Prof. Dr. Esra Capanoglu Guven

Profile

Academic positionFull Professor
Research fieldsFood Chemistry,Plant Biochemistry and Biophysics,Nutritional Sciences
KeywordsWaste valorization, In vitro Bioaccessibility, Functional Foods, Antioxidants, Fruit and Vegetable Processing

Current contact address

CountryGermany
CityHannover
InstitutionGottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Universität Hannover
InstituteInstitut für Lebensmittelwissenschaft und Humanernährung

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Tuba EsatbeyogluInstitut für Lebensmittelwissenschaft und Humanernährung, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Universität Hannover, Hannover
Start of initial sponsorship01/08/2023

Program(s)

2022Georg Forster Research Award Programme

Nominator's project description

Prof. Capanoglu, a leading international food chemist, is known for her expertise in processing and food matrix effects on the content and bioavailability of phenolic compounds and other bioactives. She has also made important contributions on investigating methods to improve the bioavailability of bioactive compounds, as well as waste valorization. In Germany, she intends to focus on the effect of non-thermal novel technologies on the content, bioaccessibility and bioavailability of bioactive compounds in different food matrices and to valorize the by-products of food industry for functional food development.