Pedro Bouchon Aguirre
Profesor Titular
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
Santiago, Chile
Diseño de alimentos; Microestructura de alimentos; Procesamiento de alimentos; Formulación de alimentos
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Food Biosciences, UNIVERSITY OF READING. Reino Unido, 2002
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Ingeniero Civil de Industrias, PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE. Chile, 1997
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Profesor Titular Full Time
PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE
Ingeniería
Santiago, Chile
2018 - At present
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Profesor Asociado Full Time
PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE
Ingeniería
Santiago, Chile
2007 - 2018
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Profesor Asistente Full Time
PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE
Ingeniería
Santiago, Chile
2001 - 2007
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Visiting Scientist Full Time
Nestlé Research Center (Vers-chez-les-blanc)
Vers-chez-les-blanc (Lausanne), Suiza
2014 - 2015
PhD Thesis Supervisor
Graduated
• Ingrid Contardo. 2017. The effect of vacuum frying on starch gelatinization and its in vitro digestibility in starch–gluten matrices, Doctorado en Ciencias de la Ingeniería, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile.
• Mariel Farfán. 2014. Bioavailability of interesterified lipids in food emulsions, PhD in Engineering Sciences, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile.
• Pablo Cortés. 2014. Study of transport phenomena during frying using glass micromodels, PhD in Engineering Sciences, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile.
• Carolina Moreno. 2012. Microstructure and transport phenomena in deep-fat fried formulated products, PhD in Engineering Sciences, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile.
• Verónica Dueik. 2011. Understanding oil absorption and quality attributes preservation during vaccum frying, PhD in Engineering Sciences, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile.
In progress
• Teresa Molina. Understanding of flour properties on biscuit performance. PhD in Engineering Sciences, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (Industrial Supervisor: Dr. Sandra Vaz from Nestlé R&D Santiago).
• Prateeksha Garg. Effect of alternative frying technologies on instant products quality. PhD in Engineering Sciences, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (Industrial Supervisor: Dr. Toh Tianseng,from Nestlé R&D Gurgaon).
• José David Torres. Influence of soluble fiber and modified starches in starch digestibility and matrix microstructure. PhD in Engineering Sciences, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (Industrial Supervisor: Dr. Verónica Dueik from Solutec S.A).
• Yadira Zambrano. In vitro polyphenols digestiblity in enriched extruded products. PhD in Engineering Sciences, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile.
Master Thesis Supervisor
Graduated
• Natalia Contreras. 2015. Design thinking as a tool to motivate the interest of 4 to 8 years old girls in STEM. Master of Innovation, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile.
• Maria Teresa Molina, 2014, Online in situ examination of crystal growth in dough and model systems. Master in Engineering Sciences, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile.
• Mathias Cruz Brusse, 2014, Characterization and effects of freezing prior to frying on the microstructure and transport phenomena of formulated products. Master in Engineering Sciences, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile.
• Rocío Pérez. 2014. Key features to motivate the interest of 4 to 8 years old girls in STEM. Master of Innovation, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile.
• Felipe Rivera Sánchez. 2013. Critical factors to increase the competitiveness in innovation management in companies focused in natural resources. Master of Innovation, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile.
• Pablo Fuentes Beard. 2013. Innovation management model for companies focused in natural resources. Master of Innovation, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile.
• Nicolás Ovalle, 2012, Online in situ examination: Atmospheric and Vacuum Frying Miniaturization. Master in Engineering Sciences, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile.
• Carla Francisca Marzullo. 2010. Calidad de snacks de zanahoria obtenidos mediante la aplicación de vacío a métodos tradicionales de deshidratación. Master in Engineering Sciences, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile.
• Ana María Gazmuri. 2008. Analysis of wheat gluten and starch matrixes during deep-fat frying. Master in Engineering Sciences, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile.
• Carolina Moreno. 2007. Effect of freeze, air and osmotic drying on tissue composition, oil absorption and location during potato frying. Master in Engineering Sciences, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile.
• Margarita Mariscal. 2007. Comparison between atmospheric and vacuum frying of apple slices. Master in Engineering Sciences, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile.
• Paula Vargas. 2007. Effect of osmotic dehydration pretreatment on apple freeze-drying. Master in Engineering Sciences, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile.
• Pablo Altimiras, 2005, Microstructure and mass transfer during food storage: study of fat migration in cocoa butter model systems. Master in Engineering Sciences, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile.
