Ophélie Gautheron
Ophélie Gautheron
MSc research student
T: 021 490 - 1449
E: ophelie.gautheron@gmail.com
Room: 322B
About
Ophélie completed an apprenticeship as a lab technician in chemistry in 2017. She then went to Sydney (Australia) on a language exchange programme for 5 months. Afterwards, Ophélie worked in a water quality control laboratory in Switzerland for one year, followed by full-time employment in a quality control laboratory in the dairy industry for 7 months, which she continued part-time during her Bachelor's degree.
Ophélie graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Life Technologies, major Food Technology, at the Engineering School of Sion (CH) in HES-SO in 2022. Her Bachelor thesis was entitled “Development of a vegan pâté using lactic acid bacteria fermentation of plant-based protein ingredients” which she performed in the School of Food and Nutritional Sciences in UCC.
Currently, Ophélie is enrolled as a MSC research student under the supervision of Dr Aylin Sahin and Prof. Dr Elke Arendt on plant-based protein ingredients and dietary fibre to increase the nutritional value of plant-based food.