Food Loss and Waste Reduction

Laxmikant S. Badwaik, PhD, is Associate Professor of the Department of Food Engineering and Technology at Tezpur University, Assam, India. He is also serving as Deputy Director of the National Accreditation Board for Testing and Calibration Laboratories-Accredited Food Quality Control Laboratory of Tezpur University. He has been involved in teaching and research for the last 15 years in food engineering and technology. His main areas of research are food quality and safety, food packaging, and food processing waste utilization. He has published more than 25 research articles and chapters in journals and books. He has handled various funded research projects related to food processing and food packaging.

Cristobal Noe Aguilar, PhD, is Director of Research and Postgraduate Programs at the Universidad Autonoma de Coahuila, Mexico. Dr. Aguilar has published more than 160 papers in indexed journals, more than 40 articles in Mexican journals, and 250 contributions in scientific meetings. He has also published many book chapters, several Mexican books, and four editions of international books. Dr. Aguilar has developed more than 21 research projects, including six international exchange projects, and he has been awarded several prizes and awards for his work.

A. K. Haghi, PhD, is the author and editor of over 200 books, as well as over 1000 published papers in various journals and conference proceedings. Dr. Haghi has received several grants, consulted for a number of major corporations, and is a frequent speaker to national and international audiences. Since 1983, he served as professor at several universities. He is the former Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Chemoinformatics and Chemical Engineering and Polymers Research Journal and is on the editorial boards of many international journals. He is also a member of the Canadian Research and Development Center of Sciences and Cultures.