Sajid Maqsood

Dr. Sajid Maqsood is a Professor in Department of Food Science at College of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, UAE University. He has been working on sustainable food processing and food by-product valorization since last one decade. He has established an innovative research program at UAEU which focus on Food bioprocessing, Food enzymatic and biotechnology approaches, product development from and bioactive molecules in camel milk and dates. He is also working food wastes and by-products valorization generated at farm and industry level in UAE and utilization into food fortification, and biodegradable packaging. Moreover, intensive research on alternative proteins (plant-based proteins, meat analogues etc) and sustainable means of food processing is being carried out. He has recently started integrating AI and ML in his research, which intent to makes the food processing and product development a sustainable approach. He is leading an active research group in Food Science Department