June 2019

Professor Somasundaran received his M.S. and Ph.D. from the University of California at Berkeley and his Bachelor of Engineering from the Indian Institute of Science in 1961. Before joining Columbia University, he worked for the International Minerals and Chemical Corporation and Reynolds Industries. He was appointed the first La von Duddleson Krumb Professor in the Columbia University School of Engineering and Applied Science, and the first Director of the Langmuir Center for Colloids & Interfaces and founding director of the National Science Foundation Industry/University Cooperative Center for Advanced Studies in Novel Surfactants. He was also elected Chairman of the Henry Krumb School at Columbia University, as Chair of Dept. of Chemical Engineering, Material Science & Mineral Engineering in 1992 and 1995.Read more

Dina Fernandez, is a Plant Protein Research and Development Manager at the Global Research Center of Archer Daniel Midland Co. She has eight years of experience in Plant Protein Research and leads a broad range of innovation projects focused on new and existing plant-based protein ingredients. She is actively involved in protein ingredient optimization and nutrition research and provide technical support for ADM customers in the food, supplement and beverage industry globally. Dina has a Food Engineering degree from Zamorano University at Honduras, a Master degree in Food Science and Human...Read more