Edward Muntean

University/Organization: University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine Cluj Napoca

Country: Romania

 Biography

Edward Muntean is professor at the Department of Food Sciences within the Faculty of Food Science and Technology, University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine Cluj Napoca, Romania, teaching Analytical Chemistry and Inorganic Chemistry for undergraduate students, Advanced Techniques of Food Analysis and Chemical Risk Analysis for Master students. Prof.Edward Muntean undertakes coordinated research contracts (he has managed six independent research projects), being also involved in the activity of many professional societies. His studies include a B.Sc. in Organic Chemical Engineering (Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj Napoca), postgraduate studies in Applied Informatics and Programming (Technical University Cluj Napoca), a M.Sc. in Biochemistry and Biotechnology of Plant Pigments (University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine Cluj Napoca) and a PhD in Chemistry (Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj Napoca). He published eleven books focusing on analytical and inorganic chemistry and more than 100 papers in scientific journals. Since 2010, Edward has been working as a scientific editor, being member of editorial and advisory boards of several international journals. In the past years, he was concerned mostly in the chemistry and biochemistry of carotenoids, involving analytical strategies, biochemical researches and applications in food industry. Presently, his research focuses on applications of high performance liquid chromatography and ion chromatography in detecting emerging food and medicinal plants’ contamination.

 Research Interest

Edward Muntean research interests includes Instrumental analysis of food; plant; soil and water matrices;Phytochemistry and phytochemical analysis;Chemistry and biochemistry of natural biologically active substances;Antioxidants (with emphasys on carotenois);Effects of pollution on medicinal plants;chemical composition Management and quality assurance;quality control of analytical data;Chemometry and data mining