Journal of Nutrition & Food Sciences
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Zubuir Farooq

Biography

Dr. Zubair Farooq is working as Visiting Faculty at the Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition, University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Lahore, Pakistan. He has got 16 year experience of working in the administration, academics, research and industry. He earned his Ph.D in Food Technology from the University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan. He did his postdoctoral studies in the area of Food Science and Human Nutrition from the McGill University, Canada. He is also a member of McGill Infrared Spectroscopy (IR) Group at the Department of Food Science and Agricultural Chemistry, McGill University, Canada. While working in the McGill IR Group, he studied structure-function relationship of dairy proteins and various food matrices. He has also been engaged in teaching the undergraduate students of the McGill Food Science Department. He has been working as Research Associate at the School of Dietetics and Human Nutrition, McGill University, Canada. At that school, his main study included the use of a wide array of assays for determination of antioxidant capacity of various fruits and vegetables. He has also been involved in the preparation and working of a research project related to Diabetes/Obesity management wherein he studied the glycemic effect of potato varieties cooked using various techniques during storage. He has also been working as a Researcher in studying “Identification, detection and development of intervention strategies for the control of food allergens along the food chain” at Food Research & Development Center (FRDC), Agriculture and Agri-food Canada (AAFC).

In Pakistan, he has also been engaged in teaching and research activities at the College of Agriculture, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan and Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore. 

He has also four year experience of working in the Research and Development and Quality Assurance Departments and three year experience of Quality Management and Food Safety in the food industry. He is expert in working with the Fourier Transform Infrared (FTIR) Spectroscopy including Mid and Near FTIR, Attenuated Total Reflection (ATR) FTIR, Focal Plane Array (FPA) FTIR, High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC), Surface Plasmon Resonance (SPR), Sodium Dodecyl Sulfate (SDS) – Polyacrylamide Gel Electrophoreses (PAGE), Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC), Amylograph, Farinograph, Various bio-molecular assays (antioxidant capacity, hydrolyses, damaged starch and extractions) and chromatographic techniques.

He has also hands on working with various softwares like Response Surface Methodology (RSM), Minitab, SAS and SPSS. He is expert in writing scientific publications and technical reports. He has published one book chapter, several research papers and articles. He has also written a number of research grant applications and scientific equipment application notes.

Research Interest

Food Technology, Agriculture, Human Nutrition

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