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Azza Silotry Naik

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Principle investigator/ Lecturer in Food Science & Environmental Health

Education

2015, PhD - PhD in Food Biotechnology (Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai, India); Recipient of IFT (USA) Graduate technical writing award; DBT, UGC and ICMR (India) Travel grants

2009, Master of Technology   M. Tech in Bioprocess Technology (Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai, India)

Employment

Aug 2022 – current.    Assistant Lecturer in Food Science & Environmental Health, TU Dublin

Module lead/taught: Food chemistry, Physical chemistry, Instrumentation- Chromatography, Medicinal chemistry, Bioprocessing techniques, Beverage analysis

Jan 2022- July 2022    Senior scientist at Nuritas, Ireland

Jan 2021-Jan 2022      Postdoctoral Researcher at University of Limerick, Ireland

Jan 2019- Dec 2020    Postdoctoral Researcher at Teagasc, Ashtown, Ireland

March 2015 to Dec 2018        Assistant Professor & Section Head for Food Science in the School of Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, D. Y. Patil Deemed to be University, Navi Mumbai, India 

Funding

ARISE (ERDF Southern, Eastern & Midland Regional Programme 2021-27) PhD funding to the proposal, Brewers’ Spent Grain Hydrolysates for upcycled functional Pet Food:  €135,500

COST ACTION Ocean4Biotech (CA18238) funded STSM at University of Copenhagen, Denmark (microalgae protein extraction and analysis): €3000

Enterprise Ireland Feasibility Funding for market research of developed cosmeceutical ingredients: €15,000

Research Experience

Has previously worked as a postdoctoral researcher on bioprocessing of marine by-products on projects such as MUSSELS (EMFF), MEESO (EU H-2020) and SarcoBlu (DAFM) to yield high value functional products. As a Senior Food Scientist at Nuritas (2022), Ireland, helped process optimisation of faba bean protein hydrolysates.

Academic Experience and achievements

  • Member of the Institute of Chemistry of Ireland (M0926) and observer (Ireland) of the Food Chemistry division of EU Chem society.
  • Core group member (WG3) of COST action Ocean4Biotech (CA18238)
  • Managing committee member from Ireland for COST action ACRYRED (CA21149).
  • Expert reviewer on the EU Sustainability blue economy partnership call 2023.
  • Member of the winning team of Hackathon in marine biotechnology (2021).
  • Scientific organising committee member for FULLRECO4US conference (Turkey) & Ocean4Biotech LCA training School (Crete).
  • Member of FSEH’s health and safety committee and Research committee.
  • Spoke on Carbohydrates and Proteins for RTEjr podcast, Sense of Science 2024
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