Dr Huda Al-Kateb

• Food Science & Technology
• Food Chemistry/ Biochemistry
• Food Preparation, Production and Processing
• Industrial Food Quality Control and Assurance
• Food Material & Rheology
• Food and Nutritional Analysis
• Nutrition & Health
• Investigation of Natural and Processed Toxins found in Food, Pharmaceutical, Flavour and Cosmetic Products
• Expertise in evaluating the effects of ingredients and processes on chemical, physical and sensory characteristics of food, pharmaceutical and cosmetic products
• Disease diagnosis using volatile organic compounds profile analysis and evaluations using advanced analytical techniques.
• Expertise in analytical and wet chemistry to evaluate agricultural residues, pesticides, allergens and harmful chemicals in food and feed

• PhD in Food chemistry/Biochemistry, University of Reading (2005)
• MSc in International Nutrition & Food Processing, Oxford Brookes University (2001)
• BSc Hons in food science & Nutrition, Jordan University (1997)
• PGCert Teaching and Learning in HE, University of West of England (2013)
• PGCert in Academic practice in HE, Coventry University, (2017)
• MED, Master of Education Academic Practice in Higher Education, Birmingham City University, (2018)

• Fellow HEA
• Fellow Royal Society of Chemistry
• British society of flavourists
• Fellow Institute of Food Science and Technology
• Institute of Food Technology
• Nutrition Society
• Association of Nutrition
• Society of Biology
• Society of chemical industry

• BSc (Hons) Sport and Exercise Nutrition
• MSc Dietetics

Huda's area of research is in:

• food processing
• chemical and physical analysis
• volatile organic compounds analysis for disease diagnosis (cancer, liver diseases, Norovirus, gastrointestinal disease and inflammatory bowel diseases (IBS,IBD), wound healing, oral malodours. urinary and bacterial and viral infections)
• food quality
• assurance and safety inspection in agri-food
• water analysis
• food waste
• the natural and processed food toxicants and their effects on human health
• natural and processed chemicals in food and their effect on health
• product formulation and ingredients interaction analysis that include the laboratory analysis of food and feed products
• the evaluation of industrial processes and storage conditions on chemical, physical properties and the overall quality and acceptability of some food products
• the effect of food ingredients on microbial growth, enhancing the animal feed to improve the eating quality of meat and poultry
• veterinary research in volatile compounds dairy products at the stage of the oestrous cycle
• interdisciplinary research across agri-food, pharmaceutical, environmental, chemical, forensic, biological and cosmetic research and industrial collaborative projects with established companies and SME’s

• Zaini, S. Baines, D. Cox, V. AL-Kateb, H. 2017, 'The thermally induced reaction of cracker-like aroma characteristic resulting from proline, glycine and valine with D-glucose and lactose', Summer Conference: Improving nutrition in metropolitan areas, King’s College London 10-12^th of July 2017, London, The Nutrition Society, London, page number(51)
• Giovanni, J. Flaherty, H. Cox, V and Al-Kateb, H.2017, 'Influence of varying colour intensity on the perceived sweetness in yoghurt', Summer Conference: Improving nutrition in metropolitan areas, King’s College London 10-12th of July 2017, London, The Nutrition Society, London, page number(51)
• Khalid T, Aggio R, White , De Lacy Costello B, Persad R, Al-Kateb H, Jones P, Probert CS, Ratcliffe N. Urinary Volatile Organic Compounds for the Detection of Prostate Cancer. PLoS One. 2015 Nov 24;10(11):e0143283. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0143283. eCollection 2015. Animal Feed Science and Technology 209 · July 2015. DOI: 10.1016/j.anifeedsci.2015.07.023
• J. Tang, J. Hu, Z.G. Wen, Y. Jiang , H. AL-Kateb, W. Huang, Y.M. Guo, M. Xie , S.S. Hou.Effect of riboflavin supplementation on growth performance, carcass traits, and riboflavin status of growing male white Pekin ducks. Animal Feed Science & Technology, 2015
• Chen, G., Bai, Y., Zhu, D., Li, Y., Fang, M., Al-Kateb, H. and Doran, O. (2015) Metabolism of androstenone, beta-estradiol and dihydrotestosterone in primary cultured pig hepatocytes and the role of 3-beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase in this process. PLOS ONE. ISSN 1932-6203
• Alemany, Marià, Chen, G., Bai, Y., Ren, L., Zhu, D., Li, Y., Fang, M., Al-Kateb, H. and Doran, O. (2015) Metabolism of androstenone, 17β-estradiol and dihydrotestosterone in primary cultured pig hepatocytes and the role of 3β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase in this process. PLoS ONE, 10 (1). ISSN 1932-6203
• Huda Al-Kateb and Donald S. Mottram. (2014). The relationship between growth stages and aroma composition of lemon basil Ocimum citriodorum Vis. Food Chemistry152 (2014) 440–446
• B de Lacy Costello, A Amann, H Al-Kateb, C Flynn, W Filipiak, T Khalid, D Osborne and N M Ratcliffe. (2014). A review of the volatiles from the healthy human body. J. Breath Res. 8 (2014) 014001 (29pp). doi:10.1088/1752-7155/8/1/014001
• Huda AL-Kateb, Benjamin de Lacy Costello and Norman Ratcliffe. (2013) An investigation of volatile organic compounds from the saliva of healthy individuals using headspace-trap/GC-MS. J. Breath Res. 7(3) 7 036004
• Huda al Kateb and Ben de Lacy Costello. (2013). Analysis of the volatiles in the headspace above the plasmodium and sporangia of the slime mould (Physarum polycephalum) by SPME-GCMS.[physics.bio-ph]

• Food and Drinks industries
• Suppliers to the food, pharmaceutical, flavours, fragrances and cosmetics
• Agricultural organization, Animal feed produces
• Environmental and Forensic analysis
• Pharmaceutical and cosmetics
• Agri-Food and farming
• Professional bodies

• Research Gate
• Google Scholar
• Linkedin
• Bio Web Spin
• ORCID