Elena Velickova Nikova is professor and researcher at the Department of Food Technology and Biotechnology at the Faculty of Technology and Metallurgy, Sts Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje. She has developed her research among North Macedonia, Portugal, Bulgaria, Sweden and Italy in several fields of food technology and biotechnology.
Her previous/current activities involve: immobilization of cells and their application in various processes; non-thermal preservation of strawberries via freezing, vacuum infusion, pulse electriec field treatment and edible films; vacuum infusion of apples and their characterization (texture, color, respiration rate, metabolic heat production, TD-NMR, microscopy); edible films for intelligent packaging and sensory analysis and consumer perception.
She has published around 20 papers, 2 book chapters, 23 papers in proceedings, 5 oral presentations and more than 40 conference posters and several exhibitions in fairs. She supervised undergraduate works (40) master thesis (2) and doctoral thesis (1) and participated in organization of professional trainings (3) and congresses (3).
