All You Need to Know About Wheat Quality with Dr. Senay Simsek
About the Webinar.
Please join us Wednesday, February 8th at 9:00am (CST) for our "Cereal Innovators" webinar series! This interactive webinar series focuses on new and unique ways to use cereal grains. Topics throughout the series include new processes, useful information on milling and baking, equipment information, and uses for cereal grains grown in MN, ND, SD, and MT. A new speaker will be featured each month.
This month will feature Dr. Senay Simsek, Professor and Head - Dean’s Chair in Food Science at Purdue University, who will be discussing All You Need to Know About Wheat Quality. Meet the author of the Wheat Quality Handbook - coming soon!
So, mark your calendars! You won’t want to miss this webinar!
Dr. Senay Simsek | Purdue University
About the Speaker.
Dr. Senay Simsek is a professor and department head at Purdue University with a Bachelor of Science degree in chemistry in 1998, a masters degree in biochemistry from Gebze Technical University in 2000 in Turkey, and a Ph.D. in food science from Purdue University (2006). After 15 years working in the Plant Sciences Dept. at North Dakota State University (NDSU), she has moved to her current position as department head, professor, and Dean's Chair in Food Science at Purdue University in July 2021. Dr. Simsek is a grain/ food chemist, and her research spans plant sciences, food science, and analytical chemistry. She has developed a research program on the integration of grain quality with the structure-function relationships of carbohydrates and proteins. Her program focuses on value-adding strategies for grains and their by-products. Her group's goal is to increase the utilization of food crops while finding innovative applications for carbohydrates (starch and non-starch polysaccharides). To achieve this goal, Dr. Simsek has aimed to integrate partnerships between producers, scientists, and food processors to optimize research potential and develop novel grain-derived functional ingredients.
She has authored and co-authored numerous research papers and conference contributions in the area of grain quality and food chemistry. She is an active member of the Institute of Food Technologists, Cereals & Grains Association. She has been awarded the International Young Scientist Research Award (2013) and the International Excellence in Teaching Award (2019) by the Cereals & Grains Association. In 2020, Dr. Simsek was awarded the Andersons Cereals and Oilseeds Award of Excellence by NC-213 U.S. Quality Grains Research Consortium. Recently, she was named "Dean’s Chair in Food Science” and “Purdue University 2022 Distinguished Women Scholar”.
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Disclaimer: The views, information, or opinions expressed during the series are solely those of the individuals involved and do not necessarily represent those of the Northern Crops Institute and its employees.
General Information.
Northern Crops Institute
NDSU Dept. 7400
P.O. Box 6050
Fargo, ND 58108-6050 USA
Phone: 701-231-7736
Email: nci@ndsu.edu
Website: www.northern-crops.com
About the Northern Crops Institute.
Northern Crops Institute is an international center for meeting and learning about crops produced in the four-state region of Minnesota, Montana, North Dakota, and South Dakota. Situated on the campus of North Dakota State University, Northern Crops Institute exists as a forum to bring together customers, commodity traders, technical experts, processors and producers from all points of the globe for discussion, education and technical service programs. Since 1983, the Institute has hosted visitors from more than 135 countries.
North Dakota State University is an Equal Opportunity Institution. This publication will be made available in alternative formats upon request (701-231-7736).