Francesco Marra

　　Title: Assistant Professor

　　Address: Department of Industrial Engineering Section of

　　Chemical and Food Engineering University of Salerno

　　via Giovanni Paolo II, 132 84084 Fisciano - SA - Italy

　　Tel: +39 089 96 2012

　　Email: fmarra@unisa.it

　　Education Background:

　　2003  Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, Department of Chemical and Food Engineering,

　　College of Engineering, University of Salerno, Italy

　　1999  M.Sc., Department of Chemical and Material Engineering, University of Calabria, Italy

　　Working Experiences:

　　2014-present    ISEKI Food Association, Austria. Co-chair of the International School on Modeling and Simulation in Food and Bio Processes (MSFS).

　　2005-present   University of Salerno, Italy. Assistant Professor at Department of Industrial Engineering

　　2008                University of California, Davis, CA, USA. Research fellow

　　2004                University College Dublin, Ireland. Research fellow

　　Research Interests:

　　Virtualization as innovation tool in food engineering. Design of food processes and systems assisted by virtualization. Food processes assisted by electromagnetic fields (radio-frequency, microwaves, ohmic heating).

　　Professional Activities:

　　Guest Editor of the Journal of Food Engineering,

　　Special Issue on Virtualization in Food Engineering.

　　Peer reviewer for numerous scientific journals and governmental funding agencies.

　　Consultant for multi-national companies on innovative food processes.

　　Member of various scientific technical committees for state and federal regulatory agencies