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Balunkeswar Nayak

Academic Title: Assistant Professor

Name: Balunkeswar Nayak

 

Department: Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition

Department Website: http://www.fsn.umaine.edu/

Institution: University of Maine

 

Address: 5735 Hitchner Hall
Orono, Maine 04469-5735

 

Highest Degree: Ph.D.

Date of Degree: 2011

Degree Institution: Washington State University, Pullman, WA, USA

 

E-mail: Contact by e-mail?

 

Expertise: Effects of food processing on chemical hazards in foods including food allergens, mycotoxins and bacterial toxins, their detection and methods to reduce the potential risks/hazards in processed foods.
Developing novel food processing technologies using thermal and non-thermal (high pressure, PEF, ultrasound) techniques for detection and inactivation of high risk microbial contamination in perishable fruits and vegetables to improve food safety.
Developing processing methods, extraction techniques and bioprocessing to develop value-added products with enriched bioactive compound

 

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