Advances in Postharvest and Analytical Technology of Horticulture Crops

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Dr. Monika Thakur is working as Professor at Amity Institute of Food Technology Amity University Uttar Pradesh India. She is currently engaged in the development of functional foods and extraction of bioactive components. She was awarded PhD in 2006 by Himachal Pradesh University. She is Double Gold Medalist (MSc and MPhil) and received several prestigious awards including Post-Graduate Studies Himachal Pradesh (2004) Himalayan Research Scholar Association (2007) Wiley Research Academy (2017) Young Scientist Award IITT (2020) Best Speaker Award (2020 2021) Young Researcher Award (2021) and Best Paper Presentation (2023 Nutricon Malaysia). Apart from her teaching assignments she has been involved in various research and extension activities. She has guided more than 30 dissertations and 3 students have completed PhD under her guidance. She is a member of editorial board and reviewer in journals of national and international repute. She has published more than 60 publications 35 book chapters 10 books (authored + edited) and a compendium; holds 2 patents and 3 copyrights; has presented more than 70 papers; has established 2 industrial consultancies; has conducted 3 technology transfers; and has sanctioned DST and MSME projects. She has also organized various training programs faculty development programs international conferences and national seminars. Her research interests include plant sciences phytochemicals functional foods and nutraceuticals mycology food microbiology and food safety development of functional food products and related areas. Dr. Tarun Belwal is currently working at Texas A&M University Texas USA. Before this Dr. Belwal worked at the Department of Drug Science and Technology University of Turin Italy and at the College of Biosystems Engineering and Food Science Zhejiang University China. Dr Belwal completed his graduation in pharmaceutical science (B. Pharma) from HNB Garhwal University and his masters in biotechnology (M. Tech) from VIT University Vellore before receiving his PhD (Biotechnology) from Kumaun University Uttarakhand India. During his PhD he worked at GB Pant National Institute of Himalayan Environment (NIHE) Almora Uttarakhand on the utilization of natural products as nutraceutical agents and examined their functional activities development of the plant in vitro cell culture and advanced extraction techniques for which he was awarded the prestigious Governor Award for Best Research by the Uttarakhand Government for two years. He has completed a project as principal investigator (20182020) funded by CPDSF China. His excellent research credentials reflect over 100 peer-reviewed scientific publications (>25 as first/corresponding author) 15 book chapters and 6 edited books with over 6600 citations. Dr. Belwal has guided several PhDs postgraduates and undergraduate students and jointly shares the research outcomes. He also collaborated with several leading global researchers which led to fruitful collaborative outcomes. Dr. Belwal is currently serving as associate editor of Phytomedicine and Heliyon journals (Elsevier). He is also an editorial board member of Food Chemistry (Elsevier). He has also been listed in the top 2% global research scientist category for the years 2021 and 2022 as analyzed and published by Stanford University. Dr. Belwal has interdisciplinary research managerial and collaborative skills and experiences to secure the goal of integrating research into the ground. His research interests include phytomedicine phytopharmacology analytical chemistry development and scale-up bioprocess nutraceuticals for health use nano-chemistries for agro-food science biosensors ultrasonic sonochemistry and related areas.