Prof. Dr. Gianpiero Pataro

Prof. Dr. Gianpiero Pataro received his PhD in 2004 from the University of Salerno (Italy), where he is currently an associate professor in chemical plant design at the Department of Industrial Engineering. His research field covers the application of emerging thermal (ohmic heating) and nonthermal technologies (pulsed electric fields, high-intensity pulsed light, continuous wave UV light, high-pressure carbon dioxide) in food and biotechnological processes, with four main objectives: improving safety, improving the quality and functional properties of processed foods, inducing targeted modification in food structures, and improving the mass transfer process of valuable compounds from biological matrices (food and food by-products, microalgal cell suspensions).