PRIMARY RESEARCH AREA:

Physicochemical properties and functionality of food biopolymer system (focus on starch, non-starch polysaccharides).

CURRENT RESEARCH PROJECTS:

1. •Development of novel method for starch modification;
   

2. •Modification of non-starch polysaccharides (ozonation);
   

3. •Development of starch foam for food packaging.
   

4. •Starch-based packaging film
   

5. •Gelatin alternatives for food and pharmaceuticals;
   

6. •Extraction of collagen from sheep skin and marine organisms;

SECONDARY RESEARCH AREA:

Collagen & collagen hydrolysate, gelatin alternatives from plant hydrocolloids, protein-polysaccharide interactions, biopolymer mixtures, nanoencapsulation.