Cimarelli, S., Goglio, P., Serpa, D., Quagliolo, C., Dorca-Preda, T., Sadhu, A., Rai, K., Roebeling, P., Nemecek, T., Cipolla, A.M., Schneider, A., Smetana, S., Vasconcelos, M., Kartal, U., Joensu, K., Petrusan, J., Dauguet, S., Falchetti-Cartier, A., Wilkinson, T. & Ianetta, P. (2025). Integrating ecosystem services provided by legumes in agricultural life cycle assessment (LCA): A review of methodologies. Ecological Indicators, 181, p.114462. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2025.114462 

Baune, M. C., Van De Walle, S., Januschewski, E., Gifuni, I., Szkudlarski, J., Ebert, E., Bindrich, U., Van Royen, G., Juadjur, A., Heinz, V., Smetana, S. & Terjung, N. (2025). Comparison of the effects of high hydrostatic pressure processing and heat pasteurization on the techno-functional properties of Spirugrass®, a protein-rich microalgae extract. Future Foods, 100840. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fufo.2025.100840 

Pleissner, D., Händel, N., Schönfelder, S., Petrusan, J. I., da Silva, B., Schröder, J., ... & Smetana, S. (2025). Long-term heterotrophic cultivation of Galdieria sulphuraria at technical scale under non-sterile conditions. Sustainable Chemistry One World, 100116. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scowo.2025.100116 

Francis, A., Schmitt, E., & Smetana, S. (2025). Making better Bugs: Improving black soldier fly production for a more sustainable future. Journal of Cleaner Production, 521, 146240. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2025.146240  

Khieya, V., Francis, A., & Smetana, S. (2025). Enhancing Resilience of Mediterranean Food Systems through Insect-Based Biotransformation of Agri-Food Side Streams (Black Soldier Fly and Yellow Mealworm). animal, 101587. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.animal.2025.101587 

Méité, R., Smetana, S., Bayer, L., Bellingrath-Kimura, S. D., Bunker, I., & Uthes, S. (2025). Insects to pigs and back: an attributional life cycle assessment. Journal of Insects as Food and Feed, 1(aop), 1-21. https://doi.org/10.1163/23524588-bja10235 

Smetana, S., Coudron, C., Deruytter, D., Francis, A., Pascual, J. J., Klammsteiner, T., ... & Zanoli, R. (2025). BugBook: Data analysis methods in studies of insects for food and feed. Journal of Insects as Food and Feed, 1(aop), 1-27. https://doi.org/10.1163/23524588-bja10209 

Silva, B. Q., da Silva, M. N., Smetana, S., & Vasconcelos, M. W. (2025). Comparative Environmental and Nutritional Sustainability Analysis of Kabuli and Desi Chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) types at the Farm and Product Level. Journal of Cleaner Production, 145706. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2025.145706 

Francis, A., Dang, N., Rukov, J. L., Siegrist, A., Green, A., Arachchilage, N. S. K., ... & Smetana, S. (2025). Mass-based and nutritional life cycle assessment (nLCA) of crickets as human food. Journal of Insects as Food and Feed, 1(aop), 1-18. https://doi.org/10.1163/23524588-bja10212 

Baune, M. C., Lickert, T., Schilling, F., Bindrich, U., Tomasevic, I., Heinz, V., Smetana, S. & Terjung, N. (2024). Impact of Four Different Chlorella vulgaris Strains on the Properties of Durum Wheat Semolina Pasta. Applied Sciences, 14(19), 8760. https://doi.org/10.3390/app14198760 

Veldkamp, T., Meijer, N., Alleweldt, F., Deruytter, D., Van Der Borght, M., Vandeweyer, D., Gasco, L., Roos, N., Smetana, S., Fernandes, A.  & van der Fels-Klerx, H. J. (2024). Sustainable integration of insects into European food chains. Journal of Insects as Food and Feed, 1(aop), 1-9. https://doi.org/10.1163/23524588-00001240 

Beitia, E., Silva, B. Q., Smetana, S., Heinz, V., Valdramidis, V., & Aganovic, K. (2024). Life cycle assessment of the manothermosonication of liquid whole egg: A comparative evaluation with conventional thermal preservation. LWT, 213, 116953. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lwt.2024.116953 

Boukid, F., Baune, M. C., Terjung, N., Francis, A., & Smetana, S. (2024). The ‘meathybrid’concept: bridging the gap between texture, taste, sustainability and nutrition. International Journal of Food Science and Technology, 59(11), 8645-8655. https://ifst.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdfdirect/10.1111/ijfs.17425 

Ristic, D., Bender, D., Jaeger, H., Heinz, V., & Smetana, S. (2024). Towards a definition of food processing: conceptualization and relevant parameters. Food Production, Processing and Nutrition, 6(1), 79. https://doi.org/10.1186/s43014-024-00256-2 

Thielemann, A. K., Händel, N., Siddiqui, S. A., Aganovic, K., Kießling, M., Terjung, N., Smetana, S. & Pleissner, D. (2024). Biological measures to recover nitrogen compounds from liquid and solid streams. Sustainable Chemistry for the Environment, 7, 100136. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scenv.2024.100136 

Pleissner, D., Stephan, L., & Smetana, S. (2024). Urgent Need to Define End-of-Waste Criteria for Efficient Utilization of Organic Waste. ACS Sustainable Resource Management, 1(9), 1874-1875. https://doi.org/10.1021/acssusresmgt.4c00265 

Athanassiou, C. G., Coudron, C. L., Deruytter, D., Rumbos, C. I., Gasco, L., Gai, F., ... & Smetana, S. (2024). A decade of advances in black soldier fly research: from genetics to sustainability. Journal of Insects as Food and Feed, 1(aop), 1-28.  https://doi.org/10.1163/23524588-00001122 

Joeres, E., Ristic, D., Tomasevic, I., Smetana, S., Heinz, V., & Terjung, N. (2024). Structure, Microbiology and Sensorial Evaluation of Bologna-Style Sausages in a Kilohertz Ohmic Heating Process. Applied Sciences, 14(13), 5460. https://doi.org/10.3390/app14135460 

Heidorn, J. R., Smetana, S., & Pleissner, D. (2024). Investigation of the carbon footprint of the cultivation of the heterotrophic microalga Galdieria sulphuraria on hydrolyzed straw and digestate. Sustainable Chemistry for the Environment, 6, 100087. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scenv.2024.100087 

Grossmann, L., Smetana, S., & Bakalis, S. (2024). Strategies to Reduce Fossil Fuel Use in Food Manufacturing. Annual Review of Food Science and Technology, 15. https://www.annualreviews.org/doi/abs/10.1146/annurev-food-072023-034332 

Lu, M. X., Zhu, C. X., Smetana, S., Zhao, M., Zhang, H. B., Zhang, F., & Du, Y. Z. (2024). Minerals in edible insects: review of content and potential for sustainable sourcing. Food Science and Human Wellness, 13(1), 65-74. https://doi.org/10.26599/FSHW.2022.9250005 

Silva, B. Q., Kancirova, E., Zdravkovic, M., Batta, U., Petrusán, J. I., Pasch, K., ... & Smetana, S. (2024). Sustainable food chains designed for optimised resource use: Optimising downscaled food chains for sustainable resource use: A comprehensive case study on tomato juice. Journal of Cleaner Production, 450, 141879. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2024.141879 

Petrusan, J. I., Leonhardt, L., Silvaa, B., Heinza, V., Lammers, V., & Smetanaa, S. (2024). Large-scale processing of insect and plant proteins with HME technology. Cereal Technology/Getreidetechnologie, (2). https://doi.org/10.23789/1869-2303-2024-2-87 

Athanassiou, C. G., Smetana, S., Pleissner, D., Tassoni, A., Gasco, L., Gai, F., ... & Rumbos, C. I. (2024). Circular and inclusive utilization of alternative proteins: A European and Mediterranean perspective. Current Opinion in Green and Sustainable Chemistry, 46, 100892. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cogsc.2024.100892 

Ferdouse, J., Silva, B. Q., Baune, M. C., Terjung, N., & Smetana, S. (2024). Life cycle assessment of hemp-based milk alternative production in Lower Saxony, Germany, based on a material flow analysis of a pilot scale. The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment, 29(4), 652-668. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11367-023-02264-9 

Francis, A., Ghnimi, S., & Smetana, S. (2024). Development of a regionalized dynamic weighting method for the environmental impact of alternative protein sources. Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 8, 1294390. https://doi.org/10.3389/fsufs.2024.1294390 

Pleissner, D., & Smetana, S. (2024). Waste-to-nutrition: sustainable strategies for use of organic biomass in complex food systems. Current opinion in green and sustainable chemistry, 49. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cogsc.2024.100949 

Mouhrim, N., Peguero, D. A., Green, A., Silva, B., Bhatia, A., Ristic, D., ... & Smetana, S. (2023). Optimization models for sustainable insect production chains. Journal of Insects as Food and Feed, 1(aop), 1-19.

