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.
Elham Khanniri graduated from Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Iran (BSc, MSc and PhD of Food Technology) and is an assistant professor at the National Nutrition and Food Technology Research Institute in Iran. She has published several book chapters and international papers indexed in Scopus and ISI Web of Science. Her professions and interests are focused on functional foods, bioactive compounds in food, dairy science and food detoxification.