Yoav D. Livney
Yoav D.
Livney
Ph.D.: Food Engineering and Biotechnology, The Technion, IIT, Israel, 2002
M.Sc.: Food Science, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, USA 1995
B.Sc.:(Suma Cum Laude): Food Engineering and Biotechnology, The Technion, IIT, Israel, 1990
Main Nano Field:
Nanocapsular vehicles for programmed release of bioactive compounds using self-assembling biopolymers.
Research Interests:
Nanotechnology: Nanoencapsulation of nutraceuticals and drugs
Physical chemistry of Food and Biomacromolecules
Structure and interactions of milk proteins and colloidal systems
Biopolymers, gels, and their interactions with low molecular weight components
Study the interactions between biopolymers and low molecular weight compounds in aqueous systems, including Hofmeister series effects, sugar stereochemistry effects on water structure and on protein stability, self-assembly and co-assembly of biopolymers and bioactive compounds
Development of novel rationally-designed and nature inspired nanodelivery systems based on biopolymers, for targeted delivery of health promoting compounds (nutraceuticals and drugs).