![](Ali_resim_SMALL.jpg)
Google Scholar
Cheese Science
|
Biography |
Dr. Ali
Topcu (Bsc, MSc, Ph.D.)
is a Professor in the Department of Food Engineering at Hacettepe
University. His teaching responsibilities include novel food processing
and preservation, dairy science and technology,
food
machinery and equipment,
and new food product development. He was included in research programs
in the
Department of Food and Nutritional Sciences
at
University College Cork
as a
post-doctorate,
and in the
Department of Food and Nutritional Sciences at the University of Reading
as a research fellowship.
He has experience of more than five years in the dairy industry as a
food engineer and quality control manager. His main research interests
are focused on dairy science and technology, cheese, food analyses,
novel technologies in food processing, and quality control. He leads a
research group on the chemistry and processing of milk and dairy
products. Due to the applications focus (product formulation and
processing) of his research program, he collaborates with industry
partners, domestically and internationally, through short projects,
informal advice, training, and directly/fully-funded projects. He
authored and co-authored
papers and book chapters in the fields of dairy, food technology, and
food analysis. A
brief biography is given below; |
Educational Background:
|
PhD : |
Food
Engineering, Hacettepe University (1998-2004) |
MSc :
|
Food
Engineering,
Trakya
University
(1994–1997)
|
BSc :
|
Food
Engineering, Hacettepe University (1987–1992)
|
Career:
|
2021-
Date |
Prof. Dr. in Food
Engineering Department, Engineering Faculty, Hacettepe University, Ankara,
TURKEY |
2012-
2021 |
Assoc. Prof. Dr. in Food
Engineering Department, Engineering Faculty, Hacettepe University, Ankara,
TURKEY |
2007-2012 |
Assist. Prof. Dr. in Food
Engineering Department, Engineering Faculty, Hacettepe University, Ankara,
TURKEY |
August
2009-February 2010
|
Postdoc,
University College Cork, Department of Food and Nutritional Sciences,
Ireland (6 months). |
2004-2007 |
Academic Instructor, Dr., in
Food Engineering Department, Engineering Faculty, Hacettepe University,
Ankara, TURKEY |
August-December 2006 |
Postdoc, University College
Cork, Department of Food and Nutritional Sciences, Ireland (5 months). |
1998-2004 |
Research
Assistant in Food Engineering Department, Engineering Faculty, Hacettepe
University, Ankara, TURKEY |
September-December 2000
|
Research Fellow, Food Science
and Technology Department, The University of Reading, Reading, UK (4
months). |
1996-1998 |
Food Engineer (Production
manager) in Food Engineering
Department pilot plant, Hacettepe University, Ankara, TURKEY |
1996-1996 |
Food
engineer , Birtat Dairy Company, Ankara, TURKEY (6 months) |
1992-1996
|
Food engineer
(Quality control manager), Malkara Birlik Dairy Company, Tekirdag, TURKEY |
Awards and Felloships
|
-
The Scientific
and Technology Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK),
Directorate of Human Resources
Development, Support for scientific activity in abroad, 2010 (6 months)
-
Society of Chemical Industry (SCI) Seligman APV, Fellowship, UK, 2000 (4
months)
|
|