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Ovissipour, Reza

Reza Ovissipour

Assistant Professor
Office:  
Heep 220C
Email:  
Phone:  
979-314-3946

Education

Undergraduate Education
B.Sc Natural Resources Engineering-Aquaculture Engineering; Gorgan Agri. Sciences and Natural Resources University , Gorgan, Iran. 2004
Graduate Education
M.Sc. Natural Resources Engineering-Seafood Science and Technology, Tarbiat Modares University , Iran 2006
Ph.D Natural Resources Engineering-Bioprocess Engineering, Tarbiat Modares University, Iran 2010
Ph.D Biosystems Engineering-Food Engineering, Washington State University , Pullman, Washington 2017
Awards
Startup Builder Award, Virginia Tech IP and Commercialization Office, 2023
International Travel Award; Virginia Tech CALS Global Program, 2019
Food, Ag+Health Entrepreneurship Academy Scholarship, UC Davis, 2017
Arnie & Marta Kegel Endowed Fellowship, Washington State University, 2017

Areas of Expertise

  • Cellular agriculture
  • precision fermentation
  • food safety
  • microbiome
  • bioprocess engineering
  • AI-assisted food processing.

Professional Summary

  • Enhance Sustainability, Resiliency and Robustness in Agri-Food Systems;
  • Cellular agriculture and precision fermentation;
  • AI-assisted food production, and improving Life Cycle Analysis;
  • Insects-based food and feed production;
  • Agri-food waste valorization;
  • Bioprocess technology and fermentation to enhance the post-biotics quality;
  • Nanobubbles and microbial community for enhancing food production;
  • Biomaterials and bioplastics;
  • Aquaponics and hydroponics;

Support Staff and Students

Arian Amirvaresi, PhD student
Reyhaneh Sharkarat, Masters student

Publications