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Hire Dr. Yakindra T.

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Qualified food scientist and academics with 20 years of experience in Food Chemistry, Food Rheology and Food Analysis

Profile Summary

Managing Director Centre for Food and Nutrition Studies (CFNS) Clayton VIC 3168

Subject Matter Expertise

• ★ Food Preservation
• ★ Food Safety
• ★ Food Chemistry
• ☆ Lipidomics
• ☆ Food Science
• ☆ Food Engineering
• ☆ Food Testing

Services

• Writing
• Research
• Data & AI
• Product Development

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. Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization.LocalizedHtmlString 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. Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization.LocalizedHtmlString 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. Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization.LocalizedHtmlString 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. Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization.LocalizedHtmlString 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. Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization.LocalizedHtmlString 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. Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization.LocalizedHtmlString 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. Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization.LocalizedHtmlString 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. Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization.LocalizedHtmlString 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. Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization.LocalizedHtmlString 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. Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization.LocalizedHtmlString 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. Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization.LocalizedHtmlString 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. Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization.LocalizedHtmlString 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). Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization.LocalizedHtmlString 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. Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization.LocalizedHtmlString 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). Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization.LocalizedHtmlString 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. Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization.LocalizedHtmlString 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. Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization.LocalizedHtmlString 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. Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization.LocalizedHtmlString 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. Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization.LocalizedHtmlString 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.