Gaurav Rajauria

Gaurav Rajauria, M.Sc., Ph.D., MRSC, is a Lecturer in Bioeconomy at the Munster Technological University, Ireland. His primary research interest aims at mining and characterizing functional ingredients from underutilized marine resources and agri-food waste/side streams. He is exploring a number of emerging technologies for pre-treatment and extraction purposes and establishing bioactive based biorefineries from underutilized biomass. His research also focuses on improving the food quality,...See more

Gaurav Rajauria, M.Sc., Ph.D., MRSC, is a Lecturer in Bioeconomy at the Munster Technological University, Ireland. His primary research interest aims at mining and characterizing functional ingredients from underutilized marine resources and agri-food waste/side streams. He is exploring a number of emerging technologies for pre-treatment and extraction purposes and establishing bioactive based biorefineries from underutilized biomass. His research also focuses on improving the food quality, food security and environmental sustainability by applying nutrition intervention strategies for improving health. He has been principal investigator and collaborator of national and European grants, He has extensively published in his area of research, holds patents, have edited books and journals and advises/supervises a number of masters, PhD, and post-doctoral researchers across multiple research projects. He is an elected member of the Royal Society of Chemistry (MRSC), UK and management committee member of European COST Action programme. See less