Prof. Dr. Selçuk Yildirim

Personal profile

Management role

• dep. Director of Institute, Institute of Food and Beverage Innovation
• Head of Centre, Center for Food Processing and Packaging
• Head, Research Group Food Packaging

Position at the ZHAW

www.zhaw.ch/ilgi

Expertise and research interests

Innovative Packaging Materials: Development of inoative packaging materials
-Active packaging
-New packaging materials
-High barrier materials

Biopackaging:Developemt of sustainable and innovative biopackaging and development of processes for the applications
-Biobased materials
-Biodegradeable materials
-Sustainable packaging
-Packagig from side streams of agri-food industry

Development and Optimization of Food Packaging Processes
-Applying existing processes to new applications
-Optimising packaging processes to better preserve the quality of food
-Developing new packaging processes for existing or new products

Educational background

2017 Conflict Management, ZHAW, Wädenswil, Switzerland

2015 Leadership, ZHAW, Switzerland

2013 CAS Didactics, PHZH, Zurich, Switzerland

2004 Dr. sc. ETH Zurich, Institute of Biotechnology, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

1999 Master of Science in Process Engineering, Department of Process Engineering, Technical University of Hamburg-Harburg (TUHH), Hamburg, Germany

1997 Bachelor of Science in Food Engineering, Department of Food Engineering, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey

Professional milestones

2021 - Deputy Head of the Institute, Institute of Food and Beverage Innovation, School of Life Sciences and Facility Management, Zürich University of Applied Sciences, Wädenswil, Switzerland

2018 - Head of Center for Food Processing and Packaging, Institute of Food and Beverage Innovation, School of Life Sciences and Facility Management, Zürich University of Applied Sciences, Wädenswil, Switzerland

2018 - Head of Research Group Food Packaging, Institute of Food and Beverage Innovation, School of Life Sciences and Facility Management, Zürich University of Applied Sciences, Wädenswil, Switzerland

2017 - Lecturer, Department of Health Sciences and Technology, Institute of Food, Nutrition and Health, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

2013 – Professor, Institute of Food and Beverage Innovation, School of Life Sciences and Facility Management, Zürich University of Applied Sciences, Wädenswil, Switzerland

2010 - 2017 Head of Center of Food Technology, Proces Engineering and Cosmetic, Institute of Food and Beverage Innovation, School of Life Sciences and Facility Management, Zürich University of Applied Sciences, Wädenswil, Switzerland

2010 – Dozent, Food Packaging, Institute of Food and Beverage Innovation, School of Life Sciences and Facility Management, Zürich University of Applied Sciences, Wädenswil, Switzerland

2007 – 2009 Project Leader “Active Packaging” at European Research and Development Centre, Alcan Packaging, Neuhausen, Switzerland

2006 – 2007 Group Leader at the Laboratory of Food Biotechnology, Institute of Food Science and Nutrition, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

2005 – 2006 Post-Doc at the Laboratory of Food Biotechnology, Institute of Food Science and Nutrition, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.

Membership of networks

• IAPRI (International Association of Packaging Research Institutes), Board Membr
• Member of the Board, Co-founder Academic Lead of Packaging Innovation Network Switzerland, ,
• Management Committee Member of the Cost Action CA19124 “Rethinking packaging for circular and sustainable food supply chains of the future (CIRCUL-A-BILITY)
• Member of the Board of Swiss Food Research

