Prof. Dr. Sabine Kühn

Hochschule Niederrhein. Your way.
Food technology and sensory science

Laboratory appointments

Monday7:30 - 12:30
Tuesday7:30 - 17:30
Wednesday7:30 - 17:30
Thursday7:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.


Appointments are assigned via salim.maachaoui(at)hsnr.de
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Sign in and out on lab day with Salim Maachaoui (O E15) or Silvia Kaluza (O E17).

Professional career

Since 09/2020
Professor for Food Technology and Sensory Sciences at the Faculty of Food and Nutrition Sciences, Hochschule Niederrhein

07/2017 - 08/2020
Hochschule Niederrhein, Faculty of Food and Nutrition Sciences: teacher for special purposes, subject area Food Sensory Sciences and Product Development
Dreidoppel GmbH, Langenfeld: Head of the Sensory Evaluation Panel

07/2016 - 06/2017
Consultant in the field of innovation promotion at the Federal Office for Agriculture and Food

01/2015 - 08/2015
DAAD scholarship student at the University of Alberta in Edmonton, Canada
Research work on CO2 extraction of bioactive substances from cranberry pomace

11/2008 - 11/2014 & 11/2015 - 06/2016
Research associate at the faculty of Molecular Food Technology at the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-University Bonn

Research topics include development and sensory evaluation of powdered products from plant purees and extracts; extraction, analysis and sensory evaluation of secondary plant compounds; taste masking of polyphenol-containing extracts by microencapsulation (FEI AiF 16014 N); extraction, processing and sensory analysis of polyphenols from food processing residues.

Apprenticeship and qualifications

01/2009 - 02/2014
PhD at the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-University Bonn, Department of Food Technology and Food Biotechnology
Dissertation: "Investigation of the process for the production of a polyphenol preparation from residues of onion processing".

10/2002 - 06/2008
Studies of Food Technology at the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-University of Bonn, degree: Diplom-Ingenieurin (graduate engineer)

2017 - 2016

Kühn, S., Temelli, F.: Recovery of bioactive compounds from cranberry pomace using ternary mixtures of CO2 + ethanol + water. The Journal of Supercritical Fluids (130), S. 147-155, 2017.

Kühn, S.; Temelli, F.: Recovery of bioactive compounds from cranberry pomace using CO2 with cosolvent addition. 15th European Meeting on Supercritical Fluids, Essen, 2016.

2015-2011

Kühn. S.; Wollseifen, R.; Schulze-Kaysers, N. et al.: Adsorption of flavonols from onion (Allium cepa L.) processing residues on a macroporous acrylic resin. Food Research International (65), S. 103-108, 2014.

Işık, N.; Alteheld, B.; Kühn, S. et al.: Polyphenol release from protein and polysaccharide embedded plant extracts during in vitro digestion. Food Research International (65), S. 109-114, 2014.

Kühn, S.: Untersuchung des Prozesses zur Herstellung eines Polyphenolpräparates aus Reststoffen der Zwiebelverarbeitung. Dissertation, Cuvillier Verlag, Göttingen, 2014.

Kühn, S.; Schulze-Kaysers, N.; Kunz, B.: Recovery of polyphenols from onion processing residues. 7th World Congress on Polyphenols Applications, Bonn, 2013.

Kühn, S.; Schulze-Kaysers, N.; Kunz, B.: Gewinnung eines Polyphenolpräparates aus Reststoffen der Zwiebelverarbeitung. 41. Deutscher Lebensmittelchemikertag, Münster, 2012.

Kühn, S.; Wollseifen, R.; Schulze-Kaysers, N. et al.: Gewinnung polyphenolhaltiger Extrakte aus Apfeltrester und Zwiebelreststoffen zur Anreicherung von Lebensmitteln. 40. Deutscher Lebensmittelchemikertag, Halle, 2011.

Schulze-Kaysers, N.; Kühn, S.; Wollseifen, R. et al.: Geschmacksmaskierung von Polyphenolextrakten aus Apfeltrester und Zwiebelreststoffen mittels Mikroverkapselung. 40. Deutscher Lebensmittelchemikertag, Halle, 2011.

Kühn, S.; Schulze-Kaysers, N.; Wollseifen, R. et al.: Microencapsulation of a polyphenol extract derived from apple pomace for utilization as food additive. XIX. International Conference on Bioencapsulation, Amboise, Frankreich, 2011.

  • Member of the faculty council of FB05
  • Vice Chair of the Examinations Board of FB05
  • Member of the Senate