Gurbuz Gunes
Department Chairperson
Food Engineering Department, Istanbul Technical University
Turkey
Biography
Gürbüz Güneş is a Professor in Department of Food Engineering at Istanbul Technical University (İTU). He received his B.S. from Middle East Technical University in 1993, M.S. and PhD from Cornell University in 1997 and 2000, respectively. He has served as the director of Food Research Institute at TUBITAK Marmara Research Center, and vice director of the Graduate School at ITU. He is serving as the department chair in Food Engineering Department at İTU.
Research Interest
Dr. Gunes's research is focused on food packaging and novel food processing technologies. He has been doing research on modified atmosphere packaging of various types of food products, development of smart packaging materials for fresh produce, food irradiation by gamma and UV light, ultrasound and dense CO2 processing.