Citizenship Canadian | Nationality Indian | |
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Born November 13, 1947 (age 69)Bengaluru, India ( 1947-11-13 ) Known for Food processing; Thermal processing; High pressure processing; Fruit & vegetable technology Residence Baie-d'Urfé, Canada, Montreal, Canada | ||
Hosahalli S. Ramaswamy (born November 13, 1947), also popularly known as Swamy, is a Canadian food scientist of Indian origin, Professor of Food Science at McGill University in Montreal, Quebec, Canada and a visiting professor at Zhejiang University, China and Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia. Currently, he is the President of Canadian Institute of Food Science and Technology. He is also the editor of the Journal of Food Engineering.
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Biography
Ramaswamy was born in Hosahalli, India. He completed his bachelor's degree from Bangalore University in 1970. In 1972, he completed his M.Sc. in Food Technology from Central Food Technological Research Institute, Mysore, Karnataka, India. In 1978, he moved to Canada and took a M.Sc. & Ph.D. from University of British Columbia in 1979 and 1983 respectively. He joined McGill University as an Assistant Professor in 1987, was promoted to Associate Professor in 1992 and then Full Professor in 2002.
Supported by funding from Canada Foundation for Innovation, he has established a first-of-its-kind high pressure technology pilot plant facility on Macdonald Campus of McGill University.
Professional work
Ramaswamy's early research on thermal processing resulted in several key developments. One of the most significant development was the demonstration that heat transfer distribution, not temperature, is a performance indicator of overpressure cookers. He has been very active in developing guidelines for heat penetration testing for process validation in food processing industries. His current research includes:
He is author of the textbook "Food Processing - Principles and Applications", published in 2009 and now being used as a textbook in many food science departments at universities in North America. He is the editor of several books, and has published 400 peer-reviewed scientific papers, His work has been cited over 6000 times, with his H-index being 34.