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Prof. Dr. Christopher J. Smith

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Manchester Food Research Centre, Manchester Metropolitan University, Hollings Faculty, Old Hall Lane, Manchester, M14 6HR, UK
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Interests: immunoassays for food analysis, rheology, allergy, and functional foods

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Dr. Koushik Adhikari Food Science & Technology, University of Georgia, Griffin Campus, GA 30223, USA Website \| E-Mail Interests: sensory analysis, consumer behavior, food product development, food chemistry, sensometrics
Dr. Marzia Albenzio Department of Food Science, Universita degli studi di Foggia, Italy E-Mail Interests: Identification of molecular markers for the traceability of animal food products; Study of the enzymatic profile for animal food products characterization using innovative techniques; Study of the synergies between production and processing for the development of healthier animal food products; Feeding strategies to improve nutritional content and health benefits of milk and meat products; Study of biomedical properties of milk and meat; Study of the consumers’ preferences for animal friendly products
Dr. Rotimi Aluko Department of Human Nutritional Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada R3T 2N2 Website \| E-Mail Interests: food proteins; functional properties; bioactive peptides; spontaneously hypertensive rats; circular dichroism; protein hydrolysates; enzyme inhibition kinetics; angiotensin converting enzyme; renin; QSAR; antioxidants; antihypertensive
Prof. Dr. Felix Barron Food Nutrition and Packaging Sciences Department, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634, USA Website \| E-Mail Interests: thermal processing; food packaging; probiotics; food engineering and HACCP and sanitation engineering Special Issues and Collections in MDPI journals: Special Issue: Thermal Processing of Foods Special Issue: Fermented Foods and Probiotics Special Issue: Thermal Processing of Food Products
Prof. Dr. Arun K. Bhunia Molecular Food Microbiology Laboratory, Department of Food Science, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA Website \| E-Mail Interests: microbiology; nanobiotechnology; pathogenesis; food safety Special Issues and Collections in MDPI journals: Special Issue: Biosensors and Food Safety Special Issue: Sensors for Food Safety and Quality Special Issue: Nanotechnology in Food Processing and Food Safety
Dr. Debabrata Biswas Dept. of Animal and Avian Sciences and Center for Food Safety and Security Systems, 3147 Animal Science Building, University of Maryland-College Park, College Park, MD 20742, USA E-Mail Interests: food safety; foodborne bacterial pathogens; colonization; zoonotic diseases; cynobiotics and prevention with natural antimicrobial
Dr. Declan J. Bolton Teagasc Food Research Centre, Ashtown, Dublin 15 Ireland Website \| E-Mail Interests: food safety; microbiology; shiga toxin-producing escherichia coli; campylobacter; salmonella
Prof. Dr. Leslie D. Bourquin Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition, Michigan State University, 139A G. M. Trout FSHN Building, East Lansing, MI 48824-1224, USA Website \| E-Mail Interests: diet and cancer risk; flavonoids; anthocyanins; food safety education; food safety management systems; international food safety
Prof. Dr. Charles Brennan Department of Wine, Food and Molecular Biosciences, Lincoln University, Lincoln 7647, Christchurch, New Zealand Website \| E-Mail Interests: polysaccharide utilisation, glycemic response; dietary fibre; food structure and function Special Issues and Collections in MDPI journals: Special Issue: Dietary Fibre: Biochemistry and Nutritional Science Special Issue: Dietary Polysaccharides
Prof. Dr. Robert L. Buchanan Center for Food Safety and Security Systems, College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, University of Maryland, 0119 Symons Hall, College Park, MD 20742, USA Website \| E-Mail Interests: predictive microbiology, quantitative microbial risk assessment, microbial physiology, mycotoxicology, and HACCP systems
Prof. Dr. Andrea Buettner Department of Chemistry and Pharmacy, Emil Fischer Center, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Henkestr. 9, 91054 Erlangen, Germany Website \| E-Mail Interests: food chemistry, analyical chemistry, organic chemistry, chromatography, spectroscopy, sample preparation, analytical chemistry instrumentation, method development, extraction, method validation, quality control of chemicals, foods and pharmaceuticals
Prof. Dr. Francesco Capozzi BioNMR Laboratory, Dept. Of Agro-Food Science and Technology, University of Bologna,Piazza Goidanich, 60, I-47521 Cesena (FC), Italy Website \| E-Mail Interests: Foodomics; NMR spectroscopy; metabonomics; food molecular profiles; food digestion; multivariate analysis of spectroscopic data Special Issues and Collections in MDPI journals: Special Issue: Foodomics 2009 Special Issue: Foodomics 2011 Special Issue: Foodomics 2013
Prof. Dr. Marina Carcea National Research Institute on Food and Nutrition (INRAN), Via Ardeatina 546, 00178 Roma, Italy Website \| E-Mail Interests: cereal chemistry; cereal technology; food technological quality; vegetable foods technology and structure; food nutritional quality; food authenticity
Dr. Bianca Castiglioni Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche - Istituto di Biologia e Biotecnologia Agraria (IBBA-CNR), Via Bassini 15, 20133 Milano, U.O.S. di Lodi: Via Einstein, 26900 Lodi, Italy Website \| E-Mail Interests: molecular methods for food safety and animal health (PCR, RT-PCR, array, NGS), foodborne pathogens, mastitis, genomics, metagenomics
Prof. Dr. Edgar Chambers IV Distinguished Professor and Director, Sensory Analysis Center, Ice Hall, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506, USA Website \| E-Mail Interests: sensory quality; consumer acceptance; health aspects; product development; shelf-life; quality control Special Issues and Collections in MDPI journals: Special Issue: Palatability of Pet Food
Dr. Marie Thérèse Charles Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Research and Development Centre, Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, QC J3B 3E6, Canada Website \| E-Mail Interests: Fruit; Vegetable; Post-harvest physiology; Quality; Physical treatment; UV-C hormesis; Conservation; Antioxidant
Prof. Dr. Maurizio Ciani Department of Life and Environmental Science, Polytechnic University of Marche, Food, Industrial and Environmental microbiology Lab. Via Brecce Bianche, 60131, Ancona, Italy Website \| E-Mail Interests: yeast fermentation processes; wine and beer fermentation; yeast physiology; bioprocess; biomass recycling Special Issues and Collections in MDPI journals: Special Issue: Microbiota of Fermented Beverages
Dr. Emilie Combet School of Medicine, Human Nutrition, College of Medical, Veterinary & Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, UK Website \| E-Mail Interests: farm-to-fork; nutrition and the lifecycle, nutrition and stress Special Issues and Collections in MDPI journals: Special Issue: Dietary Bioactive Compounds: Metabolism, Mechanisms and Translational Significance for Health and Prevention of Diseases Special Issue: Food Reformulation and Innovation for Human Health
Dr. Corrado Costa Consiglio per la ricerca in agricoltura e l'analisi dell'economia agraria (CRA),(Agricultural research council) - Unità di ricerca per l’ingegneria agraria, (Agricultural Engineering Research Unit), Via della Pascolare, 16 - 00015 Monterotondo Scalo (Roma), Italy E-Mail Interests: image analysis, shape analysis, VIS-NIR imaging spectroscopy, multivariate statistics and modelling
Dr. Cristina Delgado-Andrade Department of Physiology and Biochemistry of Animal Nutrition, Estación Experimental del Zaidín (EEZ-CSIC), 18100, Granada, Spain E-Mail Interests: Maillard reaction; acrylamide; glycation; coffee; food science; food processing Special Issues and Collections in MDPI journals: Special Issue: New Knowledge in Analytical, Technological and Biological Aspects of the Maillard Reaction
Dr. Raffaella Di Cagno Università degli Studi di Bari Aldo Moro, Dipartimento di Scienze Agro Ambientali e Territoriali (Di.S.A.A.T.), Italy E-Mail Interests: biotechonolgy, food microbiology and safety, fermentation, microbiota, lactic acid bacteria, probiotics
Prof. Dr. Jim Dickson Dept. of Animal Science, Inter-Departmental Program in Microbiology, 2372 Kildee Hall, Iowa State University, Ames IA 50011, USA Website \| E-Mail Special Issues and Collections in MDPI journals: Special Issue: Microbiology Safety of Meat Products
Prof. Dr. Nancy Edwards Grain Research Laboratory, Canadian Grain Commission, 1404-303 Main St., Winnipeg, MB, R3C 3G8, Canada E-Mail Interests: wheat quality; durum quality; rheology; cereal processing
Prof. Dr. Peter R. Ellis Biopolymers Group, Faculty of Health Sciences & Medicine, King's College London, Franklin-Wilkins Building, 150 Stamford Street, London SE1 9NH, UK Website \| E-Mail Interests: Structure and function of plant food polysaccharides; dietary fibre; mechanisms of starch digestion; gut function and postprandial metabolism
Dr. Mario Estévez IPROCAR Research Institute, University of Extremadura, Avda Universidad s/n 10003, Caceres, Spain E-Mail Interests: protein oxidation, lipid oxidation, maillard Reaction, muscle foods, phytochemicals, natural antioxidants, food biochemistry, nutrition
Dr. Anthony Fardet INRA, Unit of Human Nutrition, Clermont-Ferrand-Theix-Lyon Research Center, 63122 Saint Genès-Champanelle, France Website \| E-Mail Interests: preventive and holistic nutrition; plant-based food health potential; cereal-based food products; processing and nutritional values; antioxidants; lipotropes; fibre Special Issues and Collections in MDPI journals: Special Issue: Coarse Food Grain
Prof. Dr. Vincenzo Fogliano Chair of the Food Quality Design group, University of Wageningen, The Netherlands Website \| E-Mail Interests: acrylamides, food analysis, food quality, functional foods, product development
Dr. Mansel Griffiths DFO/NSERC Senior Industrial Research Chair in Dairy Microbiology and Director, Canadian Research Institute for Food Safety, 43 McGilvray Street, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON Canada, N1G 2W1 Website \| E-Mail Interests: food safety; food microbiology; microbial ecology and physiology
Dr. Billy R. Hammond Behavioral and Brain Sciences Program, Franklin College of Arts & Sciences, University of Georgia, USA E-Mail Interests: lutein; zeaxanthin; carotenoids; eye; retina; brain; vision; sensory Special Issues and Collections in MDPI journals: Special Issue: Dietary Carotenoids and The Nervous System
Dr. Maria Hayes Scientific Research Officer, Teagasc Food Research Centre, Ashtown, Dublin 15, Ireland Website1 \| Website2 \| E-Mail Interests: Scientific Research Officer, Teagasc Food Research Centre, Ashtown, Dublin 15, Ireland Interests: bioactive peptides; protein; fermentation; hydrolysis Special Issues and Collections in MDPI journals: Special Issue: Food Proteins and Bioactive Peptides