• María Paz Arellano, 2004, Development of a digital video-microscopy technique to study lactose crystallization kinetics in situ. Master in Engineering Sciences, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile.
Postdoctoral fellows
• Ingrid Contardo. 2018-2020. Food structure design and nutrients digestibility.
• Mariel Farfán. 2014–2015. In vitro structured-lipids availability in food emulsions.
• Verónica Dueik. 2014–2015. Polyphenols and essential oils inclusion in healthy food matrix design.
• Carolina Moreno. 2014–2015. Extrusion applications in healthy food matrix design.
• Verónica Dueik. 2011–2012. Structuring gluten and starch matrixes to understand the relationship between oil absorption and product microstructure during atmospheric and vacuum frying.
• Olajide Sobukola. 2011. Understanding the effect of vacuum level during frying of restructured wheat starch and gluten based product.
• Olivier Skurtys. 2005-2006. Formation of food aerated gels (co-supervisor with Professor José Miguel Aguilera)
PhD External examiner
International
• Huanhuan Zhao. 2018. Fat bloom in chocolate: Bloom identification and its corresponding effects on chocolate properties. Chemical and materials engineering. The University of Auckland, New Zealand.
• Mariel María del Rocío Teruel Gutiérrez. 2015. Effect of rosemary extract (Rosmarinus officinalis) in the shelf life and quality of frying oil and associated fried products. Veterinary school, Universidad de Murcia, Spain.
• Loreto Muñoz Hernández. 2012. Microstructural, physico-chemical and applications of Chía (Salvia hispánica) mussilage. Department of analytical chemistry, nutrition and bromatology, Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, Spain.
• Aman-Mohammad Ziaiifar. 2009. Oil Absorption during deep-fat frying: mechanisms and important factors. Institut des Sciences et Industries du Vivant et de l’Environnement. Agro Paris Tech, France.
• Spining off company in progress. 2020.
• Trade Secret. Industrial Technology to produce healthy low-fat snacks protected under trade secret as of 15th July 2014, Pontificia Universidad Católica and Fundación Copec UC.
• Feed additive formulated with quillay extract, containing triterpene saponins and potato maltodextrin. Claim 02942-2004, Chile.
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• Best congress presentation. 2nd International Congress on Nutrition and Food Engineering
UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND
Nueva Zelanda, 2017
• Best congress presentation. 2nd International Congress on Nutrition and Food Engineering, with the oral presentation entitled “in vitro and in vivo study on the slow release of glucose in vacuum fried matrices (Bouchon, Contardo, James), Auckland, New Zealand, 23-25 November 2017.
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• Best congress presentation. 2nd Congress on Food Structure Design (FSD 2016)
Food Structure Design (FSD 2016)
Turquia, 2016
• Best congress presentation. 2nd Congress on Food Structure Design (FSD 2016), with the oral presentation entitled “Enhancing micro-CT methods to quantify oil content and porosity in 3D-microstructure of starch-gluten matrices” (Bouchon and Contardo), Antalya, Turkey, 26-28 October 2016.
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• Distinguished case of the year. COPEC-UC Foundation
COPEC-UC Foundation
Chile, 2016
• Distinguished case of the year. COPEC-UC Foundation, for his R&D work on “Platform Technology to Produce Healthy Snacks”. 2016.
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• Excellence in graduate student supervision as Associate Professor
PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE
Chile, 2015
• Excellence in graduate student supervision as Associate Professor. School of Engineering. 2015.
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• Excellence in innovation (3rd place)
Diario Financiero
Chile, 2015
• Excellence in innovation (3rd place). Diario Financiero (Financial Newspaper). 2015.
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• Best congress presentation. XX Chilean Congress for Food Science and Technology (Sochital)
UNIVERSIDAD DEL BIO-BIO
Chile, 2015
• Best congress presentation. XX Chilean Congress for Food Science and Technology (Sochital), with the poster presentation entitled “Influence of modified starch in snacks during freezing and frying” (Molina and Bouchon), Chillán, Chile, 19-21 October 2015.
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• Excellence in interdisciplinary and associative research
PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE
Chile, 2014
• Excellence in interdisciplinary and associative research. School of Engineering. Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. 2014.
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• Best Fondecyt Research Project in Engineering 3 group
Comisión Nacional de Investigación Científica y Tecnológica
Chile, 2013
• Best Fondecyt Research Project in Engineering 3 group. 2013.
