Salwa Karboune
Associate Dean (Research); Professor
Scientific Director, Consortium for Research, Innovation and Transformation of Agrifood
Innovative green bioprocesses for the synthesis of novel food ingredients and nutraceuticals; Discovery and biochemical characterization of carbohydrate-active enzymes for the synthesis of tailored prebiotic oligosaccharides and functional polysaccharides from abundant simple sugars; Developing modified proteins via enzymatic cross-linking or conjugation with oligo/polysaccharides and understanding their molecular properties; Enzyme technology solutions towards efficient biomass conversion into highly valuable bioactive products.
Innovative green bioprocesses for the synthesis of novel food ingredients and nutraceuticals