Kaisa
Linderborg
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Biography
Kaisa Linderborg is a full Professor of Molecular Food Sciences and the Vice Head of Department of Life Technologies, responsible for degree programs, at the Faculty of Technology at University of Turku.
Teaching
As a fully educated teacher, Kaisa Linderborg teaches in the programs of BSc-Tech in Food Technology, BSc in Biochemistry, BSc-Tech in Biotechnology, MSc in Food Chemistry and MDP in Food Development (tech). Her main teaching responsibilities include courses in food chemistry, human nutritional biochemistry and food safety and european food legislation. Kaisa Linderborg has supervised >39 MSc / MSc tech thesis and is/has supervised 14 PhD thesis projects.
Research
Kaisa Linderborg has published about 100 international original peer-reviewed research publications. Her main research interests include the chemistry and biochemistry of lipids, secondary metabolites and fibers and their mass spectrometric and chromatographic analysis methods often combined with nutritional intervention trials. She has led projects funded by e.g. Finnish Research Council and Business Finland.