Vázquez-Rowe, I., Eberle, U., & Smetana, S. (2023). The role of developing and emerging economies in sustainable food systems. The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment, 1-4. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11367-023-02234-1 

Smetana, S. (2023). Circularity and environmental impact of edible insects. Journal of Insects as Food and Feed, 9(9), 1111-1114.  https://doi.org/10.3920/JIFF2023.x004     

Craig, W. J., Messina, V., Rowland, I., Frankowska, A., Bradbury, J., Smetana, S., & Medici, E. (2023). Plant-Based Dairy Alternatives Contribute to a Healthy and Sustainable Diet. Nutrients, 15(15), 3393. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu15153393 

Bogusz, R., Pobiega, K., Rybak, K., Wiktor, A., Parniakov, O., Smetana, S., & Nowacka, M. (2023). The Pulsed Electric Field Treatment Effect on Drying Kinetics and Chosen Quality Aspects of Freeze-Dried Black Soldier Fly (Hermetia illucens) and Yellow Mealworm (Tenebrio molitor) Larvae. Applied Sciences, 13(18), 10251. https://doi.org/10.3390/app131810251

Siddiqui, S. A., Pleissner, D., Pentjuss, A., Gołaszewski, J., Karwowska, A., Dace, E., ... & Smetana, S. (2023). Biological nitrogen recirculation to food protein–A review. Cleaner and Circular Bioeconomy, 100056. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clcb.2023.100056 

Smetana, S., Bhatia, A., Batta, U., Mouhrim, N., & Tonda, A. (2023). Environmental impact potential of insect production chains for food and feed in Europe. Animal Frontiers, 13(4), 112-120. https://doi.org/10.1093/af/vfad033 

Grausa, K., Siddiqui, S. A., Lameyer, N., Wiesotzki, K., Smetana, S., & Pentjuss, A. (2023). Metabolic modeling of Hermetia illucens larvae resource allocation for high-value fatty acid production. Metabolites, 13(6), 724. https://doi.org/10.3390/metabo13060724 

Smetana, S. (2023). Life Cycle Assessment of biobased nitrogen upcycling approaches. Current Opinion in Green and Sustainable Chemistry, 100853. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cogsc.2023.100853 

Silva, B. Q., Vasconcelos, M. W., & Smetana, S. (2023). Conceptualisation of an Ecodesign Framework for Sustainable Food Product Development across the Supply Chain. Environments, 10(4), 59. https://doi.org/10.3390/environments10040059 

Siddiqui, S. A., Profeta, A., Decker, T., Smetana, S., & Menrad, K. (2023). Influencing Factors for Consumers’ Intention to Reduce Plastic Packaging in Different Groups of Fast-Moving Consumer Goods in Germany. Sustainability, 15(9), 7625. https://doi.org/10.3390/su15097625 

Smetana, S., Ristic, D., Pleissner, D., Tuomisto, H. L., Parniakov, O., & Heinz, V. (2023). Meat substitutes: Resource demands and environmental footprints. Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 190, 106831. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resconrec.2022.106831 

Siddiqui, S. A., Schulte, H., Pleissner, D., Schönfelder, S., Kvangarsnes, K., Dauksas, E., ... & Smetana, S. (2023). Transformation of Seafood Side-Streams and Residuals into Valuable Products. Foods, 12(2), 422. https://doi.org/10.3390/foods12020422 

Smetana, S., Ristic, D., Pleissner, D., Tuomisto, H. L., Parniakov, O., & Heinz, V. (2023). Meat substitutes: Resource demands and environmental footprints. Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 190, 106831.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resconrec.2022.106831 

Weinreis, Y., Smetana, S., & Baum, C. M. (2022). Insect production as a novel alternative to livestock farming: Exploring interest and willingness to adopt among German farmers. Sustainable Production and Consumption. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.spc.2022.10.004 

Heines, W., Ristic, D., Rosenberger, S., Coudron, C., Gai, F., Schiavone, A., & Smetana, S. (2022). Eggs or meat? Environmental impact and efficiency assessment of chicken protein production with potential of Hermetia illucens use in feed. Resources, Conservation & Recycling Advances, 16, 200121. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rcradv.2022.200121   

Pahmeyer, M. J., Siddiqui, S. A., Pleissner, D., Gołaszewski, J., Heinz, V., & Smetana, S. (2022). An automated, modular system for organic waste utilization using Hermetia illucens larvae: Design, sustainability, and economics. Journal of Cleaner Production, 134727. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2022.134727 

Siddiqui, S. A., Zannou, O., Karim, I., Awad, N. M., Gołaszewski, J., Heinz, V., & Smetana, S. (2022). Avoiding Food Neophobia and Increasing Consumer Acceptance of New Food Trends—A Decade of Research. Sustainability, 14(16), 10391. https://doi.org/10.3390/su141610391 

Mouhrim, N., Smetana, S., Bhatia, A., Mathys, A., Green, A., Peguero, D., & Tonda, A. (2022, July). Towards multi-objective optimization of sustainable insect production chains. In Proceedings of the Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference Companion (pp. 352-355). https://doi.org/10.1145/3520304.3528898 

Bogusz, R., Smetana, S., Wiktor, A., Parniakov, O., Pobiega, K., Rybak, K., & Nowacka, M. (2022). The selected quality aspects of infrared-dried black soldier fly (Hermetia illucens) and yellow mealworm (Tenebrio molitor) larvae pre-treated by pulsed electric field. Innovative Food Science & Emerging Technologies, 103085. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ifset.2022.103085 

Voglhuber-Slavinsky, A., Zicari, A., Smetana, S., Moller, B., Dönitz, E., Vranken, L., ... & Bahrs, E. (2022). Setting life cycle assessment (LCA) in a future-oriented context: the combination of qualitative scenarios and LCA in the agri-food sector. European Journal of Futures Research, 10(1), 1-23. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40309-022-00203-9 

Grossmann, L., Loeffler, M., & Smetana, S. (2022). Production, downstreaming, and utilization of proteins and exopolysaccharides from single cells in food matrices. Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 601. https://doi.org/10.3389/fsufs.2022.1091347 

Pleissner, D., & Smetana, S. (2022). Can Pulsed Electric Fields Treated Algal Cells Be Used as Stationary Phase in Chromatography?. Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 6. https://doi.org/10.3389/fsufs.2022.860647 

Żuk-Gołaszewska, K., Gałęcki, R., Obremski, K., Smetana, S., Figiel, S., & Gołaszewski, J. (2022). Edible Insect Farming in the Context of the EU Regulations and Marketing—An Overview. Insects, 13(5), 446. https://doi.org/10.3390/insects13050446 

Karwacka, M., Rybak, K., Smetana, S., Galus, S., & Janowicz, M. (2022). Analysis of selected functional properties, resource demands and energy consumption of freeze‐dried vegetable snacks. Journal of Food Processing and Preservation, e16721. https://ifst.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jfpp.16721 

Silva, B. Q., & Smetana, S. (2022). Review on milk substitutes from an environmental and nutritional point of view. Applied Food Research, 100105.

Profeta, A., Smetana, S., Siddiqui, S., Heinz, V., Kircher, C., Krikser, T., ... & Kühn, D. (2022). Vertrauen der Verbraucher in Lebensmittel und in die Akteure der konventionellen und ökologischen Lebensmittelwirtschaft. Berichte über Landwirtschaft-Zeitschrift für Agrarpolitik und Landwirtschaft.

