Dr. Anil Kumar Anal is Head of the Department of Food Agriculture and Bioresources and Associate Professor in Bioprocess Technology at the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), Thailand. His background expertise is in the Biotechnology, Food and Industrial Microbiology, Food Safety, Food processing and preservation, valorization of bioresources and agro-industrial waste to fork and value addition, including its application in various food, feed, neutraceuticals, cosmetics, and pharmaceutics. His research interests also include the formulation and delivery of cells and bioactive for human and veterinary applications, controlled release technologies, particulate systems, application of nanotechnology in food, agriculture and pharmaceutics, and functional foods. Dr. Anil has authored 5 patents (US, World Patents, EU, Canadian and Indian); more than 100 referred international journal articles, 25 book chapters, 3 edited books, and several in International conference proceedings. He has been invited as Keynote Speaker and Expert in various Food, Biotechnology, Agro-Industrial Processing and Veterinary, as well as Life Sciences based conferences and workshops organized by national, regional, and international agencies. Dr. Anil has been serving as Advisory members, Associate Editor, Members of Editorial Board of various Regional and International peer-reviewed Journal publications. Dr. Anil has experiences of conducting various innovative research and product developments funded by various donor agencies.
