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The Professor Sami Ghnimi

Sami Ghnimi
Associate Professor in Food Process Engineering


Expertise

Biodegradable or recyclable active polymers, micro/nanoencapsulation, life cycle analysis, food process engineering


Research Unit

Laboratoire d’Automatique, de Génie des Procédés et de Génie Pharmaceutique, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, CNRS, LAGEPP UMR 5007

 

Key words

Biodegradable and recyclable polymers, micro/nanoencapsulation, eco-design, life cycle assessment

Ongoing research projects or lately completed

  • A-Block (2024-2027): Nano-Enabled Antimicrobial Food Packaging Incorporating Natural Bioactives from Mediterranean Agri-Wastes, H2020 Europe, PRIMA (LIST Luxembourg, DIL Germany, NKUA Greece, IBUN Türkiye, PPC & ÜB Türkiye)
  • FABIONANOCAP (2021-2024): Development of nanocapsule-based biodegradable films for food biopreservation (funded by Terra Isara)
  • NEMOS (2022-2024): A new educational model for the acquisition of sustainability skills through service learning (Erasmus+ project, University of Navarra – Spain; University of Pisa – Italy; Technical University of Graz – Austria; Technical University of Dublin – Ireland) 

Teaching activities

  • Head of the European Master in Sustainable Food Systems: MSc Sustainable Food Systems
  • Engineering degree :
    • Coordinator of the ”Sustainable Developments in Food Industries” semester in the final year of the engineering curriculum
    • Lectures in Life Cycle Assessment, Sustainable Processing and Packaging, Packaging Technology & Food Process Engineering

 

Professional experience and studies

  • Sine 2018: Associate Professor, ISARA, France.
  • 2017-2018: Associate Professor, Ghent University Global Campus, Corée du sud.
  • 2013-2017: Maitre de Conférences, UAE University, UAE.
  • 2009-2013: Maitre de Conférences, Université de Strasbourg, France.

 

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