Veldkamp, T., Meijer, N., Alleweldt, F., Deruytter, D., Van Campenhout, L., Gasco, L., Roos, N., Smetana, S., Fernandes, A. & van der Fels-Klerx, H. J. (2022). Overcoming Technical and Market Barriers to Enable Sustainable Large-Scale Production and Consumption of Insect Proteins in Europe: A SUSINCHAIN Perspective. Insects, 13(3), 281. https://doi.org/10.3390/insects13030281 

Pahmeyer, M. J., Siddiqui, S. A., Pleissner, D., Gołaszewski, J., Heinz, V., & Smetana, S. (2022). An automated, modular system for organic waste utilization using heterotrophic alga Galdieria sulphuraria: design considerations and sustainability. Bioresource Technology, 126800. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biortech.2022.126800 

Herrera, E., Petrusan, J.-I., Salvá-Ruiz, B., Novak, A., Cavalcanti, K., Aguilar, V., Heinz, V., & Smetana, S. (2022). Meat Quality of Guinea Pig (Cavia porcellus) Fed with Black Soldier Fly Larvae Meal (Hermetia illucens) as a Protein Source. Sustainability. 14(3):1292. https://doi.org/10.3390/su14031292 

Siddiqui, S. A., Ristow, B., Rahayu, T., Putra, N. S., Widya Yuwono, N., Nisa’, K., Mategeko, B., Smetana, S., Saki, M., Nawaz, A., & Nagdalian, A. (2022). Black soldier fly larvae (BSFL) and their affinity for organic waste processing. Waste Management, 140, 1–13. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wasman.2021.12.044 

Spykman, R., Hossaini, S. M., Peguero, D. A., Green, A., Heinz, V., & Smetana, S. (2021). A modular environmental and economic assessment applied to the production of Hermetia illucens larvae as a protein source for food and feed. The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment, 1-18. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11367-021-01986-y 

Shorstkii, I., Sosnin, M., Smetana, S., Toepfl, S., Parniakov, O., & Wiktor, A. (2021). Correlation of the cell disintegration index with Luikov’s heat and mass transfer parameters for drying of pulsed electric field (PEF) pretreated plant materials. Journal of Food Engineering. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jfoodeng.2021.110822 

Baune, M.-C., Jeske, A.-L., Profeta, A., Smetana, S., Broucke, K., van Royen, G., Gibis, M., Weiss, J., & Terjung, N. (2021). Effect of Plant Protein Extrudates on Hybrid Meatballs – Changes in Nutritional Composition and Sustainability. Future Foods. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fufo.2021.100081 

Tello, A., Aganovic, K., Parniakov, O., Carter, A., Heinz, V., Smetana, S. (2021) Product development and environmental impact of an insect-based milk alternative. Future Foods 100080. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fufo.2021.100080 

Sandmann, M., Smetana, S., Heinz, V., & Rohn, S. (2021). Comparative life cycle assessment of a mesh ultra-thin layer photobioreactor and a tubular glass photobioreactor for the production of bioactive algae extracts. Bioresource Technology, 125657. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0960852421009986

Profeta, A, Siddiqui, S.A., Smetana, S., et al. (2021). The impact of Corona pandemic on consumer’s food consumption. Journal of Consumer Protection and Food Safety. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00003-021-01341-1 

Zdravkovic, M., Snoeck, E. R., Zicari, A., Vranken, L., Heinz, V., Smetana, S., & Aganovic, K. (2021). Sustainability assessment of mobile juice processing unit: farmers perspective. Future Foods, 100064. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S266683352100054X 

Thielemann, A. K., Smetana, S., & Pleissner, D. (2021) Cultivation of the heterotrophic microalga Galdieria sulphuraria on food waste: A Life Cycle Assessment. Bioresource Technology 125637. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biortech.2021.125637 

Laibach, N., Müller, B., Pleissner, D., Raber, W., and Smetana, S. (2021) An integrated, modular biorefinery for the treatment of food waste in urban areas. Case Studies in Chemical and Environmental Engineering 4:100118. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cscee.2021.100118 

Green, A., Nemecek, T., Smetana, S., and Mathys, A.  (2021) Reconciling regionally-explicit nutritional needs with environmental protection by means of nutritional life cycle assessment. Journal of Cleaner Production, 127696.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2021.127696 

Thielemann, A. K., Smetana, S., & Pleissner, D. (2021). Life cycle assessment of hetero-and phototrophic as well as combined cultivations of Galdieria sulphuraria. Bioresource Technology, 125227. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biortech.2021.125227 

Smetana, S., Profeta, A., Voigt, R., Kircher, C., Heinz V. (2021) Meat substitution in burgers: nutritional scoring, sensorial testing, and Life Cycle Assessment. Future Foods 100042. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fufo.2021.100042 

Saerens, W., Smetana, S., Van Campenhout, L., Lammers, V., Heinz V. (2021) Life Cycle Assessment of Burger Patties Produced with Extruded Meat Substitutes, Journal of Cleaner Production, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2021.127177

Profeta, A., Enneking, U., Smetana, S., Heinz,V., Kircher, C. (2021). Der Einfluss der Corona-Pandemie auf den Lebensmittelkonsum der Verbraucher – Vulnerabilität der Haushalte mit Kindern und Einkommensverlusten. – Berichte über Landwirtschaft. https://buel.bmel.de/index.php/buel/article/view/334/552.  https://doi.org/10.12767/buel.v99i1.334 

Smetana, S., Spykman, R., & Heinz, V. (2021).  Environmental aspects of insect rearing. Journal of Insects as Food and Feed, https://doi.org/10.3920/JIFF2020.0116  

Wiktor, A., Parniakov, O., Toepfl, S., Witrowa-Rajchert, D., Heinz, V., Smetana, S. (2021) Sustainability and bioactive compound preservation in microwave and Pulsed Electric Fields Technology assisted drying. Innovative Food Science & Emerging Technologies, 102597. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ifset.2020.102597 

Profeta, A., Baune, M. C., Smetana, S., Bornkessel, S., Broucke, K., Van Royen, G., ... & Terjung, N. (2021). Preferences of German Consumers for Meat Products Blended with Plant-Based Proteins. Sustainability, 13(2), 650. https://doi.org/10.3390/foods10010071 

Profeta, A., Baune, M. C., Smetana, S., Broucke, K., Royen, G. V., Weiss, J., ... & Terjung, N. (2021). Discrete Choice Analysis of Consumer Preferences for Meathybrids—Findings from Germany and Belgium. Foods, 10(1), 71.

Profeta, A., Baune, M., Smetana, S., Bornkessel, S., Broucke, K., van Royen, G., Enneking, U., Weiss, J., Heinz, V., Terjung, N. (2020). Consumer Preferences for Meat Products Blended with Plant-Based Proteins in Germany. Preprints 2020, 2020110677 (doi: 10.20944/preprints202011.0677.v1).

Shorstkii, I., Comiotto Alles, M., Parniakov, O., Smetana, S., Aganovic, K., Sosnin, M., Toepfl, S., & Heinz, V. (2020). Optimization of pulsed electric field assisted drying process of black soldier fly ( Hermetia illucens ) larvae. Drying Technology, 1–9. https://doi.org/10.1080/07373937.2020.1819825

Pleissner, D., Smetana, S. (2020) Editorial: Conversion of organic waste to food and feed. Curr Opin Green Sustain Chem 100394. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cogsc.2020.100394 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S2452223620300912 

Smetana, S., Aganovic, K., Heinz, V. (2020). Food Supply Chains as Cyber-Physical Systems: a Path for More Sustainable Personalized Nutrition. Food Engineering Reviews,  https://doi.org/10.1007/s12393-020-09243-y 

Djekic, I., Bozickovic, I., Djordjevic, V., Smetana, S., Terjung, N., Ilic, J., Doroski, A.,  &  Tomasevic, I. (2020) Can we associate environmental footprints with production and consumption using Monte Carlo simulation? Case study with pork meat. Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture, jsfa.10704. https://doi.org/10.1002/jsfa.10704 

Witte, F., Smetana, S., Heinz, V. & Terjung, N.  (2020). High-pressure processing of usually discarded dry aged beef trimmings for subsequent processing. Meat Science, 108241. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0309174020306732 

Alles, M. C., Smetana, S., Parniakov, O., Shorstkii, I., Toepfl, S., Aganovic, K., & Heinz, V. (2020). Bio-refinery of insects with Pulsed electric field pre-treatment. Innovative Food Science & Emerging Technologies, 102403. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1466856420303490 

Käferböck, A., Smetana, S., de Vosd, R., Schwarz, C., Toepfl, S., Parniakov, O. (2020). Sustainable extraction of valuable components from Spirulina assisted by Pulsed Electric Fields technology. Algal Research. Accepted article. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S221192642030014X 

Smetana, S., Leonhardt, L., Kauppi, S.-M., Pajic, A., Heinz, V. (2020). Insect margarine: processing, sustainability and design. Journal of Cleaner Production. Accepted article. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2020.121670 

Smetana, S. (2020). Life Cycle Assessment of specific organic waste-based bioeconomy approaches. Current Opinion in Green and Sustainable Chemistry. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cogsc.2020.02.009 

Leonhardt, L., Käferböck, A., Smetana, S., de Vosd, R., Toepfl, S., Parniakov, O. (2020). Bio-refinery of Chlorella sorokiniana with Pulsed electric field pre-treatment. Bioresource Technology. 301. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biortech.2020.122743 

Ulmer, M., Smetana, S. & Heinz, V. (2020). Utilizing honeybee drone brood as a protein source for food products: life cycle assessment of apiculture in Germany. Resources, Conservation and Recycling. 154, 104576. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resconrec.2019.104576 

