H. Prathap Kumar Shetty

Associate Professor
Department of Food Science and Technology
Pondicherry University
India

Professor Food and Nutrition
Biography

H. Prathap Kumar Shetty obtained graduation and post-garduation from Mangalore University; Ph.D. from National Institute of Nutrition, Indian Council of Medical Research. He currently holds as an Associate Professor in the Department of Food Science and Technology, School of Life Sciences at Pondicherry University. He has 14 years of research experience. He has been honoured with Young achievers award - World Bunts Association, Bangalore; DANIDA Research Fellowship, Denmark; 2000 to 2002: NIH Post Doctoral Fellowship, USA.

Research Intrest

Food Biotechnology and Food Safety

List of Publications
Shetty PH and Jespersen, L (2006). Saccharomyces cerevisiae and lactic acid bacteria as potential mycotoxin decontaminating agents. Trends Food Sci. Technol. 17, 48-55.
Shetty P. H., Hald B. and Jespersen, L., (2007). Surface binding of aflatoxin  B1 by Saccharomyces cerevisiae strains with potential decontaminating abilities in indigenous fermented foods, Int. J. Food Microbiol. 113, 41-46.
Lava MB, Deepa S, Shetty PH, Anu Appaiah KA (2009),  Colonization of toxigenic fungi on coffee – from flowering to processing, J Food Sci Technol 2009, 46, 339-342.

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