Faculty Spotlight

Prof. Sajid Maqsood

Prof. Sajid is a Professor in Department of Food Science at College of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, UAEU. He has started his academic career in May 2011 at UAEU as a post-doctorate Fellow and is currently serving as Full Professor since 2021.

Prof Sajid research is dedicated and aligned exclusively on food and nutritional needs of UAE and the region he has also established an innovative research program at UAEU which focus on bioactive molecules in camel milk and dates with currently two funded projects running in this area.

He is also working food wastes and by-products valorization generated at farm and industry level in UAE and utilization into food fortification, biodegradable packaging and feed (Two on-going research projects). Moreover, intensive research on alternative proteins (plant-based proteins, meat analogues etc) and sustainable means of food processing (One on-going research project) is being carried out.