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)