Name: Dr. Osman Erkmen
Educational Qualification: Ph.D
Designation: Professor
Department: Food Microbiology
University of Gaziantep
Email: erkmen@gantep.edu.tr
Research Interests: He expanded his research on nonthermal processes and natural antimicrobials in food preservation; production of fermented foods and products; (thiamin, lycopene and citric acid); and microbial inactivation kinetics and modeling; and combined effect of nonthermal processes.
Biography: He received his BS degree in Biology (1985) and MS degree in Food Microbiology (1987) from the METU (Turkey). He did his PhD in General Microbiology in 1994. He started his career as a research assistant at the Department of Food Engineering in 1985 and later became assistant professor in 1994, associate professor of Food Microbiology in 1999 and professor in 2004. He expanded his research on nonthermal processes and natural antimicrobials in food preservation; production of fermented foods and products; (thiamin, lycopene and citric acid); and microbial inactivation kinetics and modeling; and combined effect of nonthermal processes. He is work in the Department of Food Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Gaziantep (Turkey) since 1985.
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