Plant Proteins: Farm to Table

About

Dilek (Kocer) Uzunalioglu PhD is Senior Director Food Discovery & Design at Motif FoodWorks Inc. leading food application development for Motifs ingredient portfolio designed to improve taste texture and nutrition of plant-based foods. Prior joining Motif Dilek led the Ingredion Global Bakery and Snack Application team as well as the Global Plant Protein application team developing application capabilities and new ingredients such as snack texturizers gluten-free flour systems fibers pulse flours and proteins. Dilek earned her PhD in Food Science Program at Rutgers University (U.S.A.) and she holds a bachelors and a masters of science degree in food engineering from Middle East Technical University (Turkey). She has served as president of the Cereals & Grain Association Carbohydrate Division and the Engineering and Processing Division. Currently she is chair of the Cereals & Grains Association Book Acquisition Committee. Dilek has published several journal articles and conference papers and two book chapters. Vanessa Brovelli has 15 years of food industry experience in product development and commercialization. She specializes in grain-based foods gluten-free foods and beverage applications. Vanessa is currently the Senior Manager of Product Development at Bay State Milling Company and she also oversees their trained sensory panel. Her focus includes the development and commercialization of innovative grain and seed ingredients that improve nutrition performance and/or sensory characteristics through novel process technologies or plant varieties. Specific to the topics outlined in this book proposal she has experience with dairy analogs and plant protein ingredients and flours for finished food functionality and protein claims. Vanessa has BS degrees in Food Science and Biology from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst (U.S.A.). She is a member of Cereals & Grains Association and the current Chair for her regional IFT chapter. Ramnarain Ramakrishna is a PhD candidate at North Dakota State University Fargo (U.S.A.) and expects to complete his degree in Fall 2020. Ramnarains primary research interest is the link between food and health. His current research focuses on the biological activity of phytochemicals in cereal grains and understanding their role in improving human health and preventing diseases such as hyperglycemia. Ramnarain holds a masters degree in food science and nutrition from the University of Leeds (U.K.) and a bachelors degree in biotechnology from MRSCASC College (India). Ramnarain served as treasurer of the Nutrition Division of the Cereals & Grains Association for 201617 and currently represents the division on the Book Acquisitions Committee.