Dr. Yacine Hemar School of Chemical Science The University of Auckland, New Zealand E-Mail Interests: rheology; light scattering; structure-function of biopolymers; polysaccharides; proteins; milk and dairy product and ingredients
Prof. Dr. Yun-Hwa Peggy Hsieh Department of Nutrition, Food & Exercise Sciences, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida 32306, USA Website \| E-Mail Interests: food immunochemistry; antibody development; rapid detection for food safety and quality; muscle food chemistry
Dr. Malik Altaf Hussain ¹ Senior Technical Officer, NSW Food Authority, Department of Primary Industries, Sydney, Australia ² Adjunct Senior Lecturer in Food Microbiology, Department of Wine, Food and Molecular Biosciences, Lincoln University, New Zealand E-Mail Interests: food safety; microbiological risk assessment; foodborne pathogens; safe food supply; HACCP; food safety management; food security; microbial biotechnology Special Issues and Collections in MDPI journals: Special Issue: Food Microbiology and Safety Special Issue: Microbial, Chemical and Physical Contamination of Food Products Special Issue: Fresh Produce Safety
Dr. Michael Jahncke Virginia Seafood Agricultural Research and Extension Center, Virginia Tech, 102 S. King St., Hampton, VA 23669, USA Website \| E-Mail Interests: food safety; food quality; food handling and processing; HACCP; microbiology; aquaculture Special Issues and Collections in MDPI journals: Special Issue: Seafood Processing and Safety Special Issue: Seafood Products: Safety and Quality
Dr. Ara Kanekanian Cardiff School of Health Sciences, Centre for Nutrition, Dietetics & Food Science, Cardiff Metropolitan University, Llandaff Campus, Western Avenue, Cardiff CF5 2YB, Wales, UK Website \| E-Mail Interests: probiotics; bioactive compounds in foods; dairy products for their use in food formulations as health promoting nutraceuticals Special Issues and Collections in MDPI journals: Special Issue: The Role of Probiotics and Prebiotics in Human Health
Dr. C.B. Alvin Lee Institute for Food Safety and Health, Illinois Institute of Technology, Moffett Campus, 6502 South Archer Road, Bedford Park, IL 60501-1957, USA Website \| E-Mail Interests: food safety; food microbiology; food virology; bacteria and viruses; inoculated pack studies or challenge studies; food processing techniques especially novel non-thermal processing techniques
Dr. Andreas L. Lopata Comparative Genomics Centre, James Cook University, Australia Website \| E-Mail Interests: food allergy; molecular allergology; occupational allergy; diagnostics; immunotherapeutics
Prof. Dr. John Marchello College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, The University of Arizona, Meats Lab, 4101 N. Campbell Ave., P. O. Box 210038, Tucson, AZ 85721, USA Website \| E-Mail Interests: meat science and muscle biology; safety issues regarding meat animals; other food items
Dr. Manuela Mariotti Department of Food, Environment and Nutritional Sciences, Food Science and Technology Division, University of Milan, Italy E-Mail Interests: food science and technology, cereal science and technology (cereals, minor cereals, pseudocereals), bread, baked goods, pasta Special Issues and Collections in MDPI journals: Special Issue: Gluten-Free Foods
Prof. Dr. John Mawson School of Agricultural and Wine Sciences, Charles Sturt University, Boorooma Street, Locked Bag 588 Wagga Wagga, NSW, 2650, Australia E-Mail Interests: added-value processing of plant and dairy foods, functional foods, active packaging, postharvest technology, and the modelling of food quality across the supply chain
Dr. Francisco J. Morales Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), Institute of Food Science, Technology and Nutrition (ICTAN), Jose Antonio Novais 10, 28040 Madrid, Spain Website \| E-Mail Interests: food chemistry; chemical modifications in processed foods; Maillard reaction; caramelization; chemical contaminants; risk/benefits evaluation; acrylamide; advanced glycation end products; kinetic modeling; bakery products; coffee; potato
Prof. Dr. Colm O'Donnell School of Biosystems Engineering, University College Dublin, Dublin 4, Ireland Website \| E-Mail Interests: food process engineering; process analytical technology; novel food processing
Dr. Federico Pallottino CRA Agricultural Research Council , Roma, Latium, Italy E-Mail Interests: precision farming, proximal sensing, food quality evaluation, post-harvest, optoelectronics,image analysis, colorimetric analysis, rheometry, texture, multivariate statistics, VIS-NIR spectroscopy, logistic
Dr. Sara Panseri Department of Veterinary Sciences for Health, Animal Production and Food Security-WASP via Celoria 10, 20134, Milan, Italy E-Mail Interests: Food safety; Relations between production and processing for the development of healthier foods of animal origin according to european legislations; traceability of food of animal origin; shelf-life and sensory properties; food packaging; quantitative microbial risk ssessment; analytical chemistry instrumentation, method development, extraction, method validation, quality control through the food chain of foods of animal origin (milk and dairy products, meat, fish, honey and bee products); food nutritional quality; food authenticity
Prof. Dr. Barry J Parsons Professor of Nutritional Biochemistry, Faculty of Health and Social Sciences, Leeds metroplitan University, Calverley Street, Leeds , LS1 3HE, UK Website \| E-Mail Interests: antioxidants; reactive oxidative species; polysaccharides; diet and cancer