Ites, S., Smetana, S., Töpfl, S., & Heinz, V. (2020). Modularity of insect production and processing as a path to efficient and sustainable food waste treatment. Journal of Cleaner Production, 248, 119248.  https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0959652619341186 

Pleissner, D. & Smetana, S. (2020). Estimation of the economy of heterotrophic microalgae- and insect-based food waste utilization processes. Waste Management, 102, 198-203. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wasman.2019.10.031 

Bornkessel, S., Smetana, S., Heinz, V. (2019). Nutritional sustainability inside – marketing sustainability as an inherent ingredient. Front. Nutr. DOI: 10.3389/fnut.2019.00084 https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnut.2019.00084/abstract 

Smetana, S., Bornkessel, S., Heinz, V. (2019). A Path from Sustainable Nutrition to Nutritional Sustainability of Complex Food Systems. Front. Nutr. 6 (39)  https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnut.2019.00039/abstract

Smetana, S., Schmitt, E., Mathys, A. (2019). Sustainable use of Hermetia illucens insect biomass for feed and food: attributional and consequential Life Cycle Assessment. Resources, Conservation and Recycling, Volume 144, May 2019, Pages 285-296.  https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0921344919300515 

Smetana, S., Ulmer, M., Pernutz, C., & Heinz, V. (2019). Entomofood - Entwicklung nachhaltiger Lebensmittel-Produkte aus Insekten. Fleischwirtschaft, 1_2019, 39-41.

Smetana, S., Goyal, S, Cicek, M., Heinz, V. (2018).  Vom Höhlenfeuer zur Smart Kitchen: Die Hotspots der modernen Lebensmittelentwicklung. Ernährungs Umschau 11: M620-M625. doi: 10.4455/eu.2018.044 

Smetana, S., Seebold, C., Heinz, V. (2018). Neural network, blockchain, and modular complex system: The evolution of cyber-physical systems for material flow analysis and life cycle assessment. Resources, Conservation and Recycling, Volume 133, June 2018, Pages 229-230, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resconrec.2018.02.020

Smetana, S., Pernutz, C., Toepfl, S., Heinz, V., & Van Campenhout, L. (2019). High-moisture extrusion with insect and soy protein concentrates: cutting properties of meat analogues under insect content and barrel temperature variations. Journal of Insects as Food and Feed, 5(1), 29-34. doi: 10.3920/JIFF2017.0066 

Smetana, S. (2018). Book review: Edible insects in sustainable food systems. Journal of Insects as Food and Feed, doi: 10.3920/JIFF2018.x007 

Smetana, S., Ashtari Larki, N., Pernutz, C., Franke, K., Bindrich, U., & Heinz, V. (2018). Structure design of insect-based meat analogs with high-moisture extrusion. Journal of Food Engineering, Volume 229, Pages 83-85. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jfoodeng.2017.06.035

Raschio, G., Smetana, S., Contreras, C., Heinz, V. & Mathys, A. (2018). Spatio-Temporal Differentiation of Life Cycle Assessment Results for Average Perennial Crop Farm: A Case Study of Peruvian Cocoa Progression and Deforestation Issues. Journal of Industrial Ecology, 22(6), 1378-1388. https://doi.org/10.1111/jiec.12692

Smetana, S., Sandmann, M., Rohn, S., Pleissner, D., & Heinz, V. (2017). Autotrophic and heterotrophic microalgae and cyanobacteria cultivation for food and feed: Life Cycle Assessment. Bioresource Technology, 245, 162-170. 

Valsasina, L., Pizzol, M., Smetana, S., Georget, E., Mathys, A., & Heinz, V. (2017). Life cycle assessment of emerging technologies: The case of milk ultra-high pressure homogenisation. Journal of Cleaner Production, 142, 2209-2217.

Aganovic, K., Smetana, S., Grauwet, T., Toepfl, S., Mathys, A., Van Loey, A., & Heinz, V. (2017). Pilot scale thermal and alternative pasteurization of tomato and watermelon juice: An energy comparison and life cycle assessment. Journal of Cleaner Production, 141, 514-525.

Smetana, S., Tamásy, C., Mathys, A., & Heinz, V. (2017). Sustainability Assessment of Agribusiness Clusters: A Case Study Based on Regional Sustainability Assessment Methodology. The German Journal of Agricultural Economics, 66(3), 159-171.

Smetana, S., Palanisamy, M., Mathys, A., & Heinz, V. (2016). Sustainability of insect use for feed and food: life cycle assessment perspective. Journal of Cleaner Production, 137, 741-751. 

Smetana, S., Tamásy, C., Mathys, A., & Heinz, V. (2016). Measuring Relative Sustainability of Regions Using Regional Sustainability Assessment Methodology. Geographical Analysis, 48(4), 391-410. 

Smetana, S., Tamásy, C., Mathys, A., & Heinz, V. (2015). Sustainability and Regions: Sustainability Assessment in Regional Perspective. Regional Science Policy and Practice, 7(4), 163-186. 

Smetana, S., Mathys, A., Knoch, A., & Heinz, V. (2015). Meat alternatives: life cycle assessment of most known meat substitutes. The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment, 20(9), 1254–1267. 

Smetana, S. M., & Crittenden, J. C. (2014). Sustainable plants in urban parks: A life cycle analysis of traditional and alternative lawns in Georgia, USA. Landscape and Urban Planning, 122, 140–151. 

Smetana, S., Ristic, D. and Heinz, V. (2023). Environmental Impact of Edible Insect Processing. In Edible Insects Processing for Food and Feed (pp. 21-32). CRC Press. https://doi.org/10.1201/9781003165729-2 

Veldkamp, T., Belghit, I., Chatzfiotis, S., Mastoraki, M., Jansman, A. J. M., Radhakrishnan, G., Schiavone, A., Smetana, S. & Gasco, L. (2023). The Role of Insects in Novel Sustainable Animal Production Systems. In Sustainable Use of Feed Additives in Livestock: Novel Ways for Animal Production (pp. 137-172). Cham: Springer International Publishing. https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-031-42855-5_7 

Scherer, L., Rueda, O., & Smetana, S. (2023). Environmental impacts of meat and meat replacements. In Meat and Meat Replacements (pp. 365-397). Woodhead Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-323-85838-0.00012-2 

Schottroff, F., Jaeger, H., Smetana, S., Robin, A., Fourtouni, K., Režek Jambrak, A., and de Vries, H. (2022). Chapter 1 Sustainability in Food Science and Food Industry: Where Are We Now? – Viewpoints of the EFFoST Working Group on Sustainable Food Systems. In A. Režek Jambrak (ed.), Nonthermal Processing in Agri-Food-Bio Sciences, Food Engineering Series, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-92415-7_1 

Smetana, S., Zeidler, V. Z., & Pleissner, D. (2022). Introduction: waste to food–returning nutrients to the food chain. In Waste to Food: Returning nutrients to the food chain (pp. 9-12). Wageningen Academic Publishers. https://doi.org/10.3920/978-90-8686-929-9_i

Smetana, S., Zuin, V., & Pleissner, D. (2022). Potential scenarios of waste to food concept and further research, development and innovation. In Waste to Food: Returning nutrients to the food chain (p. 69). Wageningen Academic Publishers. https://doi.org/10.3920/978-90-8686-929-9_12 

Aganovic, K., & Smetana, S. (2022) Environmental Impact Assessment of Pulsed Electric Fields Technology for Food Processing. In: Raso J., Heinz V., Alvarez I., Toepfl S. (eds) Pulsed Electric Fields Technology for the Food Industry. Food Engineering Series. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-70586-2_19 

Smetana, S., Mhemdi, H., Mezdour, S., & Heinz, V. (2020). Pulsed Electric Field - treated insects and algae as future food ingredients, Academic Press. In: Barba, F., Parniakov, O.,  Wiktor, A. (Ed.)  Pulsed Electric Fields to Obtain Healthier and Sustainable Food for Tomorrow. https://www.elsevier.com/books/pulsed-electric-fields-to-obtain-healthier-and-sustainable-food-for-tomorrow/barba/978-0-12-816402-0 

Smetana, S., Oehen, B., Goyal, S., & Heinz, V. (2020). Environmental sustainability issues for western food production. Nutritional and Health Aspects of Food in Western Europe, Academic Press. In: Braun, S., Zübert, C.,  Argyropoulos, D.,  Hebrard, F. (Ed.)  Nutritional and Health Aspects of Food in Western Europe, 173-200. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/B978012813171800010X 

Smetana, S., Terjung, N., Aganovic, K., Alahakoon, A.U., Oey, I. & Heinz, V. (2019) Emerging Technologies of Meat Processing. In: Galanakis, C. (ed) Sustainable Meat Production and Processing, Academic Press. 

