Thermoplastic Starches in Food Packaging Sustainable Approaches and Functional Advancements

Sneh Punia Bangar is Assistant Professor in the Department of Packaging Science and Graphic Media at Rochester Institute of Technology, New York. Before this appointment, she worked as Postdoctoral Researcher in the Department of Food, Nutrition, and Packaging Sciences at Clemson University, SC, USA. Her research focuses on the design and development of sustainable biopolymer-based films, coatings, and packaging materials derived from starch, cellulose, lignin, and other natural polymers. A key aspect of her research is adding value to agricultural and food industry waste by extracting functional biopolymers with applications in food and packaging. She has authored or co-authored more than 100 research/review articles, 15 authored/edited books, 35 book chapters, and 20 conference proceedings/seminars. Currently, she is Associate Editor of the Journal of Food Measurement and Characterization (Springer) and Editorial Board Member of the International Journal of Food Science and Technology (Wiley).