Ali Demirci

 

 

Ali Demirci

231 Agricultural Engineering
814-863-1098
FAX: 814-863-1031
demirci@psu.edu

 

Degrees
B.S. Food Engineering - Middle East Technnical University, Gaziantep, Turkey, 1987
Ph.D. Food Science and Technology, Minor: Chemical Engineering, Iowa State University, Ames IA,1992

Areas of Interest
Microbiological Engineering: Inactivation/control of pathogenic microorganisms in foods by novel technologies; Bioconversion of agricultural raw and waste commodities into value added products; strain development; novel bioreactors; downstream processing.

Teaching
B E 408, Engineering Elements of Microbiology and Biochemistry
B E 468 Microbiological Engineering

ABE 568 Food Safety Engineering

Research
Food Safety Engineering: Inactivation of pathogenic and spoilage microorganisms by using novel processing technologies such as Ozone, Electrolyzed oxidizing (EO) water, Irradiation, Pulsed UV-light, Super critical carbon dioxide, Bioprocessing: Productions of value-added products by microbial fermentation Utilization of low cost media, Novel bioreactor designs, Down-stream processing

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