Smetana, S., Aganovic, K., Irmscher, S., & Heinz, V. (2018). Agri-Food Waste Streams Utilization for Development of More Sustainable Food Substitutes. In Designing Sustainable Technologies, Products and Policies (pp. 145-155). Springer, Cham. 

Smetana, S. (2017). Bioeconomy and Regional Sustainability: Potential of Life Cycle Assessment for Food Production (Doctoral dissertation, Universität Vechta). 

Smetana, S., Tamásy, C., Mathys, A., & Heinz, V. (2017). Regionalized Input-Output Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment: Food Production Case Study. In: Matsumoto M., Masui K., Fukushige S., Kondoh S. (eds) Sustainability Through Innovation in Product Life Cycle Design. EcoProduction (Environmental Issues in Logistics and Manufacturing). Springer, Singapore, 959-968.

Raschio G., Smetana S., Contreras C., Mathys A., Heinz V. (2017). Spatiotemporal Tools for Regional Low-Carbon Development: Linking LCA and GIS to Assess Clusters of GHG Emissions from Cocoa Farming in Peru. In: Matsumoto M., Masui K., Fukushige S., Kondoh S. (eds) Sustainability Through Innovation in Product Life Cycle Design. EcoProduction (Environmental Issues in Logistics and Manufacturing). Springer, Singapore, 969-980.

Heinz, V., Smetana, S., Cicek, M. (2016). Eine Kurze Geshichte der Ernährung. Vom Höhlenfeuer zum virtuellen Hamburger. A Brief History of Food. From Cave Fire to virtual Hamburgers. DIL Jahresbericht. DIL Annual Report, 09/2016: pages 28-45.

Smetana, S. & Cicek, M. (2016).  From cave fire to hamburgers. Evolution of modern food. Rethinking food. How food innovations shapes strategy, Edited by Kemal Aganovic, Sebastian Biedermann, Mehmet Cicek, Enrico Krien, Sergiy Smetana, 09/2016; DIL e.V. 

Smetana, S., Pleissner, D., & Zeidler, V. Z. (Eds.). (2022). Waste to Food: Returning nutrients to the food chain. Wageningen Academic Publishers, Wageningen.  https://doi.org/10.3920/978-90-8686-929-9 

Leal Filho, W., Djekic, I., Smetana, S., & Kovaleva, M. (Eds.) (2022). Handbook of Climate Change Across the Food Supply Chain. Springer, Cham.  https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-87934-1 

Eberle, U., Smetana, S., & Bos, U. (Eds.), 2020. 12th International Conference on Life Cycle Assessment of Food (LCAFood2020), 13-16 October 2020, Berlin Virtually, Germany. DIL, Quakenbrück, Germany. https://www6.inrae.fr/lcafoodconferencearchives/content/download/3515/34113/version/2/file/Proceedings+LCA+Food+2020.pdf 

 Smetana, S., Aganovic, K., Terjung, N., Heinz,V. (2024). Emerging food processing technologies as determinants of food system sustainability. Oral presentation at the 16th Biennial International Conference on EcoBalance. November 3-7, 2024, Sendai, Japan.

Smetana, S., Silva, B. Q., & Pleissner, D., (2024). Waste to Food: closing the loop from eco-design perspective. Oral presentation at the 16th Biennial International Conference on EcoBalance. November 3-7, 2024, Sendai, Japan.

 Silva, B. Q., Vasconselos, M., Smetana, S., (2024). From Waste to Resource: designing circular food production system. Oral presentation at the 16th Biennial International Conference on EcoBalance. November 3-7, 2024, Sendai, Japan.

Silva, B. Q., Vasconselos, M., Smetana, S., (2024). An ecodesign framework for sustainable food product development. Oral presentation at the 16th Biennial International Conference on EcoBalance. November 3-7, 2024, Sendai, Japan.

Smetana, S. (2024). Sustainability of Food Cyber-Physical Systems. Oral presentation at the 16th Biennial International Conference on EcoBalance. November 3-7, 2024, Sendai, Japan.

Silva, B., Kancirova, E., Zdravkovic, M., Kumar, U., Petrusán, J., Pasch, K., Aganovic, K., Vasconcelos, M., Smetana, S. (2024). Ecodesign Integration in Short Food Supply Chains: Evaluating the Environmental Impact of Innovative Technologies for Tomato Juice Processing. Oral presentation at the 16th Biennial International Conference on EcoBalance. November 3-7, 2024, Sendai, Japan.

Smetana, S., Ristic, D., Silva, B., Khieya, V., Petrusan, K., Heinz, V. Potential of insects for the nutrient circularity in food systems through the framework of Life Cycle Assessment. Oral presentation at 14th International Conference on Life Cycle Assessment of Food 2024 (LCA Food 2024) “Healthy food systems for a healthy planet”. 8-11 September 2024, Barcelona, Spain.

Smetana, S., Ristic, D., Pleissner, D., Tuomisto, H., Parniakov, O., Heinz, V. Comparative assessment of alternative protein sources for meat substitution. Oral presentation at 14th International Conference on Life Cycle Assessment of Food 2024 (LCA Food 2024) “Healthy food systems for a healthy planet”. 8-11 September 2024, Barcelona, Spain.

Ristic, D., Smetana, S. Integrated sustainability assessment of insect-fed chicken: Integrated Sustainability Index. Oral presentation at 14th International Conference on Life Cycle Assessment of Food 2024 (LCA Food 2024) “Healthy food systems for a healthy planet”. 8-11 September 2024, Barcelona, Spain.

Silva, B. Q., Vasconselos, M., Smetana, S., An Ecodesign Framework for Sustainable Food Product Development. Oral presentation at 14th International Conference on Life Cycle Assessment of Food 2024 (LCA Food 2024) “Healthy food systems for a healthy planet”. 8-11 September 2024, Barcelona, Spain.

Francis, A., Ghnimi, S., Smetana, S., Development of a regionalized dynamic weighting method for the environmental impact of alternative protein sources. Oral presentation at 14th International Conference on Life Cycle Assessment of Food 2024 (LCA Food 2024) “Healthy food systems for a healthy planet”. 8-11 September 2024, Barcelona, Spain.

Khieya, V., Petrusan, K., Smetana, S. Circular integration of insect bio-converting food waste into protein: A Life Cycle Assessment perspective on black soldier fly. Oral presentation at 14th International Conference on Life Cycle Assessment of Food 2024 (LCA Food 2024) “Healthy food systems for a healthy planet”. 8-11 September 2024, Barcelona, Spain.

Sadhu, A., Speranza, L., Kasthuri Arachchilage, N. S., Pleissner, D., Smetana, S. Life Cycle Assessment of microalgae production for food and feed: from light to dark. Oral presentation at 14th International Conference on Life Cycle Assessment of Food 2024 (LCA Food 2024) “Healthy food systems for a healthy planet”. 8-11 September 2024, Barcelona, Spain.

Quandt, J., Schlüpmann, S., Eberle, U., Meier, T., Smetana, S., The sustainability and nutritional profile of alternative protein sources - Avoiding fallacy by including protein quality and nutrient density in LCIA of novel foods. Oral presentation at 14th International Conference on Life Cycle Assessment of Food 2024 (LCA Food 2024) “Healthy food systems for a healthy planet”. 8-11 September 2024, Barcelona, Spain.

Ristic, D., Khieya, V., Smetana, S. Social LCA of a small-scale insect-fed broiler farm Oral presentation at 75th Annual Meeting of The European Federation of Animal Science, 1-5 September 2024, Florence, Italy.

Gasco, L., Smetana, S., Parente, A., El Yaacoubi, A., Rosa-Garcia, R., Murta, D., Athanassiou, C. ADVanced AGROecological approaches based on the integration of insect farming with local field practices in MEDiterranean countries. The PRIMA project ADVAGROMED. Oral presentation at 75th Annual Meeting of The European Federation of Animal Science, 1-5 September 2024, Florence, Italy.

Bhatia, A., Mouhrim, N., Green, A., Peguero, D., Tonda, A., Mathys, A., Heinz, V., Smetana S. Decision Support System for Insects Production. Oral presentation at 75th Annual Meeting of The European Federation of Animal Science, 1-5 September 2024, Florence, Italy.

Smetana, S., Ristic, D., Khieya, V., Petrusan, J., Heinz V. Sustainability of complex insect production chains: from food waste to feed and food. Oral presentation at 75th Annual Meeting of The European Federation of Animal Science, 1-5 September 2024, Florence, Italy.

