Dr. K. V. Sunooj
About
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Dr. KV SUNOOJ has more than 17 years of experience in teaching and research in the area of
Food Science and Technology. He obtained a master’s degree from the University of Calicut in
2003 and a PhD from the Defence Food Research Laboratory (Ministry of Defence, DRDO),
Mysore (Awarded by the University of Mysore). He started his career as a Lecturer at the
University of Calicut, Kerala, India.
After completing his PhD, he joined as an Assistant Professor at the Department of Food Science
and Technology, Pondicherry University in 2009.
Dr. Sunooj’s teaching and research interests are in the area of Food material Science,
Biopolymers, and Non-conventional starch. He has 142 international publications, including
31 book chapters, to his credit. He has published 2 international books. He has been listed as a
Top 3% scientist (last 6 years) by the AD Scientific Index. He has been serving as the president
of the Association of Food Scientists and Technologists of India (AFsTi-Pondicherry chapter)
since 2019.
Notable & Recent Publications
Mounir, S., Mohamed, R., Sunooj, K. V., El-Saidy, S., & Farid, E. (2025). Assessing the effects of partially substituting chicken breast meat with oyster mushroom stalk powder on the quality attributes of mushroom-chicken burgers. Scientific Reports, 15(1), 4361.
Akhila, P. P., Sunooj, K. V., Jayasuya, T., Nayana, V., Sharmila, P. T. N., Aaliya, B., ... & Nemțanu, M. R. (2025). Study on the influence and application of fatty acid incorporation in hausa potato starch film fabricated from plasma activated water assisted annealing modification: Assessment on fruit coating potential. Food Chemistry, 482, 144205.
Akhila, P. P., Sunooj, K. V., Bangar, S. P., Aaliya, B., Navaf, M., Indumathy, B., ... & Nemțanu, M. R. (2024). Assessing the impact of plasma-activated water-assisted heat-moisture treatment on the extrusion-recrystallization process of hausa potato starch. Carbohydrate Polymers, 335, 122081.
Bangar, S. P., Ilyas, R. A., Chowdhury, A., Navaf, M., Sunooj, K. V., & Siroha, A. K. (2023). Bentonite clay as a nanofiller for food packaging applications. Trends in Food Science & Technology, 142, 104242.
Aaliya, B., Sunooj, K. V., Navaf, M., Akhila, P. P., Sudheesh, C., Sabu, S., ... & George, J. (2022). Influence of plasma-activated water on the morphological, functional, and digestibility characteristics of hydrothermally modified non-conventional talipot starch. Food Hydrocolloids, 130, 107709.
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