- Fatih Tornuk
- Associate Professor
- [email protected]
- 090-212-383-45-80
- Yildiz Technical University
- Secondary or Higher Education Establishment
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Yildiz Technical University, that is located in Istanbul, is one of the oldest universities in Turkiye. Food Engineering, Department, which was founded in 2012, employs the most successful and leading researchers of both Turkey and Yildiz Technical University. (https://food.yildiz.edu.tr/staff)
- Topic 2.3.1-2023 (RIA) Assessing novel antimicrobial food packaging and coating materials to reduce food waste to improve safety in the Mediterranean food supply chain.
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Development of antifungal and antibacterial food packaging materials and edible coatings for preservation of fruit and vegetables, valorization of food/agricultural wastes for production of packaging materials and edible films, determination of the best coating-food match for the longest shelf-life, manipulation of mechanical and barrier properties of packaging materials by physical or chemical techniques, designation of edible coatings with probiotics or competitive lactic acid bacteria, reinforcement of food packaging materials with nanofillers, development of novel active films with the addition of antimicrobial nanoparticles.