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Mohammad
Shafiur Rahman is an Associate Professor at the Sultan Qaboos
University, Sultanate of Oman. The author or co-author of over 150
technical articles including 54 refereed journal papers, 49 conference
papers, 30 reports, 5 popular articles and 2 books. The author of the
internationally acclaimed and award winning Food
Properties Handbook published by CRC Press, Boca Raton, Florida,
which received one of the bestsellers from CRC press in 2002. He is
Editor of the Handbook of Food Preservation published by Marcel Dekker, New York,
which was also secured one of the bestsellers from publisher and
translated into Spanish by Acribia, Spain in 2003. Both of the above
books are in the process of second edition. He has invited to serve as
one of the Associate Editors for the Handbook of Food Science,
and one of the Editors for the Handbook of Food and Bioprocess
Modeling Techniques, which will be published by Marcel Dekker, New
York. Dr. Rahman has initiated the International
Journal of Food Properties (Marcel Dekker, Inc.) and serving as the
founding Editor for more than six years.
He has served as a member in the Food Engineering Series
Editorial Board of Aspen Publishers, Maryland (1999-2003). In 2003 he
has invited to serve as a member of the Food Engineering Series Board,
Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, New York. Also invited to serve as a
Section Editor for the Sultan Qaboos University journal Agricultural
Sciences (1999). In
1998 he has invited to serve as a Food Science Adviser for the
International Foundation for Science (IFS) in Sweden.
Dr.
Rahman is a professional member of the New Zealand Institute of Food
Science and Technology and the Institute of Food Technologists, and a
member of the American Society of Agricultural Engineers and the
American Institute of Chemical Engineers. He received the B. Sc. Eng.
(Chemical) (1983) and M. Sc. Eng. (Chemical) (1984) degrees from
Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, Dhaka, the M. Sc.
degree (1985) in food engineering from Leeds University, England, and
the Ph. D. degree (1992) in food engineering from the University of New
South Wales, Sydney, Australia.
Dr.
Rahman has received numerous awards and fellowships in
recognition of research/Teaching achievements, including the
HortResearch Chairman's Award, the Bilateral Research Activities Program
(BRAP) Award, CAMS Outstanding Researcher Award 2003, and the British
Council Fellowship.
Contact Address:
M. Shafiur
Rahman
Department of Food Science and Nutrition,
College of Agriculture
Sultan Qaboos University,
P. O. Box 34, Al Khod 123
Muscat, Sultanate of Oman
Fax: (968) 513 418,
Tel: (968) 515 236,
Tel: (968) 513 551 (H)
E-mail: [email protected]
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