Seppo Tenitz

SEPPO TENITZ

Associate professor (Food Technology)

Department of Food and Nutrition

University of Helsinki, Finland

Email: seppo.tenitz@helsinki.fi

I was born in Helsinki in 1951. My father's family comes from the Heinola rural district and my mother's ancestries are Karelian. I graduated from the Helsinki Lyceum ("Ressu") in 1970 and thereafter studied at the universities of Helsinki and Oulu. I have certificated a D.Sc. and a PhLic degree in food technology and physics, respectively, and have a master's degree in biophysics. I am a trained and qualified teacher of physics, mathematics and chemistry and have also teached information technology in upper secondary school and university. Across the years, since the teenage, I have been a runner, by dint of my nature.

Vocational interests and know-how:

1. Food physics

2. Teaching of physics and food engineering

3. Application of statistical and computational
methods in food science and technology

Teaching materials:

Hobbies and recreations:

1. Masters athletics

2. Amateur genealogy, guitar and banjo playing

3. Sailing, scuba diving (CMAS**)

4. Petting the cat

Examples of publications:

1. LWT 20: 26-28 (1987)