Dr. R. Paul Singh is a Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Food Engineering, University of California, Davis. Professor Singh’s research involves computational modeling of food processes to improve industrial food manufacturing, resource (energy and water) utilization in the food industry, and modeling of food digestion for improved bio accessibility of nutrients in the human body. Professor Singh is a fellow of the Institute of Food Technologists, the American Society of Agricultural Engineers, and the International Academy of Food Science and Technology. He has published 14 books and over 270 refereed papers. Dr. Singh is an elected member of the U.S. National Academy of Engineering. He is a recipient of the Kishida International Award and Farrall Young Educator Award (ASABE); Distinguished Food Engineering Award (DFISA); Nicholas Appert Award, International Award and Samuel Cate Prescott Award for Research (IFT). Currently, he serves as an Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Food Engineering.