Smetana, S. Circulating the Nutrients in Food Systems with Modular Microalgae Technologies. Oral presentation at IFT FIRST: Annual Event and Expo, July 14-17, Chicago, USA.

Vandeweyer, D., Lachi, D., Geheniau, H., Thijs, M., Van Der Zweep, P., Goovaerts, V., Groffils, C., Peguero, D.A., Mathys, A., Smetana, S., Balsells, S., Rojo, S., and Van Der Borght, M. Impact of different insect processing technologies on microbiological product quality. Oral presentation at Insects to Feed the World, 19-22 June 2024, Singapore.

Petrusan, J.I. and Smetana, S. Insects as bioconversion drivers of the alternative protein-based animal feed value chains. Oral presentation at Insects to Feed the World, 19-22 June 2024, Singapore.

Ristic, D., and Smetana, S. Social LCA of a small-scale insect-fed broiler farm. Oral presentation at Insects to Feed the World, 19-22 June 2024, Singapore.

Smetana, S., Ristic, D., Silva, B., Petrusan, J., and Heinz, V. Utilisation of agri-food side streams in insect-feed-animal chains as a sustainable circularity strategy. Oral presentation at Insects to Feed the World, 19-22 June 2024, Singapore.

Francis, A., Smetana, S., Dang, N., Nilanka Sarangi, K., and Rukov, J. Mass-based and nutritional Life Cycle Assessment (nLCA) of crickets as human food. Oral presentation at Insects to Feed the World, 19-22 June 2024, Singapore.

Khieya, V., Petrusan, J., and Smetana, S. Circular integration of insect bio-converting food waste into protein: a Life Cycle Assessment on black soldier fly. Oral presentation at Insects to Feed the World, 19-22 June 2024, Singapore.

Francis, A., Smetana, S., and Schmitt, E. Making better bugs: improving how we raise black soldier flies for a sustainable tomorrow. Oral presentation at Insects to Feed the World, 19-22 June 2024, Singapore.

Ristic, D., and Smetana, S. Influence of feed supplementation with BSFL on the production price of chicken meat. Oral presentation at Insects to Feed the World, 19-22 June 2024, Singapore.

Bhatia, A., Mouhrim, N., Green, A., Peguero, D.A., Tonda, A., Mathys, A., Heinz, V., and Smetana, S. Decision support system for insect production. Oral presentation at Insects to Feed the World, 19-22 June 2024, Singapore.

Francis, A., Smetana, S., and Ghnimi, S. Development of a regionalized dynamic weighting method for the environmental impact of insect protein sources. Oral presentation at Insects to Feed the World, 19-22 June 2024, Singapore.

Smetana, S. Keynote: From waste to sustainability: nutrient, economic and social circularity of insect technologies. Keynote presentation at INSECTA 2024, 14-16 May 2024, Potsdam, Germany. 

Sergiy Smetana, Invited presentation: Competitive advantage of Life Cycle Assessment for novel food productsII Congreso Internacional en Tecnología e Innovación en Ingeniería y Computación CITIIC 2022,  Online in Lima, Peru, 24 November, 2022.

Sergiy Smetana, Keynote: Environmental impact of insect production for food, feed and beyond, 14th Insects To Feed the World Conference, Quebec, Canada, 16 June, 2022. 

Sergiy Smetana, Keynote: LCA of novel foods and alternative proteins, 12. Ökobilanz-Plattform Land- und Ernährungswirtschaft, Agroscope in Zürich, Reckenholz, 31 May, 2022. 

Sergiy Smetana, Sustainable insect chains for waste utilization and new product development, ECCE 13 & ECAB 6; Dechema. Online, 20-23 September 2021. 

S. Smetana, S.M. Hossaini, D.A. Peguero, A. Green, A. Mathys, A. Tonda and V. Heinz, Building economic and environmental optimization model of sustainable insect chains, 72nd Annual Meeting of European Federation of Animal Science, Davos, Switzerland; 30 August - 03 September 2021.

L. Leonhardt, V. Lammers and S. Smetana, Texturization potential and microbial safety of fresh-frozen insects within high-moisture extrusion, 72nd Annual Meeting of European Federation of Animal Science, Davos, Switzerland; 30 August - 03 September 2021.

S. Hossaini, R. Spykman and S. Smetana, LCA modelling strategies and approaches to insect chains, 72nd Annual Meeting of European Federation of Animal Science, Davos, Switzerland; 30 August - 03 September 2021.

A. Tonda, A. Green, S.M. Hossaini, A. Mathys, D.A. Peguero and S. Smetana, Multi-objective optimization for sustainable insect chains, 72nd Annual Meeting of European Federation of Animal Science, Davos, Switzerland; 30 August - 03 September 2021.

D.A. Peguero, A. Green, S. Smetana and A. Mathys, Inventory and state of the art for sustainable insect production, 72nd Annual Meeting of European Federation of Animal Science, Davos, Switzerland; 30 August - 03 September 2021. Poster

D. Ristic, C.L. Coudron, A. Schiavone, J. Claeys, F. Gai and S. Smetana, Environmental impact of feeds utilized for poultry protein productions: soybean vs insect larvae, 72nd Annual Meeting of European Federation of Animal Science, Davos, Switzerland; 30 August - 03 September 2021. 

Sergiy Smetana, Battle of Alternative Proteins: processing, consumer acceptance and environmental impact of burgers, Science and Technology for Meat Analogues; Wageningen, WUR; 3-4 March 2021. Online

Sergiy Smetana, Modelling approaches for sustainable insect production chains, 71st Annual Meeting of European Federation of Animal Science; Porto, Portugal; 1-4, December 2020. Online

Sergiy Smetana, Pulsed electric filed and sustainable modular insect technologies for food waste processing, 71st Annual Meeting of European Federation of Animal Science, Porto, Portugal; 1-4, December 2020. Online

Sergiy Smetana, Sustainable insect value chains through integration of artificial intelligence algorithms, Insects to Feed the World 2020, Quebec, Canada; 23-26, November 2020. Online

Sergiy Smetana, Industrial modular technologies and sustainable consequences of insect production, Insects to Feed the World 2020, Quebec, Canada; 23-26, November 2020. Online

Sergiy Smetana, Sustainability of Plant, Hybrid and Meat Products (invited presentation): Plant Protein Science and Technology Forum: AOCS, Online; 23 October, 2020.

Sergiy Smetana, Obesity versus food waste treatment: sustainable strategies for dealing with avoidable food waste at consumer stage of value chains, LCAFood2020, Berlin, Germany; 14-16, October 2020. Online

Sergiy Smetana, Attributional and Consequential Life Cycle Assessment of Insect Production in Europe , LCAFood2020, Berlin, Germany; 14-16, October 2020. Online

Sergiy Smetana. Automation of Sustainability Assessment: Role of Artificial Intelligence for the Advances of Complex Food System Assessment​, IFT Congress “SHIFT”, Chicago, USA, July 13-15, 2020. Online

​Sergiy Smetana, Environmental Price of Innovative Circular Economy Concept: LCA of Microalgae- and Insect-Based Biorefineries​, IFT Congress “SHIFT”, Chicago, USA, July 13-15, 2020. Online

Sergiy Smetana, Protein Blended Products:​ Sustainable Opportunities From Life Cycle Assessment Perspectives​​, IFT Congress “SHIFT”, Chicago, USA, July 13-15, 2020. Online

Sergiy Smetana, Svea Ites, Stefan Toepfl, Volker Heinz: Quantification of efficiency and environmental impact of insect-based modular food waste treatment technologies. The 33rd EFFoST Conference: Rotterdam, Netherlands, 12-14 November, 2019. 

Sergiy Smetana, Kemal Aganovic, Volker Heinz: Food supply chains as cyber-physical systems: engineering a path for more sustainable personalized nutrition. ICEF13; Melbourne, Australia, 23-26 September 2019.

Sergiy Smetana, Eric Schmitt, Alexander Mathys: Sustainable use of Hermetia illucens insect biomass for feed and food: extensive Life Cycle Assessment. ICEF13; Melbourne, Australia, 23-26 September 2019.

Sergiy Smetana, Svea Ites, Stefan Toepfl, Volker Heinz: Modularity of insect production and processing as a path to efficient and sustainable food waste treatment. INSECTA2019; Berlin, Germany, 5-6 September 2019.

Sergiy Smetana: The concepts of food eco-design for efficient biomass recovery, components up-cycling and food waste reduction, The 9th International Conference on Life Cycle Management: LCM2019; Poznan, Poland; 1-4 September, 2019. 

Sergiy Smetana, Eric Schmitt, Volker Heinz, Alexander Mathys: Environmental impacts of biomass conversion by insects: life cycle assessment perspective, The 70th EAAP annual meeting "Animal farming for a healthy world", Ghent, Belgium; 26-30 August, 2019. 

