Maaria
Kortesniemi
Associate Professor, Food Sciences
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Areas of expertise
Food chemistry
Food metabolomics
NMR spectroscopy
Honey
Berries
Sea buckthorn (Hippophaë rhamnoides)
Strawberry
Grapes
Human milk
Secondary metabolites
Lipids
Multivariate data analysis
Biography
I am associate professor in food development at the Food Sciences unit (Department of Life Technologies, UTU). I have completed my PhD in food chemistry in 2016 (UTU) and hold a Title of Docent in food metabolomics. The topic of my PhD thesis was "NMR Metabolomics of Foods – Investigating the Influence of Origin on Sea Buckthorn Berries, Brassica Oilseeds and Honey". During my PhD studies (2014) and post doc phase (2018) I visited the Slupsky lab in University of California - Davis.
Teaching
- Food Technology
- Food Safety and Legislation (process-derived contaminants)
- Food Metabolomics and Multivariate Analysis (NMR metabolomics)
- Departmental contact person for student exchange
Research
My research focuses in varying topics in the field of NMR Metabolomics and Food Sciences.
- Effect of Northern latitudes on food plant phenotypes
- Human milk metabolomics
- Botanical origin, quality and authenticity of honey
- Lipidomics
- Structural elucidation (NMR)
Project PI of
- TYRNIRAKI - nutrient cycling at the Archipelago Sea drainage basins using sea buckthorn stands
- New quality of garden strawberry (collaboration with Natural Resources Institute Finland)
- Chemical composition and quality of Finnish grapes
Publications
Eicosapentaenoic Acid Is Most Oxidatively Stable in the sn-2 Position of Triacylglycerols Compared with sn-3 and sn-1 (2025)
European Journal of Lipid Science and Technology
(A1 Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä )
Existing food processing classifications overlook the phytochemical composition of processed plant-based protein-rich foods (2025)
Nature Food
(A1 Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä )
Tolerance of protein-hydrolyzed lactose-free A1 milk and A2 milk in lactose-tolerant and lactose-intolerant volunteers: A randomized crossover trial with 2 parallel groups (2025)
Journal of Dairy Science
(A1 Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä )
Towards new properties of strawberry : Chemical composition and sensory properties of species-reconstructed garden strawberry progenies (2025)
Food Chemistry
(A1 Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä )
Human milk metabolomics: insights into maternal stress, secretor status and stage of lactation (2024)
Nordic Metabolomics Conference
(Abstrakti)
Characterization of first-generation interspecific strawberry hybrids, crossing of first generation of F. chiloensis and F. virginiana, by metabolomics analysis (1H NMR), volatile analysis (GC-MS), phenolic analysis (LC-MS), and sensory evaluation (2024)
Metabolomics
(Konferenssiposteri)
Compositional characteristics of red clover (Trifolium pratense) seeds and supercritical CO2 extracted seed oil as potential sources of bioactive compounds (2024)
Food Innovation and Advances
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Fierranjoella on maailman pohjoisin tyrniviljelmä (2023)
Lapin kansa
(Yleistajuinen artikkeli tai blogikirjoitus (E1))
Exploring the Sensory Properties and Preferences of Fruit Wines Based on an Online Survey and Partial Projective Mapping (2023)
Foods
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Docosahexaenoic acid in regio- and enantiopure triacylglycerols: Oxidative stability and influence of chiral antioxidant (2023)
Food Chemistry
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))