Editorial Board Members
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Editor-in-Chief
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Maria L.M.F. Estevinho Campus de Santa Apolónia Bragança Portugal Biography Biography of Maria L.M.F. Estevinho
Leticia M. Estevinho received the Zootechnical Engineering degree (summa cum laude)
in 1985 and the M.S. degree in biotechnology (with merit) in 1989. In 1995, finished the PhD
degree in Science given by Minho University, Braga, Portugal. In 2009, passed with merit the
proofs of Agregação - the last step in the academic career in Portugal. Estevinho has worked in
Agricultural College of Braganca, Braganca, Portugal, since 1986 and has great experience in
students’ coordination (16 PhD students and three Postdoctoral researchers). Leticia M.
Estevinho has published more than 120 articles in indexed international journals, written five
book chapters and has presented more 160 oral and written communications. Was the principal
investigator of more than 25 scientific projects, totally financed, and has published 4 patents.
She is the Head of the Microbiology Laboratory since 1986. Was the editor-in-chief of three
journals and currently belongs to the editorial board of 19 international journals; has revised
more than 300 articles of indexed journals. Nowadays, Estevinho serves as a Coordinator
Professor with Agregação in the Polytechnic Institute of Braganca, Portugal.s
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Associate Editors
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Akio Inui Kagoshima University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences Kagoshima, 890-8520 Japan |
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Howard I. Maibach University of California San Francisco, CA USA |
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Yogeshwer Shukla CSIR-Indian Institute of Toxicology Research Lucknow India |
Regional Editors
USA
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Jairam K.P. Vanamala The Penn State Hershey Cancer Institute Hershey, PA USA |
Europe
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Francesco Puoci University of Calabria Rende (CS) Italy Biography Biography of Francesco Puoci
Francesco Puoci is Associate Professor in Polymers and Biomaterials of Pharmaceutical Interest at the Department of Pharmacy, Health and Nutritional Sciences at University of Calabria, Italy.He has professional expertise in the area of functional food and nutraceuticals. His research activities include the development and characterization of bioactive food ingredients and novel approaches for their stabilization and preservation.Prof. Puoci participates to a relevant research activity in the functional materials field in collaboration with pharmaceutical companies and research center, he was Principal investigator and co investigator for University of Calabria of different research project.
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Section Editors
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Section: Bioengineering, materials and surfaces
Jingan LiZhengzhou University Zhengzhou China Biography Biography of Jingan Li
Dr. Jingan Li is a professor of Zhengzhou University, China, and his research filed include: Drug delivery and biomaterials. So far, he has published more than 40 academic papers on international academic journals as the first author or corresponding author, including ACS Applied Materials & Interface, Applied Surface Science, Biomaterials Science, and Journal of Materials Chemistry B. He has been serving as the editorial board member of repute journals, such as Current Nutrition & Food Science (Section Editor: Bioengineering, materials and surfaces), Recent Patents on Nanotechnology, Biomed Research International (Lead Guest Editor), Genetics and Molecular Research. He was also honored with repute awards, such as “China-Korea Young Scientist Award”, “IAAM Scientist Award”, “IAAM Medal”, and “Outstanding Reviewer Award” of repute journals. Detail information please see: Researchgate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Jingan_Li2
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Editorial Board Members
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N. Benkeblia The University of the West Indies Kingston Jamaica Biography Biography of N. Benkeblia
Dr. Noureddine Benkeblia is a Professor of Crop Science, and holds a Doctorate of Natural Sciences and a Doctor of Philosophy in Agricultural Sciences. his main research areas are pre- and post-harvest biochemistry, physiology and metabolisms of fresh crops. Prof. N. Benkeblia is the head of the laboratory of crop science in the life science department and the head of the tree and aromatic crops laboratory in the biotechnology center, the university of the West Indies, Mona Campus. Prof. N. Benkeblia research work focuses on pre- and post-harvest physiology and biochemistry of fresh crops, and the effects of environmental factors, biotic and abiotic stresses on the metabolism and the metabolome of plant tissues.
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D.K. Bhatt Bundelkhand University Jhansi India Biography Biography of D.K. Bhatt
Dr. Devendra Kumar Bhatt is working as Associate Professor in the Inst of Food Technology (A Center of Excellence) of Bundelkhand University, Jhansi, a premier University of State of Uttar Pradesh (India). He did his PhD in the International Rice Research Institute Manila, Phillipines project on Scented rice, from G B Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar, a well known University in the world for its work in the field of agriculture. His area of Interest are Product development, Neutracetical foods, Food Safetry, Quality management Systems, extrusion etc. He has completed many projects funded by state and Central government. He is a consultant / advisor of many food Industries and Institutes.
