Dr Joseph Nastasi
Postdoctoral Research Fellow - Bushfoods & Native Plants
School of Agriculture and Food Sustainability
Journal Articles
Hay, Thomas Owen, Nastasi, Joseph Robert, Prakash, Sangeeta and Fitzgerald, Melissa (2025). Comparison of Gidyea gum, gum Arabic, and maltodextrin in the microencapsulation and colour stabilisation of anthocyanin-rich powders using freeze-drying and spray-drying techniques. Food Hydrocolloids, 163 111023, 1-15. doi: 10.1016/j.foodhyd.2024.111023
Hay, Thomas Owen, Nastasi, Joseph Robert, Turpin, Gerry, Chapman, Dale, Fredricks, Bronwyn, Thompson, Suzanne and Fitzgerald, Melissa (2025). Methodology for accessing cyanogen glycoside and alkaloid content in Traditional foods. International Journal of Food Science and Technology, 60 (1) vvae013, 1-11. doi: 10.1093/ijfood/vvae013
Hay, Thomas Owen, Fitzgerald, Melissa A. and Nastasi, Joseph Robert (2025). Systematic application of UPLC-Q-ToF-MS/MS coupled with chemometrics for the identification of natural food pigments from Davidson plum and native currant. Food Chemistry: X, 25 102072, 1-12. doi: 10.1016/j.fochx.2024.102072
Nastasi, Joseph Robert, Hay, Thomas Owen, Fitzgerald, Melissa A. and Kontogiorgos, Vassilis (2025). Design and evaluation of pH-sensitive pectin films infused with anthocyanin-rich extracts from Australian native fruits for intelligent food packaging applications. Food Biophysics, 20 (1) 1, 1-13. doi: 10.1007/s11483-024-09900-3
Nastasi, Joseph Robert, Perry, Keely Rose, Alagappan, Shanmugam, Kolobaric, Adam, King, Jade Mia, Hoffman, Eleanor W., Fitzgerald, Melissa A. and Cozzolino, Daniel (2024). Exploring the use of portable infrared spectroscopy as a quality assurance tool for the Australian Native/Traditional food industry: a case study on finger lime (Citrus australasica). International Journal of Food Science and Technology, 59 (10), 7570-7579. doi: 10.1111/ijfs.17533
Nastasi, Joseph Robert, Perry, Keely Rose, Abbott, Joel Andrew, King, Jade Mia and Hoffman, Eleanor W. (2024). Physical, colour, and mechanical properties of pearls (citrus caviar) from three finger lime (Citrus australasica) varieties: implications for economic value, quality grading, and benchmarking. Food Biophysics, 19 (3), 784-794. doi: 10.1007/s11483-024-09848-4
Nastasi, Joseph Robert, Ma, Siyu, Alagappan, Shanmugam, Hoffman, Louwrens C. and Cozzolino, Daniel (2024). Assessment of the addition of cricket (Acheta domesticus) powder to chickpea (Cicer arietinum) and flaxseed (Linum usitatissimum) flours: a chemometric evaluation of their pasting properties. Applied Sciences, 14 (16) 7131, 7131. doi: 10.3390/app14167131
Hay, Thomas Owen, Kontogiorgos, Vassillis, Thompson, Suzanne, Nastasi, Joseph Robert and Fitzgerald, Melissa (2024). A new hydrocolloid to rival gum Arabic: Characterisation of a traditional food gum from Australian Acacia cambagei. Food Hydrocolloids, 153 110003, 1-13. doi: 10.1016/j.foodhyd.2024.110003
Alagappan, Shanmugam, Ma, Siyu, Nastasi, Joseph Robert, Hoffman, Louwrens C. and Cozzolino, Daniel (2024). Evaluating the use of vibrational spectroscopy to detect the level of adulteration of cricket powder in plant flours: the effect of the matrix. Sensors, 24 (3) 924. doi: 10.3390/s24030924
Conference Paper
Soumeh, E.A., Nastasi, J., James, S.E., Staveley, L.M., Plush, K.J. and Nowland, T.L. (2023). Blood metabolic profile of sows fed high and low fibre diets prior to farrowing. Manipulating Pig Production XIX, Brisbane, QLD Australia, 13-16 November 2023. Amsterdam, Netherlands: Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.anscip.2023.09.036