V.M. BalasubramaniamV.M. (Bala) Balasubramaniam is a Professor of Food Engineering at The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA. He is an internationally recognized food engineer for spearheading research and industrial outreach efforts on various novel nonthermal ad thermal based manufacturing technologies that satisfies consumer demand for minimally processed foods. He received B.Eng in Agricultural Engineering at Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, India, M.Eng in Post-harvest Technology from Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand and PhD in Food Engineering from The Ohio State University. Prior joining OSU, Dr. Bala was working as a post-doctoral associate at University of Georgia Center for Food Safety and Quality Enhancement, Griffin, GA and Associate Research Professor at IIT National Center for Food Safety and Technology, Chicago, IL. He is recipient of 2021 IFT Research and Development Award, 2017 IFT Calvert L Willey Distinguished Service Award, 2016 AITAA distinguished alumni award for academic and research excellence. Read More Read Less