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F. Blasi University of Perugia Perugia Italy Biography Biography of F. Blasi
Dr. Francesca Blasi is a professor of Food Chemistry at Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences of the University of Perugia (Italy). She supervises PhD thesis of students and participates in various research projects overall. Dr. Blasi research areas are lipids/fats/oils and animal/vegetable food matrices for human nutrition through chromatographic (HRGC, HPLC) and spectrometric techniques. She uses Experimental Design software to optimize reactions and chemometrics to characterize and discriminate geographic origin, varieties, and species. Dr. Blasi has numerous scientific publications and honors to her credit.
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J. M. Camiña National University of La Pampa La Pampa Argentina Biography Biography of J. M. Camiña
Dr Camiña is Professor of Chemometrics and Adjunct
Researcher at the National Council of Scientific and Technical
Researches in Argentina. He completed his PhD in Chemistry
and Master in Analytical Chemistry at the National University of
San Luis, Argentina. He has published 36 scientific works and two chapters of books.
He is director of four research programs in chemometrics and food analysis in
Argentina, as well as director of doctoral theses and fellows. In 2013 he has been
awarded in 2013 with the XIII Edition of Agricultural Excellence Prize (Argentina).
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G.M. Campo University of Messina Messina Italy Biography Biography of G.M. Campo
Dr. Giuseppe Maurizio Campo was born in Novara di Sicilia, Italy, September the 16th, 1963. He
followed doctoral Degree Courses in Biological Sciences at the University' of Messina from 1987 to
1998 he attended the Institute of Pharmacology, School of Medicine at the University' of Messina.
In years 1990-1992 he worked as scientific adviser of the FIDIA Research Laboratories of Abano
Terme and the Cifa-gesco Consortium of Rome for the study and development of new drugs. In the
October 1992 he obtained the Specialization Degree in "Biochemistry and Clinical Chemistry" at
the University' of. Messina. In the year 1993 he obtained a postdoctoral scholarship of the CNR for
a stage at the Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences and Technology, at the Karolinska
Institute, Huddinge University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden. In 1994 he got the PhD in
"Experimental Medicine", at the University' of Messina. Since December 1998 Dr. Campo is
Aggregate Professor of Biochemistry at the Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine,
School of Medicine, University of Messina. In June 2014 he obtained the eligibility to became full
Professor of General Biochemistry.
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H. Cena University of Pavia Pavia Italy |
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J.-T. Cheng Chang Jung Christian University Tainan Taiwan |
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Mousumi Debnath Manipal University Jaipur Jaipur India |
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J. Delarue Laboratoire Regional de Nutrition Humaine Brest France |
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N. Duran Mustafa Kemal University Antakya Turkey Biography Biography of N. Duran
Dr. Nizami Duran, Ph.D., underwent his doctoral training in the Department of Microbiology & Clinical Microbiology at Çukurova University Medical School, Adana, Turkey. Dr. Duran is currently working as the Chief of Microbiology and Clinical Microbiology Department at Mustafa Kemal University, Antakya, Turkey. His department pursues research mainly in the following areas/fields: bacteriology, immunology, virology, serology and microbial genetics. Dr. Duran has lectured extensively, and has published more than 100 scientific articles as an author/co-author in international journals as well as 60 articles in the Turkish literature. His aforementioned publications have received over 1700 citations.
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M.M. Fawzi University of Mauritius Réduit Mauritius |
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N. Hoggard Aberdeen Centre for Energy Regulation and Obesity Aberdeen UK |
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R. Khodarahmi Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences Kermanshah Iran Biography Biography of R. Khodarahmi
Dr. Reza Khodarahmi (Professor in Biochemistry) was born in Nahavand-Iran, 1974. He received his Bsc degree in general Biology from the Razi University-Kermanshah and then graduated in Biochemistry (Msc) from the Tarbiat Modarres University-Tehran. He received his PhD degree in 2005 from the Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of Tehran for his studies on the effects of artificial chaperones on protein misfolding and aggregation. Since 2007, he has held a position in the school of Pharmaceutical Sciences (and Medical Biology Research Center), Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences. His research interests focus on the in vitro characterization of oxidative events accompanying amyloid aggregation, drug-protein interaction and enzyme inhibition, using both experimental and computational tools.
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V. Kumar Agriculture University, Jodhpur Rajasthan India Biography Biography of V. Kumar
Dr. Vinod Kumar is doctorate from G.B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar, India. He is a biochemist with expertise and research interests in the area of microbial and food enzymes. With 8 years of experience working on phytases, he is currently working on phytase based micronutrient availability from cereals. He has published more than 25 research and 09 review articles in addition to 12 book chapters and 01 laboratory manual. He is life member of six scientific societies. After working for 5 years at Department of Biotechnology, Eternal University, Baru Sahib, H.P., Dr. Kumar has joined the faculty of Plant Biochemistry at Agriculture University, Jodhpur, India.
