Mn Emmambux

Biography

Prof Mohammad Naushad Emmambux is currently an Associate Professor in the Department of Food Science, University of Pretoria. He is also a C2 rated researcher by the NRF and the research leader for food processing at the DST/NRF centre of excellence in food security. He obtained his MSc (cum laude) and PhD in Food Science at the same department and then a postdoctoral fellowship at SIK - the Swedish Institute for Food and Biotechnology and another postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Pretoria. He lectures in food chemistry, cereal science and technology, food product development and food rheology. His research is broadly on African food biopolymers for nutrition and functional use. The main focus is on chemistry of starch modification with lipids for ‘clean label starches’ for production of nano-materials; non-gelling high viscosity starches for stabiliser and fat replacers; low glycaemic index foods; encapsulation of neutraceuticals; and biocomposites with other biopolymers. He is interested in the area of food chemistry, food rheology, spectroscopy, microscopy and nanotechnology. He is currently supervising/co-supervising 8 MSc and 10 PhD students.

Research Interest

Food chemistry, starch science and technology, rheology and nanotechnology