- Editor In Chief (Foods) Food and Bioproducts Processing
- Editor, Scientific Reports
- Chair, IUFoST Education Working Group on Education Programmes
- Member, IFST Programme Accreditation Panel, IFT Higher Education Review Board
- Member of the Editorial Advisory Committee: Journal of Food Engineering; Journal of Food Science; Journal of Food Science and Technology
Keshavan Niranjan
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+44 (0) 118 378 8716
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Professor
- Building international academic programmes (teaching and research)
- Director of Global Engagement
Office
2-50Building location
Harry NurstenAreas of interest
- Formation and stability of foams and other bubble-containing food systems.
- Development of compostable and active food packaging (including anti-microbial).
- Engineering solutions for reducing the adverse health impact of deep fried products.
- Mass transfer and biochemical reaction networks under ultra high pressures (500-6000 bar).
- Transport phenomena in food process engineering in relation to the interaction between process conditions and product safety/structure/quality.
- Enzyme facilitated diffusive extraction of components from fruits and vegetables, and oil from oleaginous materials.
Postgraduate supervision
On-going PhD projects:
- Resource recovery from Date fruit pits by various extraction technologies
- Development of low environmental legacy packaging for hot filling
- Enzymatic modification of proteins for inclusion into UHT processible products
- AI and Machine learning methods for modelling shelf life of infant food formulations
Teaching
- Quantitative principles for Food Engineering
- Engineering Principles for food process and product realisation
- Food Processing Operations
- Food Packaging; Hygiene and Cleaning in Food processing
Research centres and groups
Food and Bioprocessing Sciences GroupResearch projects
- Developing whipped products from plant based proteins
- Development of texture and structure during yoghurt fermentation
Academic qualifications
- BChem Eng
- MChem Eng
- PhD (tech)
- Fellow of the Institute of Food Science and Technology (FIFST).
Awards and honours
- Elected Fellow, International Academy of Food Science and Technology (July 2020)
- Elected Fellow of the Institute of Food Science and Technology (Oct 2005)
- Life-time Achievement Award Presented by the International Association of Engineering and Food (July 2015)
- Distinguished Service Award Presented by the International Association of Engineering and Food (Sept 2019)
- Elected to the IUFoST Fellowship of the International Academy of Food Science and Technology (Aug 2020)
Professional bodies/affiliations
- Institution of Chemical Engineers
- Institute of Food Science and Technology
- Society of Chemical Industry and Institute of Food Technology (USA)
External activities