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Head of Institute: Prof. Ido Braslavsky

Administrative manager: Rakefet Kalev

Office Address:
Institute of Biochemistry, Food Science and Nutrition,
Robert H. Smith Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environment,
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 
Herzl 229, Rehovot 7610001, ISRAEL

Tel: +972 - (0)8-9489385
Fax: +972 - (0)8-9363208
Email Address: rakefetk@savion.huji.ac.il

Curriculum Vitae

Curriculum Vitae

Personal Details:

Marital Status: Married and two children

Military Rank: Major (retired)

Residence: 2 Weinshal Street #32 Tel Aviv 6941327 Israel.
Tel. +97258-740-7999; Telfax: +9723-644-1470.
Email:  sam.saguy@mail.huji.ac.il; saguy2011@yahoo.com.

Educational Background

1977 D.Sc. Food Engineering and Biotechnology, Technion, The Israeli Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel

1975 Diploma - Business Administration, The Israeli Institute of Productivity, Tel Aviv

1973 M.Sc. Food Engineering and Biotechnology, Technion, The Israeli Institute of Technology

1970 B.Sc. Chemical Engineering, Technion, The Israeli Institute of Technology.

Academic Appointments

Nov 2016 - May 2017 Visiting Professor of Food Innovation and Technology, Facoltà di Bioscienze e Tecnologie Agroalimentari ed Ambientali Università degli Studi di Teramo Via R. Balzarini 1 Campus Coste Sant'Agostino 64100 Teramo (TE) Italy.

2015 (Nov-Dec) Visiting Professor, Department of Industrial Engineering, Section of Chemical and Food Engineering, University of Salerno, Fisciano, Italy.

2014 (June 1) Professor Emeritus, The Robert H. Smith Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environment, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

1997 - 2014 Professor Food Technology and Innovation, The Robert H. Smith Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environment, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

1986 - 1997 Associate Professor, Department of Biochemistry, Food Science and Nutrit­ion, Faculty of Agriculture, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel

1991 - 1997 Adjunct Member of the Graduate School, Department of Food Science, Rutgers The State University, New Brunswick, NJ

1995 - 1996 Chairman of the Academic Program - Institute of Biochemistry, Food Science and Nutrit­ion, Faculty of Agriculture, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel

1979 ‑ 1988 Visiting Lecturer, Department of Applied Biologi­cal Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA

1979 ‑ 1985 Senior Research Scientist, Department of Food Technology, Institute for Technology and Storage of Agricultural Products, Volcani Center, Agricultural Research Organization, Bet Dagan, Israel

1980 ‑ 1983 Senior Lecturer, Department of Agricultural Biochemistry, Faculty of Agriculture, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Rehovot, Israel

1982 Senior Lecturer, Biochemical Engineering Graduate School of Applied Science and Techno­logy, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel

1978 ‑ 1979 Instructor, Department of Nutrition and Food Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA

1977 ‑ 1978 Research Associate, Department of Nutrition and Food Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA

1974 ‑ 1977 Instructor, Department of Food Engineering and Biotechnology, Technion, Haifa, Israel

1970 ‑ 1972 Assistant, Department of Food Engineering and Biotechnology. Technion, Haifa, Israel

Teaching Experience

2016-7 Intensive Graduate Course: New Food Product Development, Studi di Teramo, Italy.

1979-83 86-2013 Institute of Biochemistry, Food Science and Nutrition, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Rehovot.

Unit Operations of Food Technology and Food Engineering (Courses #71434 and #71435, 4 + 4 units); 
New Product Development (Graduate Course #71166, 4-units), 
Prediction of Shelf-life of Foods (Graduate Course #71917, 4-units), 
Advanced Topics in Food Engineering (Graduate Course #71947, 4-units), 
Quality Assurance in Food Processing (Graduate Course #71942, 2-units, with Dr. E. Cohen), 
Food Quality (Course #71459, 3-units with Dr. E. Cohen), 
Seminar (Course #71443 and Course 71122, 1-unit).

2003 Invited lecturer, Metabolism and Clinical Nutrition, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, School of Continuing Medical Education, Tel Aviv University, Israel.

1982 Biochemical Engineering (graduate course), Department of Applied Microbiology, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

1978 ‑ 1979 Food Engineering and Separation in Food Processing, Department of Nutrition and Food Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA.

1970-72, 74-77 InstructorLaboratory and Exercises in Food TechnologyFood Engineering and Thermodynamics, Department of Food Engineering and Biotechnology, Technion, Haifa.

1970-72 74-77 Lecturer of Food TechnologyComputer ProgrammingProject Instructor, School of Practical Engineering, Technion, Haifa.

Professional Memberships

1969 - Pres. Institute of Food Technologists ‑ IFT Professional Member, USA.

2008 – Pres. ISEKI ISEKI-Food Association, Europe.

1989 - 1991 American Institute of Chemical Engineering - AIChE Professional Member, USA.

1989 - 1991 American Association of Cereal Chemists - AACC Professional Member, USA.

Scholarships

1976 DAAD Germany Research Scholarship (Federal Research Center for Nutrition, Karlsruhe, Germany).

1973 Lord Sieff's Scholarship (1 year with UK industries: Marks & Spencer, The British Food Manufacture In­dustrial Research Association, and Metal Box Company).