Ammar Mohammed Hamood AL-Farga

Ammar Mohammed Hamood AL-Farga
Assistant Professor, Department of Biochemistry
University of Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

Biography

Dr. Ammar Mohammed Hamood AL-Farga is Assistant Professor at Department of Biochemistry, Jeddah University, Saudia Arabia. He is working on process development for a novel food. He holds a PhD in food science engineering from Jiangnan University Wuxi, China, where he worked on Physiochemical, Nutritional value and Antioxidant Characteristics of a novel food Alhydwan (Boerhavia elegana Choisy) Seed and its Application in some Food Products, the National Excellent Doctoral Dissertation Award Nomination of China, 2016. His research focuses on development for novel foods in an attempt to discover more innovative foods of high nutraceutical values that can be used in other food product systems. He has published various papers (20) in high impact factor international journals and her work is very well cited by researcher's worldwide (h-index 5). He has Award of “Finding Future-star of Young Researchers Scheme”, 2016, He has also been awarded with various awards and honors' including the Doctoral Fellowship, Wuxi, China. He published more than 57 scientific works. Two patents (Under review), Reviewer in more than 5 international journals as well as member of the editorial board of several journals.

Research Interest

Nondestructive Detection Techniques for Food Quality
Usage of Local Herbal Medicines Extract in food industry
Exploration on a novel foods source to meet the demand with regards to the ever-increasing world population.
Discover more innovative plants of high nutraceutical values that can be used in other food product systems.
Food factories Management