Projects

• Valorization of Swiss Agri-Food Side Streams / Project leader / Project ongoing
• Sustainable Packaging Architecture / Project leader / Project ongoing
• LOFT – Local food for the future / Team member / Project ongoing
• COST Action – Rethinking packaging for circular and sustainable food supply chains of the future (CIRCUL-A-BILITY) / Team member / Project ongoing
• Eco-friendly carton-based packaging / Project leader / Project completed
• Bio-based functional food packaging / Deputy project leader / Project completed
• Strategies to reduce food loss and valorize side streams in food industry: buildup of an industrial consortium / Project co-leader / Project completed
• BIOMAT (Integrated Bio-based Materials Value Chains) / Project leader / Project completed
• Calcium carbonate based active packaging / Project leader / Project completed
• Oxidationsprozesse in Lebensmitteln / Project leader / Project completed
• COST Action – Mathematical and Computer Science Methods for Food Science and Industry (FoodMC) / Project leader / Project completed
• Verpackung Schweizer Pilze / Project leader / Project completed
• BIOPAC (Biopolymer based bioactive food packaging) / Project leader / Project completed
• Active labels / Project leader / Project completed
• COST Action – Active and intelligent fibre-based packaging - innovation and market introduction / Project leader / Project completed
• OPTIFEL / Project leader / Project completed
• Simulation Haltbarkeit LM / Project co-leader / Project completed
• COST Action – Eco-sustainable Food Packaging Based on Polymer Nanomaterials / Project leader / Project completed
• COST Action – Electrospun Nano-fibres for bio inspired composite materials and innovative industrial applications / Project leader / Project completed
• Multifunctional bakery bioingredients / Team member / Project completed

Publications

• Rüegg, Nadine; Teixeira, Stephanie Rosa; Beck, Barbara Maria; Monnard, Fabien Wilhelm; Menard, Rico; Yildirim, Selçuk,

  2022.

  Application of antimicrobial packaging based on modified calcium carbonate and EOs for RTE meat products.

  Food Packaging and Shelf Life.

  34(100982).

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fpsl.2022.100982

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

  2022.

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

  Food Packaging and Shelf Life.

  31(100771).

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fpsl.2021.100771

• Hettmann, Kai; Monnard, Fabien W.; Melo Rodriguez, Gabriela; Hilty, Florentine M.; Yildirim, Selçuk; Schoelkopf, Joachim,

  2022.

  Porous coatings to control release rates of essential oils to generate an atmosphere with botanical actives.

  Materials.

  15(6), pp. 2155.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.3390/ma15062155

• Röcker, Bettina; Mäder, Gabriel; Monnard, Fabien Wilhelm; Jancikova, Magdalena; Welker, Matthias; Schoelkopf, Joachim; Yildirim, Selçuk,

  2021.

  Evaluation of the potential of modified calcium carbonate as a carrier for unsaturated fatty acids in oxygen scavenging applications.

  Materials.

  14(17).

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.3390/ma14175000

• Barra, Ana; Santos, Jéssica D. C.; Silva, Mariana R. F.; Nunes, Cláudia; Ruiz-Hitzky, Eduardo; Gonçalves, Idalina; Yildirim, Selçuk; Ferreira, Paula; Marques, Paula A. A. P.,

  2020.

  Graphene derivatives in biopolymer-based composites for food packaging applications.

  Nanomaterials.

  10(10), pp. 2077.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.3390/nano10102077

• 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

• Navikaite-Snipaitiene, Vesta; Ivanauskas, Liudas; Jakstas, Valdas; Rüegg, Nadine; Rutkaite, Ramune; Wolfram, Evelyn; Yildirim, Selçuk,

  2018.

  Development of antioxidant food packaging materials containing eugenol for extending display life of fresh beef.

  Meat Science.

  145, pp. 9-15.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.meatsci.2018.05.015

• Hutter, Simon; Rüegg, Nadine; Yildirim, Selçuk,

  2016.

  Use of palladium based oxygen scavenger to prevent discoloration of ham.

  Food Packaging and Shelf Life.

  8, pp. 56-62.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fpsl.2016.02.004

• Miescher, Susanna; Brombach, Christine; Artigas, Gràcia; Järvenpää, Eila; Steinemann, Nina; Ziesemer, Katrin; Yildirim, Selçuk,

  2016.

  Evaluation of the accessibility of selected packaging by comparison of quantitative measurements of the opening forces and qualitative surveys through focus group studies.

  Packaging Technology and Science.

  29(11), pp. 559-570.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1002/pts.2237

• Yildirim, Selçuk; Borer, Martine E.; Wenk, Esther; Meinel, Lorenz; Lacroix, Christophe,

  2010.

