Current Developments in Biotechnology and Bioengineering

Dr. Ayon Tarafdar is currently working as an ARS Scientist at ICAR-Indian Veterinary Research Institute under the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare. He obtained his Ph. D from NIFTEM-Kundli (India) in Food Engineering and has worked as a fully funded researcher in Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri, USA. His main research focus has been on non-thermal food processing operations, bioprocess modelling and optimization, nanotechnology, machine learning, food waste valorization, advanced food characterization tools and precision agriculture. He has published more than 92 scientific research papers and reviews in addition to thirteen book chapters, two books and one patent (filed). Dr. Tarafdar serves on the Editorial board of the Journal of Food Quality (IF 3.20) and the International Journal of Chemical Engineering (IF 2.72). Professor Ashok Pandey is currently Distinguished Scientist at the Centre for Innovation and Translational Research, CSIR-Indian Institute of Toxicology Research, Lucknow, India. His major research and technological development interests are industrial & environmental biotechnology and energy biosciences, focusing on biomass to biofuels & chemicals, waste to wealth & energy, etc. He has 16 patents, edited 125 books, and authored over 1000 papers and book chapters. Dr. Ranjna Sirohi is currently working as Research Professor in Korea University, Seoul. She obtained B.Tech. degree in Biochemical Engineering and M.Tech. degree in Agricultural Engineering with specialization in Food Biotechnology Engineering. She has worked as Visiting Researcher at the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland, as Scientist at Centre for Energy and Environment Sustainability, Lucknow and as Senior Project Associate at CSIR-NEERI, Nagpur. She obtained her Ph.D. degree in Process and Food Engineering from G.B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar, Uttarakhand. Her major research interests are in the field of Bioprocess Technology - Food & Food Waste Valorisation-Waste to Wealth – Biofuels. She has 65 publications/communications that include 32 research and review papers, 12 book chapters, 7 popular articles and 14 conference proceedings. Dr Sirohi has won several awards and honors that include Research Excellent Award in the international conference on New Horizons in Biotechnology, Trivandrum, India (2019), Best Poster award in 8th International Forum on Industrial Bioprocessing (IBA-IFIBiop 2019), Miri; Sarawak, Malaysia (2019) and Research Excellence Award in International Conference on Bio-Innovation for Environmental and Health Sustainable Developments (BEHSD-2018), Lucknow, India (2018). She is the Life member of Indian Society of Agricultural Engineers (ISAE); the Biotech Research Society, India (BRSI); Indian Science Congress Association (ISCA) and Association of Food Scientists & Technologists, India (AFSTI). Carlos Ricardo Soccol - Heat Bioprocess Engineering and Biotechnology Division at Federal University of Paraná-Brazil, Mentor of Master and PhD program (1997) at the Federal University of Paraná. Mentor of the Centre for Agro-industrial and Agri-food Biotechnology of Paraná-CENBAPAR (2004). 10 Parana Science and Technology Award (1996). Best Scientific Achievement of the Year 2001 by Ministry of Sugar of Cuba (MINAZ). Scopus/Elsevier Award (2009). Doctor Honoris Causa Université Blaise Pascal-France (2010), Outstanding Scientist Award- 5th International Conference on Industrial Bioprocesses, Taipei-Taiwan (2012). Elected Full Member of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences - Engineering Area (2013). Henri Nestlé Prize in Food Science and Technology (2014). Polytech-Reseau Écoles d'Ingénieurs de France Medal (Paris 2015). Medal and Diploma of Merit, CREA-PR (2016). Scientific and Technological Merit, Legislative Assembly of the State of Paraná (2016). Scientist of the Year - Nanocell Institute (2017), Order of Scientific Merit - Commander Class, MCTIC/ Brazil Presidency of the Republic (2018).The IBA Felow- Mexico (2021). Full Professor of Industrial Biotechnology at the Federal University of Paraná and HDR Professor - École Supériure D’Ingénieurs de Luminy, Aix-Marseille Université-France. Editor, Journal Biotechnology Research and Innovation. Vice-President Brazilian Biotechnology Association (2021 - ). Has experience in Industrial Biotechnology, with an emphasis on the following specialities: Bioprocess Engineering and Applied Biotechnology (Agriculture, Food, Human Health, Animal Health, Industrial Biotechnology, Cosmetics, Environment and Bioenergy). To date, he has supervised 25 postdoctoral fellows, 95 doctors, 132 masters and has 1.488 publications/communications, including 35 books, 210 book chapters, 541 full articles published in periodicals, 185 full papers published in event proceedings, 397 abstracts published in event proceedings. He has registered 120 patents, several of which are with companies and have been licensed. His research articles have been cited more than 45.950 times in the Google Scholar Citations database, with an H factor of 104. Prof Claude-Gilles DUSSAP is graduated in Chemical Engineering from the University of Toulouse in 1978. He did her PhD degree in Chemical and Biochemical Engineering Department, focusing on development of bioreactor at the University Blaise Pascal (Clermont-Ferrand). He is presently head of the team Chemical and Biochemical Engineering in the Institut Pascal (University Blaise Pascal -- CNRS). He has been much involved in the analysis of the relationships, which exist between the physiological responses of microorganisms and bioreactors environment. This includes insightful investigation in metabolic engineering (metabolic fluxes distribution, control and regulation of metabolism) and thorough analysis of bioreactor performances regarding the mass, heat, light-energy transfer and mixing properties of reactors. He has a strong experience in mathematical modelling of biological kinetics, thermodynamical equilibrium properties of aqueous solutions and of reactor characteristics. He has a track record experience in the design and the mathematical modelling of MELiSSA (Micro-Ecological Life Support System Alternative) ecosystem, which is the biological life support system developed by European Spatial Agency (ESA) for long duration spatial missions. His main domain of expertise covers all the process engineering aspects of the bioreactors design, modelling, scale-up and control in relation with the food quality and nutritional properties of food recipes for spationauts. He has been in charge of the definition of Life Support issues in the European framework program AURORA. He is member of the evaluation committee of European Science Fondation. His main research activities concern Chemical engineering; Metabolic engineering: metabolic fluxes calculation; Mass and energy transfer modelling and assessment of coupling with metabolic limitations; Applied thermodynamics (modelling of equilibrium properties); and Thermokinetic modelling and application of Thermodynamic of Irreversible Processes to biotransformations. His interests have been extended to bioenergy production processes and assessment of environmental impact of biotechnology processes regarding 2G and 3G biofuels. The results of these research works have been published in 150 papers. He has supervised 25 PhD students and 70 MSc lab works.

Section I. Advanced analytical methods for estimating engineering properties of foods 1. Structural analysis of food materials 2. Rheological analysis of food materials 3. Thermal analysis of food materials 4. Chemical analysis of food materials 5. Spectral analysis of food materials

Section II. Emerging food processing technologies: Effects on microbiological, enzyme and physico-chemical characteristics 6. Pressure based processing technologies 7. Light based processing technologies 8. Sound based processing technologies 9. Electric and magnetic field based processing technologies 10. Heat based processing technologies 11. Minimal processing methods

Section III. Intelligent food processing systems 12. Machine learning techniques in food processing 13. Industrial food processing control systems 14. Computer vision and image processing methods in the food sector 15. Internet of Things and blockchain in food supply chain management