FoodBiosystems DTP have 50 PhD Projects advertised in Agriculture-Food-Nutrition across 6 partner universities within the BBSRC funded FoodBioSystems DTP. Those projects are aimed to students from a wide range of pure and applied science backgrounds.
Project and application details: https://research.reading.ac.uk/foodbiosystems/
Deadline: 6th March
All applicants must be UK residents to comply with BBSRC requirements
Project Title: FoodBioSystems DTP – Optimising the sensorial and nutritional value of plant based milk alternatives
Supervisors: Dr Stella Lignou
Deadline for application: 6th March 2020
All applicants must be UK residents to comply with BBSRC requirements
Project overview: This PhD project provides and exciting opportunity to substantially improve the sensory and nutritional profile of oat based milk-alternatives through a fundamental investigation and integration of sensory drivers of consumer acceptability and drivers for nutritional optimisation. The PhD student undertaking this project will belong to the food and sensory science research group at the University of Reading and the nutrition group at the University of Surrey, and benefit from our partnership with both the sensory and nutrition teams at Arla foods.
Further information: https://research.reading.ac.uk/foodbiosystems/wp-content/uploads/sites/145/advert-files/FBS2020-30-LIGNOU-RS-ADVERT-final.pdf