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A. Laviano Sapienza University Rome Italy Biography Biography of A. Laviano
Alessandro Laviano, MD, is associate professor of Internal Medicine at the Department of Clinical Medicine, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy. Dr. Laviano also holds a position of Visiting Research Professor at Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY, USA. Dr. Laviano’s main research interests are: regulation of food intake under physiological and pathological conditions, disease-associated anorexia and cachexia, hyperphagia and obesity, impact and treatment of hospital malnutrition. Dr. Laviano’s studies have been funded by private and public institutions. Dr. Laviano has a total of more than 170 publications in international peer reviewed journals.
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G. Li Qufu Normal University Qufu China |
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X. Liao China Agricultural University Beijing China |
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B. Mishra Centurion University of Technology and Management Bhubaneswar India Biography Biography of B. Mishra
Dr. Bishwambhar Mishra is working as Assistant Professor in the Department of
Biotechnology, Centurion University of Technology and Management(CUTM),
Bhubaneswar, India . He had completed his B.Tech (Biotechnology) in 2010 and
M.Tech-Integrated Ph.D. (Biotechnology) in 2015 from VIT University, Vellore,
Tamil Nadu, India. He had authored total 32 papers (10 National; 22 International) in
peer-reviewed journals, 2 books, 4 book chapters and 14 conference proceedings. He
had published 7- Microbial DNA Sequences in the NCBI/GenBank Database. He is
reviewers, editorial board member and guest editor of various peer-reviewed journals.
His research focuses on Industrial Biotechnology, Food Biotechnology, Food
microbiology, Fermentation Technology and Bioprocess Technology.
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B. Olmedilla-Alonso Spanish National Research Council Madrid Spain Biography Biography of B. Olmedilla-Alonso
Dr. Begoña Olmedilla-Alonso obtained a doctorate (Ph.D.) in Pharmacy from the Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM, Spain), and holds a degree in Methodology in Clinical Research (UAM, Spain). She is an Research Scientist at the Institute of Food Science, Technology and Nutrition (ICTAN-CSIC),Madrid, Spain, since 2006. Previously, she worked at the Hospital Universitario Puerta de Hierro (Spain), for more han 20 years. She has published more than a 100 scientific publications (Researcher ID: D-1337-2012). Research lines: carotenoids and vitamins (analysis, nutritional status, bioaccesibility and bioavailability in humans), carotenoids biomarkers (of intake, status, visual function, CV risk, etc) and functional foods (design and assessment of their effect in humans).
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O. Paredes-Lopez Centre for Research and Advanced Studies Irapuato Mexico |
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W. Parker Duke University Medical Center Durham, NC USA |
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A.R. Patel Guangdong Technion Israel Institute of Technology Shantou China Biography Biography of A.R. Patel
Dr. Ashok Patel is associate professor at Guangdong Technion Israel Institute of
Technology. His past and current research is focused on using food-grade ingredients
to create novel structured systems including oleogels, foams, colloidal particles and
complex emulsions to solve formulation issues in food product development. He has
published more than 80 publications (of which >50 are ‘first-authored’) in area of applied
colloid science. For his research, he has received prestigious and highly competitive
individual funding from European Commission (Marie Curie International Incoming
Fellowship, Marie Curie Career Integration Grant and Marie Curie Cofund Fellowship)
and other Young Scientist Awards and nominations.
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H. Preuss Georgetown University Medical Center Washington, DC USA |
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D. Sachan University Tennessee Knoxville, TN USA Biography Biography of D. Sachan
Dileep Sachan is a Professor Emeritus of Nutritional Biochemistry and Metabolism in the college of Health, Education and Human Sciences at the University of Tennessee where he spent 27 years, teaching and research. He has been a faculty at Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH and at Vanderbilt and Meharry medical colleges in Nashville, TN. He lives in a Nashville suburb and spend some time at the Vanderbilt and an active in reading and writing including scientific papers and sharing experience with former students and colleagues around the world. His fun projects are academic consulting and real estate investments.
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F. Shahidi Memorial University of Newfoundland St. John's Canada |
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P-L. Show University of Nottingham Malaysia Semenyih Malaysia Biography Biography of P-L. Show
Dr. Show is an Associate Professor at Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Science and Engineering, University of Nottingham Malaysia. He currently is a Professional Engineer registered with the Board of Engineer Malaysia and Chartered Engineer of the Engineering Council UK. He is a world leading researcher in bio-separation engineering. Since he started his career in September 2012, he has published more than 140 SCI journal papers and received numerous prestigious awards, including The DaSilva Award 2018, JSPS Fellowship 2018, Top 100 Asian Scientists 2017, Asia’s Rising Scientists Award 2017 and Winner of Young Researcher in IChemE Malaysia Award 2016
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Chuan-He Tang South China University of Technology Guangzhou China Biography Biography of Chuan-He Tang
Dr. Tang is a full professor in the Department of Food Science and Technology of South China University of Technology. Dr. Tang obtained a doctorate (Ph.D.) in Food Science from South China University of Technology, China, and a Master in Food Engineering from Wuxi University of Light Industry (Jiangnan University now), China. Dr. Tang has published more than 120 peer-reviewed papers in international journals, and edited two books. Currently he serves as an associate editor of Food Biophysics, and editorial board memberships of many international journals. His recent research interests include the development of plant proteins as functional ingredients, food colloids, and encapsulation and delivery of bioactives.