Prof. Dr. Jinyong Peng College of Pharmacy, Dalian Medical University, Dalian, 116044 China Website \| E-Mail Interests: Natural products; Biological activity; Food analysis; Pharmacology; Molecular mechanism
Dr. Abani K. Pradhan Department of Nutrition and Food Science and Center for Food Safety and Security Systems, University of Maryland, 0112 Skinner Building, College Park, MD 20742, USA Website \| E-Mail Interests: food safety; risk analysis; quantitative risk assessment; food safety engineering; predictive microbiology; molecular epidemiology; food quality; HACCP; food process engineering
Dr. Tom Ross Agricutlure and Food Systems, University of Tasmania, Australia E-Mail Interests: food microbiology, predictive microbiology, food safety, food safety
Prof. Dr. Antonello Santini Department of Pharmacy, University of Napoli Federico II, Via D. Montesano 49 Napoli, Italy Website \| E-Mail Interests: food Chemistry; food safety; food contaminants; nutraceuticals; mycotoxins and secondary metabolites; risk assesment; food analysis; chemistry and food education Special Issues and Collections in MDPI journals: Special Issue: Nutraceuticals: The New Frontier
Prof. Dr. Shridhar K. Sathe Department of Nutrition, Food and Exercise Sciences, The Florida State Unviersity, Tallahassee, Florida 32306-1493, USA Website \| E-Mail Interests: physicochemical and nutritional aspects of food chemistry; research emphasis in protein biochemistry and food allergies
Dr. Geoffrey Savage Food Group, Department of Wine, Food and Molecular Biosciences, Agriculture and Life Sciences, Lincoln University, Canterbury, New Zealand E-Mail Interests: positive components of honey; antinutritive compounds in foods; oxalates in foods and effects of cooking and processing; effects of absorbed oxalates on human metabolism; composition and nutritive features of new foods
Prof. Dr. Esther Sendra AgroFood Technology Department, Miguel Hernandez University, Spain Website \| E-Mail Interests: essential oils; dairy foods; functional dairy products: probiotics, prebiotics and fibers; effect of animal feeding on milk quality and properties; foods of animal origin; quality and product development and improvement; fatty acid analysis of foods, gas chromatography Special Issues and Collections in MDPI journals: Special Issue: Essential Oils
Prof. Dr. Juan L. Silva Food Processing and Safety Department of Food Science, Nutrition, and Health Promotion, Mississippi State University, 945 Stone Blvd., Herzer Bldg., Box 9805, Mississippi State, MS 39762, USA E-Mail Interests: food technology/science; aquaculture; fruits and vegetables and nuts; food safety; haccp; food processing; bioactive components; shelf life foods; food engineering
Professor Harjinder Singh RIDDET INSTITUTE, Massey University, Private Bag 11-222, Palmerston North, New Zealand E-Mail Interests: understanding structures, interactions, and functions of food proteins; food emulsions, encapsulation, protection and delivery of bioactive compounds in foods and food formulations
Prof. Dr. J. Scott Smith Food Science Institute, Dept of Animal Sci & Ind, 208 Call Hall, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506, USA Website \| E-Mail Interests: antioxidants; spices; meat chemistry; browning reaction; analytical chemical methods; instrumentation; irradiation; heterocyclic amines; fats and oils; additives; chemical contaminants Special Issues and Collections in MDPI journals: Special Issue: Heterocyclic Amines in Muscle Foods Products
Prof. Costas Stathopoulos, FIFST Head of Food and Drink Division, School of Science, Engineering and Technology Abertay University, Bell Street, Dundee, DD1 1HG, Scotland Website \| E-Mail Interests: waste utilisation; plant bioactives; cereal science; postharvest; novel technologies Special Issues and Collections in MDPI journals: Special Issue: Utilisation of Plant Food Waste
Dr. Chrysoula Tassou Hellenic Agricultural Organisation-DEMETER Institute of Technology of Agricultural Products Sofokli Venizelou 1, Lycovrissi 14123, Attica, Greece Website \| E-Mail Interests: food fermentation; olive, meat, dairy, wine fermentation; food safety; probiotics, functional foods; food processing, high pressure; metabolomics
Prof. Dr. Theo H Varzakas Department of Food Technology, Technological Educational Institute of Peloponnese, Kalamata, Greece E-Mail Interests: food quality; foodborne pathogens; food safety; food microbiology and safety; food preservation; food analysis; food technology; food safety management systems Special Issues and Collections in MDPI journals: Special Issue: Microbiology of Fermented Foods and Beverages Special Issue: Qualitative Analysis of Food Products
Prof. Dr. Joe Vinson Department of Chemistry, University of Scranton, USA E-Mail Interests: analytical chemistry, diabetology, nutritional biochemistry, glycation, ascorbic acid, antioxidant assays, lipids, diabetes, metabolism, food chemistry, anthocyanins, nutraceuticals, phytochemicals, bioactive, herbal medicine
Dr. Qin Wang Nutrition and Food Science Department, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, USA Website \| E-Mail Interests: biopolymer biophysics, food nanotechnology; micro- and nano-encapsulation for controlled release; functional foods; nutrient delivery; biodegradable packaging materials; microgreen; antimicrobial agents and antioxidants; biosensor; biopolymer coatings
Dr. Danyang Ying CSIRO Animal, Food & Health Sciences 671 Sneydes Road, Werribee, Melbourne, VIC3030, Australia E-Mail Interests: microencapsulation; targeted and controlled release delivery; bioactives; functional foods; probiotics; materials science and process engineering; drying; fluid bed coating; extrusion; biomaterials; biopolymers; water sorption; physical properties; glass transition; reaction kinetics; computer modelling

