Tugba Aktar

Tugba Aktar is an Associate Professor of Food Engineering Deparment at Alanya Alaaddin Keykubat University. She majored in Food Engineering at the Erciyes University and has a degree of MSc and Ph.D. in Food Science and Nutrition from the University of Leeds in 2012 and 2015, respectively. Her research interests include sensory studies, texture analysis, rheology analysis, modeling, consumer behavior, as well as human sensation, perception mechanisms, and mechanoreceptors. She is involved in several infrastructural and research projects and currently works on experimental research in the abovementioned areas.

Publications

Effects of Gluten on Health: Pseudocereals as Gluten Substitutes
Effects of Gluten on Health: Pseudocereals as Gluten Substitutes
Ipek Bayrakci, Tugba Aktar. © 2024. 26 pages.
This chapter discusses the role of carbohydrates in nutrition, with particular emphasis on grains and their importance as a source of protein, fiber, and micronutrients. It also...
Recent Trends and Challenges in Sensory and Perception Science
Recent Trends and Challenges in Sensory and Perception Science
Tugba Aktar. © 2020. 22 pages.
Eating is a vital and essential part of life. The routine process is not straightforward but highly sophisticated in that it incorporates dynamic changes on the food structure...