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Qualified food scientist and academics with 20 years of experience in Food Chemistry, Food Rheology and Food Analysis
Profile Summary
Subject Matter Expertise
Services
Writing
Technical Writing
Research
Systematic Literature Review
Data & AI
Statistical Analysis
Product Development
Formulation,
Stability/Shelf Life Testing
Work Experience
Nu-Mega Ingredients
- Present 
Melbourne Consulting Group
- Present
Technical Officer
NSW Department of Primary Industries
April 2018 - Present
Food Research Officer
Government of Nepal
February 2003 - Present
Food Scientist (Food/Product Development)
CSIRO Food and Nutritional Sciences
April 2021 - April 2024
Post-doctoral Research Fellow
Deakin University - Geelong Campus at Waurn Ponds
April 2017 - September 2017
Education
PhD
RMIT University
July 2013 - December 2017
Doctoral student (Food Science)
RMIT University City Campus
March 2013 - March 2017
Certifications
- Certification details not provided.
Publications
JOURNAL ARTICLE
Yakindra Prasad Timilsena, Raju Adhikari, Colin J. Barrow, Benu Adhikari(2017). Digestion behaviour of chia seed oil encapsulated in chia seed protein-gum complex coacervates . Food Hydrocolloids. 66. p. 71--81. Elsevier {BV}
Wang, B., Timilsena, Y.P., Blanch, E., Adhikari, B.(2017). Characteristics of bovine lactoferrin powders produced through spray and freeze drying processes . International Journal of Biological Macromolecules. 95. p. 985-994.
Wang, B., Timilsena, Y.P., Blanch, E., Adhikari, B.(2017). Mild thermal treatment and in-vitro digestion of three forms of bovine lactoferrin: Effects on functional properties . International Dairy Journal. 64. p. 22-30.
Timilsena, Y.P., Adhikari, R., Barrow, C.J., Adhikari, B.(2017). Digestion behaviour of chia seed oil encapsulated in chia seed protein-gum complex coacervates . Food Hydrocolloids. 66. p. 71-81.
Yakindra Prasad Timilsena, Raju Adhikari, Colin J. Barrow, Benu Adhikari(2016). Physicochemical and functional properties of protein isolate produced from Australian chia seeds . Food Chemistry. 212. p. 648--656. Elsevier {BV}
Yakindra Prasad Timilsena, Raju Adhikari, Colin J. Barrow, Benu Adhikari(2016). Microencapsulation of chia seed oil using chia seed protein isolate-chia seed gum complex coacervates . International Journal of Biological Macromolecules. 91. p. 347--357. Elsevier {BV}
Chang, P.G., Gupta, R., Timilsena, Y.P., Adhikari, B.(2016). Optimisation of the complex coacervation between canola protein isolate and chitosan . Journal of Food Engineering. 191. p. 58-66.
Timilsena, Y.P., Adhikari, R., Barrow, C.J., Adhikari, B.(2016). Physicochemical and functional properties of protein isolate produced from Australian chia seeds . Food Chemistry. 212. p. 648-656.
Timilsena, Y.P., Adhikari, R., Kasapis, S., Adhikari, B.(2016). Molecular and functional characteristics of purified gum from Australian chia seeds . Carbohydrate Polymers. 136. p. 128-136.
Timilsena, Y.P., Adhikari, R., Barrow, C.J., Adhikari, B.(2016). Microencapsulation of chia seed oil using chia seed protein isolate-chia seed gum complex coacervates . International Journal of Biological Macromolecules. 91. p. 347-357.
Timilsena, Y.P., Adhikari, R., Kasapis, S., Adhikari, B.(2015). Rheological and microstructural properties of the chia seed polysaccharide . International Journal of Biological Macromolecules. 81. p. 991-999.
Timilsena, Y.P., Wang, B., Adhikari, R., Adhikari, B.(2015). Preparation and characterization of chia seed protein isolate-chia seed gum complex coacervates . Food Hydrocolloids. 52. p. 554-563.
Timilsena, Y.P., Adhikari, R., Casey, P., Muster, T., Gill, H., Adhikari, B.(2014). Enhanced efficiency fertilisers: A review of formulation and nutrient release patterns . Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture.
Abeywickrama, Chandana Janaka and Timilsena, Yakindra Prasad and Rakshit, Sudip Kumar and Chrusciel, Laurent and Brosse, Nicolas(2013). Rapid Optimization of Typha Grass Organosolv Pretreatments Using Parallel Microwave Reactors for Ethanol Production . Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research. 52. (4). p. 1691-1697. American Chemical Society
Timilsena, Y.P., Audu, I.G., Rakshit, S.K., Brosse, N.(2013). Impact of the lignin structure of three lignocellulosic feedstocks on their organosolv delignification. Effect of carbonium ion scavengers . Biomass and Bioenergy. 52. p. 151-158.
Abeywickrama, C.J., Timilsena, Y.P., Rakshit, S.K., Chrusciel, L., Brosse, N.(2013). Rapid optimization of typha grass organosolv pretreatments using parallel microwave reactors for ethanol production . Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research. 52. (4). p. 1691-1697.
Timilsena, Yakindra Prasad and Abeywickrama, Chandana Janaka and Rakshit, Sudip Kumar and Brosse, Nicolas(2013). Effect of different pretreatments on delignification pattern and enzymatic hydrolysability of miscanthus, oil palm biomass and typha grass . Bioresource Technology. 135. p. 82-88. Elsevier
Timilsena, Y.P., Abeywickrama, C.J., Rakshit, S.K., Brosse, N.(2013). Effect of different pretreatments on delignification pattern and enzymatic hydrolysability of miscanthus, oil palm biomass and typha grass . Bioresource Technology. 135. p. 82-88.
Timilsena, Yakindra Prasad and Audu, Idi Guga and Rakshit, Sudip Kumar and Brosse, Nicolas(2013). Impact of the lignin structure of three lignocellulosic feedstocks on their organosolv delignification. Effect of carbonium ion scavengers . Biomass and Bioenergy. 52. p. 151-158. Elsevier
Timilsena, Yakindra Prasad and Khanal, Jyotsna Shrestha and Anal, Anil Kumar(2013). Acrylamide: Thermally Induced Toxicant in Foods and Its Control Measures . Journal of Food Science and Technology Nepal. 6. (0). Nepal Journals Online
(2012). Effect of Combinative Pretreatments on Cellulose-to-Glucose Conversion of Empty Palm Fruit Bunch (EFB) . Journal of Food Science and Technology Nepal.
OTHER
Md. Amdadul Haque, Yakindra Prasad Timilsena, Benu Adhikari(2016). Food Proteins, Structure, and Function . Elsevier {BV}
(2013). Effect of Different Pretreatment Methods in Combination with the Organosolv Delignification Process and Enzymatic Hydrolysability of Correlation with Lignin Structure. Asian Institute of Technology.
Y. P. Timilsena, R. Adhikari, S. Kasapis, B. Adhikari Physicochemical, Thermal and Rheological Characteristics of a Novel Mucilage from Chia Seed (<i xmlns="http://www.rsc.org/schema/rscart38">Salvia Hispanica</i>) . Gums and Stabilisers for the Food Industry 18. p. 65--75. Royal Society of Chemistry ({RSC})
BOOK CHAPTER
Haque, M. A., Timilsena, Y. P., & Adhikari, B. (2015). Spray Drying. Drying Technologies for Foods: Fundamentals & Applications. Nema PK, Kaur, BP & Mujumdar, AS (Eds). New India Publishing Agency, India, 374.
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