Affiliation: University of Basrah, Department of Food Science and Biotechnology

Dr. Ammar Altemimi is an assistant professor in the Department of Food Science and Biotechnology, University of Basrah, Iraq. He is currently the department chair and also teaches courses in biochemistry and biotechnology, food chemistry, and dairy products. He is interested in methods to control, prevent, or eliminate pathogenic bacteria associated with food products. He is also interested in developing a research program that focuses on the innovation of economic extraction of essential oils and their antiviral/ antipathogenic pharmaceutical nano-formulations. Dr. Altemimi has conducted research related to designing ohmic heating systems for food processing applications, where considerable potential has been demonstrated for using this platform as a replacement for conventional heating methods. Therefore, efficiency and uniform heating of ohmic heating is highly desirable. As department chair, he has been in charge of developing academic programs, monitoring students' educational progress, training and motivating other non-teaching staff, managing career counseling, and other student services. He has published more than 40 papers in reputtable journals, such as Ultrasonic Sonochemistry Journal and Molecules Journal;  He has served as an board member and reviews for reputable journals.