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within India. He received several best presenter awards at international conferences. He has also delivered lectures in several scientific communities with honor. Due to his strong proficiency in the field of biochemical and food engineering, he is serving as a reviewer and an editor in SCI journals and books. Dr. Nath is a member of the Asia-Pacific Chemical, Biological & Environmental Engineering Society; Indian Institute of Engineers; Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers; Biotech Research Society of India; European Membrane Society; Indian Membrane Society; and European Federation of Biotechnology. Dr. Nath teaches several theory subjects and is co-supervisor for undergraduate, postgraduate, and PhD students in the Department of Food Process Engineering, Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Hungary. His major research focus is on fermentation technology, enzymatic reaction, bioreactor design, probiotics and prebiotics, allergy-free food products, food waste valorization, membrane separation process, membrane integrated bioreactors, environmental benign processes, and mathematical modeling of bioprocesses. Dr. Nath received his PhD award in Chemical Engineering from Jadavpur University, India, in 2014. During his PhD tenure, Dr. Nath was a senior research fellow, supported by the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), Indiam and project research fellow, supported by the University Grants Commission (UGC), India.

Zoltán Kovács, PhD, is a Professor in the Department of Measurements and Process Control, Institute of Food Science and Technology, Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences (MATE), Budapest, Hungary. He is also the International Affairs Advisor for the Institute. He received his MSc and PhD diplomas in Food Science at Corvinus University and completed his habilitation in the field of food science at Szent Istvan University, Hungary. He spent three years as a postdoctoral research fellow at Kobe University, Japan. Since his postdoc period, he has been also working with the near infrared spectroscopy (NIRS), using both the conventional and the novel aquaphotomics data evaluation techniques. Dr. Kovacs has won several research awards and fellowships, including pre- and postdoctoral awards and National Excellence Fellowships. Recently he won the János Bolyai Research Scholarship of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. He won the József Farkas Excellence Award of the Faculty of Food Science, Szent Istvan University, and the research group under his leadership won three Excellence Research Group grants for their research to develop measurement methods for quick determination of adulteration in various food products. Currently, Dr. Kovacs collaborates and leads different national and international research projects. He is the International Affairs Advisor of the Institute of Food Science and Technology, MATE. To date, Dr. Kovacs has published 70 impact factor articles, six book chapters in international journals and books and has contributed to over 100 international and Hungarian scientific conference presentations, for which he won best presentation awards. Dr. Kovacs is a member of Agro- and Biosystems Engineering Research Committee of the Hungarian Academy of Science and acts as the European Liaison of the International Aquaphotomics.