (PhD): Physicochemical and quality characteristics of cold-pressed hemp, flax and canola seed oils and functional properties of their seed cakes.
Supervisors: Associate Professor John Birch, Dr Aladin Bekhit and Dr Alan Carne (Biochemistry).
Dr Haotian Zheng
Thesis title (PhD): Structural Aspects of the Bovine Milk Fat Globule Membrane.
Supervisors: Associate Professor David Everett and Keith Gordon (Chemistry).
Research Theme: Emerging Technologies
Current Postgraduate Research Students
Abduh Setya
Thesis title (PhD):Employment of Pulse Electric Field on the Extraction of Polysaccharides from Plant Origin Materials
Supervisors: Professor Indrawati Oey and Dr Mei Peng
Amali Alahakoon Mudiyanselage
Thesis title (PhD):Feasibility of using new technologies for improving meat quality of beef cuts.
Supervisors: Professor Indrawati Oey, Professor Phil Bremer, Pat Silcock
Tingting (Lily) Liu
Thesis title (PhD):Effect of PEF processing on plant structure.
Supervisors: Professor Indrawati Oey and Associate Professor Graham Eyres.
Yafei Liu
Thesis title (PhD):Effect of pulsed electric protein on protein based food products.
Supervisors: Professor Indrawati Oey, Professor Phil Bremer and Pat Silcock.
Rajkumar Nandakumar
Thesis title (PhD):Understanding the effect of Pulsed Electric Field treatment on secondary metabolite production in Allium cepa L.
Supervisors: Professor Indrawati Oey, Associate Professor Graham Eyres and Associate Professor David Burritt (Botany).
Former Postgraduate Research Students
Dr Vidya Kethireddy
Thesis title (PhD):Effect of pulsed electric field processing on yeast and wine production.
Supervisors: Professor Indrawati Oey and Professor Phil Bremer.
Dr Sze Ying Leong
Thesis title (PhD):Feasibility of using pulsed electric field processing to increase phytochemicals in plants.
Supervisors: Professor Indrawati Oey, Assoc Prof David Burritt (Botany).
Dr Pankaj Sharma
Thesis title (PhD):Pulsed electric field pasteurisation and the impact on the functional properties of bovine whole milk.
Supervisors: Associate Professor David Everett and Professor Indrawati Oey.
Via Suwandy
Thesis title (MSc):The effect of pulsed electric field on the quality of beef.
Supervisors: Aladin Bekhit and Alan Carne (Biochemistry).
Research Theme: Product Development and Food Safety
Current Postgraduate Research Students
Zhihao (Wolf) Hu
Thesis title (MSc):Chitosan and Zein based film in food packaging.
Supervisors: Professor Indrawati Oey and Assoc Professor Azam Ali.
Claudia Philipp
Thesis title (PhD):Physicochemical behaviour of starch-protein mixtures during low-moisture extrusion.
Supervisors: Professor Indrawati Oey and Pat Silcock.
Aswathi Soni
Thesis title (PhD):Optimization of Technologies for extension of shelf life of liquid egg white.
Supervisors: Professor Phil Bremer, Professor Indrawati Oey and Pat Silcock.
Mina Tirgar
Thesis title (PhD):Pea/flaxseed protein isolate stabilized emulsions as a novel system for delivery of encapsulated flaxseed oil in food systems by spray drying.
Supervisors: Associate Professor John Birch and Pat Silcock.
Mohsen Zareian
Thesis title (PhD):Influence of substrate composition on volatile organic compound production by bacteria.
Supervisors: Professor Phil Bremer and Pat Silcock.
Former Postgraduate Research Students
Dr Mohammad Alothman
Thesis title (PhD):Investigation of the factors which limit the shelf life of Fresh Chilled Pasteurized Milk (FCPM).
Supervisors: Professor Phil Bremer, Pat Silcock, Dr Karen Lusk.
