SFOS Faculty > Murat Omer Balaban > Employment History
January 2008-Present: Professor and Director of the Fisheries Industrial Technology Center, School of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences, University of Alaska, Fairbanks.
July 1997-January 2008: Professor of Food Processing and Engineering. Food Science and Human Nutrition Department, IFAS, University of Florida. Gainesville, Florida. Duties and responsibilities included planning and implementation of research and teaching programs in the area of food processing and engineering. Teaching undergraduate and graduate courses, and supervision of graduate students. Development of research programs in cooperation with departments in other engineering disciplines. Current research areas include food processing and engineering with emphasis on supercritical fluid technology; mathematical modeling and computer vision applications, thermal processing and reaction kinetics; ohmic thawing; member of the seafood group.
July 1991-July 1997 : Associate Professor of Food Processing and Engineering. Food Science and Human Nutrition Department, IFAS, University of Florida. Gainesville, Florida. .
July 1986-July 1991 : Assistant Professor of Food Processing and Engineering. Food Science and Human Nutrition Department, IFAS, University of Florida. Gainesville, Florida.
October 1985-July 1986 : Post-doctoral research associate, Food Science Depart-ment, Rutgers University. Worked with Professor K.I. Hayakawa on modeling and computer simulations.
December 1984-October 1985 : Independent software consultant.
1982-1984. University of Washington Egtwedt Food Research Fellow, non-tenured
1979-1982. University of Washington Research Assistant, non-tenured
1976-1977. Middle East Tech. Univ. Instructor, Chemical Eng. Dept., non-tenured
1975-1976. Middle East Tech. Univ. Programmer, Computer Science Dept., non-tenured
1972-1975. Middle East Tech. Univ. Student assistant, Computer Science Dept.