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Lara Manzocco
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Department of Agricultural, Food, Environmental and Animal Sciences,
University of Udine, Via Sondrio 2/A, I-33100 Udine, Italy
Telephone
+39 0432 558152
lara.manzocco [at] uniud.it
Date of birth
19/07/1969
Work experience
From 2015
Associate Professor in Food Technology (SSD AGR/15) at the University of Udine (eligible from 2018 to Italian Full Professor position)
Specific competencies and research topics:
- innovative non-thermal technologies (UV-C light, pulsed light, high pressure homogenization, dense phase carbon dioxide, Hyperbaric storage) to increase safety, functionality and sustainability of food
- food waste valorisation
- mathematical models for the prediction of food shelf life and household waste
- effect of environmental, structural and processing conditions on food stability and functionality
From 2005 to 2015
Researcher in Food Technology at the University of Udine
From 2001 to 2005
Post-Doc researcher in Food Technology at the University of Udine
Education and training
2001
PhD in Food Biotechnology at the University of Udine, Italy
PHD Thesis: Effect of processing and storage conditions on food antioxidant properties
2000
Research fellow at the Department of Food Science and Nutrition, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, USA. Project: Application of X-ray diffraction analysis in food
From 1994 to 2000
Research fellow at the Department of Food Science, University of Udine, Italy
1994
Research fellow at the Department of National Accounts of the United Nations, New York, USA
1993
MSc in Food Science and Technology at the University of Udine, Italy
Personal skills and competences
Mother tongue(s)
Italian
Other language
English
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Institutional positions held in university
From 2022: Coordinator of the Food Technology and Nutrition section of the Department of Agricultural, Food, Environmental and Animal Sciences (Di4A) of the University of Udine (UNIUD).
2018-2022: President of the Commission of Quality Assurance of DI4A.
2014-2015: Representative of the Department of Food Science in the Commission of Tutoring and Placement of UNIUD
2013: Responsible for the activities of Tutoring and Placement of the Department of Food science of UNIUD
2010-2012: Member of the Erasmus Commission of the Agricultural Faculty of UNIUD
2010-2012: Responsible for tutor activities of the Food Science and Technology BSc and MSc degree courses of UNIUD
2008-2012: Vice-President of the Commission of Tutoring of the Agricultural Faculty of UNIUD
From 2005: Coordinator of Erasmus project for bilateral agreement between UNIUD and University College Cork (Ireland), University College Dublin (Ireland), Gent University (Belgium), Universidad Politecnica de Valencia (Spain), Universidad Publica de Navarra (Spain), Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (Greece).
Recent research projects
2023-2026: Technological and economic potential of the active packaging obtained by supercritical techniques for the preservation of Mediterranean fresh food “Im-Pack” (PRIMA Section 2 Call 2022)
2023-2026: Filiere ingredientistiche innovative e processi ottimizzati al servizio di un sistema alimentare sicuro e sostenibile (Ministero dello Sviluppo Economico, Accordo Innovazione, call 2022)
Bibliometric indicators
Number of publications 143; h-index 38; Citations: 5124 (from Scopus, 05/04/2023)