Dr Jaqueline Moura Nadolny
Research Fellow (Food Engineer)
Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation
Researcher biography
Dr Jaqueline Moura Nadolny is a chemical engineer and food scientist focused on improving the quality and nutritional value of foods and beverages such as grains, flours, fruits, meat, plant-based alternatives, native ingredients and coffee. Her research combines food engineering, sensory science and processing to understand how composition and structure influence texture, flavour and consumer enjoyment.
Jaqueline works closely with industry and growers to develop practical tools and methods for assessing and enhancing food quality, adding value to agricultural products and supporting healthy, premium food innovation. She is also committed to student supervision and building strong research–industry partnerships.
Journal Articles
Rathnayake, Dhanushka, Moura Nadolny, Jaqueline, Sultanbawa, Yasmina and Smyth, Heather Eunice (2025). Colour Transition Dynamics of Commercial Plant- and Animal-Based Meat Analogues. Foods, 14 (21) 3616, 1-20. doi: 10.3390/foods14213616
Moura Nadolny, Jaqueline, Shewan, Heather M., Stokes, Jason R., Best, Odette and Smyth, Heather E. (2025). Physicochemical, rheological and sensory properties of gluten-free doughs and breads of Australian bunya nuts. Future Foods, 11 100584, 1-9. doi: 10.1016/j.fufo.2025.100584
Moura Nadolny, Jaqueline, Flanagan, Bernadine M., Shewan, Heather M., Smyth, Heather E., Best, Odette and Stokes, Jason R. (2025). Nutritional, functional and rheological properties of bunya nut flour as a versatile gluten-free option. Food Research International, 202 115627, 1-14. doi: 10.1016/j.foodres.2024.115627
Shewan, Heather M., Lusted, Brooke, Chen, Siyi, Moura Nadolny, Jaqueline, Xu, Yuan and Stokes, Jason R. (2024). Application of Rheometer Attachments for Soft Tribology: A Cautionary Tale. Journal of Food Engineering, 391 112462, 1-11. doi: 10.1016/j.jfoodeng.2024.112462
Konrad, Theresia, Ha, Minh, Ronquest‐Ross, Lisa, Smyth, Heather E. and Moura Nadolny, Jaqueline (2024). Plant‐based mince texture: A review of the sensory literature with view to informing new product development. Journal of Food Science, 89 (12), 8197-8214. doi: 10.1111/1750-3841.17517
Chiu, Shih-Hao, Naliyadhara, Nikunj, Bucknall, Martin P., Thomas, Donald S., Smyth, Heather E., Nadolny, Jaqueline M., Kalantar-Zadeh, Kourosh and Trujillo, Francisco J. (2024). Coffee brewing sonoreactor for reducing the time of cold brew from several hours to minutes while maintaining sensory attributes. Ultrasonics Sonochemistry, 106 106885, 1-13. doi: 10.1016/j.ultsonch.2024.106885
Moura Nadolny, Jaqueline, Best, Odette, Netzel, Gabriele, Shewan, Heather M., Dao Thi Phan, Anh, Smyth, Heather E. and Stokes, Jason R. (2023). Chemical composition of bunya nuts (Araucaria bidwillii) compared to Araucaria angustifolia and Araucaria araucana species. Food Research International, 163 112269, 112269. doi: 10.1016/j.foodres.2022.112269
Moura Nadolny, Jaqueline, Best, Odette, Hassall, Emma, Shewan, Heather M., Olarte Mantilla, Sandra M., Stokes, Jason R. and Smyth, Heather E. (2022). Sensory properties of Australian bunya nuts. Journal of Food Science, 87 (6), 2732-2743. doi: 10.1111/1750-3841.16184
Conference Papers
Konrad, Theresia, Ngo, Jasmine, Rathnayake, Dhanushka, Hassall, Emma, Ha, Minh, Ronquest-Ross, Lisa, Smyth, Heather and Moura Nadolny, Jaqueline (2025). Comparing the sensory properties of commercially available plant-based and animal mince. TropAg 2025, Brisbane, QLD, Australia, 11-13 November 2025.
