Associate Professor Dr.Anil Kumar Anal
Head; Department of Food Agriculture and Bioresources, Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand
Nanotechnology in Food Industries: Opportunities and Challenges
10:00 – 10:30, Wednesday, 29th March 2017
Dr.Anil Kumar Anal is Head of Department of Food Agriculture and Bioresources and Associate Professor in Food Engineering and Bioprocess Technologyat the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), Thailand. His background expertise is in the Food and Nutrition Security, Food Safety, food processing and preservation, valorization as well as bioprocessing of herbs, natural resources including Traditional and Fermented Foods, microorganisms, Agro-industrial waste to fork and value addition including its application in various food, feed, neutraceuticals, cosmetics and pharmaceutics. His research interests also include the formulation and delivery of cells and bioactive for human and veterinary applications, controlled release technologies, particulate systems, application of nanotechnology in food, agriculture and pharmaceutics; functional foods and food safety. Dr. Anil has authored 5 patents (US, World Patents, EU, Canadian and Indian); more than 90 referred international journal articles, 15 book chapters, 3 edited books and several in International conference proceedings. He has been invited as Keynote Speakers and Experts in various Food, Biotechnology, Agro-Industrial Processing and Veterinary as well as Life Sciences based conferences and workshops organized by national, regional and international agencies. Dr. Anil has been serving as Advisory members, Associate Editor, Members of Editorial Board of various Regional and International peer-reviewed Journal publications. Dr. Anil has experiences of conducting various innovative research and product developments funded by various donor agencies including European Union, FAO, Ministry of Environment, Japan and various food and biotech industries. Dr. Anil received his PhD in Bioprocess Technology from the AIT and held previous academic and research positions in industries and academia including Otago University and Massey University, New Zealand
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