Elaine Duggan
Lecturer
Science
Waterford Institute of Technology
Ireland
Biography
Dr Elaine Duggan obtained a BSc.(Hons) in Chemistry from UCD, and then completed a PhD in Physical Chemistry in UCD. She subsequently worked as Research Officer in Teagasc Food Research Centre Moorepark for two years. In 2005 she became a post-doctoral researcher in UCD Food Science where she worked on a number of projects investigating ingredient interactions iand their resultant effects on the physicochemical properties of foods. Dr Duggan joined WIT in 2011 as a lecturer in Food Science.
Research Interest
Ingredient interactions in a variety of complex food systems, more specifically protein-protein, protein-polysaccharide interactions and their interaction with water and the resultant effect on the physicochemical properties of foods
