Anni Bygvrå Hougaard

Short presentation

Coming from a educational background in Dairy Science and Technology (in Danish, mejeriingeniør) my activities within both research and teaching has always been revolving around dairy technology and dairy products. I have been working across a broad range of product types and processes, and spanning different scales from pilot experiments >100L to molecular interactions. I have through all the year been enjoying fruitful collaborations with the dairy industry in Denmark for both research and teaching. 

Besides research and teaching, I have since October 2023 been working as deputy head of department for teaching (commonly abbreviated VILU) at Department of Food Science, which currently takes up approx. half of my working hours.

Primary fields of research

My research is primarily dealing with dairy products and the relations between composition, processing, product properties and functionality. The main aim of my research is therefore to contribute to a better understanding of how certain product properties and functionality are affected during processing and storage of food products and ingredients

Topics

• Functionality and stability of milk powder
• Interactions between milk proteins
• Rheology and texture analysis
• Dairy technology

Teaching

• Deputy head of department for teaching (VILU)
• Course coordinator for Dairy Product Technology 2 (2022 – present)
• Course coordinator for Dairy Product Technology 1 (2021 – present)
• Course coordinator for “Dairy Internship” (2014 – 2021)
• Course coordinator for “Dairy Processes and Equipment” (2015 – 2021)
• Lecturer in “Råvarekvalitet” (2008 – 2009, 2015 – 2023)
• Supervisor for master and bachelor thesis students (2010 – present)
• Coordinator of laboratory experiments for Danish high school students (Studieretningsprojekt (SRP), 2010 – 2011)

CV

Education

2010: PhD, Department of Food Science, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Copenhagen

2006: Cand. techn. al., MSc in Food Science and Technology/Dairy Science and Technology (dansk: Mejeriingeniør), The Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University

Employments

2017 –            Associate professor (Ingredients and Dairy Technology, Dept. of Food Science)

2015 – 2017    Assistant professor (Ingredients and Dairy Technology, Dept. of Food Science)

2012 – 2015    Post doc (Dairy, meat and plant product technology, Dept. of Food Science)

2010 – 2012    Post doc (Food Chemistry, Dept. of Food Science)

2006 – 2010    PhD student (Dairy Technology, Dept. of Food Science)

2006 – 2006    Research assistant (5 months)

Courses

2012 – 2013 Adjunktpædagogikum (Teacher Development Course for Assistant Professors and Postdocs)

2014 Powder Technology in Pharma, Food, Chemistry and Metallurgy, Lund University

2016 Project Management for researchers, module 1-3, University of Copenhagen, provided by Attractor Kurser

2017 – 2018 Career, Women and UCPH, Development course for female researchers at UCPH, University of Copenhagen