Title: Associate Prof. Dr.Department: Food Engineering DepartmentPosition: Vice Chair, Double Major/Minor Program CoordinatorEmail: ozlemg.ustundag@yeditepe.edu.trTelephone: 216 578 0000-3187Time: Full TimeAkademikResumeResearch Interests Value-added utilization of food and agricultural waste, sustainability in the food sector, processing of bioactive compounds, artificial intelligence applications in food science and engineering Educational Background BSc: Food Engineering, Middle East Technical University, 1995, TURKEY MSc: Food Science 1997, The University of Reading, UK Ph.D: Food and Bioresource Engineering, University of Alberta, CANADA Courses GivenIntroduction to Food EngineeringDigital Innovation in the Food SystemFood AdditivesSustainability Strategies and Assessment in the Food Sector PublicationsSelected Papers Akkaş, C. U., & Üstündağ, Ö. G. (2024). Evaluation of rapid alert system for food and feed (RASFF) data for mycotoxin contaminated dried figs originating from Türkiye. Food Control, 110442. Seçmeler, Ö., Güçlü-Üstündağ, Ö. (2019). Partitioning of predominant lipophilic bioactives (squalene, α‐tocopherol and β‐sitosterol) during olive oil processing. International Journal of Food Science and Technology, 54(5), 1609-1616. https://doi.org/10.1111/ijfs.14029 Erşan, S., Güçlü-Üstündağ, Ö., Carle, R., Schweiggert, R.M. (2018). Subcritical water extraction of phenolic and antioxidant constituents from pistachio (Pistacia vera L.) hulls. Food Chemistry, 253, 46-54. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodchem.2018.01.116 Seçmeler, Ö., Güçlü-Üstündağ Ö.. Fernández-Bolaños, J., Rodríguez-Gutiérrez, G. (2018).Effect of subcritical water and steam explosion pretreatments on the recovery of sterols, phenols and oil from olive pomace. Food Chemistry, 265, 298-307. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodchem.2018.05.088 Erşan, S., Güçlü-Üstündağ, Ö.,Carle, R., Schweiggert, R.M. (2017). Determination of pistachio (Pistacia vera L.) hull (exo- and mesocarp) phenolics by HPLC-DAD-ESI/MSn and UHPLC-DAD-ELSD after ultrasound-assisted extraction. Journal of Food Composition and Analysis, 62, 103-114. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jfca.2017.04.013. Seçmeler, Ö., Güçlü-Üstündağ, Ö. (2017). Behavior of lipophilic bioactives during olive oil processing. European Journal of Lipid Science and Technology,119(9), 1-14. https://doi.org/10.1002/ejlt.201600404 Güçlü-Üstündağ Ö., Erşan, S., Özcan, E., Özan, G., Kayra, N., Ekinci, F.Y. (2016). Black tea processing waste as a source of antioxidant and antimicrobial phenolic compounds. European Food Research and Technology, 242(9), 1523–1532. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00217-016-2653-9 Ekinci, F.Y., Baser, G.M., Özcan, E., Güçlü-Üstündağ, Ö., Korachi, M., Sofu, A., Blumberg, J.B., ChenOliver , C. -Y (2016). Characterization of chemical biological and antiproliferative properties of fermented black carrot juice shalgam. European Food Research and Technology, 242, 1355–1368 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00217-016-2639-7 Erşan, S., Güçlü-Üstündağ, Ö., Carle, R., Schweiggert, R.M. (2016). Identification of phenolic compounds in red and green pistachio (pistacia vera l.) hulls (exo- and mesocarp) by HPLC-DAD-ESI-(HR)-MSn. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 64(26), 5334-5344. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jafc.6b01745 Seçmeler, Ö., Güçlü -Üstündağ, Ö. (2016). A rapid in house validated GC FID method for simultaneous determination of lipophilic bioactives in olive oil: squalene, tocopherol and sitosterol. European Food Research and Technology, 119(1), 1500420. https://doi.org/10.1002/ejlt.201500420 * The 10 recently published articles are shown. Please click for more publications. Book Chapter Temelli, F. and Güçlü Üstündağ, Ö. (2005), Supercritical technologies for further processing of edible oils in Bailey's Industrial Oil and Fat Products, Volume 5, Edible Oil and Fat Products. Shahidi, F. (Ed.) Sixth Edition, p. 397-432 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.. doi: 10.1002/047167849X.bio057.