Dr. V.M. (Bala) Balasubramaniam

Professional Bio

Dr. V.M. (Bala) Balasubramaniam, is a Professor of Food Engineering at The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA. Dr. Bala’s research focus has been on food process design, development and validation of various thermal and nonthermal based clean food manufacturing technologies that satisfy consumer demand for minimally processed foods with health promoting nutrients preserved. His recent research effort focuses on development of high pressure based ultra-shear technologies for the preservation of beverages and superheated steam for food plant sanitation. Dr. Bala teaches undergraduate and graduate students on principles of thermal and nonthermal processing. Prof. Bala’s team published more than 105 journal articles, 20 book chapters, 4 food processors factsheets and 170 technical and invited presentations. Dr. Bala co-edited two books on high pressure processing and nonthermal processing. His laboratory emphasis on technology transfer to food manufactures via short courses, webinars, workshops and pilot plant demonstrations. More information about Dr. Bala’s program can be found at http://u.osu.edu/foodsafetyeng/