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P. S. Variyar Bhabha Atomic Research Centre Mumbai India Biography Biography of P. S. Variyar
Dr. Prasad S. Variyar obtained PhD in chemistry from Gujarat University, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India. He currently holds the position of Scientific Officer (H) and Head, Food Flavor and Aroma Chemistry Section at the Food Technology Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai, India and is also a adjunct professor at the Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai. He has authored over 150 publications three patents and has transferred three technologies to industry. He has been a reviewer for several international food science and food chemistry journals. He is an expert member of The Scientific Panel on Oils and Fats of the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India, is a fellow of the Maharashtra Academy of Sciences and an honorary member of the American Chemical Society.
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K. Westerterp Maastricht University Maastricht The Netherlands Biography Biography of K. Westerterp
Dr. Klaas R. Westerterp is professor of Human Energetics in the Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences and the School of Nutrition & Translational Research in Metabolism (NUTRIM) at Maastricht University, The Netherlands. His field of expertise is energy metabolism, physical activity, food intake and body composition, and energy balance under controlled conditions and in daily life. He has over 300 peer-reviewed publications and over 50 book chapters.
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Associate Editorial Board Members
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T. Behl Chitkara University Chandigarh India Biography Biography of T. Behl
Dr. Tapan Behl obtained his Ph.D. degree (in 2017) in Pharmacology from University of Delhi, New Delhi, India. Dr. Behl is currently an Associate Professor in the Department of Pharmacology at Chitkara College of Pharmacy, Chitkara University, Rajpura, India. His skills and expertise mainly lie in the subject areas/fields of Cell Signaling, Apoptosis, Antioxidant Activity, Reactive Oxygen Species, Oxidative Stress, Pathology, Diabetic Complications, etc. Dr. Behl, as an author/co-author, has published more than 15 articles in various journals of international repute.
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A. Doss V.O.Chidambaram College Tuticorin India Biography Biography of A. Doss
A. Doss, PhD, is an Assistant Professor of Botany at V. O. Chidambaram College,
Tuticorin, India. He has five years of teaching experience and ten years of research experience
in the field of ethnopharmacology. He has received his graduation and post-graduation degrees
from St. Joseph’s College, Trichy, India, and Doctor of Philosophy from National College,
which is affiliated with Bharathidasan University, India. His research areas are
Ethnopharmacology and Microbial Biotechnology. He has published more than 170 research
articles related to ethnomedicinal plants in various international and national peer reviewed
refereed journals. He is a resource person in this field. His other works include documentation of
ethnomedicinal plants that are endemic to Southern Tamil Nadu. He had also surveyed and
documented several ethnomedicinal plants (along with their pharmacognostical and
pharmacological aspects) in the region of Southern Western Ghats and Tamil Nadu. He also
serves as a reviewer for various international journals. His Google Scholar citation is 1137 with
an H index of 19 and an I-10 index of 39.
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T. Farkhondeh Birjand University of Medical Sciences Birjand Iran Biography Biography of T. Farkhondeh
Tahereh Farkhondeh received her PhD in Toxicology from the Tehran University (Tehran, Iran), and is
currently serving as a faculty member at the Cardiovascular Diseases Research Center
Birjand University of Medical Sciences. She has published several articles in ISI Web of Science Database
that are mainly in the field of natural antioxidants and their effects on health and disease and their
molecular actions, especially on the underlying mechanism pathways in cardiovascular and
neurodegenerative diseases.
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P.K. Jena University of California Sacramento, CA USA Biography Biography of P.K. Jena
Dr. Prasant Kumar Jena received his BSc in Biological Sciences and MSc in Biotechnology from Berhampur University. Later, he obtained a Ph.D. in Biotechnology from Nirma University (India). He has more than 9 years of research experience in studying the impact of diet and gut microbiota on the development of metabolic diseases including obesity, diabetes, and carcinogenesis. In his graduate studies, he developed a sugar diet-induced diabetes rat model to study the effect of microbiota and probiotic intervention in lipid and carbohydrate metabolism. Currently, Dr. Jena is working at University of California Davis as a researcher.
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S. Sen Assam down town University Guwahati India Biography Biography of S. Sen
Dr. Saikat Sen is an Professor at the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Science, Assam down town University, Guwahati, India. He has authored/edited three books and contributed different peer-reviewed edited
books published by reputed international publishers. More than 60 research and review articles in reputed
national/international journals were added to his credit. His bibliography published by MARQUIS Who's
Who in The World 2016. Dr. Sen has devoted many years of research into traditional medicine, mainly
focusing on herbal medicine, food that beneficial for healthcare. In recognition of his contributions, he
received number of awards and recognition. He is involved enthusiastically in scientific research on
traditional/folk medicinal system and to develop active research culture.