  Development of silk fibroin-based beads for immobilized cell fermentation.

  Journal of Microencapsulation.

  27(1), pp. 1-9.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.3109/02652040802217516

• Yildirim, Selçuk; Konrad, Daniel; Calvez, Ségolène; Drider, Djamel; Prévost, Hervé; Lacroix, Christophe,

  2007.

  Production of recombinant bacteriocin divercin V41 by high cell density Escherichia coli batch and fed-batch cultures.

  Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology.

  77(3), pp. 525-531.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00253-007-1188-1

• Lacroix, Christophe; Yildirim, Selçuk,

  2007.

  Fermentation technologies for the production of probiotics with high viability and functionality.

  Current Opinion in Biotechnology.

  18(2), pp. 176-183.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.copbio.2007.02.002

• Yildirim, Selçuk; Ruinatscha, Reto; Gross, Rainer; Wohlgemuth, Roland; Kohler, Hans-Peter E.; Witholt, Bernard; Schmid, Andreas,

  2006.

  Selective hydrolysis of the nitrile group of cis-dihydrodiols from aromatic nitriles.

  Journal of Molecular Catalysis B: Enzymatic.

  38(2), pp. 76-83.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molcatb.2005.11.006

• Yildirim, Selçuk; Franko, Telma T.; Wohlgemuth, Roland; Kohler, Hans-Peter E.; Witholt, Bernard; Schmid, Andreas,

  2005.

  Recombinant chlorobenzene dioxygenase from Pseudomonas sp. P51: a biocatalyst for regioselective oxidation of aromatic nitriles.

  Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis.

  347(7-8), pp. 1060-1072.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1002/adsc.200505075

• Yildirim, Selçuk; Zezula, Josef; Hudlicky, Tomas; Witholt, Bernard; Schmid, Andreas,

  2004.

  Asymmetric dihydroxylation of cinnamonitrile totrans-3-[(5S,6R)-5,6-dihydroxycyclohexa-1,3-dienyl]-acrylonitrile using chlorobenzene dioxygenase in Escherichia coli (pTEZ30).

  Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis.

  346(8), pp. 933-942.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1002/adsc.200404032

• Yildirim, Selçuk,

  2005.

  Selective hydroxylation of aromatic nitriles with tailored Escherichia coli.

  Zurich:

  ETH Zurich.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.3929/ethz-a-004945595

• 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,

  2011.

  Active packaging for food biopreservation

  .

  In:

  Lacroix, Christophe, ed.,

  Protective cultures, antimicrobial metabolites and bacteriophages for food and beverage biopreservation.

  Cambridge:

  Woodhead Publishing.

  pp. 460-489.

  Woodhead Publishing Series in Food Science, Technology and Nutrition.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1533/9780857090522.3.460

• Rüegg, Nadine; Beck, Barbara Maria; Monnard, Fabien Wilhelm; Hilty, Florentine Marianne; Wicht, Aurore; Schoelkopf, Joachim; Yildirim, Selçuk,

  2020.

  Evaluation of the potential of functionalised calcium carbonate as carrier for essential oils with regard to antimicrobial packaging applications [paper].

  In:

  Packaging Technology and Science.

  22nd IAPRI World Packaging Online Conference, Monterrey, Mexico, 16-19 June 2020.

  Wiley.

  pp. 333-343.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1002/pts.2508

• Miescher, Susanna; Yildirim, Selçuk,

  2019.

  Optimization of the gas composition for an extended shelf life of fresh shiitake (Lentinula edodes) stored at room temperature [poster].

  In:

  29th IAPRI Symposium on Packaging, Enschede, The Netherlands, 11 - 14 June 2019.

• 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/

• Yildirim, Selçuk; Wolfram, Evelyn; Rüegg, Nadine,

  2016.

  Polysaccharide and essential oils coatings for active food packaging materials [paper].

  In:

  Baltic polymer symposium 2016: Klaipėda, September 21-24, 2016 : programme and abstracts.

