Dr. Pothiyappan Karthik is presently an Associate Professor and Head at the Department of
Food Technology, Karpagam Academy of Higher Education (Deemed to be University),
Tamil Nadu, India. He has done Ph.D. in “Food Technology” at CSIR-Central Food
Technological Research Institute (CFTRI), Mysore, India. He has grown academically as
B.Tech. (Biotechnology) from Bharathidasan University and M.Tech. (Food Technology)
from AC. Tech., Anna University. He has work experience in Post-Doctoral Fellow at School
of Food Science and Biotechnology, Zhejiang Gongshang University, China in collaboration
with University of Leads, UK. He has received the prestigious CSIR-Senior Research
Fellowship (SRF) from CSIR, Govt. of India for his doctoral work, Young Scientist Award
from IMRF Reg. from Regd with Govt. of India NITI Aayog NGO Darpan and NESA Scientist
of the Year Award-2023 from National Environmental Science Academy, New Delhi. In
addition, he got international research travel grant to attend the conference at Australia,
2015 by SERB-DST, CICS and DBT, Govt. of India. He has also a recipient of a funded
major research project Rs. 75 Lakhs from DST, Ministry of Science and Technology, Govt. of
India. His research interests include Food Nanotechnology, Food Engineering, Food
colloids, Encapsulation of bioactives, Biopolymers, Functional Foods and Nutraceuticals.
The research accomplishments include 2649 citations with 16 h-index and a cumulative
impact factor of 130. He has published more than 30 articles in peer-reviewed international
journals and publishers, 15 book chapters, granted international patents (Germany and
China) and 1 national patent. Further, he supervised Post-doctorate, JRF, undergraduate
and a Master student’s (MS) on the development of millets, functional foods and food
emulsions. He has recognised as one of the Royal Society of Chemistry’s 2023 (UK)
outstanding reviewers among 7 members in the world. He serves as an academic editor in
Journal of Food Processing and Preservation, Int. Journal of Food Science, Journal of Food
Quality, Journal of Nanotechnology and Editorial Board Member for BMC Biotechnology,
apart from being a Guest Editor in Environmental Science and Pollution Research, Discover
Foods, BMC Chemistry and BMC Nutrition, Springer Nature. He is currently editing a book
entitled “Native and Modified Starches for Food Applications” and “Omega-3 and Omega-6
Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids in Food Systems: Advances and Opportunities in Product
Formulation, Technology and Delivery” in Elsevier.