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).