Organizing Committee Member
Ali Dimeric
Professor
The Pennsylvania State University
USA
Biography
Ali Dimeric teaching and research focus on Microbiological Engineering, which has two directions: i) Bioprocessing/ fermentation processes for productions of value-added products; ii) Inactivation/control of pathogenic microorganisms in foods and environment by novel non-thermal processing methods. He holds two U.S. patents and has authored numerous refereed journal article and book chapters. He made numerous presentations at regional, national, and international conferences. He is currently serving as the associate editor for Transactions of ASABE and have served on editorial boards of several peer-reviewed journals. He received his Ph.D. degree in Food Science and Technology with a minor in Chemical Engineering at Iowa State University in 1992. He began teaching in the Department of Food Engineering at University of Gaziantep, Turkey. Then, he worked as a Research Associate at Iowa State University until he joined to the Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering at The Pennsylvania State University in 1999.
Research Area
Ali Dimeric teaching and research focus on Microbiological Engineering, which has two directions: I) Bioprocessing/ fermentation processes for productions of value-added products ii) Inactivation/control of pathogenic microorganisms in foods and environment by novel non-thermal processing methods.