Leen Van Campenhout
University of Leuven, Belgium
Biography
Leen Van Campenhout has completed her PhD in 2000 at the University of Leuven (KU Leuven), Belgium. From 1999 to 2004, she was R&D Manager in Enzymology & Microbiology in an international feed additive company. Then she became Professor at the Katholieke Hogeschool Kempen and at the University of Leuven. Her expertise is situated in food microbiology. Her main research topics include (i) (mild) conservation of food using e.g. Modified Atmosphere Packaging, (ii) the microbiology of new food matrices, such as insects, and (iii) the implementation of new technologies, e.g. metagenomics, in the food industry.
Abstract
Abstract : Microbial quality and food safety of edible insects as a novel and sustainable food matrix