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Mohammad Shafiur Rahman, Professor at the Sultan
Qaboos University, Sultanate of Oman and the author or co-author of over 250
technical articles including 90 refereed journal papers, 87 conference papers, 58
book chapters, 34 reports, 12 popular articles, and 7 books. He is the author
of the internationally acclaimed and award-wining Food Properties Handbook,
published by CRC Press, Boca Raton,
Florida, which was one of the
bestsellers from CRC Press in 2002. The second edition is now released with his
editorship. The editor of the popular book Handbook of Food Preservation
published by CRC Press, Boca Raton, Florida. The first edition received one of
the bestsellers from CRC press in 2003, and the second edition is now in the
market. He was invited to serve as one of the Associate Editors for the
Handbook of Food Science, Engineering and Technology, and one of the Editors
for the Handbook of Food and Bioprocess Modeling Techniques published by CRC
Press, FL.
Professor Rahman has initiated the International
Journal of Food Properties (Marcel Dekker, Inc.) and serving as the founding
Editor for more than 10 years. In edition he is serving in the editorial boards
of 8 international journals. He is a member in the Food Engineering Series
Editorial Board of Springer Science, New
York. He is serving as a Section Editor for the Sultan Qaboos
University journal
Agricultural Sciences. In 1998 he has been invited and continued to serve as a
Food Science Adviser for the International Foundation for Science (IFS) in Sweden.
Professor Rahman is a professional member of the
New Zealand Institute of Food Science and Technology and the Institute of Food
Technologists, a member of the American Society of Agricultural Engineers and
the American Institute of Chemical Engineers, and Member of Executive Committee
for International Society of Food Engineering, ISFE. He was involved in many
professional activities, such as organizing international conferences, training
workshops and other extension activities. He was invited as a key note/plenary
speaker in many international conferences. 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.
Professor 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, SQU Distinction in Research
Award 2008, and the British Council Fellowship. In 2008 Professor Rahman ranked
among the top five Leading Scientists and Engineers of 57 OIC Member States in
the Agroscience Discipline.
Professor Rahman is an eminent scientist and
academic in the area of Food Processing. He is recognized for his significant
contribution to the basic and applied knowledge of food properties related to
food structure, engineering properties and food stability. His total SCOPUS
citation is more than 1000 and h-index is 19, which indicates the high impact
of his research in the international scientific community.
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: shafiur@squ.edu.om
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