Research Projects

Research Interests

Food processing techniques such as cold atmospheric pressure plasma, high pressure processing, microwave processing, extrusion, ultraviolet processing to ensure food safety and quality
Investigation of the role of physical properties of food to control excessive caloric intake and enhance nutrient absorption in human gastrointestinal tract
Numerical modeling of transport phenomena in biological and food engineering

Recent Research Publications

1. Navare, S., Karwe, M. V., & Salvi, D. (2023). Effect of high pressure processing on selected physicochemical and functional properties of yellow lentil protein concentrate. Food Chemistry Advances, 3, December 2023, 100546. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.focha.2023.100546

2. Wang, Q., Kathariou, S., & Salvi, D. (2023). Plasma-activated water for inactivation of Salmonella Typhimurium avirulent surrogate: Applications in produce and shell egg and understanding the modes of action. LWT- Food Science & Technology, 187, 115331. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lwt.2023.115331

3. Campbell V. M., Hall S., Salvi D. (2023). Antimicrobial Effects of Plasma-Activated Simulated Seawater (PASW) on Total Coliform and Escherichia coli in Live Oysters During Static Depuration. Fishes 8.8 (2023): 396. DOI: 10.3390/fishes8080396

4. Trosan, D., Walther P., Mclaughlin S., Salvi, D., Mazzeo, A., Stapelmann, K. (2023). Analysis of the Effects of Complex Electrode Geometries on the Energy Deposition and Electric Field Measurements of Surface Dielectric Barrier Discharges. Plasma Processes and Polymer. e2300133. https://doi.org/10.1002/ppap.202300133

5. Narasimhan, S. L., Salvi, D., Schaffner, D. W., Karwe, M. V., & Tan, J. (2023). Efficacy of cold plasma-activated water as an environmentally friendly sanitizer in egg washing. Poultry Science, 102893. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psj.2023.102893

6. Date, M., Rivero, W., Tan, J., Specca, D., Simon, J., Salvi, D. and M.V. Karwe (2023). Effect of plasma-activated nutrient solution (PANS) on sweet basil (O. basilicum L.) grown using an ebb and flow hydroponic system. Agriculture, 2023, 13, 443. https://doi.org/10.3390/agriculture13020443

7. Wang, Q., Lavoine, N., & Salvi, D. (2023). Cold atmospheric pressure plasma for the sanitation of conveyor belt materials: Decontamination efficacy against adherent bacteria and biofilms of Escherichia coli and effect on surface properties. Innovative Food Science and Emerging Technologies, 84, 103260. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ifset.2022.103260

8. Shah, U., Wang, Q., Kathariou, S., & Salvi, D. (2023). Optimization of Plasma-activated Water for Future Scale-up and Salmonella surrogate validation. Journal of Food Protection, 86 (1), 100029. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jfp.2022.100029

9. Wang, Q., Cui, H., Rai, R., Nitin, N., & Salvi, D. (2023). DNA-based Surrogates for Validation of the Microbial Inactivation Process for using Cold Atmospheric Pressure Plasma (CAPP) and Plasma-activated Water (PAW) processing. Journal of Food Engineering, 339, 111267

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jfoodeng.2022.111267

10. Rivero, W., Wang, Q., & Salvi, D. (2022). Effect of Plasma-activated Water on Microbiological and Quality Characteristics of Alfalfa Sprouts, Broccoli Sprouts, and Clover Sprouts. Innovative Food Science & Emerging Technologies, 81, 103123

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ifset.2022.103123

11. Wang, Q., Pal, R.K., Yen, H.W., Naik, S.P., Orzeszko, M.K., Mazzeo, A., Salvi, D. (2022) Flexible and Conformable Cold Plasma-generating Packages: Evaluation of Microbial Inactivation and Quality Changes of Fresh Produce, Food Control, 137, 108915.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodcont.2022.108915

12. Campbell, V.M., Wang, Q., Hall, H.G., Salvi, D. (2022) Physicochemical properties and antimicrobial impacts of plasma-activated simulated seawater (PASW) on Escherichia coli. Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture (JSFA) Reports, 2(5), 228-235. https://doi.org/10.1002/jsf2.46

13. Wang, Q. and Salvi, D. (2021). Recent progress in the application of plasma-activated water (PAW) for food decontamination. Invited article. Current Opinion in Food Science, 42, 51-60. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cofs.2021.04.012

14. Wang, Q. and Salvi, D. (2021). Evaluation of plasma-activated water (PAW) as a novel disinfectant: effectiveness on Escherichia coli and Listeria innocua, physicochemical properties, and storage stability. LWT- Food Science & Technology, 149, 111847. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lwt.2021.111847

15. Karthikeyan, J. S., Salvi, D., & Karwe M. V. (2021). Modeling of fluid flow, carbohydrate digestion, and glucose absorption in human small intestine. Journal of Food Engineering, 292, 110339. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jfoodeng.2020.110339

16. Arserim, E. H., Salvi, D., Fridman, G., Schaffner, D. W., & Karwe, M. V. (2020). Microbial Inactivation by Non-equilibrium Short-Pulsed Atmospheric Pressure Dielectric Barrier Discharge (Cold Plasma): Numerical and Experimental Studies. Food Engineering Reviews, 1-12. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12393-020-09256-7