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Editor-in-Chief
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Maria L.M.F. Estevinho Campus de Santa Apolónia Bragança Portugal Biography Biography of Maria L.M.F. Estevinho
Leticia M. Estevinho received the Zootechnical Engineering degree (summa cum laude)
in 1985 and the M.S. degree in biotechnology (with merit) in 1989. In 1995, finished the PhD
degree in Science given by Minho University, Braga, Portugal. In 2009, passed with merit the
proofs of Agregação - the last step in the academic career in Portugal. Estevinho has worked in
Agricultural College of Braganca, Braganca, Portugal, since 1986 and has great experience in
students’ coordination (16 PhD students and three Postdoctoral researchers). Leticia M.
Estevinho has published more than 120 articles in indexed international journals, written five
book chapters and has presented more 160 oral and written communications. Was the principal
investigator of more than 25 scientific projects, totally financed, and has published 4 patents.
She is the Head of the Microbiology Laboratory since 1986. Was the editor-in-chief of three
journals and currently belongs to the editorial board of 19 international journals; has revised
more than 300 articles of indexed journals. Nowadays, Estevinho serves as a Coordinator
Professor with Agregação in the Polytechnic Institute of Braganca, Portugal.s
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Associate Editors
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Akio Inui Kagoshima University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences Kagoshima, 890-8520 Japan |
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Howard I. Maibach University of California San Francisco, CA USA |
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Yogeshwer Shukla CSIR-Indian Institute of Toxicology Research Lucknow India |
Regional Editors
USA
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Jairam K.P. Vanamala The Penn State Hershey Cancer Institute Hershey, PA USA |
Europe
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Francesco Puoci University of Calabria Rende (CS) Italy Biography Biography of Francesco Puoci
Francesco Puoci is Associate Professor in Polymers and Biomaterials of Pharmaceutical Interest at the Department of Pharmacy, Health and Nutritional Sciences at University of Calabria, Italy.He has professional expertise in the area of functional food and nutraceuticals. His research activities include the development and characterization of bioactive food ingredients and novel approaches for their stabilization and preservation.Prof. Puoci participates to a relevant research activity in the functional materials field in collaboration with pharmaceutical companies and research center, he was Principal investigator and co investigator for University of Calabria of different research project.
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Bioengineering, materials and surfaces
Jingan LiZhengzhou University Zhengzhou China Biography Biography of Jingan Li
Dr. Jingan Li is a professor of Zhengzhou University, China, and his research filed include: Drug delivery and biomaterials. So far, he has published more than 40 academic papers on international academic journals as the first author or corresponding author, including ACS Applied Materials & Interface, Applied Surface Science, Biomaterials Science, and Journal of Materials Chemistry B. He has been serving as the editorial board member of repute journals, such as Current Nutrition & Food Science (Section Editor: Bioengineering, materials and surfaces), Recent Patents on Nanotechnology, Biomed Research International (Lead Guest Editor), Genetics and Molecular Research. He was also honored with repute awards, such as “China-Korea Young Scientist Award”, “IAAM Scientist Award”, “IAAM Medal”, and “Outstanding Reviewer Award” of repute journals. Detail information please see: Researchgate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Jingan_Li2
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N. Benkeblia The University of the West Indies Kingston Jamaica Biography Biography of N. Benkeblia
Dr. Noureddine Benkeblia is a Professor of Crop Science, and holds a Doctorate of Natural Sciences and a Doctor of Philosophy in Agricultural Sciences. his main research areas are pre- and post-harvest biochemistry, physiology and metabolisms of fresh crops. Prof. N. Benkeblia is the head of the laboratory of crop science in the life science department and the head of the tree and aromatic crops laboratory in the biotechnology center, the university of the West Indies, Mona Campus. Prof. N. Benkeblia research work focuses on pre- and post-harvest physiology and biochemistry of fresh crops, and the effects of environmental factors, biotic and abiotic stresses on the metabolism and the metabolome of plant tissues.
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D.K. Bhatt Bundelkhand University Jhansi India Biography Biography of D.K. Bhatt
Dr. Devendra Kumar Bhatt is working as Associate Professor in the Inst of Food Technology (A Center of Excellence) of Bundelkhand University, Jhansi, a premier University of State of Uttar Pradesh (India). He did his PhD in the International Rice Research Institute Manila, Phillipines project on Scented rice, from G B Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar, a well known University in the world for its work in the field of agriculture. His area of Interest are Product development, Neutracetical foods, Food Safetry, Quality management Systems, extrusion etc. He has completed many projects funded by state and Central government. He is a consultant / advisor of many food Industries and Institutes.
