Dr. Ahmed Ali Al-Alawi

PERSONAL INFORMATION

Name          : Ahmed Ali Al-Alawi
Nationality   : Omani
Date of birth : November 20, 1976
Position       : Assistant Professor

ADDRESS :

Department of Food Science and Nutrition,
College of Agricultural & Marine Sciences,
Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat, Al-Khod 123, Sultanate of Oman

Phone : + 968 2441 5273,
Fax   : + 968 2441 3418

EDUCATION

1994–1998, B.Sc., Sultan Qaboos University Omann
Major in Food Science
Minor in Agricultural Economics

1998–2000, M.Sc., Food Science.
Sultan Qaboos University, Omann

2002–2005, P.hD., Food Science.
McGill University Canadan

RESEARCH

Developing new methods for the analysis of food constituents using spectroscopy and chromatography techniques.

TEACHING

• Agricultural Biochemistry (BICH 2001)
• Food Chemistry II (FOOD 4071)
• Food Science Seminar (FOOD 4003)

INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITIES

Assistant Editator of Journal of Food, Agriculture & Environment (JFAE) (2006-2010)

PUBLICATION
• Kasapis. S.; Al-Alawi, A.; Guizani, N. and Khan, A.J. 2000. Viscoelastic properties of pectino/co-solute mixtures at iso-free-volume states. Carbohydrate Research. 329(2): 145-153

• Myhara, R; Al-Alawi, A.; Karkalas, J. and Taylor, M. 2000. Sensory and textural changes in maturing Omani dates. Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture, 80(15): 2181-2185.

• Al-Alawi, A., van de Voort, F. R. and Sedman, J. New FTIR Method for the Determination of Free Fatty Acids in Oils. J. Am. Oil Chem. Soc., 81(5), 441-446 (2004)

• Al-Alawi, A., van de Voort, F. R. and Sedman, J. A New FTIR Method for the Analysis of Low Levels of FFA in Refined Edible Oils. Spectroscopy Letters, 38(4-5) 389-403 (2005)

• Al-Alawi, A., van de Voort, F. R. and Sedman, J. A New FTIR Method for the Determination of Low Levels of Moisture in Edible Oils. Appl. Spectrosc., 59(10), 1295-1299 (2005)

• Al-Alawi, A., van de Voort, F. R., Sedman, J. and Ghetler, A., Automated FTIR Analysis of Free Fatty Acids and Water in Edible Oils. Journal of the Association for Laboratory Automation. (Accepted November 2005)

Conferences:

• Al-Alawi, A., van de Voort, F. R. and Sedman, J. New FTIR Method for the Determination of Free Fatty Acids in Oils. 25th World Congress & Exhibition of the ISF, October 12–15, 2003, Bordeaux, France

• Al-Alawi, A., van de Voort, F. R. and Sedman, J. A New FTIR Method for the Analysis of Low Levels of FFA in Refined Edible Oils. 3rd Euro Fed Lipid Congress, September 5–8, 2004, Edinburgh, United Kingdom.

• Al-Alawi, A., van de Voort, F. R. and Sedman, J. A New FTIR Method for the Determination of Low Levels of Moisture in Edible Oils. 96th AOCS Annual Meeting and Expo, May 1-4, 2005, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA