Short interview with Programme Director Federico Gomez
Do you have any experience from industry?
"After I finished my studies, I worked for one and half years in the R&D of the company Inaexpo in Ecuador. I finished my employment when I was accepted to do a PhD at ÃÛ¶¹ÊÓƵ. Here in Sweden, I co-founded the company OptiCept (formerly OptiFreeze). I am in the board and provide technical advice."
What drew you to a career in academia?
"I like to do research and I was fortunate to get the opportunity to do PhD and continue my career from there"
What are your research interests?
"Emerging technologies for food processing – specifically pulsed electric field as aid for improving the quality of dried and frozen plant-based products. Stress physiology associated with cell responses to the electric field is also of great interest."
What are your most recent publications?
What is your driving force as a teacher?
"Student learning."
Is there any cutting-edge research going on in the department that the students benefit from? If yes, how?
"All research in our department is cutting edge. Firstly, students benefit as all teachers are active researchers and include aspects of their research in the courses. Secondly, students integrate into research teams during their master thesis work."
About Federico
Federico Gomez, Programme Director and Senior Lecturer
Federico graduated from the Technical University of Ambato in Ecuador as a food engineer. Thereafter, he worked in both industry and research in Ecuador, Portugal and Lund. His research mainly revolves around emerging technologies for food processing.