Hjörleifur Einarsson
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Hjörleifur Einarsson

Professor, head of Faculty of Natural Resource Science

University of Akureyri
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Akureyri
hei@unak.is

Field of activity

Food Science

Education

  • Ph.D. in Food Science from Chalmers University of Technology, Department of Food Science, Göteborg, Sweeden, 1987

Main interests

  • Bio-prospecting 
  • Food safety 
  • Shelf-life prediction 
  • Microbial growth models 
  • Microbiology of marine hydrothermal vent system 
  • New products from large algae 
  • Active ingredients for food, feed, and cosmetics (antimicrobials and antioxidants) 
  • Enzyme hydrolysed proteins for marinating food