Amanda Gomes Almeida Sa, PhD

Post-doctoral Fellow
University of Manitoba
Winnipeg, MB, Canada

Amanda G. A. Sá has a Ph.D. degree in Food Engineering (2022) and a M.Sc. degree in Chemical Engineering (2018) from the Federal University of Santa Catarina (Brazil). Amanda is currently a Post-doctoral Fellow Researcher at the University of Manitoba (Winnipeg, Canada), under the supervision of Dr. James House. Her post-doc project involves the determination of factors impacting the nutritional quality of plant-based protein sources, focused on pulses, oilseed meals and meat alternatives.

Amanda is the Vice-president of the Post-docs and Research Associates Organization (PDRAO) of the Department of Food and Human Nutritional Sciences (FHNS) at the University of Manitoba.

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Presentation(s):

• Processing Oilseed By-Products for Improving Protein Quality and Functional Properties

  Monday, April 29, 2024
  1:55 PM – 2:15 PM EDT

• Plant protein digestibility: Methodology to study the impact of genetics, environment and processing on measures of protein quality

  Monday, April 29, 2024
  3:35 PM – 3:55 PM EDT

• Protein content claims and nutritional quality of high‑moisture meat analogues (HMMAs)

  Monday, April 29, 2024
  5:00 PM – 6:00 PM EDT