Background.
Uri joined the Technion in 2010 after holding positions in the University of Reading (UK) and the University of Massachusetts – Amherst (USA). He is married to Sabrina, the proud father of three and an active researcher in the field of food science and technology with over 60 peer-reviewed publications, h-index of 36 and over 7000 citations. His research focuses on food rational design, differential digestibility and colloid research using various in vitro digestion models and foodomics tools. He is active on various national and international professional committees in bodies such as the European Research Council (ERC), Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (UK), the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNF), the Israeli Ministry of Health, Ministry of Science and Technology, European Federation of Food Science and Technology (EFFoST) and the INFOGEST scientific network.
Research Interests:
- Formulation and re-formulation of food and oral formulations: Specialty and personalized foods, in-vitro digestion models, bioaccessibility, novel food ingredients, advanced food analyses (Foodomics).
- Fundamental Food and Nutrition Research: Physicochemical basis of macronutrient digestion. Colonic fermentability of prebiotics and antioxidants in foods. Food proteins and bioactive peptides.
- Fundamental Food and Colloid Science: Food-grade delivery systems, Micro- and nano-encapsulation. Rational design of food hydrocolloids, nano-particulates, functional colloids and structured emulsions.
ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS
09/2022 Visiting Professor, Dept. of Agricultural and Food Sciences (DISTAL), University of Bologna, Italy.
2016- Associate Professor, Faculty of Biotechnology and Food Engineering, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel
2010-2016 Assistant Professor, Faculty of Biotechnology and Food Engineering, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel.
2009 Lecturer, Dept. of Food Science, University of Massachusetts – Amherst, MA, USA.
2008-2010 Post-doctoral Research Associate, Department of Food Science, University of Massachusetts – Amherst, MA, USA.
08-10/2005 Visiting Scholar, Food Microbial Sciences Unit, Food Biosciences, Reading University, UK.
FELLOWSHIPS, AWARDS AND HONORS
2021 Crown Vanguard Award (Capital equipment), Technion, Israel
2012, 2016, 2017, 2021 Technion award for outstanding excellence in teaching – top 4%
2013, 2015, 2018, 2019 Technion award for excellence in teaching – top 12%
2015 Travel and registration prize, Gordon Research Conference on Nanoscale Science & Engineering for Agriculture & Food Systems