Josip Simunovic

Josip Simunovic is a Research Professor at North Carolina State University's Food Science department, specializing in food safety engineering and advanced thermal processing technologies. His work focuses on continuous flow microwave/ohmic heating, aseptic processing, and validation equipment development.

• Ph.D. in Food Science (NCSU, 1998)
• M.S. in Food Science & Human Nutrition (University of Florida, 1983)
• B.S. in Food Technology (University of Josip Juraj Strossmayer, 1978)

His research interests include thermal processing, microwave sterilization, and aseptic packaging validation. He has developed technology bases for 4 start-up companies and commercialized novel sterilization processes across North America and Europe.

Major scientific achievements include:

• 12 U.S. patents
• 40 International patents
• Various NSF/USDA/IFT/ASABE awards
• Continuous Flow Microwave Sterilization breakthrough (NSF 2007-2011)

He actively contributes to food manufacturing innovation through experimental validation equipment development and industrial collaboration.