Dr. Dr. Mutamed Ayyash

Mutamed Ayyash joined UAEU in 2014 as an Assistant Professor of Food Science at the Department of Food Science. He was promoted to Associate Professor in 2019. He received a Doctor of Philosophy in Food Science from Victoria University, Australia, in 2013. His research interests focus on probiotics from indigenous sources, prebiotics, exopolysaccharides, fermented foods, dairy products (cheese and yogurt), probiotics and functional foods, probiotics and their impact on foodborne pathogens, and transforming traditional foods into healthy products.