  16th Baltic Polymer Symposium, Klaipėda, 21-24 September 2016.

  Kaunas:

  Kaunas University of Technology.

  pp. 88.

• Busin, Adrian; Yildirim, Selçuk; Lustenberger, Petra,

  2015.

  Haltbarkeit von Lebensmitteln simulieren.

  Transfer.

  2015(1), pp. 3.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-2777

• Rüegg, Nadine; Cornu, Jeannette; Yildirim, Selçuk,

  2014.

  Optimierung von modifizierten Atmosphärenverpackungen von Cherry Tomaten mittels Mikroperforation [poster].

  In:

  7. GDL-Kongress Lebensmitteltechnologie, Rodgau, Deutschland, 16.-18. Oktober 2014.

• Yildirim, Selçuk; Rüegg, Nadine,

  2014.

  Effect of storage conditions and sulphur compounds on the activity of palladium based oxygen scavenging films [paper].

  In:

  Sek, M.A.; Rouillard, V.; Bigger, S.W., eds.,

  Responsible packaging for a global market : proceedings of the 19th IAPRI World Conference on Packaging, Melbourne, Australia, 15 - 18 June 2014.

  19th IAPRI World Conference on Packaging, Melbourne, Australia, 15-18 June 2014.

  Melbourne:

  Victoria University.

• Rüegg, Nadine; Kinner, Mathias; Kündig, René; Kleinert, Michael; Yildirim, Selçuk,

  2014.

  Einfluss von modifizierter Atmosphärenverpackung und Lagertemperatur auf die Haltbarkeit und Qualität teilgebackener Brötchen.

  Cereal Technology (Getreidetechnologie).

  2014(2), pp. 66-75.

• Brombach, Christine; Miescher, Susanna; Yildirim, Selçuk,

  2014.

  OPTIFEL : altersgerechte Verpackungen.

  Transfer.

  2014(3), pp. 8.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-5888

• Rüegg, Nadine; Yildirim, Selçuk; Kinner, Mathias; Kleinert, Michael,

  2014.

  Optimale Verpackung.

  Backtechnik Europe.

  2014(4), pp. 30-35.

• Lamberti, Manuela; Bärtschi, Katharina; Yildirim, Selçuk,

  2013.

  Potential of pre-treatments to reduce unacceptable colour and texture changes of chicken breasts occurring due to high pressure processing [poster].

  In:

  iFood13 - Innovation Food Conference, Hannover, Germany, 8-10 October 2013.

  Hannover:

• Flury, Christine; Kinner, Mathias; Yildirim, Selçuk; Kleinert, Michael; Schönlechner, Regine,

  2013.

  Optimisation of gluten-free pasta – improvement of the nutritional quality [poster].

  In:

  3rd International Symposium on Gluten-Free Cereal Products and Beverages (GF13), Vienna, Austria, 12-14 June 2013.

• Kündig, Rene; Renke, Nadine; Wahrenberger, Priska; Kleinert, Michael; Kinner, Mathias; Yildirim, Selçuk,

  2013.

  Use of an oxygen scavenger to prolong the shelf life of part baked bread [poster].

  In:

  26th IAPRI Symposium on Packaging, Espoo, Finland, 10-13 June 2013.

• Adlhart, Christian; Renke, Nadine; Yildirim, Selçuk; Staudenmaier, Reto,

  2013.

  High gas permeable food contact layer by electrospun nanofibers [poster].

  In:

  Proceedings of the International Workshop : Development of safe PNFP and development of strategies to identify any critical interaction of PNFP with food.

  International Workshop : Development of Safe PNFP and Development of Strategies to Identify any Critical Interaction of PNFP with Food, Wädenswil, 2013.

• Renke, Nadine; Gsell, Vanessa; Yildirim, Selçuk,

  2012.

  Application of oxygen scavengers to prevent the discolouration of ham [poster].

  In:

  5th International Symposium on Food Packaging, Berlin, Germany, 14-16 November 2012.

