Cristina L.M. Silva
Associate Professor Escola Superior de Biotecnologia(SB)
Universidade Católica Portuguesa
Portugal
Biography
Cristina L.M. Silva is Associate Prof. at Portuguese Catholic University – College of Biotechnology (ESB). She is Chem. Eng. and PhD in Biotechnology and Food Engineering, and is involved in research on quality and safety of processed foods, with special emphasis on mathematical modelling and optimization of the processes. She is also working on sterilization of medical devices. She published 90 papers in refereed international journals – which have received to date 859 cites since 1996 listed by the ISI® web of knowledge and has an Elsevier SCOPUS® h-index of 19.
Research Interest
design and optimization of food process conditions; predictive microbiology as a tool to fruits and vegetables, fruit juices, sensory analysis, thermal processes, non-thermal innovative processes (such as ozonation, ultrasonic and UV radiation, as novel preservation techniques for fruits and vegetables), drying and freezing, optimize food processes; evaluation of food quality changes due to conventional and novel processing;evaluation of food quality and safety changes during storage; and formulation of new foods.