Indrawati Oey

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Indrawati Oey
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Oey in 2010
Born29 April 1970 (1970-04-29) (age 55)
Malang, East Java, Indonesia
Alma mater Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
Scientific career
FieldsFood Science
Institutions Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, University of Otago
Thesis

Indrawati Oey (born 29 April 1970 [1] ) is a New Zealand food scientist, full professor at the University of Otago. [2]

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Early life and education

Oey was born in Malang, East Java, Indonesia in 1970. [3]

Academic career

After a PhD at Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Oey moved to the University of Otago and rose to full professor and head of the Department of Food Sciences. [2] [4] [5] [6] She is a principal investigator of the Riddet Institute, a national food research centre in New Zealand. [7]

Her work has focused on the biochemical reactions that affect multiple aspects of food quality, including texture, flavour, colour, and nutrition. [8] At Otago, she has led a project on applications of pulsed electric field equipment to improve food quality and efficiency of processing. [9] She has also worked on edible food packaging to tackle problems of current plastic packaging. [10]

Honours and awards

In 2016 Oey was elected a Fellow of the New Zealand Institute of Food Science and Technology. [11] [12]

Selected works

References

  1. "Indrawati Oey". www.biw.kuleuven.be.
  2. 1 2 "Indrawati Oey". www.otago.ac.nz. University of Otago Department of Food Science. Retrieved 14 February 2018.
  3. "Indrawati Oey". www.biw.kuleuven.be. Retrieved 4 May 2019.
  4. "Researchers focus on food waste". www.odt.co.nz. 30 January 2012.
  5. "Fears of missing furry hug behind citizenship decision". www.odt.co.nz. 4 August 2016.
  6. "University opens food research lab". www.odt.co.nz. 21 April 2016.
  7. "Our People | Riddet Institute". www.riddet.ac.nz. Archived from the original on 1 May 2019. Retrieved 3 May 2019.
  8. "Food quality specialist for Otago professorship". www.scoop.co.nz. 9 July 2009. Retrieved 4 May 2019.
  9. Smith, George (29 June 2018). "University in New Zealand starts pulsed electric field French fry experiment". New Food. Retrieved 3 May 2019.
  10. "Edible bioplastic – food wrap of the future?". Radio New Zealand. 5 June 2018. Retrieved 4 May 2019.
  11. "NZIFST – List of Fellows". nzifst.org.nz. Retrieved 12 November 2023.
  12. "Prof. Indra Oey". www.fiet.ac.nz. Retrieved 12 November 2023.