• Kündig, Rene; Renke, Nadine; Wahrenberger, Priska; Yildirim, Selçuk,

  2012.

  Einflüsse von modifizierter Atmosphärenverpackung auf die Qualität und Haltbarkeit von Muffins [poster].

  In:

  6. GDL-Kongress Lebensmitteltechnologie, Dresden, Deutschland, 27.-29. September 2012.

• Yildirim, Selçuk; Renke, Nadine,

  2011.

  Aktive Verpackungen für Lebensmittel.

  Swiss Engineering STZ.

  2011(11), pp. 17.

• Yildirim, Selçuk; Renke, Nadine,

  2011.

  Mehr als nur Einpacken.

  Früchte und Gemüse.

  2011(5), pp. 14.

• Yildirim, Selçuk,

  2020.

  Sustainable packaging : challenges and opportunities.

  In:

  Meeting of Swiss Society of Cosmetic Chemist, Winterthur, 17. - 18. Januar 2020.

• Yildirim, Selçuk,

  2019.

  Development of an innovative oxygen scavenging label : a journey from the idea to the product.

  In:

  Congress book.

  1st International Food Engineering Congress, Antalya, Turkey, 7-9 November 2019.

• Yildirim, Selçuk,

  2019.

  Active packaging for food : opportunities, technologies and challenges.

  In:

  Book of abstracts of the XX EuroFoodChem congress.

  EuroFoodChem XX, Porto, Portugal, 17 - 19 June 2019.

  Sociedade Portuguesa de Química.

  pp. 10.

• Yildirim, Selçuk,

  2019.

  Food packaging innovations.

  In:

  ENEXPRO Exporter Meeting, Puerto Varas, Chile, 15 October 2019.

• Yildirim, Selçuk,

  2019.

  Food packaging trends.

  In:

  3rd Packaging Innovation Day, Santiago, Chile, 10 October 2019.

• 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.

• Yildirim, Selçuk,

  2014.

  Prediction of shelf life – future possibilities.

  In:

  Wädenswiler Lebensmitteltagung: Zukunft des Brotes, Wädenswil, 20. November 2014.

• Yildirim, Selçuk; Hasler, Bettina; Renke, Nadine,

  2014.

  Critical interactions between palladium based oxygen scavenger and the food.

  In:

  Food and Agriculture COST Action FA0904 International Conference, Rome, Italy, 28-29 March 2014.

• Renke, Nadine; Kündig, Rene; Kinner, Mathias; Kleinert, Michael; Yildirim, Selçuk,

  2013.

  «Bake & pack» - Backwarenverpackungen unter der Lupe.

  In:

  easyFairs Verpackung Schweiz 2013, Zürich, 17.-18. April 2013.

• Yildirim, Selçuk; Eberhard, Sandra; Gsell, Vanessa; Renke, Nadine,

  2013.

  Development and characterization of palladium based oxygen scavenger packaging film.

  In:

  Food and Agriculture COST Action FA0904 Meeting, Wädenswil, 21-22 March 2013.

• Adlhart, Christian; Yildirim, Selçuk,

  2013.

  Highly oxygen permeable electrospun webs as functional food contact layer for Pd-based oxygen scavenger films.

  In:

  International Workshop in Electrospinning Applied to Food Packaging, Valencia, Spain, 2013.

  CSIC.

• Yildirim, Selçuk; Renke, Nadine,

  2013.

  Packaging gets active : development of a novel oxygen scavenging film for food packaging.

  In:

  International Food Packaging Congress, Chamber of Chemical Engineers, Izmir, Turkey, 10 April 2013.

• Yildirim, Selçuk; Kündig, Rene; Renke, Nadine; Kinner, Mathias; Kleinert, Michael,

  2013.

  Untersuchung der Einflüsse von MAP und Lagerungstemperatur auf die Haltbarkeit von teilgebackenen Brötchen und Muffins.

  In:

  Tagung für Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Getreideforschung (AGF), Bingen, Deutschland, 2013.

