PhD Dissertation Defense

Advisor: Dr. Ozan Ciftci

 

Monday, November 17, 2025

1:00 pm

Food Innovation Center, Room 111

Zoom link: https://unl.zoom.us/j/98292995896

Zoom Meeting ID: 982 9299 5896 (No password)

 

“Solid Lipid Particles for Improved Food Quality and Assessment of Their Performance”

 

Purlen Sezer Okur is a PhD candidate advised by Dr. Ozan N. Ciftci. She received her BS and MS in Food Engineering from Turkiye. Her PhD work focuses on the green processing of lipids to produce natural food ingredients using supercritical carbon dioxide, which serve as bioactive carriers or shortening alternatives in food products.