prof. Salwa Karboune 

Associate Dean (Research) at Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences at McGill University, Québec, Canada

Topic:
Integrated Approaches to Biotransform Biomasses into Carbohydrate-based Functional Ingredients: Oligo/polysaccharides and their Feruloylated derivatives

https://www.karboune-group.lab.mcgill.ca/
https://www.mcgill.ca/foodscience/staff-and-research/salwa-karboune
 

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Professor Salwa Karboune holds the position of the Associate Dean (Research) at Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences at McGill University. She is the scientific director of RITA Consortium, an inclusive platform that establishes collaboration between research institutions and the food processing industry. Her research has led to internationally recognized contributions to the development of enzymatic glycosylation approaches for the efficient synthesis of carbohydrate-based biomolecules. In addition to their techno-functional properties, carbohydrate-based biomolecules have an essential role in innumerable biological functions; their tailor-made synthesis, shaped on demand, is of high importance in various fields. Her research work also contributes to the sustainability by developing approaches to generate highly added-value oligo/polysaccharides from abundant biomasses. She published in more than 140 peer-reviewed journal articles and presented at world-wide known conferences. Professor Karboune is passionate about science and active learning, and places a high value on creation through innovation and dissemination through translation of the knowledge.