TuridRustad,Professor

DepartmentofBiotechnology
NorwegianUniversityofScienceandTechnology
(NTNU)
7491Trondheim
Visitingaddress:SemSaelandsvei6/8
turid.rustad@ntnu.no
www.ntnu.no/ansatte/turid.rustad

Teachingactivity:IamresponsiblefortheAQFOODcourseAquaticfoodprocessingand
technology.InadditionIamlocalresponsibleatNTNUfortheotherAQFoodcorecourses.I
alsoteachFoodchemistrybothatmasterandPhDlevelandSaltingoffish(M.Sc.andPh.D.
course).
Research:IamheadofthefoodchemistrygroupatthedepartmentofBiotechnology,
NTNU.Theresearchismainlymarineorientedandisfocusedonproteinandlipidchemistry
relatedtofishprocessingandchangesinfishquality.Inrecentyearsworkhasbeenfocused
onutilizationofrestrawmaterialsforfishandthestudyofprocessestoextractproteinsby
makingfishproteinhydrolysates.Theextractionofandstabilityofmarinelipidsisalsoan
importantresearchtheme.Wearealsostudyingtheeffectofchillingandsuperchillingon
thequalityandshelflifeoffish.Workisalsobeingdoneontheeffectofreducingsalt
contentinfishproducts.
WehaveextensivecollaborationwithseveralresearchgroupsatSINTEF(researchinstitute)
andalsowithNorwegianfoodindustry.
Theresearchgroupisinternationallyorientedandregularlyhostresearchvisitsby
internationalphdstudents.