Food Waste Valorization

Dr. Olalere Olusegun Abayomi is an experienced researcher with demonstrated multidisciplinary expertise in Chemical Engineering Science, Food Biotechnology, Nutraceuticals Processing and Analytical Chemistry. He finished his PhD from the University Malaysia Pahang with a specialization in Chemical and Natural Resources Engineering. Before that he obtained his master’s degree in Industrial and Production Engineering from the University of Ibadan, Nigeria. Dr Olalere had his first degree in Chemical Engineering from the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso, Nigeria. He has authored over 60 research articles in Scopus and Web of Science and has been cited more than 1000 times. He currently works as a visiting researcher at the Innovation Incubator University (I2U), Universiti Sains Malaysia, Malaysia. He is an active reviewer for many journals, and is presently an Associate Editor at the Jundishapur Journal of Natural Pharmaceutical Products. Assoc. Prof. Dr Gan Chee Yuen is an academic staff of the Analytical Biochemistry Research Centre (ABrC) in Universiti Sains Malaysia. He is also a deputy director for the department. His research is specializing in bioactive peptides/polysaccharides which are extracted from various agricultural sources using enzyme technology. He managed to publish almost a hundred journals and was actively involved as a reviewer (over 300 articles). His works have been cited more than 2500 times. In addition, he is also professionally recognized as a science consultant. Dr Puranjan Mishra studied Biotechnology at Himachal Pradesh University, India. Then he moved University of Malaysia Pahang, Malaysia, where he completed his doctorate. Presently he is carrying out his Post-doctoral at Hongkong Baptist University, Hong Kong. His current research interest is in the area of anaerobic digestion, Enzymology, and Nanomaterials synthesis, mainly for Energetic applications (H2 and CH4, Biomass valorization). His scientific research work has been published in more than 40 peer-reviewed with high impacts manuscripts including a book chapter. His works have been cited more than 650 times. He is the reviewer of Elsevier’s journals including the International journal of hydrogen energy, Journal of Cleaner Production, Waste and Biomass valorization etc. He has also reviewed many book chapters.

• SECTION 1: FOOD SUSTAINABILITY, WASTAGE, AND MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS1. Overview of Food Wastes and its Valorizations2. Food Wastes and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)3. Food Waste Generation and Holistic Management in COVID-19 and Post-Covid Era4. Socio-economic Concern, Environmental Impact Assessment and Feasibilities Study of Up-cycled Food WastesSECTION 2: FOOD WASTES VALORIZATION INTO VALUE-ADDED PRODUCTS5. Food Waste to Energy: Techniques for Energy Recovery from Food Waste6. Bioactive: Extractability of Value-added Nutraceuticals from Food Wastes7. Soil Enrichment: Food Waste a Potential Boost for Improving Crop Productivity8. Depolymerizing and Upgrading Food Waste Components into Platform Chemicals9. Valorizations of Food Wastes in Infrastructural Development and Construction Industries10. Valorization of Food-based wastes into Hydrophobic Bio-plastics11. Sustainable Valorization of Food Wastes for Animal Feed Fortification12. Approaches to Isolation and Characterization of Novel Microbes from Food Waste13. Process Design, Modelling and Technology Integration for Maximizing Efficiency in Food ValorisationsSECTION 3: TECHNO-ECONOMIC AND LIFE-CYCLE ASSESSMENT IN FOOD WASTE VALORIZATION14. Analysis of Laws, Policy and Regulatory Challenges Associated and Future Direction with Food Waste Valorisation15. Business and Financial Models in Food Wastes Valorizations16. Techno-economic and Life-Cycle Assessment of Food Wastes Valorization

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