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• Best congress presentation. 11th International Congress on Engineering and Food (Icef 11)
International Congress on Engineering and Food (Icef 11)
Grecia, 2011
• Best congress presentation. 11th International Congress on Engineering and Food (Icef 11) with the poster presentation entitled “Visualization of the mechanisms of fluids displacement during simulated frying process using glass micromodels” (Cortés, Segura and Bouchon), Athens, Greece, 22-26 May 2011.
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• Best congress presentation. International Conference on Food Innovation (FoodInnova 2010)
International Conference on Food Innovation (FoodInnova 2010)
España, 2010
• Best congress presentation. International Conference on Food Innovation (FoodInnova 2010) with the poster presentation “Effect of frying pressure on oil uptake, surface roughness and texture of fried potato-flake bases fabricated products” (Moreno, Dueik and Bouchon), Valencia, Spain, 25-29 October 2010.
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• Best congress presentation. 7th Ibero-American congress on Food Engineering (Cibia VII)
7th Ibero-American congress on Food Engineering (Cibia VII)
Colombia, 2009
• Best congress presentation. 7th Ibero-American congress on Food Engineering (Cibia VII) with the poster presentation entitled “Effect of food surface roughness on oil uptake of deep-fat fried food” (Moreno and Bouchon), Bogotá, Colombia, 6-9 September 2009.
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• Best congress presentation. 10th International Congress on Engineering and Food (Icef 10)
10th International Congress on Engineering and Food (Icef 10)
Chile, 2008
• Best congress presentation. 10th International Congress on Engineering and Food (Icef 10) with the poster presentation entitled “Effect of freeze, air and osmotic drying on tissue composition, oil absorption and location during potato frying” (Moreno and Bouchon), Viña del Mar, Chile, 20-24 October 2008.
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• Excellence in research
PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE
Chile, 2006
• Excellence in research. School of Engineering. Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. 2006.
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• Best congress presentation. 5th Ibero-American congress on Food Engineering (Cibia V)
5th Ibero-American congress on Food Engineering (Cibia V)
México
• Best congress presentation. 5th Ibero-American congress on Food Engineering (Cibia V) with the poster presentation entitled “Modelling surface oil uptake during post-frying cooling”, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, 4-7 September 2005.
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• Excellence in Teaching.
PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE
Chile, 2004
• Excellence in Teaching. School of Engineering. Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. 2004.
Influence of physical and structural aspects of food on starch digestion |
Food Deep-Fat Frying |
Changes in particles of coffee powder and extensions to caking (vol 104, pg 122, 2007) |
Development of functional ingredients to produce healthier baked foods. |
Fostering collaboration between Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile and University of Birmingham to develop PhD dual programs with a special emphasis in Food Innovation |
Functional ingredients through clean extraction processes |
Plataforma de innovación en envases y embalajes para alimentos (Co-Inventa), dirigido por Universidad de Santiago. |
Proyecto Corfo 15VEIPE-48042. Línea 2=> Validación y Empaquetamiento de Innovaciones - Programa de Innovación e I&D Empresarial para Sectores Estratégicos de Alto Impacto |
Caracterización tridimensional interna de matrices mediante microtomografía computarizada de rayos X. |
Healthy food matrix design |
Understanding microstructural changes of structured matrices during freezing and its relationship to oil absorption during deep-fat frying |
Biodisponibilidad de lípidos estructurados en emulsiones estabilizadas mediante carbohidratos o proteínas |
Minimización de la formación de acrilamida en alimentos de consumo masivo en Chile |
Roadmap to Internationalize and orient engineering education towards innovation and entrepreneurship collaboration |
Technologies for furan mitigation in highly consumed chilean foods processed at high temperatures |
Structuring gluten and starch matrixes to understand the relationship between oil absorption and product microstructure during atmospheric and vacuum frying |
Biodisponibilidad de Lípidos Estructurados Mediante Interesterificación Enzimática en Microestructuras Alimentarias. |
Designing new food microstructures for frying and vacuum frying |
Producción industrial de snacks de vegetales con bajo contenido de aceite mediante fritura a vacío |
Formación de microestructuras en geles alimentarios aireados |
Microestructura y transferencia de masa en el almacenamiento y procesamiento de alimentos |
Efectos de extractos de quillay en crecimiento y metabolismo de salmones |
Caracterización de la superficie de alimentos=> aplicaciones en la estabilidad y aceptabilidad |
Development of Healthy Low-Fat Snacks: Understanding the Mechanisms of Quality Changes During Atmospheric and Vacuum Frying |
Chapter 5 Understanding Oil Absorption During Deep-Fat Frying |