Dairy Foods: Processing, Quality, and Analytical Techniques

Adriano Gomes da Cruz has a PhD in Food Technology from the Faculty of Food Engineering of the State University of Campinas Associate Professor of the Federal Institute of Education, Science and Technology of Rio de Janeiro (IFRJ) in the Department of Food. Adriano has teaching and professional experience in Food Science and Technology, with an emphasis on Dairy Science and Technology in particular non-thermal technologies, Quality Management in Food Industry Sensory and Consumer Science applied to dairy products.

Senaka Ranadheera has a PhD in Food Science from the University of Newcastle, Australia. Senaka teaches a number of subjects and is also the coordinator for the postgraduate subject Food Safety and Quality, as well as the undergraduate subject Food Research & Development. In addition, he coordinates the Honours degree program. He was an Early Career Research Fellow at Victoria University before joining the University of Melbourne in 2017.

Filomena Nazzaro is senior scientist at the Institute of Food Science, of CNR (CNR-ISA) in Avellino, Italy, where she is also head of the Laboratory of Food Safety and Biotechnology. Dr. Nazzaro’s research is divided among biochemical and biological characterization of vegetables, the study of probiotics and prebiotics, with the application of technologies, such as microencapsulation, to formulate new functional foods. In addition, she studies the antimicrobial activity and quorum quenching by polyphenols/dairy peptides.

Amir Mortazavian is Professor of Dairy Science and Technology in Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences where he researches the development of probiotics and prebiotics dairy foods, with the application of technologies, such as microencapsulation.