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Dr. Koushik Adhikari Food Science & Technology, University of Georgia, Griffin Campus, GA 30223, USA Website \| E-Mail Interests: sensory analysis, consumer behavior, food product development, food chemistry, sensometrics
Dr. Marzia Albenzio Department of Food Science, Universita degli studi di Foggia, Italy E-Mail Interests: Identification of molecular markers for the traceability of animal food products; Study of the enzymatic profile for animal food products characterization using innovative techniques; Study of the synergies between production and processing for the development of healthier animal food products; Feeding strategies to improve nutritional content and health benefits of milk and meat products; Study of biomedical properties of milk and meat; Study of the consumers’ preferences for animal friendly products
Dr. Rotimi Aluko Department of Human Nutritional Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada R3T 2N2 Website \| E-Mail Interests: food proteins; functional properties; bioactive peptides; spontaneously hypertensive rats; circular dichroism; protein hydrolysates; enzyme inhibition kinetics; angiotensin converting enzyme; renin; QSAR; antioxidants; antihypertensive
Prof. Dr. Felix Barron Food Nutrition and Packaging Sciences Department, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634, USA Website \| E-Mail Interests: thermal processing; food packaging; probiotics; food engineering and HACCP and sanitation engineering Special Issues and Collections in MDPI journals: Special Issue: Thermal Processing of Foods Special Issue: Fermented Foods and Probiotics Special Issue: Thermal Processing of Food Products
Prof. Dr. Arun K. Bhunia Molecular Food Microbiology Laboratory, Department of Food Science, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA Website \| E-Mail Interests: microbiology; nanobiotechnology; pathogenesis; food safety Special Issues and Collections in MDPI journals: Special Issue: Biosensors and Food Safety Special Issue: Sensors for Food Safety and Quality Special Issue: Nanotechnology in Food Processing and Food Safety
Dr. Debabrata Biswas Dept. of Animal and Avian Sciences and Center for Food Safety and Security Systems, 3147 Animal Science Building, University of Maryland-College Park, College Park, MD 20742, USA E-Mail Interests: food safety; foodborne bacterial pathogens; colonization; zoonotic diseases; cynobiotics and prevention with natural antimicrobial
Dr. Declan J. Bolton Teagasc Food Research Centre, Ashtown, Dublin 15 Ireland Website \| E-Mail Interests: food safety; microbiology; shiga toxin-producing escherichia coli; campylobacter; salmonella
Prof. Dr. Leslie D. Bourquin Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition, Michigan State University, 139A G. M. Trout FSHN Building, East Lansing, MI 48824-1224, USA Website \| E-Mail Interests: diet and cancer risk; flavonoids; anthocyanins; food safety education; food safety management systems; international food safety
Prof. Dr. Charles Brennan Department of Wine, Food and Molecular Biosciences, Lincoln University, Lincoln 7647, Christchurch, New Zealand Website \| E-Mail Interests: polysaccharide utilisation, glycemic response; dietary fibre; food structure and function Special Issues and Collections in MDPI journals: Special Issue: Dietary Fibre: Biochemistry and Nutritional Science Special Issue: Dietary Polysaccharides
Prof. Dr. Robert L. Buchanan Center for Food Safety and Security Systems, College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, University of Maryland, 0119 Symons Hall, College Park, MD 20742, USA Website \| E-Mail Interests: predictive microbiology, quantitative microbial risk assessment, microbial physiology, mycotoxicology, and HACCP systems
Prof. Dr. Andrea Buettner Department of Chemistry and Pharmacy, Emil Fischer Center, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Henkestr. 9, 91054 Erlangen, Germany Website \| E-Mail Interests: food chemistry, analyical chemistry, organic chemistry, chromatography, spectroscopy, sample preparation, analytical chemistry instrumentation, method development, extraction, method validation, quality control of chemicals, foods and pharmaceuticals
Prof. Dr. Francesco Capozzi BioNMR Laboratory, Dept. Of Agro-Food Science and Technology, University of Bologna,Piazza Goidanich, 60, I-47521 Cesena (FC), Italy Website \| E-Mail Interests: Foodomics; NMR spectroscopy; metabonomics; food molecular profiles; food digestion; multivariate analysis of spectroscopic data Special Issues and Collections in MDPI journals: Special Issue: Foodomics 2009 Special Issue: Foodomics 2011 Special Issue: Foodomics 2013
Prof. Dr. Marina Carcea National Research Institute on Food and Nutrition (INRAN), Via Ardeatina 546, 00178 Roma, Italy Website \| E-Mail Interests: cereal chemistry; cereal technology; food technological quality; vegetable foods technology and structure; food nutritional quality; food authenticity
Dr. Bianca Castiglioni Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche - Istituto di Biologia e Biotecnologia Agraria (IBBA-CNR), Via Bassini 15, 20133 Milano, U.O.S. di Lodi: Via Einstein, 26900 Lodi, Italy Website \| E-Mail Interests: molecular methods for food safety and animal health (PCR, RT-PCR, array, NGS), foodborne pathogens, mastitis, genomics, metagenomics
