Bettina Röcker

Position at the ZHAW

Research Associate
Food Packaging Research Group
Institute of Food and Beverage Innovation

www.zhaw.ch/ilgi/verpackung/

Expertise and research interests

Active Packaging Systems, Oxygen Scavengers, Nano Materials, Biopolymers

Master Thesis (ZHAW Wädenswil, 2016):
Inactivation of Palladium-based Oxygen Scavenger by Volatile Sulphur Compounds Present in the Headspace of Packaged Food

Bachelor Thesis (University College Cork, 2014):
Application of antifungal lactic acid bacteria in gluten-free sourdough bread to improve the microbial shelf life

Educational background

2014-2017 Master of Science in Food and Beverage Innovation, ZHAW Wädenswil
2010-2014 Bachelor of Science in Food and Beverage Technology, ZHAW Wädenswil

Membership of networks

• SGLWT (Swiss Society of Food Science and Technology)
• ALUMNI Netzwerk Wädenswil
• ALUMNI ZHAW
• Cost Action, FP1405, Active and intelligent fibre-based packaging - innovation and market introduction, Working Group "Development and Innovation"
• IAPRI (International association of packaging research institutes)

• BIOMAT (Integrated Bio-based Materials Value Chains) / Project co-leader / Project ongoing
• Analysis of Lipid Oxydation in Food / Project leader / Project completed
• Strategies to reduce food loss and valorize side streams in food industry: buildup of an industrial consortium / Team member / Project completed
• Calcium carbonate based active packaging / Project co-leader / Project completed
• Oxidationsprozesse in Lebensmitteln / Team member / Project completed
• Active labels / Team member / Project completed
• COST Action – Active and intelligent fibre-based packaging - innovation and market introduction / Team member / Project completed

• Faas, Nicole; Röcker, Bettina; Smrke, Samo; Yeretzian, Chahan; Yildirim, Selçuk,

  2020.

  Prevention of lipid oxidation in linseed oil using a palladium-based oxygen scavenging film.

  Food Packaging and Shelf Life.

  24(100488).

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fpsl.2020.100488

• Vilela, Carla; Kurek, Mia; Hayouka, Zvi; Röcker, Bettina; Yildirim, Selçuk; Antunes, Maria Dulce C.; Nilsen-Nygaard, Julie; Pettersen, Marit Kvalvåg; Freire, Carmen S.R.,

  2018.

  A concise guide to active agents for active food packaging.

  Trends in Food Science & Technology.

  80, pp. 212-222.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tifs.2018.08.006

• Yildirim, Selçuk; Röcker, Bettina; Kvalvåg Pettersen, Marit; Nilsen‐Nygaard, Julie; Ayhan, Zehra; Rutkaite, Ramune; Radusin, Tanja; Suminska, Patrycja; Marcos, Begonya; Coma, Véronique,

  2018.

  Active packaging applications for food.

  Comprehensive Reviews in Food Science and Food Safety.

  17(1), pp. 165-199.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1111/1541-4337.12322

• Axel, Claudia; Röcker, Bettina; Brosnan, Brid; Zannini, Emanuele; Furey, Ambrose; Coffey, Aidan; Arendt, Elke K.,

  2015.

  Application of Lactobacillus amylovorus DSM19280 in gluten-free sourdough bread to improve the microbial shelf life.

  Food Microbiology.

  47, pp. 36-44.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fm.2014.10.005

• Yildirim, Selçuk; Röcker, Bettina,

  2021.

  Sustainable antimicrobial packaging technologies

  .

  In:

  Athanassiou, Athanassia, ed.,

  Sustainable Food Packaging Technology.

  Wiley.

  pp. 323-348.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1002/9783527820078.ch12

• Yildirim, Selçuk; Röcker, Bettina,

  2018.

  Active packaging

  .

  In:

  Cerqueira, Miguel Ângelo; Lagaron, Jose Maria; Pastrana Castro, Lorenzo Miguel; Vicente, António Augusto, eds.,

  Nanomaterials for food packaging : materials, processing technologies, and safety issues.

  Elsevier.

  pp. 173-202.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-323-51271-8.00007-3

• Yildirim, Selçuk; Röcker, Bettina,

  2018.

  Major technical challenges to overcome for successful exploitation of active and intelligent packaging technologies [paper].

  In:

  21st IAPRI World Conference in Packaging, Zhuhai, China, 19-22 June 2018.

  pp. 32-36.

• Röcker, Bettina; Rüegg, Nadine; Glöss, Alexia N.; Yeretzian, Chahan; Yildirim, Selçuk,

  2017.

  Inactivation of palladium-based oxygen scavenger system by volatile sulphur compounds present in the headspace of packaged food [paper].

  In:

  Packaging Technology and Science.

  20th IAPRI World Conference on Packaging 2016, Sao Paulo, 12-15 June 2016.

  Wiley.

  pp. 427-442.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1002/pts.2220

• Yildirim, Selçuk; Röcker, Bettina; Rüegg, Nadine; Lohwasser, Wolfgang,

  2015.

  Development of palladium-based oxygen scavenger : optimization of substrate and palladium layer thickness [paper].

  In:

  Packaging Technology and Science.

  27th IAPRI Symposium on Packaging 2015, Valencia, 8-11 June 2015.

  Wiley.

  pp. 710-718.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1002/pts.2134

• Yildirim, Selçuk; Röcker, Bettina,

  2016.

  Intelligente und smarte Verpackungen.

  Lebensmittel-Industrie: Fachmagazin für das Management der Nahrungsmittel- und Getränkeindustrie.

  1/2, pp. 19-21.

  Available from: http://www.lebensmittelindustrie.com/archiv-redaktion/2016/ausgabe-12/intelligente-und-smarte-verpackungen/

• Rüegg, Nadine; Blum, Thomas; Röcker, Bettina; Kleinert, Michael; Yildirim, Selçuk,

  2016.

  Application of palladium-based oxygen scavenger to extend the shelf life of bakery products.

  In:

  ILSI Europe's 6th International Symposium on Food Packaging: Scientific Developments Supporting Safety and Innovation, Barcelona, Spain, 16-18 November 2016.

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