International Dairy Meet

Biography

Birsen Bulut-Solak graduated from Ankara University with a BSc in Dairy Technology. She obtained a MSc and a PhD in Food Engineering from Selcuk University (TR). She was awarded an International Post Doctoral Research Fellowship by the Scientific and Technical Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK). She fulfilled her post-doctoral research in Food and Nutrition Sciences at University College Cork (IRL) under the supervision of Dr. Seamus Anthony O'Mahony between 2013 and 2014. She was a university lecturer in the Programme of Dairy Technology at Selcuk University between 2002 and 2013. Dr. Bulut-Solak is currently an Assistant Professor Dr and a department head in the Department of Gastronomy and Culinary Arts at Selcuk University, Konya (TR). She has carried out research on a range of issues related to Cheese Technology, Dairy Science and Nutrition as well. She is currently involved in three significant researches that are concerned with food safety, consumer acceptance of traditional foods and the determinant of food choice. She also works closely with others internationally (e.g. University College Cork and University of Illinois). Her teaching interests in the Department of Gastronomy and Culinary Arts include: Dairy Technology, Food Safety at Catering, Nutrition, and Traditional Foods.

Research Interest

Dairy Science and Nutrition