Journal of Food Processing & Technology

Cynthia Ditchfield

Biography

Graduated in Chemical Engineering from the University of São Paulo (1996), master's degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of São Paulo (2000) and a PhD in Chemical Engineering from the University of São Paulo (2004). She is currently a professor at the Faculty of Animal Science and Food Engineering, University of Sao Paulo. She has experience in chemical engineering, with an emphasis on foods, acting on the following topics: continuous heat treatment of fruit purees, fluid flow non-Newtonian, heat transfer, residence time distribution, enzymatic inactivation, bio-indicators for thermal processes , biodegradable films and active packaging.

Research Interest

 Food packing