Natural Polymer-Based Films and Coatings in Food Technology

Dr. Ewelina Jamróz is a Research Scientist in the Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Food Technology at the University of Agriculture in Krakow, Poland. She also holds the position of Assistant Professor in the Department of Product Packaging at the University of Economics in Krakow. She is recognized worldwide as the developer of furcellaran-based films, and she is the head of a research team dedicated to the development of materials based on furcellaran. Her expertise extends to collaborations with industry partners interested in implementing furcellaran film production.

Dr. Swarup Roy is currently working as an Assistant Professor at the Department of Food Technology and Nutrition, Lovely Professional University, India. He completed his PhD degree as a DST INSPIRE Fellow from University of Kalyani, India (2011-2016). He worked on microbial biosynthesis of metallic nanoparticles, fabrication bio-nanocomposite materials. During his postdoctoral research he worked on fabrication of bio-composite films in active and intelligent food packaging films. His current research work is focused on the preparation and application of biopolymer-based functional composite material for packaging applications. He is recognized by Stanford University’s list of the world’s Top 2% of the Most-Cited Scientists in Single Year and career Citation Impact.