Minimally Processed Foods: Technologies for Safety, Quality, and Convenience (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9783319106762)

Dr. Md. Wasim Siddiqui is an Assistant Professor and Scientist in the Department of Food Science and Technology, Bihar Agricultural University, India and author or co-author of 25 peer reviewed journal articles, 13 book chapters, and 16 conference papers. He has 30 books to his credit published from Apple Academic Press and CRC Press, USA. Dr. Siddiqui has established an international peer reviewed 'Journal of Postharvest Technology' and serving as Managing Editor. He has also been serving as an editorial board member of several journals. Dr. Siddiqui is an Acquisitions Editor in Apple Academic Press, New Jersey, USA for Horticultural Science. He has been honored to be the Editor-in-Chief of a book series entitled "Postharvest Biology and Technology" being published from Apple Academic Press, New Jersey, USA. He has also been serving as an editorial board member of several journals. Dr. Siddiqui has been associated to postharvest technology and processing aspects of horticultural crops. He is dynamically indulged in teaching (graduate and doctorate students) and research, and he has proved himself as an active scientist in the area of Postharvest Technology.

Professor Shafiur Rahman is the author/co-author of over 300 technical articles including more than 100 journal papers and 8 books. He is the author of the internationally acclaimed and award-wining Food Properties Handbook, and editor of the popular Handbook of Food Preservation published by CRC Press, Florida. First editions received the bestseller recognition and the second edition is now released. First edition was translated into Spanish. He was invited to serve as one of the Associate Editors for the Handbook of Food Science, Engineering and Technology, and one of the Editors for the Handbook of Food and Bioprocess Modeling Techniques published by CRC Press, FL. He has initiated the International Journal of Food Properties and serving as thefounding Editor-in-Chief for more than 15 years, and serving in the editorial boards of 10 international journals and book series. He is a member in the Food Engineering Series Editorial Board of Springer Science, New York. He is serving as a Section Editor for the Sultan Qaboos University journal Agricultural Sciences. He has initiated and served as the Founding Chair of the International Conference on Food Properties (iCFP). He received the HortResearch Chairman's Award, BRAP Award, CAMS Outstanding Researcher Award 2003, and SQU Distinction in Research Award 2008. In 2008, Professor Rahman has ranked among the top five Leading Scientists and Engineers of 57 OIC Member Countries in the Agroscience Discipline.