Prof. Dr. Edgar Chambers IV Distinguished Professor and Director, Sensory Analysis Center, Ice Hall, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506, USA Website \| E-Mail Interests: sensory quality; consumer acceptance; health aspects; product development; shelf-life; quality control Special Issues and Collections in MDPI journals: Special Issue: Palatability of Pet Food
Dr. Marie Thérèse Charles Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Research and Development Centre, Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, QC J3B 3E6, Canada Website \| E-Mail Interests: Fruit; Vegetable; Post-harvest physiology; Quality; Physical treatment; UV-C hormesis; Conservation; Antioxidant
Prof. Dr. Maurizio Ciani Department of Life and Environmental Science, Polytechnic University of Marche, Food, Industrial and Environmental microbiology Lab. Via Brecce Bianche, 60131, Ancona, Italy Website \| E-Mail Interests: yeast fermentation processes; wine and beer fermentation; yeast physiology; bioprocess; biomass recycling Special Issues and Collections in MDPI journals: Special Issue: Microbiota of Fermented Beverages
Dr. Emilie Combet School of Medicine, Human Nutrition, College of Medical, Veterinary & Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, UK Website \| E-Mail Interests: farm-to-fork; nutrition and the lifecycle, nutrition and stress Special Issues and Collections in MDPI journals: Special Issue: Dietary Bioactive Compounds: Metabolism, Mechanisms and Translational Significance for Health and Prevention of Diseases Special Issue: Food Reformulation and Innovation for Human Health
Dr. Corrado Costa Consiglio per la ricerca in agricoltura e l'analisi dell'economia agraria (CRA),(Agricultural research council) - Unità di ricerca per l’ingegneria agraria, (Agricultural Engineering Research Unit), Via della Pascolare, 16 - 00015 Monterotondo Scalo (Roma), Italy E-Mail Interests: image analysis, shape analysis, VIS-NIR imaging spectroscopy, multivariate statistics and modelling
Dr. Cristina Delgado-Andrade Department of Physiology and Biochemistry of Animal Nutrition, Estación Experimental del Zaidín (EEZ-CSIC), 18100, Granada, Spain E-Mail Interests: Maillard reaction; acrylamide; glycation; coffee; food science; food processing Special Issues and Collections in MDPI journals: Special Issue: New Knowledge in Analytical, Technological and Biological Aspects of the Maillard Reaction
Dr. Raffaella Di Cagno Università degli Studi di Bari Aldo Moro, Dipartimento di Scienze Agro Ambientali e Territoriali (Di.S.A.A.T.), Italy E-Mail Interests: biotechonolgy, food microbiology and safety, fermentation, microbiota, lactic acid bacteria, probiotics
Prof. Dr. Jim Dickson Dept. of Animal Science, Inter-Departmental Program in Microbiology, 2372 Kildee Hall, Iowa State University, Ames IA 50011, USA Website \| E-Mail Special Issues and Collections in MDPI journals: Special Issue: Microbiology Safety of Meat Products
Prof. Dr. Nancy Edwards Grain Research Laboratory, Canadian Grain Commission, 1404-303 Main St., Winnipeg, MB, R3C 3G8, Canada E-Mail Interests: wheat quality; durum quality; rheology; cereal processing
Prof. Dr. Peter R. Ellis Biopolymers Group, Faculty of Health Sciences & Medicine, King's College London, Franklin-Wilkins Building, 150 Stamford Street, London SE1 9NH, UK Website \| E-Mail Interests: Structure and function of plant food polysaccharides; dietary fibre; mechanisms of starch digestion; gut function and postprandial metabolism
Dr. Mario Estévez IPROCAR Research Institute, University of Extremadura, Avda Universidad s/n 10003, Caceres, Spain E-Mail Interests: protein oxidation, lipid oxidation, maillard Reaction, muscle foods, phytochemicals, natural antioxidants, food biochemistry, nutrition
Dr. Anthony Fardet INRA, Unit of Human Nutrition, Clermont-Ferrand-Theix-Lyon Research Center, 63122 Saint Genès-Champanelle, France Website \| E-Mail Interests: preventive and holistic nutrition; plant-based food health potential; cereal-based food products; processing and nutritional values; antioxidants; lipotropes; fibre Special Issues and Collections in MDPI journals: Special Issue: Coarse Food Grain
Prof. Dr. Vincenzo Fogliano Chair of the Food Quality Design group, University of Wageningen, The Netherlands Website \| E-Mail Interests: acrylamides, food analysis, food quality, functional foods, product development
Dr. Mansel Griffiths DFO/NSERC Senior Industrial Research Chair in Dairy Microbiology and Director, Canadian Research Institute for Food Safety, 43 McGilvray Street, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON Canada, N1G 2W1 Website \| E-Mail Interests: food safety; food microbiology; microbial ecology and physiology
Dr. Billy R. Hammond Behavioral and Brain Sciences Program, Franklin College of Arts & Sciences, University of Georgia, USA E-Mail Interests: lutein; zeaxanthin; carotenoids; eye; retina; brain; vision; sensory Special Issues and Collections in MDPI journals: Special Issue: Dietary Carotenoids and The Nervous System
Dr. Maria Hayes Scientific Research Officer, Teagasc Food Research Centre, Ashtown, Dublin 15, Ireland Website1 \| Website2 \| E-Mail Interests: Scientific Research Officer, Teagasc Food Research Centre, Ashtown, Dublin 15, Ireland Interests: bioactive peptides; protein; fermentation; hydrolysis Special Issues and Collections in MDPI journals: Special Issue: Food Proteins and Bioactive Peptides
Dr. Yacine Hemar School of Chemical Science The University of Auckland, New Zealand E-Mail Interests: rheology; light scattering; structure-function of biopolymers; polysaccharides; proteins; milk and dairy product and ingredients
