PhD Alain Le-Bail

Prof. Alain Le BAIL got a PhD in Heat Transfer and Fluid Dynamics at the University of Nantes (1990). After 2 years in the industry, he obtained a Professor position at ONIRIS (Previously ENITIAA) in the Food Process Department. The research themes concern the impact of processing on food structure and food functionality. The focus is on baking technology and refrigeration. He is vice-president of the IBSM Research Federation (CNRS-GEPEA/INRA-BIA). He coordinated the EU-FRESHBAKE project (FP6), which has been selected as one of the 8 success story among 181 FP6-FP7 food related funded projects. He is member of the editorial board of IFSET (ELSEVIER), FABT (SPRINGER) and the Journal of the French Association of Refrigeration (RGF). Professor Le Bail has supervised 33 PhD, published ca 180 Peer reviewed papers & book chapters and is co-author of 6 patents. H Index 31 on WOS, and H index 41 on Scopus.