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Centre for Innovation and Research
on Prohealthy and Safe Food
University of Agriculture in Krakow
Center Management
Anna Ptaszek - head of the center
E-mail: anna.ptaszek@urk.edu.pl
Phone number: (12) 662-48-81
Scientific interests: physical chemistry of biopolymer solutions, rheological properties of food products and mathematical modeling of processes in the food industry. Certificates held: Prince2 Foundation GR656234036AP and Prince2 Practitioner GR657101427AP.
Marek Gancarz - deputy head of the center
E-mail: marek.gancarz@urk.edu.pl
Phone number: (12) 662-43-37 or 697 – 498 – 200
Scientific interests: research on the chemical composition of raw materials and plant products and their impact on food quality; Research on physical processes occurring during food storage; Studies of volatile organic and aromatic compounds using an electronic nose, spectroscopic and spectrometric methods; Studies of the microstructure of fruit and vegetable tissues; Studies of the mechanical properties of plant structures and tissues; Studies of the acoustic emission phenomenon during the cracking of plant tissues.