Sergiy Smetana & Volker Heinz: Sustainability of meat substitutes: plant analogues, microalgae, insects and cultured meat. 65th International Congress of Meat Science and Technology (ICoMST 2019), Potsdam/Berlin, Germany; 04-09 August 2019.

Sergiy Smetana: Kann eine gute Verpackung nachhaltig sein? (Invited presentation). European Packaging Forum. Düsseldorf, Germany. 5 June, 2019. 

Sergiy Smetana: Modular LCA Enhanced with AI for Sustainable Food Sourcing, Processing and Consumption. Oral presentation. Session: Leveraging Big Data and Artificial Intelligence for Ushering Innovations from Farm to Fork. IFT 2019, New Orleans, USA. 03 June 2019. 

Sergiy Smetana: Sustainability of biomass and bio-based plastics (Invited presentation). Danish Food Cluster Workshop. Aarhus, Denmark. 30 April, 2019. 

Sergiy Smetana & Daniel Pleissner: Das Nachhaltigkeitspotenzial alternativer Proteinquellen (Invited presentation).  Die Fleischbranche im Wandel:  Wege und Ansätze einer Nachhaltigkeitstransformation, Workshop. Lüneburg, Germany. 20 March, 2019. 

Sergiy Smetana & Clemens Hollah: Problem - Solution Matching Workshop. The Alternative Proteins Show. San Francisco, USA. 16 January, 2019.

Sergiy Smetana: Modelling efficiency of cultured meat systems. 4th International Scientific Conference on Cultured Meat. 2-4 December, 2018. Maastricht, Netherlands.

Sergiy Smetana: Sustainability of meat analogues: sustainability as a parameter for meat substitutes formulation and processing (Keynote presentation). "Science and Technology for Meat Analogues" 2nd Conference ‘Protein for Life’ . 1-2 November 2018, Wageningen, The Netherlands. 

Sergiy Smetana: Upcycling eco-design of food waste as value-added strategy for agri-food products: Outcomes of alternative food production. IUFoST- World Congress of Food Science and Technology 2018, 23-27 October, 2018. Mumbai, India. 

Sergiy Smetana, Sabine Bornkessel, Kemal Aganovic, Volker Heinz: Alternative food production systems: from insects and microalgae to emerging processing technologies and smart LCA systems. 11th International Conference on Life Cycle Assessment of Food 2018 (LCA Food) in conjunction with the 6th LCA AgriFood Asia and 7th International Conference on Green and Sustainable Innovation (ICGSI) On “Global food challenges towards sustainable consumption and production” 17-19 October 2018, Bangkok, Thailand.

Shashank Goyal, Sergiy Smetana, Volker Heinz: Environmental impact of bio-treatment: comparative life cycle assessment of potato peels treatment with insects, pigs and anaerobic fermentation. 11th International Conference on Life Cycle Assessment of Food 2018 (LCA Food) in conjunction with the 6th LCA AgriFood Asia and 7th International Conference on Green and Sustainable Innovation (ICGSI) On “Global food challenges towards sustainable consumption and production” 17-19 October 2018, Bangkok, Thailand.

Sergiy Smetana: More Sustainable Meat Substitutes Based on Alternative Protein Sources (Invited presentation). 4th Nordic Pet Food Seminar. 2-3 October, 2018, Prague, Czech Republic. 

Sergiy Smetana, Shashank Goyal, Volker Heinz: Potential of food production systems based on food waste from consumer stage. SETAC EUROPE 24th LCA SYMPOSIUM 24–26 September 2018, Vienna, Austria.  

Magdalena Ulmer, Sergiy Smetana, Volker Heinz: Processing of Honeybee Drone Brood as a Protein Source: Enhancement of Sustainability Level with High-Moisture and dry Extrusion Technology. INSECTA2018; Giessen, Germany, 5-7 September 2018.

Shashank Goyal, Sergiy Smetana, Volker Heinz: Impact of Waste Management Technologies on Environment: relative Life Cycle Assessment of Potato Peels Management with anaerobic Fermentation, Pigs and Insects. INSECTA2018; Giessen, Germany, 5-7, September 2018.

Sergiy Smetana: Vision from the food industry: to meat or not to meat. (Invited presentation) ATF-EAAP special session 2018, EAAP annual meeting, Dubrovnik, Croatia. 27 August, 2018. 

Sergiy Smetana: Environmental price of high-value proteins: LCA of Spirulina production and processing. Oral presentation. IFT 2018, Chicago, USA. 17 July 2018.

Sergiy Smetana: Delivery of sustainability into protein-based foods by extrusion. Oral presentation. IFT 2018, Chicago, USA. 18 July 2018. 

Sergiy Smetana, Daniel Pleissner, Volker Heinz: Sustainability of autotrophic and heterotrophic microalgae and cyanobacteria cultivation: life cycle assessment of food and feed intermediates. Oral presentation. 14th International Conference on Renewable Resources and Biorefineries, Ghent, Belgium on 30-31 May and 1 June 2018. 

Lammers V., Smetana S., Bornkessel S., Toepfl S., Heinz V. Nutritional Sustainability - integration of nutrient composition from alternative protein sources into a sustainability concept. ASSET 2018: Belfast summit on global food integrity, 29-31 May 2018, Belfast, Northern Ireland. 

Alexander Mathys and Sergiy Smetana: Environmental impact of insects compared to other protein sources. (Keynote presentation). The 2nd International Conference ‘Insects to Feed the World’ (IFW 2018), 15-18 May 2018, Wuhan, China P.R.

Sergiy Smetana, Kemal Aganovic, Volker Heinz: More Sustainable Food Design with Agri-Food Waste Streams. 31th EFFoST International Conference: Food Science and Technology Challenges for the 21st Century - Research to Progress Society, 13-16 November 2017, Sitges, Spain; 11/2017.

Sergiy Smetana, Kemal Aganovic, Leen van Campenhout, Volker Heinz: Insect biomass as a more sustainable matrix for food production. 31th EFFoST International Conference Food Science and Technology: Challenges for the 21st Century - Research to Progress Society, 13-16 November 2017, Sitges, Spain; 11/2017.

Sergiy Smetana, Kemal Aganovic, Volker Heinz: New generation of more sustainable meat substitutes: insect and microalgae biomass to improve traditional food product. 28th International Scientific-Expert Conference of Agriculture and Food Industry, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina; 09/2017.

Sergiy Smetana, Kemal Aganovic, Volker Heinz: More sustainable food design with insects, agri-food waste streams and high-moisture extrusion. INSECTA2017;, Berlin, Germany, 09/2017.

Sergiy Smetana, Christoph Pernutz, Stefan Toepfl, Volker Heinz, Leen van Campenhout: High moisture extrusion of two types of insect protein (Tenebrio molitor and Alphitobus diaperinus) with soy protein concentrate: influence of insect content and barrel temperature. INSECTA2017; 09/2017.

Sergiy Smetana, Moritz Gold, Giancarlo Raschio, Alexander Mathys: Greening of agri-food value chains with insect composting of biowastes in emerging economies. The 8th International Conference on Life Cycle Management - LCM2017; 09/2017.

Sergiy Smetana, Kemal Aganovic, Stefan Irmscher, Volker Heinz: Agri-Food Waste Streams Utilization for More Sustainable Food Substitutes Development. The 8th International Conference on Life Cycle Management - LCM2017, Luxembourg; 09/2017.

Sergiy Smetana: Sustainability of smoking and life cycle assessment of CleanSmoke technology (Keynote presentation). 63rd International Congress of Meat Science and Technology (ICoMST 2017), Cork, Ireland; 08/2017.

Sergiy Smetana, Jakub Urbanski, Stefan Toepfl, Volker Heinz: Entowaste – valorisation of agri-food wastes with insect technologies. The 13th edition of the International Conference on Renewable Resources & Biorefineries: RRB-13, Wroclaw, Poland; 06/2017.

Sergiy Smetana: More Sustainable Food Design with Agri-Food Waste Streams. The 13th edition of the International Conference on Renewable Resources & Biorefineries: RRB-13, Wroclaw, Poland; 06/2017.

Sergiy Smetana. Kemal Aganovic, Volker Heinz. More Sustainable Food Design with Insects, Agri-Food Waste Streams and High-Moisture Extrusion. 2017 IFT-EFFoST International Nonthermal Processing Conference and Short Course. 24-25 May, 2017. Chicago, USA. 

Brianne Altmann, Stephanie Grahl, Carmen Neumann, Megala Palanisamy, Sergiy Smetana, Susanne Velten: P32 Die Eignung von Hermetia illucens und Spirulina in der Tier- und Humanernährung und deren Relevanz für die Nachhaltigkeit. Statussymposium "Wissenschaft für nachhaltige Entwicklung", Tagungszentrum Schloss Herrenhausen, Hannover, Germany; 01/2017.