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F. Blasi University of Perugia Perugia Italy Biography Biography of F. Blasi
Dr. Francesca Blasi is a professor of Food Chemistry at Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences of the University of Perugia (Italy). She supervises PhD thesis of students and participates in various research projects overall. Dr. Blasi research areas are lipids/fats/oils and animal/vegetable food matrices for human nutrition through chromatographic (HRGC, HPLC) and spectrometric techniques. She uses Experimental Design software to optimize reactions and chemometrics to characterize and discriminate geographic origin, varieties, and species. Dr. Blasi has numerous scientific publications and honors to her credit.
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J. M. Camiña National University of La Pampa La Pampa Argentina Biography Biography of J. M. Camiña
Dr Camiña is Professor of Chemometrics and Adjunct
Researcher at the National Council of Scientific and Technical
Researches in Argentina. He completed his PhD in Chemistry
and Master in Analytical Chemistry at the National University of
San Luis, Argentina. He has published 36 scientific works and two chapters of books.
He is director of four research programs in chemometrics and food analysis in
Argentina, as well as director of doctoral theses and fellows. In 2013 he has been
awarded in 2013 with the XIII Edition of Agricultural Excellence Prize (Argentina).
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G.M. Campo University of Messina Messina Italy Biography Biography of G.M. Campo
Dr. Giuseppe Maurizio Campo was born in Novara di Sicilia, Italy, September the 16th, 1963. He
followed doctoral Degree Courses in Biological Sciences at the University' of Messina from 1987 to
1998 he attended the Institute of Pharmacology, School of Medicine at the University' of Messina.
In years 1990-1992 he worked as scientific adviser of the FIDIA Research Laboratories of Abano
Terme and the Cifa-gesco Consortium of Rome for the study and development of new drugs. In the
October 1992 he obtained the Specialization Degree in "Biochemistry and Clinical Chemistry" at
the University' of. Messina. In the year 1993 he obtained a postdoctoral scholarship of the CNR for
a stage at the Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences and Technology, at the Karolinska
Institute, Huddinge University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden. In 1994 he got the PhD in
"Experimental Medicine", at the University' of Messina. Since December 1998 Dr. Campo is
Aggregate Professor of Biochemistry at the Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine,
School of Medicine, University of Messina. In June 2014 he obtained the eligibility to became full
Professor of General Biochemistry.
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H. Cena University of Pavia Pavia Italy |
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J.-T. Cheng Chang Jung Christian University Tainan Taiwan |
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Mousumi Debnath Manipal University Jaipur Jaipur India |
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J. Delarue Laboratoire Regional de Nutrition Humaine Brest France |
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N. Duran Mustafa Kemal University Antakya Turkey Biography Biography of N. Duran
Dr. Nizami Duran, Ph.D., underwent his doctoral training in the Department of Microbiology & Clinical Microbiology at Çukurova University Medical School, Adana, Turkey. Dr. Duran is currently working as the Chief of Microbiology and Clinical Microbiology Department at Mustafa Kemal University, Antakya, Turkey. His department pursues research mainly in the following areas/fields: bacteriology, immunology, virology, serology and microbial genetics. Dr. Duran has lectured extensively, and has published more than 100 scientific articles as an author/co-author in international journals as well as 60 articles in the Turkish literature. His aforementioned publications have received over 1700 citations.
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M.M. Fawzi University of Mauritius Réduit Mauritius |
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N. Hoggard Aberdeen Centre for Energy Regulation and Obesity Aberdeen UK |
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R. Khodarahmi Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences Kermanshah Iran Biography Biography of R. Khodarahmi
Dr. Reza Khodarahmi (Professor in Biochemistry) was born in Nahavand-Iran, 1974. He received his Bsc degree in general Biology from the Razi University-Kermanshah and then graduated in Biochemistry (Msc) from the Tarbiat Modarres University-Tehran. He received his PhD degree in 2005 from the Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of Tehran for his studies on the effects of artificial chaperones on protein misfolding and aggregation. Since 2007, he has held a position in the school of Pharmaceutical Sciences (and Medical Biology Research Center), Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences. His research interests focus on the in vitro characterization of oxidative events accompanying amyloid aggregation, drug-protein interaction and enzyme inhibition, using both experimental and computational tools.
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V. Kumar Agriculture University, Jodhpur Rajasthan India Biography Biography of V. Kumar
Dr. Vinod Kumar is doctorate from G.B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar, India. He is a biochemist with expertise and research interests in the area of microbial and food enzymes. With 8 years of experience working on phytases, he is currently working on phytase based micronutrient availability from cereals. He has published more than 25 research and 09 review articles in addition to 12 book chapters and 01 laboratory manual. He is life member of six scientific societies. After working for 5 years at Department of Biotechnology, Eternal University, Baru Sahib, H.P., Dr. Kumar has joined the faculty of Plant Biochemistry at Agriculture University, Jodhpur, India.
