Research profiles

Academic and applied research profiles of the co-founders of Blue Panthers Technology Inc. Institutional activities are separate from Blue Panthers consulting engagements.

Food engineering · Bioproducts · Delivery systems

Prof. Anubhav Pratap-Singh

Associate Professor, Food Processing, University of British Columbia

Prof. Pratap-Singh leads the UBC Food Process Engineering Laboratory and serves as Director of the Dan On Food & Beverage Innovation Centre. His interdisciplinary program connects food engineering with sustainable bioproducts, advanced packaging and non-invasive delivery of therapeutic peptides and proteins.

His group works across process development, optimization, prototype development, scale-up, intellectual property and industry collaboration. Processing platforms include thermal agitation, extrusion, HTST/UHT processing, high-pressure processing, pulsed light, microwave-vacuum dehydration, ultrasonication and cold plasma.

Research areas

Advanced food processing and preservation
Sustainable food ingredients and bioproducts
Biodegradable and functional packaging
Non-invasive delivery of peptides and proteins
Thermal and non-thermal processing
Process development, validation and scale-up

Education

Banting Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Toronto; PhD in Food Science, McGill University; BTech/MTech in Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur.

UBC faculty profile ↗Food Process Engineering Laboratory ↗Bioproducts Institute ↗Google Scholar ↗

Food chemistry · Natural health products · Applied research

Dr. Anika Singh

Project Leader, Natural Health and Food Products Research Group, BCIT

Dr. Singh leads applied research at the interface of post-harvest processing and food chemistry, helping Canadian food companies address research and development challenges. She is also an Adjunct Professor in the Faculty of Land and Food Systems at the University of British Columbia.

Her work includes food-component analysis, bioactive delivery and digestion, emulsions and nanocarriers, packaging films, novel processing technologies, food safety and microbial validation. Her current BCIT research includes nanocarrier systems designed to improve the bioavailability and functional integration of lipophilic bioactives in food matrices.

Research areas

Post-harvest processing
Food chemistry
Bioaccessibility and bioavailability
Food and natural-health-product digestion
Food emulsions and nanocarriers
Packaging-film design
Food quality, safety and process validation
HPLC and GC analysis

Education

PhD in Food Science, McGill University; MTech in Post-Harvest Processing and Food Engineering; BTech in Agricultural Engineering, Jawaharlal Nehru Agricultural University.

BCIT research profile ↗BCIT researchers ↗Google Scholar ↗

Profile information is summarized from the linked UBC and BCIT institutional sources. Institutional appointments and affiliations are biographical and do not imply institutional endorsement of Blue Panthers Technology Inc.