Dr.-Ing. Ulrike van der Schaaf
- KIT Junior Research Group Leader
- group:
Emulgiertechnik
- room: 402.3
- phone: +49 721 608 43609
- fax: +49 721 608 45967
- ulrike schaaf ∂ kit edu
Gotthard-Franz-Str. 3
Geb. 50.31, 4. OG
D-76131 Karlsruhe
Scope of duties
- KIT junior research group leader "Interfacial properties of pectin-based biopolymers"
- Management of the research group and supervision of PhD students
- Participation in the decision making processes of the Chair of Food Process Engineering
- Acquisition and management of third party funding
- University teaching as well as supervision of B.Sc. and M.Sc. students
Research topics
- Relationship between molecular structure of pectins and their emulsifying and emulsion stabilizing properties
- Polysaccharide-based microgel particles - preparation, application as well as investigation of their technofunctional properties
- Investigation of the adsorption properties of hydrocolloid emulsifiers at liquid-liquid and solid-liquid interfaces
- Upcycling of side and waste streams of the food industry
- Stabilization, structuring and texturing of emulsion-based food products
- Rheology and tribology of disperse food products
- Encapsulation and targeted release of active ingredients using double emulsions
Teaching
- Lecture "Additives and active substances"
- Team project "Development of an innovative food product"
- "Seminar of food processing in practice with excursion"
- Seminar "Food Process Engineering"
- Seminar for PhD students
- Seminar "Current research in emulsification technology"
Prizes/Awards
- KaTe-Prize 2017 (KATech Katharina Hahn & Partner GmbH)
Prize for pioneering food research (successor of the G. C. Hahn research prize for young scientists) - GNT Young Scientist Award 2016 (2nd Prize) of the GNT Group
Prize for outstanding scientific achievements in the field of food technology related to fruit and vegetable valorization; awarded at the 30th EFFoST International Conference 2016 in Vienna - Julius Maggi Research Award 2016 (2nd place)
10th European PhD workshop on Food Engineering and Technology - Presentations of selected national PhD students at European level
Curriculum vitae
Since October 2020 | KIT Junior Research Group Leader |
Since March 2016 |
Senior Research Fellow/"Habilitandin" Institute of Process Engineering in Life Sciences - Food Process Engineering (KIT) |
22nd February 2016 |
PhD with distinction ("summa cum laude") "Citrus pectin as a hydrocolloid emulsifier: Emulsifying and emulsion stabilizing properties" |
Feb. 2013 - July 2013 |
Research stay Department of Food Science, Food Chemistry Section, Universität Kopenhagen, Dänemark |
Dec. 2010 - Feb. 2016 |
Research Associate Institute of Process Engineering in Life Sciences - Food Process Engineering (KIT) |
June 2010 - Nov. 2010 |
Diploma thesis Food Process Engineering Group, Wageningen University and Research Centre, Netherlands and Institute of Process Engineering in Life Sciences - Food Process Engineering (KIT) |
Oct. 2005 - Nov. 2010 |
Studies of Life Science Engineering (Dipl-Ing.) Department of Chemical and Process Engineering (KIT) |
Aug. 1996 - May 2005 |
Abitur ("A-levels") Johann-Gottfried-Herder-Oberschule, Berlin |