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A. Laviano Sapienza University Rome Italy Biography Biography of A. Laviano
Alessandro Laviano, MD, is associate professor of Internal Medicine at the Department of Clinical Medicine, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy. Dr. Laviano also holds a position of Visiting Research Professor at Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY, USA. Dr. Laviano’s main research interests are: regulation of food intake under physiological and pathological conditions, disease-associated anorexia and cachexia, hyperphagia and obesity, impact and treatment of hospital malnutrition. Dr. Laviano’s studies have been funded by private and public institutions. Dr. Laviano has a total of more than 170 publications in international peer reviewed journals.
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G. Li Qufu Normal University Qufu China |
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X. Liao China Agricultural University Beijing China |
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B. Mishra Centurion University of Technology and Management Bhubaneswar India Biography Biography of B. Mishra
Dr. Bishwambhar Mishra is working as Assistant Professor in the Department of
Biotechnology, Centurion University of Technology and Management(CUTM),
Bhubaneswar, India . He had completed his B.Tech (Biotechnology) in 2010 and
M.Tech-Integrated Ph.D. (Biotechnology) in 2015 from VIT University, Vellore,
Tamil Nadu, India. He had authored total 32 papers (10 National; 22 International) in
peer-reviewed journals, 2 books, 4 book chapters and 14 conference proceedings. He
had published 7- Microbial DNA Sequences in the NCBI/GenBank Database. He is
reviewers, editorial board member and guest editor of various peer-reviewed journals.
His research focuses on Industrial Biotechnology, Food Biotechnology, Food
microbiology, Fermentation Technology and Bioprocess Technology.
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B. Olmedilla-Alonso Spanish National Research Council Madrid Spain Biography Biography of B. Olmedilla-Alonso
Dr. Begoña Olmedilla-Alonso obtained a doctorate (Ph.D.) in Pharmacy from the Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM, Spain), and holds a degree in Methodology in Clinical Research (UAM, Spain). She is an Research Scientist at the Institute of Food Science, Technology and Nutrition (ICTAN-CSIC),Madrid, Spain, since 2006. Previously, she worked at the Hospital Universitario Puerta de Hierro (Spain), for more han 20 years. She has published more than a 100 scientific publications (Researcher ID: D-1337-2012). Research lines: carotenoids and vitamins (analysis, nutritional status, bioaccesibility and bioavailability in humans), carotenoids biomarkers (of intake, status, visual function, CV risk, etc) and functional foods (design and assessment of their effect in humans).
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O. Paredes-Lopez Centre for Research and Advanced Studies Irapuato Mexico |
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W. Parker Duke University Medical Center Durham, NC USA |
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A.R. Patel Guangdong Technion Israel Institute of Technology Shantou China Biography Biography of A.R. Patel
Dr. Ashok Patel is associate professor at Guangdong Technion Israel Institute of
Technology. His past and current research is focused on using food-grade ingredients
to create novel structured systems including oleogels, foams, colloidal particles and
complex emulsions to solve formulation issues in food product development. He has
published more than 80 publications (of which >50 are ‘first-authored’) in area of applied
colloid science. For his research, he has received prestigious and highly competitive
individual funding from European Commission (Marie Curie International Incoming
Fellowship, Marie Curie Career Integration Grant and Marie Curie Cofund Fellowship)
and other Young Scientist Awards and nominations.
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H. Preuss Georgetown University Medical Center Washington, DC USA |
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D. Sachan University Tennessee Knoxville, TN USA Biography Biography of D. Sachan
Dileep Sachan is a Professor Emeritus of Nutritional Biochemistry and Metabolism in the college of Health, Education and Human Sciences at the University of Tennessee where he spent 27 years, teaching and research. He has been a faculty at Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH and at Vanderbilt and Meharry medical colleges in Nashville, TN. He lives in a Nashville suburb and spend some time at the Vanderbilt and an active in reading and writing including scientific papers and sharing experience with former students and colleagues around the world. His fun projects are academic consulting and real estate investments.
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F. Shahidi Memorial University of Newfoundland St. John's Canada |
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P-L. Show University of Nottingham Malaysia Semenyih Malaysia Biography Biography of P-L. Show
Dr. Show is an Associate Professor at Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Science and Engineering, University of Nottingham Malaysia. He currently is a Professional Engineer registered with the Board of Engineer Malaysia and Chartered Engineer of the Engineering Council UK. He is a world leading researcher in bio-separation engineering. Since he started his career in September 2012, he has published more than 140 SCI journal papers and received numerous prestigious awards, including The DaSilva Award 2018, JSPS Fellowship 2018, Top 100 Asian Scientists 2017, Asia’s Rising Scientists Award 2017 and Winner of Young Researcher in IChemE Malaysia Award 2016
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Chuan-He Tang South China University of Technology Guangzhou China Biography Biography of Chuan-He Tang
Dr. Tang is a full professor in the Department of Food Science and Technology of South China University of Technology. Dr. Tang obtained a doctorate (Ph.D.) in Food Science from South China University of Technology, China, and a Master in Food Engineering from Wuxi University of Light Industry (Jiangnan University now), China. Dr. Tang has published more than 120 peer-reviewed papers in international journals, and edited two books. Currently he serves as an associate editor of Food Biophysics, and editorial board memberships of many international journals. His recent research interests include the development of plant proteins as functional ingredients, food colloids, and encapsulation and delivery of bioactives.