• Yildirim, Selçuk,

  2012.

  Verpackung gegen Lebensmittelverschwendung.

  In:

  Zibelemärit-Tagung, Bern, 27. November 2012.

• Yildirim, Selçuk,

  2012.

  Future Directions in Food Packaging.

  In:

  Wädenswiler Lebensmitteltagung: Zukunftsfähige Lebensmittel und demographischer Wandel, Wädenswil, 15. November 2012.

• Malang, Saskia; Grattepanche, Frank; Mendez, Viktoria; Yildirim, Selçuk; Lacroix, Christophe,

  2012.

  Application of a novel bioingredient based on co-fermentation of Weissella confusa and Propionibacterium freudenreichii to improve shelf-life and quality of bakery products.

  In:

  V. Symposium on Sourdough, Cereal Fermentation for Future Foods, Helsinki, Finland, 10-12 October 2012.

• Yildirim, Selçuk; Eberhard, Vanessa; Renke, Nadine,

  2012.

  Development of palladium based oxygen scavenging films for food packaging.

  In:

  COST Action FA0904 on Processing Technologies and Functional Properties of Polymer Nanomaterials for Food Packaging, Wroclaw, Poland, 11-12 September 2012.

• Yildirim, Selçuk; Kündig, Rene; Gsell, Vanessa; Renke, Nadine,

  2012.

  Packaging gets active : improvement of preservation of food quality by using a novel oxygen scavenging film.

  In:

  6. GDL-Kongress Lebensmitteltechnologie, Dresden, Deutschland, 27.-29. September 2012.

• Yildirim, Selçuk; Lohwasser, Wolfgang; Gsell, Vanessa; Renke, Nadine,

  2012.

  Development of palladium based oxygen scavenging film for food packaging.

  In:

  18th IAPRI World Packaging Conference, San Luis Obispo, USA, 18-21 June 2012.

• Yildirim, Selçuk,

  2012.

  Innovations in packaging through the application of nanotechnology.

  In:

  Nanopack, Seminar on Nanotechnologies for Packaging, Barcelona, Spain, 5 May 2012.

• Yildirim, Selçuk; Miescher, Susanna,

  2012.

  Verpackung gegen Lebensmittelverschwendung.

  In:

  61. Energie und Umwelt Symposium, Winterthur, 2012.

• Yildirim, Selçuk,

  2011.

  Preservation of quality and safety of food through packaging : opportunities, potentials and challenges for improved, active and intelligent polymer nanomaterials.

  In:

  Food and Agriculture COST Action FA0904 Meeting, Skopje, Macedonia, 3 October 2011.

• Yildirim, Selçuk,

  2011.

  Active packaging for food.

  In:

  Verpackung von Lebensmitteln - Gemeinsame Tagung der Fachgesellschaften SGLH, SGLUC, SGLWT und des Berufsverbandes SVIAL, Freiburg, Deutschland, 8.-9. September 2011.

• Yildirim, Selçuk,

  2011.

  Recent Developments in Active and Intelligent Packaging (AIP).

  In:

  35. Informationstag «Fleischtechnologie» and 3. Tagung «Nanotechnologie», Berlin, Deutschland, 6. Mai 2011.

• Yildirim, Selçuk; Grabherr, Patrizia Margrith,

  2011.

  Packaging for olive oil: is there an optimal packaging?.

  In:

  10th International Olive Oil Congress, Wädenswil, Switzerland, 14 April 2011.

• Yildirim, Selçuk; Djamel, Drider,

  2006.

  Heterologous production of recombinant divercin RV41 in Escherichia coli and scale-up production.

  In:

  First International Symposium on Antimicrobial Peptides, Nantes, France, 21-23 June 2006.

• Yildirim, Selçuk; Franco, T. T.; Witholt, B.; Kohler, H. E.; Schmid, A.,

  2004.

  Integrated enzyme reactors with whole cells.

  In:

  12th International Biotechnology Symposium and Exhibition, Santiago, Chile, 17-22 October 2004.

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