Sami GHNIMI

Professor and researcher in Food Process Engineering

Expertise

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

Research unit

Laboratory of Automation, Process Engineering, and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Claude Bernard University Lyon 1, CNRS, LAGEPP UMR 5007.

Mots clés

Laboratory of Automation, Process Engineering, and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Claude Bernard University Lyon 1, CNRS, LAGEPP UMR 5007

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

Ongoing or recently completed projects

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 biodegradable films based on nanocapsules for food biopreservation, TERRA ISARA.
NEMOS (2022-2024) : A new educational model for acquiring sustainability skills through service learning (Partners: University of Navarra – Spain; University of Pisa – Italy; Graz University of Technology – Austria; Dublin Institute of Technology – Ireland)

Teaching activities

Head of the European Master’s in Sustainable Food Systems: MSc Sustainable Food Systems
Engineering program:
- Coordinator of the “Sustainable Developments in Food Industries” specialization in the final year of the engineering program
- Lecturer in Life Cycle Analysis, Sustainable Processing and Packaging, Packaging Technology & Food Process Engineering

Professional experience and education

Since 2018 : Lecturer-researcher at ISARA and associate researcher at the Laboratory of Automation, Process Engineering, and Pharmaceutical Engineering (LAGEPP), UMR-CNRS 5007– Claude Bernard Lyon 1 University, France.
2017-2018 : Associate Professor, Ghent University Global Campus, South Korea.
2013-2017 : Senior Lecturer, UAE University, UAE.
2009-2013 : Senior Lecturer, University of Strasbourg, France.

Latest publications

Article in a journal

2025

Christophe David, Xabier Amaro, Kurt Rosentrater, Sami Ghnimi. Comparative life cycle assessment of perennial and annual crop production: impact of farming systems and management practices. Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 2025, 9,

Abdallah Fawky Elshamy, Kurt Rosentrater, Sami Ghnimi, M. Kamal Hossain, Volker Lammers, et al.. High-moisture meat analogs produced from dry-fractionated Faba bean, yellow pea, and functional soy proteins: Effects of mixture design and extrusion parameters on texture properties. Innovative Food Science & Emerging Technologies / Innovative Food Science and Emerging Technologies , 2025, 100, pp.103927.

Sabrina Tomasi, Annapia Ferrara, Chiara Mignani, Maria Cantalejo, Carlos Vilches, et al.. Education for sustainable transformation: a multi-actor perspective on higher education institutions’ contribution to agrifood systems. International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2025,

2024

Florence Akinmeye, Sghaier Chriki, Changqi Liu, Jing Zhao, Sami Ghnimi. What factors influence consumer attitudes towards alternative proteins?. Food and Humanity, 2024, 3, pp.100349.

Fatemeh Baghi, Sami Ghnimi, Géraldine Agusti, Emilie Dumas, Adem Gharsallaoui. Development and Characterization of Pectin-Based Antimicrobial Packaging Films Containing Nanoemulsified Trans-Cinnamaldehyde. Applied Sciences, 2024, GEPHARM, 14 (6), pp.2256.

Fatemeh Baghi, Adem Gharsallaoui, Emilie Dumas, Géraldine Agusti, Sami Ghnimi. Characterization of antimicrobial multilayer film based on ethylcellulose-pectin incorporated with nanoemulsions of trans-cinnamaldehyde essential oil. Food Chemistry: X, 2024, 22, pp.101261.

Aditya Francis, Sami Ghnimi, Sergiy Smetana. Development of a regionalized dynamic weighting method for the environmental impact of alternative protein sources. Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 2024, 8,

Amin Nikkhah, Mahdi Esmaeilpour-Troujeni, Armaghan Kosari-Moghaddam, Abbas Rohani, Farima Nikkhah, et al.. Machine learning‐based life cycle assessment for environmental sustainability optimization of a food supply chain. Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management, 2024,

2023

Ronan Le Velly, Mathieu Désolé, Carole Chazoule. How to create intermediated local food system partnerships? Collective performance, collective negotiation, and collective learning. The Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development, 2022, 12 (1), pp.35-46.

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