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Research specialist

Since 2011 is conducting the doctoral program in food science at the University of Alberta in Canada, supported by grants from CONICYT Chile.

Título Profesional

Ingeniero en Alimentos, 2008. Universidad de La Frontera

Grados Académicos

Licenciado en Ciencias de la Ingeniería, 2007. Universidad de La Frontera.

Research Interest

Processing of vegetable raw materials Techno-functional properties

Publications

Riveros, M., Esparza, Y., Rubilar, M., Shene, C. 2008. Vegetable meals as substrate for cellulase production by Asperguillus niger. J. Soil Sci. Plant Nutr. 8(3): 275.

Esparza, Y., Leyton, A., Shene, C. 2008. Protease and prolyl-endopeptidase production by Aspergillus niger Under Different Culture Condition. J. Soil Sci. Plant Nutr. 8(3):278.

Conference presentations

Effect of extrusion in emulsifier properties of lupin and soy fractions. Bi-national encounter of young researches of bicentenary Argentine-Chile, El Calafate, Argentina, October 2010.

Thermal and enzymatic treatments of rapeseed meal and its effect on protein digestibility. Poster. XV Latin American congress of nutrition, Santiago, Chile, November 2009.

Inhibition of fungal prolil-endopeptidase by murta (Ugni Molinae Turcz) leaf extracts. Poster. XV Latin American congress of nutrition, Santiago, Chile, November 2009.

Partial purification of an prolil-endopeptidase produced by Aspergillus niger ATCC 11414. Oral presentation. XVII Chilean Congress of Chemical Engineering, Viña del Mar, Chile, October 2009.

Evaluation of pre-treatment and fermentation conditions of rapeseed meal on production of fungal cellulase. XVII Chilean Congress of Chemical Engineering, Viña del Mar, Chile, October 2009.

Protease and prolyl-endopeptidase production by Aspergillus niger under different culture condition. Poster. 5th International Symposium of Interactions of Soil Minerals with Organic Components and Microorganisms. Pucón, Chile, November 2008.

Vegetable meals as substrate for cellulase production by Asperguillus niger. Poster. 5^th International Symposium of Interactions of Soil Minerals with Organic Components and Microorganisms. Pucón, Chile, November 2008