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Michael Rappolt
Principal Investigator
University of Leeds
Work experience
Professor of Lipid Biophysics
2013 - Present
Graz University of Technology
Assistant Professor
2012 - 2013
Austrian Academy of Sciences
Principal Investigator
1998 - 2012
Top industry applications
Food processing technology
Expertise
Food SciencePhysical Chemistry
Last updated Feb 2026
I'm working on
5 months ago
Lipid structure, food colloids, X-ray scattering
I'm looking for
6 months ago
I am mainly looking for partners working on polymorphic structures and transitions of triglycerides and complex fats. This includes also to evaluate new, alternative lipid sources derived from microorganisms grown in controlled environments or lipids harvested from insects.
About
I have helped industry to investigate the phase behaviour of triglyceride blends and complex fats, clarifying (i) their cooling and melting profiles, (ii) the nanostructures of meta-stable and stable polymorphs, (iii) the solid fat content, (iv) the composition and function of the milk fat replacers, and (v) the miscibility of triglyceride blends with proteins. In another field of lipid-self-assemblies research, I have worked on the rational design and optimization of lipid nanoparticles, potentially linking a lower water content with an increased therapeutic performance, i.e., I helped to evaluate the role of hydration of nanoparticles being applied in mRNA vaccines.
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