Dr Huda Al-Kateb
Senior Lecturer
- Email:
- Huda.Al-Kateb@bcu.ac.uk
Dr Al-Kateb is an experienced food and nutrition scientist with over 25 years’ experience of working in a variety of roles and initiatives in agri-food across the supply chain for academia, industry and the public health sectors.
In recent years, she has developed new provisions and degree programmes in food and nutrition sciences. Her research focus is on food science, nutrition, analytical and material chemistry covering agri-food, medical research, pharmaceutical, cosmetic and flavour and fragrances.
Huda has established and developed collaborations and partnerships with industrial partners and research institutions nationally and internationally.
Areas of Expertise
- 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
Qualifications
- 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)
Memberships
- 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
Teaching
- BSc (Hons) Sport and Exercise Nutrition
- MSc Dietetics
Research
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
Publications
- 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 10-12th 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]
Work With Industry
- 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