Researchers

Algae and Seaweeds Biotechnology

Algae for Renewable Energy

Algae in Bioremediation

Blue Economy

Cancer vaccine engineering and development.

Application of recombinant probiotics as vectors for oral administration of biologics

Antibody engineering - humanization, chimerization & immunotoxins

Development of biosensors for cancer screening

Food Product development

Probiotics

Obesity and bone fragility

Antibiotic resistance and biological responses

Tumorigenesis and eukaryotic quorum sensing

Gene expression profiling

Behaviorial genetics in addiction and autism spectrum disorder

Phytochemistry

Biomaterials

Green Chemistry

Bioseparation Technology - Downstream Processing

Microalgae Fermentation and Biorefinery

Recovery and Bioactivities of Natural Products

Fermentation and Bioprocess Engineering

Flavour Technology

Functional Beverages Product Development

Antioxidant and Anti-ageing

Maillard Reaction Technology

Lipids nanotechnology for food and skincare products

Microencapsulation technology and formulation (spray drying, complex coacervation, etc)

Fats and Oils Chemistry and Technology (Extraction, purification, refining, characterisation, analysis, etc)

Functional Food Development and Sensory Evaluation

Pharmacological (functional) studies: Invivo, invitro and exvivo

Drug Discovery and Development from Natural product and Synthetic compounds

Mechanism of drug action Specialization – Diabetes and Diabetes complications (wound healing and bone fragility)

Main area - Pharmacology, Specialization – Diabetes and Diabetes complications (wound healing and bone fragility)

Probiotics and allergy immunotherapy

Production of recombinant bioactive proteins

Wound Healing Potential of Carrageenan

Aquaponic system using food waste

Sustainable waste water treatment

PPO extraction, characterization and inhibition

Drying of fruits and vegetables

Biomaterials

Recovery and Functionality of Natural Products

Microalgae Recovery and Functional Properties

Formulation of cosmetics - Nanotechnology

Functional Food Developments

Fish functional feed formulation

Prebiotic, probiotic and immunostimulant development

Aquatic pollution and bioremediation

Recirculating Aquaculture System and Biofilter engineering

Enzyme Biochemistry

Phytochemistry and alternative medicine

Biosensor and Bioremediation

Estuarine and coastal ecology and biodiversity (invertebrates and fish)

Environmental monitoring and assessment (changing environment and impacts)

Systematic Biology and Taxonomy of platyhelminthes

Bioremediation of marine pollutants

Edible film

Microencapsulation of probiotics and fruit juice

Fraud detection in food

3D printing of food

Childhood obesity intervention

Maternal nutrition

Circadian Rhythm and chrononutrition

Childhood Nutrition

Childhood Obesity

Cognitve function

Metabolic Syndrome

Functional food development

Food preservation and shelf life study

Biocomposite for food packaging

Fats and oils technology

Bacterial etiology of autoimmunity diseases

Ethnobotany of plant resources

PCR-based caprine embryo sexing

Food safety in food service operation

Probiotics: screening and microencapsulation studies

Computational Biology - Population Genetics

Nutrigenomics / ADME Related Genes

Antimicrobial Resistance - synergistic of phytochemical compunds with antibiotic and its mechanim of actions

DNA profiling on degraded samples

Animal forensic

Entomotoxicology

Childhood obesity intervention

Adolescent nutrition

Obesogenic environment in school

Genetic Modify food

Biodegradable food package

Neuriteoutgrowth and neuroprotective properties of natural compounds

Growth substrate optimisation for mushroom cultivation

Enzyme biotechnology

Bioremediation