Prof. Dr. Yun-Hwa Peggy Hsieh Department of Nutrition, Food & Exercise Sciences, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida 32306, USA Website \| E-Mail Interests: food immunochemistry; antibody development; rapid detection for food safety and quality; muscle food chemistry
Dr. Malik Altaf Hussain ¹ Senior Technical Officer, NSW Food Authority, Department of Primary Industries, Sydney, Australia ² Adjunct Senior Lecturer in Food Microbiology, Department of Wine, Food and Molecular Biosciences, Lincoln University, New Zealand E-Mail Interests: food safety; microbiological risk assessment; foodborne pathogens; safe food supply; HACCP; food safety management; food security; microbial biotechnology Special Issues and Collections in MDPI journals: Special Issue: Food Microbiology and Safety Special Issue: Microbial, Chemical and Physical Contamination of Food Products Special Issue: Fresh Produce Safety
Dr. Michael Jahncke Virginia Seafood Agricultural Research and Extension Center, Virginia Tech, 102 S. King St., Hampton, VA 23669, USA Website \| E-Mail Interests: food safety; food quality; food handling and processing; HACCP; microbiology; aquaculture Special Issues and Collections in MDPI journals: Special Issue: Seafood Processing and Safety Special Issue: Seafood Products: Safety and Quality
Dr. Ara Kanekanian Cardiff School of Health Sciences, Centre for Nutrition, Dietetics & Food Science, Cardiff Metropolitan University, Llandaff Campus, Western Avenue, Cardiff CF5 2YB, Wales, UK Website \| E-Mail Interests: probiotics; bioactive compounds in foods; dairy products for their use in food formulations as health promoting nutraceuticals Special Issues and Collections in MDPI journals: Special Issue: The Role of Probiotics and Prebiotics in Human Health
Dr. C.B. Alvin Lee Institute for Food Safety and Health, Illinois Institute of Technology, Moffett Campus, 6502 South Archer Road, Bedford Park, IL 60501-1957, USA Website \| E-Mail Interests: food safety; food microbiology; food virology; bacteria and viruses; inoculated pack studies or challenge studies; food processing techniques especially novel non-thermal processing techniques
Dr. Andreas L. Lopata Comparative Genomics Centre, James Cook University, Australia Website \| E-Mail Interests: food allergy; molecular allergology; occupational allergy; diagnostics; immunotherapeutics
Prof. Dr. John Marchello College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, The University of Arizona, Meats Lab, 4101 N. Campbell Ave., P. O. Box 210038, Tucson, AZ 85721, USA Website \| E-Mail Interests: meat science and muscle biology; safety issues regarding meat animals; other food items
Dr. Manuela Mariotti Department of Food, Environment and Nutritional Sciences, Food Science and Technology Division, University of Milan, Italy E-Mail Interests: food science and technology, cereal science and technology (cereals, minor cereals, pseudocereals), bread, baked goods, pasta Special Issues and Collections in MDPI journals: Special Issue: Gluten-Free Foods
Prof. Dr. John Mawson School of Agricultural and Wine Sciences, Charles Sturt University, Boorooma Street, Locked Bag 588 Wagga Wagga, NSW, 2650, Australia E-Mail Interests: added-value processing of plant and dairy foods, functional foods, active packaging, postharvest technology, and the modelling of food quality across the supply chain
Dr. Francisco J. Morales Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), Institute of Food Science, Technology and Nutrition (ICTAN), Jose Antonio Novais 10, 28040 Madrid, Spain Website \| E-Mail Interests: food chemistry; chemical modifications in processed foods; Maillard reaction; caramelization; chemical contaminants; risk/benefits evaluation; acrylamide; advanced glycation end products; kinetic modeling; bakery products; coffee; potato
Prof. Dr. Colm O'Donnell School of Biosystems Engineering, University College Dublin, Dublin 4, Ireland Website \| E-Mail Interests: food process engineering; process analytical technology; novel food processing
Dr. Federico Pallottino CRA Agricultural Research Council , Roma, Latium, Italy E-Mail Interests: precision farming, proximal sensing, food quality evaluation, post-harvest, optoelectronics,image analysis, colorimetric analysis, rheometry, texture, multivariate statistics, VIS-NIR spectroscopy, logistic
Dr. Sara Panseri Department of Veterinary Sciences for Health, Animal Production and Food Security-WASP via Celoria 10, 20134, Milan, Italy E-Mail Interests: Food safety; Relations between production and processing for the development of healthier foods of animal origin according to european legislations; traceability of food of animal origin; shelf-life and sensory properties; food packaging; quantitative microbial risk ssessment; analytical chemistry instrumentation, method development, extraction, method validation, quality control through the food chain of foods of animal origin (milk and dairy products, meat, fish, honey and bee products); food nutritional quality; food authenticity
Prof. Dr. Barry J Parsons Professor of Nutritional Biochemistry, Faculty of Health and Social Sciences, Leeds metroplitan University, Calverley Street, Leeds , LS1 3HE, UK Website \| E-Mail Interests: antioxidants; reactive oxidative species; polysaccharides; diet and cancer
Prof. Dr. Jinyong Peng College of Pharmacy, Dalian Medical University, Dalian, 116044 China Website \| E-Mail Interests: Natural products; Biological activity; Food analysis; Pharmacology; Molecular mechanism