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P. S. Variyar Bhabha Atomic Research Centre Mumbai India Biography Biography of P. S. Variyar
Dr. Prasad S. Variyar obtained PhD in chemistry from Gujarat University, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India. He currently holds the position of Scientific Officer (H) and Head, Food Flavor and Aroma Chemistry Section at the Food Technology Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai, India and is also a adjunct professor at the Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai. He has authored over 150 publications three patents and has transferred three technologies to industry. He has been a reviewer for several international food science and food chemistry journals. He is an expert member of The Scientific Panel on Oils and Fats of the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India, is a fellow of the Maharashtra Academy of Sciences and an honorary member of the American Chemical Society.
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K. Westerterp Maastricht University Maastricht The Netherlands Biography Biography of K. Westerterp
Dr. Klaas R. Westerterp is professor of Human Energetics in the Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences and the School of Nutrition & Translational Research in Metabolism (NUTRIM) at Maastricht University, The Netherlands. His field of expertise is energy metabolism, physical activity, food intake and body composition, and energy balance under controlled conditions and in daily life. He has over 300 peer-reviewed publications and over 50 book chapters.
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T. Behl Chitkara University Chandigarh India Biography Biography of T. Behl
Dr. Tapan Behl obtained his Ph.D. degree (in 2017) in Pharmacology from University of Delhi, New Delhi, India. Dr. Behl is currently an Associate Professor in the Department of Pharmacology at Chitkara College of Pharmacy, Chitkara University, Rajpura, India. His skills and expertise mainly lie in the subject areas/fields of Cell Signaling, Apoptosis, Antioxidant Activity, Reactive Oxygen Species, Oxidative Stress, Pathology, Diabetic Complications, etc. Dr. Behl, as an author/co-author, has published more than 15 articles in various journals of international repute.
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A. Doss V.O.Chidambaram College Tuticorin India Biography Biography of A. Doss
A. Doss, PhD, is an Assistant Professor of Botany at V. O. Chidambaram College,
Tuticorin, India. He has five years of teaching experience and ten years of research experience
in the field of ethnopharmacology. He has received his graduation and post-graduation degrees
from St. Joseph’s College, Trichy, India, and Doctor of Philosophy from National College,
which is affiliated with Bharathidasan University, India. His research areas are
Ethnopharmacology and Microbial Biotechnology. He has published more than 170 research
articles related to ethnomedicinal plants in various international and national peer reviewed
refereed journals. He is a resource person in this field. His other works include documentation of
ethnomedicinal plants that are endemic to Southern Tamil Nadu. He had also surveyed and
documented several ethnomedicinal plants (along with their pharmacognostical and
pharmacological aspects) in the region of Southern Western Ghats and Tamil Nadu. He also
serves as a reviewer for various international journals. His Google Scholar citation is 1137 with
an H index of 19 and an I-10 index of 39.
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T. Farkhondeh Birjand University of Medical Sciences Birjand Iran Biography Biography of T. Farkhondeh
Tahereh Farkhondeh received her PhD in Toxicology from the Tehran University (Tehran, Iran), and is
currently serving as a faculty member at the Cardiovascular Diseases Research Center
Birjand University of Medical Sciences. She has published several articles in ISI Web of Science Database
that are mainly in the field of natural antioxidants and their effects on health and disease and their
molecular actions, especially on the underlying mechanism pathways in cardiovascular and
neurodegenerative diseases.
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P.K. Jena University of California Sacramento, CA USA Biography Biography of P.K. Jena
Dr. Prasant Kumar Jena received his BSc in Biological Sciences and MSc in Biotechnology from Berhampur University. Later, he obtained a Ph.D. in Biotechnology from Nirma University (India). He has more than 9 years of research experience in studying the impact of diet and gut microbiota on the development of metabolic diseases including obesity, diabetes, and carcinogenesis. In his graduate studies, he developed a sugar diet-induced diabetes rat model to study the effect of microbiota and probiotic intervention in lipid and carbohydrate metabolism. Currently, Dr. Jena is working at University of California Davis as a researcher.
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S. Sen Assam down town University Guwahati India Biography Biography of S. Sen
Dr. Saikat Sen is an Professor at the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Science, Assam down town University, Guwahati, India. He has authored/edited three books and contributed different peer-reviewed edited
books published by reputed international publishers. More than 60 research and review articles in reputed
national/international journals were added to his credit. His bibliography published by MARQUIS Who's
Who in The World 2016. Dr. Sen has devoted many years of research into traditional medicine, mainly
focusing on herbal medicine, food that beneficial for healthcare. In recognition of his contributions, he
received number of awards and recognition. He is involved enthusiastically in scientific research on
traditional/folk medicinal system and to develop active research culture.
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