Dr. Tania Ngapo

International Work

• Research Associate (consumer science), Sensory Properties and Perceptions, Meat Research Station, French National Agronomic Research Institute (INRA) at Theix (2001-2003).
  • Project management and experimentation for two projects (EU and France-Netherlands) on sustainable outdoor pig production. 
  • Responsible for two consumer preference surveys:
    • an international pork preference survey with consumers from 25 countries
    • a UK beef survey
  • European Sensory Network (ESN) Research project with collaborator from Olsztyn University, Poland on French consumer acceptance of a novel Polish sausage.

• Post-doctoral fellow, Rheology, Structure and Texture, INRA at Theix (1998-2000). 
  • Research study on collagen crosslinking in connective tissue of meat from double muscled beef in collaboration with scientists from the University of Gent, Belgium.

• Scientist (Meat Science), Food Science Australia (FSA), Werribee, Australia (1995-1998). 
  • Research on the effects of freezing and thawing rates on drip loss in pork
  • Commercial R&D contracts on a range of foodstuffs and in particular using scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and differential scanning calorimetry (DSC)
  • Establishment of Fish and Seafood as a research theme at FSA

• Lecturer (interim), Massey University, Palmerston North for second year undergraduate meat diploma course Chemistry of Meat and Meat By-Products (1992), Massey University, Palmerston North, NZ.

International Experience

• Visiting Scientist - Poland.  Invited and hosted by the Histology Department, University of Technology and Agriculture, Bydgoszcz University, Bydgoszcz (June 1st–11th, 2000) and the Department of Food and Food Products from Animal Origin, Wroclaw Agricultural University, Wroclaw (12th–21st June, 2000). 
• Visiting Scientist - Poland.  Invited and hosted by the Histology Department, University of Technology and Agriculture, Bydgoszcz University, Bydgoszcz (3rd–14th June, 2002). 
• Visiting Scientist – Slovenia.  Invited and hosted by the Zootechnical Department, University of Ljubljana, Domzale, Slovenia (May 23rd-26th, 2006).