Shivanand S Shirkole Editor

Ching Lik Hii received his BEng (Hons) degree in Chemical Engineering (University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology, 1996), MSc degree in Food Processing and Engineering (Universiti Putra Malaysia, 2004), and PhD degree in Chemical Engineering (University of Nottingham Malaysia, 2010). In August 2010, he joined the Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering (UNM) as Assistant Professor and was promoted to Associate Professor in 2013. He is also Director of Undergraduate Studies for Dept. of Chemical and Environmental Engineering. Dr. Hii is a Professional Engineer (PEng) registered with Board of Engineers Malaysia, Chartered Member of the Institution of Chemical Engineers UK (MIChemE), Chartered Engineer of the Engineering Council UK (CEng) and Fellow of the Higher Education Academy UK (FHEA). He is also Committee Member of the IChemE (UK) Food and Drink Special Interest Group and Chair of the F and D SIG Malaysia Chapter. His research areas are in drying and dehydration of food materials, heat and mass transfer and food and bioproduct processing.

Shivanand S. Shirkole is Assistant Professor in the Department of Food Engineering and Technology, Institute of Chemical Technology Mumbai. He received his PhD in 2020 from the Department of Food Process Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Rourkela, India. He has more than 4 years of industrial experience as a Plant Engineer at Hyderabad-based Multi-Crop Seed Conditioning Plant. His broad areas of research are low moisture food safety and thermal processing of food. Presently he is working on sustainable technologies for food and agri-products. He is an Executive Committee Member of the Association of Food Scientists and Technologists (India), NIT Rourkela Chapter and serves as Assistant Editor for Drying Technology - An International Journal (Taylor & Francis).