Nutrition, Food Science and Technology

Biography

Dr. Aijaz Hussain Soomro, obtained the DVM (Doctor of Veterinary Medicine) degree in 1993, M.Sc. degree in Dairy Technology in 1996 from Sindh Agriculture University Tandojam. He served as Research Officer in Microbiology section of Central Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory, Sindh, Tandojam, Pakistan in 1994. He joined as Lecturer in the Department of Dairy Technology, Sindh Agriculture University Tandojam in 1996. He got his PhD in Food Technology from University of Arid Agriculture Rawalpindi in 2006. He received the award for postdoctoral fellowship from HEC in 2009 and conducted research on the role of spx genes in the stress resistance in the cheese fermentation bacterium Lactococcus lactis at University of Queensland, Australia. He also received the Endeavour research fellowship award in 2014 and was again hosted by the University of Queensland, Australia. He conducted research on the characterization of spontaneous heat resistant mutants of Lactococcus lactis. He co-authored a book chapter entitled “Molecular mechanisms of stress resistance in Lactococcus lactis” in Current Research, Technology and Education Topics in Applied Microbiology and Microbial Biotechnology and has more than 60 peer reviewed publications to his credit published in international and national journals of repute. He was appointed as Associate Professor in the Institute of Food Sciences and Technology, Sindh Agriculture University Tandojam in 2010 and Professor in February, 2017. Recently, He has organized 3rd International Conference on Agriculture, Food and Animal Sciences ICAFAS 2017 as organizing secretary and International Symposium on Camel Management and Reproduction as organizing committee member in 2016. He attended various conferences, seminars and workshops and is a member of many professional societies and statutory bodies and recently elected as member Executive Council, SUN Academia and Research Network, Pakistan. At present he is working as Professor and Director of the Institute of Food Sciences and Technology, Sindh Agriculture University Tandojam, Pakistan.

Research Interest

Food Science and Nutrition, Food Microbiology & Safety and Dairy Technology