Jenny, Farhana, Smyth, Heather, Moura Nadolny, Jaqueline, Sanewski, Garth, Cozzolino, Daniel and Hardner, Craig (2025). Evaluating the relationship among sensory, mechanical and histological parameters using the Warner-Bratzler Shear Force method to assess fibrous texture in a diverse set of pineapple. TropAg Conference2025, Brisbane, QLD, Australia, 11-13 November 2025.
Jenny, Farhana, Hardner, Craig, Smyth, Heather, Moura Nadolny, Jaqueline, Sanewski, Garth and Cozzolino, Daniel (2025). Exploring pineapple fruit fibrous texture : bridging phenotypic traits to genetic factors. Hort Innovation “Genetics of Fruit Sensory Preferences” (AS19003) Annual Workshop, Brisbane, QLD, Australia, 15 October 2025.
Jenny, Farhana, Smyth, Heather, Cozzolino, Daniel, Sanewski, Garth, Moura Nadolny, Jaqueline and Hardner, Craig (2025). Identification of genetic determinants of fibrosity in pineapple fruit using genome-wide association study (gwas) approach. 17th Australasian Plant Breeding Conference (APBC), Perth, WA, Australia, 4-6 June 2025.
Rathnayake, Dhanushka, Moura Nadolny, Jaqueline, Sultanbawa, Yasmina and Smyth, Heather (2025). Colour disparities between commercial plant and animal-based burgers. NZOZ Sensory and Consumer Science Symposium, Palmerston North, New Zealand, 19 - 21 February 2025.
Konrad, Theresia, Ha, Minh, Ronquest-Ross, Lisa, Smyth, Heather E. and Moura Nadolny, Jaqueline (2025). Harvest & herd: the sensory landscape of plant-based mince and traditional meat mince. 19th NZOZ Sensory and Consumer Science Symposium, Palmerston North, New Zealand, 19-21 February 2025.
Nadolny, Jaqueline Moura, Smyth, Heather, Chen, Yen-An and Jenny, Farhana (2025). Using engineering tools to predict and enhance sensory quality in food and agriculture. Food Chemistry, Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom, 14-16 October 2025.
Rathnayake, Dhanushka, Nadolny, Jaqueline M., Sultanbawa, Yasmina and Smyth, Heather E. (2024). Comparing the External and internal colour of commercial plant-based and meat-based burgers. NextGen Ag Symposium, Brisbane, QLD, Australia, 6 September 2024.
Moura Nadolny, Jaqueline and Smyth, Heather (2023). Plant-based meat analogues: what do consumers really want?. AIFST23 Convention - The Science of Food - Security and Sustainability, Melbourne, VIC, Australia, 24-25 July 2023.
Moura Nadolny, Jaqueline, Shewan, Heather M., Stokes, Jason R., Best, Odette and Smyth, Heather E. (2022). Establishing a value proposition for bunya nuts as a versatile gluten-free flour. TropAg 2022, Brisbane, QLD Australia, 31 October - 2 November 2022.
Moura Nadolny, Jaqueline, Best, Odette, Flanagan, Bernadine, Shewan, Heather, Smyth, Heather E. and Stokes, Jason (2021). Bunya nut as a healthy and versatile gluten-free source for flour production. 6th Food Structures, Digestion and Health Conference, Virtual, 16-19 November 2021.
Moura Nadolny, Jaqueline, Shewan, Heather M., Stokes, Jason R. and Smyth, Heather E. (2021). Sensory characterisation of Australian Araucaria nuts and factors affecting their main attributes. 15th Australian and New Zealand Sensory and Consumer Science Symposium, Brisbane, QLD Australia, 9-11 February 2021.
Seminar Paper
Jenny, Farhana, Hardner, Craig, Smyth, Heather, Cozzolino, Daniel, Sanewski, Garth and Moura Nadolny, Jaqueline (2024). Exploring pineapple fruit fibrosity : bridging phenotypic traits to genetic factors. Centre for Horticultural Science, The University of Queensland.
Thesis
Moura Nadolny, Jaqueline (2023). Processing routes for enhancing the value chain of Indigenous Australian bunya nuts (Araucaria bidwillii). PhD Thesis, School of Chemical Engineering, The University of Queensland. doi: 10.14264/2a22234