Postdoctoral research associate for the ARC Training Centre for Advanced Technologies in Food Manufacture (School of Chemical Engineering), my research areas are:

• analysis of vitamins and minerals in food using microbiological assays, HPLC and LC-MS/MS
• optimisation and development of analytical methods for qualitative and quantitative determination of vitamins
• bioaccessibility study of nutrients and anti-nutritional compounds
• in vitro uptake/transport study of nutrients (Caco-2 cells absorption model)
• functionalities and properties of food ingredients
• processing of legumes to enhance vitamins contents