Aberham Hailu Feyissa

Aberham Hailu Feyissa is an Associate Professor at the National Food Institute of the Technical University of Denmark, specializing in process modeling and sustainable food engineering. His research bridges complex transport phenomena with practical food manufacturing challenges.

• Ph.D. in Food Process Engineering, Technical University of Denmark
• MSc in Food Science, K.U.Leuven and Universiteit Gent
• BSc in Chemical Engineering, Bahir Dar University

His work focuses on coupled mass and heat transfer during solid food processing, aiming to develop robust first-principles models for predictive process optimization. Key applications include Ohmic heating, digital twin technology, and bioactive ingredient extraction.

Recent publications highlight his contributions to sustainable food processes, including insect-based feed modeling, seaweed bread kinetics, and clean-label cheese formulation. His methodological innovations span FTIR spectroscopy, computational fluid dynamics, and kinetic modeling.

• Supervisor for PhD students S. S. Turgut, M. E. Jabali, and Dahal S.
• Principal Investigator for projects like Modelling and Digitalisation of Food Processes and Sustainable Extraction of Bioactive Insect Fractions

Active in conference presentations and peer review, he drives advancements in food process understanding through mechanistic modeling and mathematical simulation.