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Food scientist and process engineer specialising in food innovation and sustainable processing.

Profile Summary

Food Product Development. Food Engineering, Food Processing, Sensory Evaluation, Fruit Juice Manufacturing, Camel milk processing, Dairy Processing, Teaching of Food Science. Operation and troubleshooting of Spray dryer (lab and pilot plant scale), Food evaporator, UHT plant, microfluidiser, homogeniser, pasteuriser, cream separator, membrane separation plant ( pilot plant scale), ultrasonicator, Food extruder, Food grinders

Subject Matter Expertise

• ☆ Dewatering & Drying Technology
• ☆ Dispersion Chemistry
• ☆ Surface Science
• ☆ Biopolymers
• ☆ Microbiology
• ☆ Industrial Microbiology
• ☆ Biochemistry
• ☆ Antioxidants
• ☆ Agricultural Engineering
• ☆ Engineering Education
• ☆ Food Engineering
• ☆ Food Additives
• ☆ Nutrition Science
• ☆ Food Microbiology
• ☆ Food Sensory Analysis
• ☆ Food Preservation
• ☆ Food Safety
• ☆ Flavor & Fragrance Chemistry
• ☆ Food Processing
• ☆ Dairy Science
• ☆ Food Chemistry
• ☆ Food Testing
• ☆ Plant-Based Protein
• ☆ Vegetarian & Vegan Nutrition
• ☆ Food & Beverage Manufacturing
• ☆ Nutritional Analysis
• ☆ Applied Chemistry
• ☆ Recipe Formulation
• ☆ Viticulture & Enology/Wine Production

Services

• Writing
• Research
• Consulting
• Data & AI
• Product Development

Writing Technical Writing

Research Fact Checking, Scientific and Technical Research, Systematic Literature Review

Consulting Scientific and Technical Consulting

Data & AI Statistical Analysis, Data Visualization

Product Development Formulation, Recipe Development, Deformulation, Stability/Shelf Life Testing, Product Evaluation, Material Sourcing, Manufacturing, Quality Assurance & Control (QA/QC), Product Compliance

Work Experience

Lecturer

Curtin University

March 2023 - December 2025

Senior Technical Manager

The University of Queensland

March 2022 - April 2023

Visiting research scholar

University of Queensland

February 2014 - March 2015

Assistant Lecuturer

Tribhuvan University, Central Campus of Technology

October 2010 - November 2013

Production Chemist

Dabur Nepal Pty Ltd

February 2007 - July 2008

Education

PhD (Food Engineering)

The University of Queensland

July 2015 - December 2018

MS in Food Science and Technology

Sant Longowal Institute of Engineering and Technology, Punjab, India

July 2008 - August 2010

Certifications

• Principles and Application of HACCP

  William Angliss Institute, Australia

  January 2026 - Present

Publications

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Pramesh Kumar Dhungana, Bishal Bharadwaj, Tara Gates, Sobia Rose, Ernoiz Antriyandarti, Sarva Mangala Praveena, Chizoba Obianuju Oranu, Monjit Borthakur, Aminath Shazly, Gabriel Enrique De-la-Torre, et al. (2026). Prevalence of plastic waste as a household fuel in low-income communities of the Global South . Nature Communications.

Smriti Ale, Pramesh Dhungana, Janet Howieson, Rewati Raman Bhattarai (2026). Effective valorisation of cereal lignocellulosic waste: a review of pretreatment techniques to enhance microstructural modification . Sustainable Food Technology.

Bishal Bharadwaj, Pramesh Dhungana, Peta Ashworth (2025). Burning dung cake as a household fuel: A review . Next Energy.

Bishal Bharadwaj, Tara Gates, Monjit Borthakur, Sobia Rose, Chizoba Obianuju Oranu, Ayşe Lisa Allison, Jessika Bohlmann, Pramesh Dhungana, Darcy E. Glenn, Marc Jeuland, et al. (2025). The use of plastic as a household fuel among the urban poor in the Global South . Nature Cities.

Sudip Adhikari, Rewati Raman Bhattarai, Hani Al-Salami, Pramesh Dhungana (2025). Innovative formulations using spray-drying technology for plant-based high-oil powders: physicochemical and micro-structural analyses . Sustainable Food Technology.

Pramesh Dhungana, Tuyen Truong, Nidhi Bansal, Bhesh Bhandari (2021). Effect of fat globule size on the physicochemical properties of dairy cream powder produced by spray drying . Drying Technology.

Pramesh Dhungana, Bhesh Bhandari (2021). Development of a continuous membrane nanobubble generation method applicable in liquid food processing . International Journal of Food Science & Technology.

Yadav KC, Ranjit Rajbanshi, Nirat Katuwal, Pramesh Dhungana, Dilip Subba (2021). Process optimization for yam flour incorporated in expanded extrudates . International Journal of Food Properties.

Pramesh Dhungana, Tuyen Truong, Nidhi Bansal, Bhesh Bhandari (2020). Effect of fat globule size and addition of surfactants on whippability of native and homogenised dairy creams . International Dairy Journal.

Pramesh Dhungana, Tuyen Truong, Martin Palmer, Nidhi Bansal, Bhesh Bhandari (2017). Size-based fractionation of native milk fat globules by two-stage centrifugal separation . Innovative Food Science & Emerging Technologies.

DISSERTATION THESIS

Pramesh Kumar Dhungana (2019). Effect of fat globule size on functionality and stability of dairy emulsions .