Sergiy Smetana, Stefan Toepfl, Kemal Aganovic, Christoph Pernutz, Leen van Campenhout, Alexander Mathys, Heinrich Katz, Natasha Gianotten, Volker Heinz: Insects as a more sustainable source of feed and food proteins: modelling supply chains through the lens of Life Cycle Assessment. 30th EFFoST International Conference Targeted Technologies for Sustainable Food Systems 28-30 November 2016, Austrian Economic Chamber, Vienna, Austria; 11/2016.

Leen Van Campenhout, Sanne Lenaerts, Mik Van Der Borght, An Callens, Sergiy Smetana, Christoph Pernutz, Stefan Toepfl: Innovative processing technologies for mealworm larvae (Tenebrio molitor): Microwave drying and high moisture extrusion. 30th EFFoST International Conference Targeted Technologies for Sustainable Food Systems 28-30 November 2016, Austrian Economic Chamber, Vienna, Austria; 11/2016.

Kemal Aganovic, Sergiy Smetana, Tara Grauwet, Stefan Toepfl, Alexander Mathys, Volker Heinz, Ann Van Loey: Pilot scale thermal, HPP and PEF preservation of tomato and watermelon juice: an energy comparison and life cycle assessment. 30th EFFoST International Conference Targeted Technologies for Sustainable Food Systems 28-30 November 2016, Austrian Economic Chamber, Vienna, Austria; 11/2016.

Niloofar Ashtari Larki, Sergiy Smetana, Marc Birringer, Stefan Toepfl: Physical properties and structure of insect-based meat analogs with high-moisture extrusion cooking. FSD 2016 | 2nd Congress on Food Structure & Design, 26-28 October 2016 Porto Bello Hotel, Akdeniz University, Antalya; 10/2016.

Sergiy Smetana, Alexander Mathys, Kemal Aganovic, Stefan Toepfl, Volker Heinz: Agri-food waste valorisation with insect technologies: sustainability aspects. III International Congress “Food Technology, Quality and Safety”, Novi Sad, Serbia; 10/2016.

Sergiy Smetana, Alexander Mathys, Volker Heinz: Life Cycle Assessment Perspectives of Insect Proteins for Feed and Food. Putting LCA into Practice. 10th International Conference on Life Cycle Assessment of Food 2016, 19th – 21st October 2016, Dublin, Ireland; 10/2016.

Giancarlo Raschio, Sergiy Smetana, Volker Heinz, Alexander Mathys: Application of geostatistic and Life Cycle Assessment to map GHG emissions and land-use change risk in cocoa supply chains. The 12th Biennial International Conference on EcoBalance. EcoBalance 2016 Responsible value chains for sustainability., Kyoto, Japan; 10/2016.

Sergiy Smetana, Lucia Valsasina, Massimo Pizzol, Erika Georget, Alexander Mathys, Volker Heinz: Sustainability of emerging processing technologies: environmental aspects of ultra high pressure homogenisation. Jahrestreffen der ProcessNet-Fachgruppe Lebensmittelverfahrenstechnik 2016, Universität Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany; 03/2016.

Sergiy Smetana, Lucia Valsasina, Massimo Pizzol, Erika Georget, Volker Heinz, Alexander Mathys: Environmental sustainability of ultra high pressure homogenization application for liquid foods (milk case study). 29th EFFoST International Conference, Athens, Greece; 11/2015.

Sergiy Smetana, Alexander Mathys, Achim Knoch, Volker Heinz: Sustainability of Meat Substitutes: a Path to Future Foods?. 29th EFFoST INternational Conference, Athens, Greece; 11/2015.

Giancarlo Raschio, Sergiy Smetana, Alexander Mathys, Volker Heinz: Spatial and temporal assessment of GHG emissions from cocoa farming in the region of San Martin, Peru. EXPO 2015 conference, LCA for “Feeding the planet and energy for life"; 10/2015.

Sergiy Smetana, Stefan Toepfl, Alexander Mathys, Karl Bärwinkel, Stefanie Knaup, Volker Heinz: Life Cycle Assessment of Food Smoking Technologies. EXPO 2015 conference, LCA for “Feeding the planet and energy for life"; 10/2015.

Lucia Valsasina, Massimo Pizzol, Sergiy Smetana, Erika Georget, Alexander Mathys, Volker Heinz: Environmental assessment of Ultra-High Pressure Homogenisation for milk and fresh cheese production. EXPO 2015 conference, LCA for “Feeding the planet and energy for life"; 10/2015.

Sergiy Smetana, Alexander Mathys, Volker Heinz: Challenges of Life Cycle Assessment for insect-based feed and food (Invited presentation). INSECTA 2015 National Symposium on insects for food and feed; 09/2015.

Sergiy Smetana, Alexander Mathys, Christine Tamasy, Volker Heinz: Regional Sustainability Assessment Methodology and Streamlined Life Cycle Assessment for Innovative Food. LCM 2015 Mainstreaming Life Cycle Management for sustainable value creation; 08/2015.

Sergiy Smetana: LCA and Recycled Materials: innovative approaches in assessment, counting and sustainability. ICRM-2014; 04/2014.

Smetana S.M, Shapar A.G, Yemets M.A, Skripnik O.O: Innovative Technologies of Postoperational Mining Landscapes Management as a Key For Sustainable Development Achievement. 73rd EAGE Conference & Exhibition incorporating SPE EUROPEC 2011.; 05/2011.

Shapar A.G, Smetana S.M: Adaptation potential of mining lands ecosystems to the climate changes. International conference “Global and Regional Climate Changes”; 11/2010.

Smetana S, Shapar A: Ecocorridors within industrial regions is a key to the sustainable development of Ukraine. International Conference «The importance of Ecology and Nature Protection in the Sustainable Development Perspectives»; 11/2008.

Shapar A.G, Skripnik O.A, Romanenko V.N, Smetana S.M: ECOCORRIDORS WITHIN INDUSTRIAL REGIONS OF UKRAINE – WASTE UTILIZATION, RECREATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION. Okologishe und Technologische Aspekte der Lebensversogung EURO-ECO-2007. Das Internationale Symposium; 12/2007.

Sergiy Smetana, Volker Heinz: Food eco-design as an efficient approach for biomass recovery, components up-cycling and food waste reduction. The 33rd EFFoST Conference: Rotterdam, Netherlands, 12-14 November, 2019. 

Sergiy Smetana, Volker Heinz: Complex food systems transformation through nutritional sustainability, complex systems analysis and ingredient branding. The 33rd EFFoST Conference: Rotterdam, Netherlands, 12-14 November, 2019. 

J. Remmling, D. Middendorf, A. Juadjur, U. Bindrich, V. Lammers, S. Smetana: Controlled ice crystal formation in ice cream by ice structuring proteins. ICEF13; Melbourne, Australia, 23-26 September 2019. (First Place: Best Poster Award)

Knut Franke, Dana Middendorf, Ute Bindrich, Sergiy Smetana: How contact materials influence the gloss of the chocolate bar molded at these surfaces. ICEF13; Melbourne, Australia, 23-26 September 2019.

Dana Middendorf, Knut Franke, Ute Bindrich, Sergiy Smetana: Grinding of sucrose particles influences the viscosity of the chocolate mass due to locally different amorphization of surface areas. ICEF13; Melbourne, Australia, 23-26 September 2019.

J. Rudzik, T. Herken, M. Pohl, S. Smetana, V. Lammers: Inline rheometry and die entry flow simulation of high moisture extruded meat analogues. ICEF13; Melbourne, Australia, 23-26 September 2019.

Sergiy Smetana, Eric Schmitt, Alexander Mathys: Attributional and consequential life cycle assessment of industrial production of Hermetia illucens insect biomass for feed and food. INSECTA2019; Berlin, Germany, 5-6 September 2019.

Sergiy Smetana: Perspectives of sustainable insect production chains. Horizon4Proteins Webinar Series, 22 September 2022. 

Sergiy Smetana &  János-István Petrusán: Insect Farming and Its Environmental Footprint. 9th Sustainability Webinar "Sustainable Insect Farming: Feed the Future" organised by MDPI and Sustainability Journal, 03 May 2022.

Sergiy Smetana: Alternative sources of protein: state of the art, research gaps and strands. Workshop on Alternative sources of protein: current funding priorities and research themes. Organised by by adelphi, Institute for Innovation and Technology and labconcepts on behalf of the German Environment Agency and the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Nuclear Safety and Consumer Protection: Online, 08 February, 2022.