Dr Ramana Sundara, PhD (Food Science), MSc (Food Technology), MA (Management), PGCE, BSc (Agriculture) is specialised in agri-food technologies and sustainable nutrition. He is a Fellow and Chartered Scientist of the Institute of Food Science and Technology (UK). Dr Ramana Sundara is a Programme Leader in Agri-food Technology based at the Lincoln Institute for Agri-Food Technology, University of Lincoln. He has been actively involved in food research for over 25 years. His early research work at the Defence Food Research Laboratory (India) was to develop quick cooking and survival rations for Armed Forces. He then worked at the Federal Research Centre for Nutrition, Karlsruhe (Germany) as an Alexander von Humboldt Post-doctoral Research Fellow. Dr Sundara then joined as a Research Scientist at Nestlé Research Centre, Lausanne (Switzerland) in 1995. He subsequently worked as a Group Leader for Confectionery at Nestlé Product Technology Centre, York (Nestle PTC), and responsible for developing and launching new products in various countries. In addition, he also led the External Research Collaborations portfolio at Nestle PTC including the supervision of PhD studentships. He secured around £2m funding from BBSRC, EPSRC, Innovate UK and successfully managed multi-disciplinary projects. He has authored over 50 scientific papers and 6 patents, with an emphasis on chemistry and processing technology of fruits / vegetables, dairy and chocolate products

Dr Ramana Sundara research includes Agri-food Technologies & Nutrition