Draft:Sakamon Devahastin

Professor of Food Engineering at King Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi (KMUTT) in Bangkok, Thailand. [www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q39182969]

Education

 * Bachelor of Engineering (Chemical Engineering) - Kasetsart University (1995)
 * Master of Engineering (Chemical Engineering) - McGill University (1997)
 * Doctor of Philosophy (Chemical Engineering) - McGill University (2001)

Research Interests

 * Drying of foods and biomaterials
 * Characterization of food biomaterials
 * Mathematical modeling of thermal and non-thermal food processing
 * Novel food processing technologies

Selected Awards and Accolades

 * Elected Associate Fellow, Academy of Sciences, Royal Society of Thailand (2016)
 * Thailand Research Fund (TRF) Senior Research Scholar (2015)
 * Numerous awards recognizing excellence in drying research and food engineering

Selected Publications

 * Author and co-author of numerous publications in peer-reviewed international journals and book chapters
 * Edited and authored several books on food engineering and drying technologies
 * Establishment of a hybrid drying strategy for instant cream mushroom soup based on starch retrogradation behavior[www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q92745548]
 * Color and molecular structure alterations of brazilein extracted from Caesalpinia sappan L. under different pH and heating conditions[www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q97692899]