Handbook of Research on the Role of Tourism in Achieving Sustainable Development Goals
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Rui Costa is a professor of food engineering at the College of Agriculture of the Polytechnic Institute of Coimbra. He has a first degree and a Ph.D. in Food Engineering from the Catholic University of Portugal. His research interests include transport phenomena in food processing, safety and environmental aspects of food processing, the shelf life of foods, and use of new protein sources in foods. He has a long experience, at international level, in quality assurance of higher education, curriculum development in food studies, regulation of food professions, and the improvement of the links between research-education-industry.
Paola Pittia is professor in food science and technology at the Faculty of Bioscience and Technology of the University of Teramo. Her research expertise is on food processing and product design as well as on quality and shelf-life of foods. She has a long and internationally recognized experience on Curriculum Development and Quality Assurance in Food studies and innovative teaching materials. She was the coordinator of the Erasmus Thematic Network ISEKI-Food 4 and currently is the President of the ISEKI-Food Association, nonprofit, international organization with activities aimed to strengthen the interactions between education, research and industry.