Mechanical Damage in Fresh Horticultural Produce

Professor Umezuruike Linus Opara is a Distinguished Professor at Stellenbosch University, South Africa, Chair of SARChI Postharvest Technology and founding Director - Africa Institute for Postharvest Technology. Graduated with BEng/MEng in Agricultural Engineering (cum laude) from the University of Nigeria, PhD from Massey University, New Zealand, and published over 320 peer-reviewed articles/book chapters, graduated over 70 MSc/MEng/PhD students, and recognized by Web of Science Group as a "Highly Cited Researcher" - "world's most influential researchers of the past decade". Numerous awards and honors include the African Union's Kwame Nkrumah Continental Award for Life and Earth Sciences - Africa's highest research award for senior researchers, IMPRESSA Award for "excellence in research and building Africa's human resources capacity", Distinguished Researcher Award by Sultan Qaboos University, Oman, and Chancellor's Award for "sustained excellence in research" by Stellenbosch University. Founding Editor-in-Chief - International Journal of Postharvest Technology and Innovation, founding President - Pan African Society for Agricultural Engineering, and past President - International Commission of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering.