Enzyme Inactivation in Food Processing Technologies, Materials, and Applications

Megh R. Goyal, PhD, PE, is a Retired Professor in Agricultural and Biomedical Engineering from the General Engineering Department in the College of Engineering at the University of Puerto Rico–Mayaguez Campus. He has worked as a Soil Conservation Inspector and as a Research Assistant at Haryana Agricultural University and Ohio State University. He was the first agricultural engineer to receive the professional license in Agricultural Engineering from the College of Engineers and Surveyors of Puerto Rico and was proclaimed as the "Father of Irrigation Engineering in Puerto Rico for the twentieth century" by the ASABE, Puerto Rico Section, for his pioneering work on micro irrigation, evapotranspiration, agroclimatology, and soil and water engineering. During his professional career of over 52 years, he has received many prestigious awards. A prolific author and editor, he has written more than 200 journal articles and several textbooks and has edited over 100 books.

Junaid Ahmad Malik, PhD, is a Lecturer with the Department of Zoology at Government Degree College, Bijbehara, Kashmir (J&K), India, and is actively involved with teaching and research activities. He has more than eight years of research experience. His areas of interest are ecology, soil macrofauna, wildlife biology, conservation biology, etc. Dr. Malik has published 21 research articles and technical papers in international peer-reviewed journals and has authored and edited books, book chapters, and more than 10 popular editorial articles. He also serves as an editor and reviewer of several journals. He has participated in several state, national, and international conferences, seminars, workshops, and symposia and has more than 20 conference papers to his credit. He is a life member of the Society for Bioinformatics and Biological Sciences.

Ravi Pandiselvam, PhD, is a scientist in the Physiology, Biochemistry and Post-Harvest Technology Division at the ICAR-Central Plantation Crops Research Institute, Kasaragod, India, where he contributes to developing value-added food products (viz., Kalpa Krunch and coconut-based frozen delicacies); to design and development of the tender coconut trimming machine, coconut testa removing machine, and tender coconut cutting machine; and to design preservation protocol for trimmed tender coconut, which are commercialized and sold to many entrepreneurs. In addition, he has authored or co-authored more than 60 international/national journals articles. He has been author or co-author of five books and over 30 book chapters. Recently he received a prestigious National Academy of Agricultural Sciences Young Scientist Award. He served as a guest editor and editorial board member for Ozone Science and Engineering Journal and Journal of Food Process Engineering. He is an associate editor of Measurement: Food Journal and an editorial board member of Quality Assurance and Safety of Crops & Foods, Nutrition & Food Science, and Current Agriculture Research Journal.