Staff Profile:Professor Keshavan Niranjan

Name:

Professor Keshavan Niranjan

Job Title:

Professor of Food Bioprocessing

Responsibilities:

• Departmental Coordinator for Enterprise activities and Working with industry
• Departmental Coordinator for liaison with overseas universities/institutions
• Member, Departmental Postgraduate Research Student Committee
• Member, University Standing Committee on International Student Recruitment

Editor, Journal of Food Engineering

Areas of Interest:

• Bubble containing foods – relating food structure with processing conditions,
• High pressure processing – effects of high pressures on enzyme facilitated biochemical reaction kinetics, and mass and heat transfer within food matrices
• Novel packaging for fresh-cut vegetable and fruit produce
• Mixing of food products

Mathematical modelling of heat and mass transfer in food processing

Research groups / Centres:

Publications:

1. Bubble included chocolate: Relating Structure with Sensory properties.

J. Haedelt, S.T. Beckett and K. Niranjan (2007) Journal of Food Science 72(3), E138 - E142.

2. Opportunities and Challenges in High Pressure Processing of Foods.

N. K. Rastogi, K. S. M. S. Raghavarao, V. M. Balasubramaniam, K. Niranjan andD. Knorr (2007) Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition 47 69–112.

3. Kinetics of high pressure facilitated starch gelatinisation in Thai glutinous rice

A. Ahromrit, D.A. Ledeward and K. Niranjan (2007) Journal of Food Engineering79(3)834-841

4. Transient development of the properties of dairy cream during whipping.

E.Jakubczyk and K. Niranjan (2006) Journal of Food Engineering. 77(1), 79-83.

5. Vacuum induced bubble formation in liquid tempered chocolate

J. Haedelt, D.L. Pyle, S.T. Beckett and K. Niranjan, 2005, Journal of Food Science 70, 159-64

6. High pressure induced water uptake characteristics of Thai glutinous rice.

A. Ahromrit, D.A. Ledeward and K. Niranjan, 2006, Journal of Food Engineering, 72, 225-233

7. Packaging for fresh-cut produce
   K.Niranjan, J.Staley and E.Duncan, United States Patent 20060278556

Qualifications:

B Chem. Eng., M Chem. Eng., PhD (tech.), FIFST

Resident Tutor (Warden), Windsor Hall

Harassment Advisor for University staff and students (http://www.rdg.ac.uk/Personnel/rdg-only/harassment_procedures.htm)

Board Member, SEEDA's Food Technology Enterprise Hub (http://www.foodhub.co.uk)