Janusz Kapusniak

Janusz Kapusniak obtained his Master of Science degree in analytical chemistry from Pedagogical University in Czestochowa. In 2000 he completed his PhD degree in organic chemistry at the Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Cracow University of Technology. In 2006 he was awarded with a fellowship of the Foundation for Polish Science for Young PhD to visit Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition at Iowa State University, USA. During one-year visit at Carbohydrate Chemistry Group he has worked with prof. Jay-lin Jane developing resistant and low-caloric maltodextrins from corn starch. In 2009 he obtained habilitation degree in food technology and human nutrition, speciality: food chemistry, technology of carbohydrates. His thesis was focused on synthesis, physicochemical properties and functionalization of products from the reaction of starch with carboxylic acids and their derivatives. He began his independent scientific carrier as Associate Professor in 2009 at Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, JDU in Czestochowa developing research group carried out research on chemical, physical and enzymatic modification of starch for food (dietary fibre, prebiotics, dietary supplements) and non-food (hydrophobically modified potato starch as packaging material, biomaterials of new generation from cereals and milling processing, microcapsules for controlled release). From 2012 to 2016, he held the position of Dean of the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences and Head of the Department of Biochemistry and Technology of Bioproducts at JDU. In September 2016 he was elected Vice-Rector for Research and International Relations. He is a vice-president of the European Polysaccharide Network of Excellence. He is a member of: the Committee on Food and Nutrition Sciences of the Polish Academy of Sciences, the Polish Society of Food Technologists - member of the Board of the Carbohydrate Technology Section, the Polish Chemical Society, the Scholarship Club of the Foundation for Polish Science. Moreover, he is an expert of: Team of Experts of Conference of Rectors of Academic Schools in Poland (CRASP), the National Agency for Academic Exchange (NAWA), the Project Assessment Commission at the Marshal's Office of the Śląskie Voivodship as part of the Regional Operational Program of the Śląskie Voivodship for the years 2014-2020. He has supervised 5 PhD students. Prof. Kapusniak published more than 100 peer-reviewed articles, 5 chapters in books. He is an author of 5 patents. Because of his outstanding accomplishments in the field of starch chemistry and biochemistry he has been invited to deliver plenary, invited and key-note lectures at conferences organized in Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, China, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Greece, India, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Singapore, Slovakia, Thailand, Turkey, Ukraine. He has occupied visiting positions at University of Caen (France), University of Florence (Italy), Gent University (Belgium), Süleyman Demirel University in Isparta (Turkey), University of Cagliari (Italy), University of Aveiro (Portugal), Latvia University of Agriculture (Jelgava, Latvia), University of Basque Country (Bilbao, Spain), Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek (Croatia), Rikkyo University (Tokyo, Japan), Oakland University (Rochester, MI, US).

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