Dr. Abani K. Pradhan Department of Nutrition and Food Science and Center for Food Safety and Security Systems, University of Maryland, 0112 Skinner Building, College Park, MD 20742, USA Website \| E-Mail Interests: food safety; risk analysis; quantitative risk assessment; food safety engineering; predictive microbiology; molecular epidemiology; food quality; HACCP; food process engineering
Dr. Tom Ross Agricutlure and Food Systems, University of Tasmania, Australia E-Mail Interests: food microbiology, predictive microbiology, food safety, food safety
Prof. Dr. Antonello Santini Department of Pharmacy, University of Napoli Federico II, Via D. Montesano 49 Napoli, Italy Website \| E-Mail Interests: food Chemistry; food safety; food contaminants; nutraceuticals; mycotoxins and secondary metabolites; risk assesment; food analysis; chemistry and food education Special Issues and Collections in MDPI journals: Special Issue: Nutraceuticals: The New Frontier
Prof. Dr. Shridhar K. Sathe Department of Nutrition, Food and Exercise Sciences, The Florida State Unviersity, Tallahassee, Florida 32306-1493, USA Website \| E-Mail Interests: physicochemical and nutritional aspects of food chemistry; research emphasis in protein biochemistry and food allergies
Dr. Geoffrey Savage Food Group, Department of Wine, Food and Molecular Biosciences, Agriculture and Life Sciences, Lincoln University, Canterbury, New Zealand E-Mail Interests: positive components of honey; antinutritive compounds in foods; oxalates in foods and effects of cooking and processing; effects of absorbed oxalates on human metabolism; composition and nutritive features of new foods
Prof. Dr. Esther Sendra AgroFood Technology Department, Miguel Hernandez University, Spain Website \| E-Mail Interests: essential oils; dairy foods; functional dairy products: probiotics, prebiotics and fibers; effect of animal feeding on milk quality and properties; foods of animal origin; quality and product development and improvement; fatty acid analysis of foods, gas chromatography Special Issues and Collections in MDPI journals: Special Issue: Essential Oils
Prof. Dr. Juan L. Silva Food Processing and Safety Department of Food Science, Nutrition, and Health Promotion, Mississippi State University, 945 Stone Blvd., Herzer Bldg., Box 9805, Mississippi State, MS 39762, USA E-Mail Interests: food technology/science; aquaculture; fruits and vegetables and nuts; food safety; haccp; food processing; bioactive components; shelf life foods; food engineering
Professor Harjinder Singh RIDDET INSTITUTE, Massey University, Private Bag 11-222, Palmerston North, New Zealand E-Mail Interests: understanding structures, interactions, and functions of food proteins; food emulsions, encapsulation, protection and delivery of bioactive compounds in foods and food formulations
Prof. Dr. J. Scott Smith Food Science Institute, Dept of Animal Sci & Ind, 208 Call Hall, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506, USA Website \| E-Mail Interests: antioxidants; spices; meat chemistry; browning reaction; analytical chemical methods; instrumentation; irradiation; heterocyclic amines; fats and oils; additives; chemical contaminants Special Issues and Collections in MDPI journals: Special Issue: Heterocyclic Amines in Muscle Foods Products
Prof. Costas Stathopoulos, FIFST Head of Food and Drink Division, School of Science, Engineering and Technology Abertay University, Bell Street, Dundee, DD1 1HG, Scotland Website \| E-Mail Interests: waste utilisation; plant bioactives; cereal science; postharvest; novel technologies Special Issues and Collections in MDPI journals: Special Issue: Utilisation of Plant Food Waste
Dr. Chrysoula Tassou Hellenic Agricultural Organisation-DEMETER Institute of Technology of Agricultural Products Sofokli Venizelou 1, Lycovrissi 14123, Attica, Greece Website \| E-Mail Interests: food fermentation; olive, meat, dairy, wine fermentation; food safety; probiotics, functional foods; food processing, high pressure; metabolomics
Prof. Dr. Theo H Varzakas Department of Food Technology, Technological Educational Institute of Peloponnese, Kalamata, Greece E-Mail Interests: food quality; foodborne pathogens; food safety; food microbiology and safety; food preservation; food analysis; food technology; food safety management systems Special Issues and Collections in MDPI journals: Special Issue: Microbiology of Fermented Foods and Beverages Special Issue: Qualitative Analysis of Food Products
Prof. Dr. Joe Vinson Department of Chemistry, University of Scranton, USA E-Mail Interests: analytical chemistry, diabetology, nutritional biochemistry, glycation, ascorbic acid, antioxidant assays, lipids, diabetes, metabolism, food chemistry, anthocyanins, nutraceuticals, phytochemicals, bioactive, herbal medicine
Dr. Qin Wang Nutrition and Food Science Department, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, USA Website \| E-Mail Interests: biopolymer biophysics, food nanotechnology; micro- and nano-encapsulation for controlled release; functional foods; nutrient delivery; biodegradable packaging materials; microgreen; antimicrobial agents and antioxidants; biosensor; biopolymer coatings
Dr. Danyang Ying CSIRO Animal, Food & Health Sciences 671 Sneydes Road, Werribee, Melbourne, VIC3030, Australia E-Mail Interests: microencapsulation; targeted and controlled release delivery; bioactives; functional foods; probiotics; materials science and process engineering; drying; fluid bed coating; extrusion; biomaterials; biopolymers; water sorption; physical properties; glass transition; reaction kinetics; computer modelling