Dr. Gharibzahedi holds a Ph.D. in Food Biotechnology from the University of Tehran. With over 20 years of experience, his research focuses on nonthermal processing technologies, food chemistry, emulsion-based delivery systems, encapsulation of substances in edible matrices, functional foods, enzyme technology, food industry by-product utilization, and the extraction and purification of biomacromolecules, particularly polysaccharides. He has authored over 120 peer-reviewed publications, 7 book chapters, and 67 conference presentations, with over 6,072 citations and an h-index of 46. Dr. Gharibzahedi has collaborated with more than 100 scientists from leading global institutions and contributed to numerous high-impact projects. He has received multiple prestigious awards, including the Georg Forster Research Fellowship (Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Germany). He has been ranked in the Stanford University list of the world's top 2% of scientists from 2020 to 2024. Also, he is a well-established reviewer and an associate editor for several high-ranking journals.