Faculty of Health, Engineering and Science

Kees Sonneveld

 

Title:

Associate Professor 

   
Designation: Manager - Packaging and Polymer Research Unit
   
School: Molecular Sciences 
   
Location: Room 21.25
Werribee Campus
   
Telephone: (+61 3) 9919 8043
   
Email:

kees.sonneveld@vu.edu.au

   
Qualifications: MAgrSc (Wageningen)
   
Areas of expertise Packaging Science and Technology
   
Research Interests

Packaging Science and Technology with emphasis on:

  • Active and intelligent food packaging systems;
  • Sustainable packaging systems;
  • Fresh produce packaging;
  • Paper and board distribution packaging;
  • Life Cycle Assessment;
  • Packaging strategies and management.
   
Membership of Relevant
Professional Associations
  • President International Association of Packaging Research
    Institutes (IAPRI);
  • Founding Partner Sustainable Packaging Alliance (SPA);
  • Editorial Board  member Int. Journal of Packaging technology
    and Science;
  • Editorial Board member Int. Journal of Life Cycle Assessment;
  • Member Scientific Advisory Group Department of Environmental
    Informatics (IMI), Chalmers University (Sweden);
  • Founding member and Vice-President Australian Life Cycle
    Assessment Association (ALCAS);
  • Member of the Australian Institute of Packaging; and
  • Member and convenor IAPRI working group 'Packaging
    and the Environment'.

 

Useful Links:

PDF Kees Sonneveld - Curriculum Vitae (176KB)

Publications:

  • James, K., Fitzpatrick, L., Lewis, H., and Sonneveld, K. (2005)
    Sustainable Packaging System Development. In Leal Filho, W.
    (ed) Handbook of Sustainability Research. Peter Lang Scientific
    Publishing, Frankfurt, 2005.
  • Suppakul, P., Miltz, J., Sonneveld, K. and Bigger, S.W.,
    PDF Antimicrobial Properties of Basil (103KB) and its Possible Applications
    in Food Packaging, J. of Agricultural and Food Chemistry,
    2003, 51, 3197-3207.
  • Suppakul, P., Miltz, J., Sonneveld, K. and Bigger, S.W.,
    PDF Active Packaging Technologies (480KB) with an Emphasis on Antimicrobial
    Packaging and its Applications, Journal of Food Science 68,
    2: 408-420

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