Nirdesh Dalal

Nirdesh Dalal is a Senior Food and Beverage Scientist at Lucta, focusing on optimizing flavors in food-related prototypes since October 2022. Previously, Nirdesh served as Technical Service Lead at Sun Chemical, leading food prototype development and utilizing various labs and pilot plants to showcase the company's color portfolio from September 2021 to September 2022. As a Product and Applications Development Specialist at DIANA from May 2018 to September 2021, Nirdesh was responsible for creating products across various categories including savory and sweet applications. Additional experience includes a brief tenure as Beverage Applications Technologist at Archer Daniels Midland Company, ensuring compliance as Food Safety and Quality Assurance at Lancaster Foods, and serving as a Front Desk Assistant at Drexel University. Nirdesh holds a Master of Science in Food Science from Drexel University and a Bachelor of Engineering in Food Technology and Processing from A D Patel Institute of Technology, CVM University.