Dr Azza Silotry Naik
Assistant Lecturer
Email: azzasilotry.naik@TUDublin.ie
Tel: (01) 220 8535
Background
Azza Silotry Naik; ORCID: 0000-0003-1386-2374; Area of research - Isolation, purification & formulation of functional ingredients from plant & marine by-products
Education
2015, PhD - PhD in Food Biotechnology (Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai, India); Recipient of IFT (USA) Graduate technical writing award; DBT, UGC and ICMR (India) Travel grants
2009, Master of Technology M. Tech in Bioprocess Technology (Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai, India)
Employment
Aug 2022 – current. Assistant Lecturer in Food Science & Environmental Health, TU Dublin
Module lead/taught: Food chemistry, Physical chemistry, Instrumentation- Chromatography, Medicinal chemistry, Bioprocessing techniques, Beverage analysis
Jan 2022- July 2022 Senior scientist at Nuritas, Ireland
Jan 2021-Jan 2022 Postdoctoral Researcher at University of Limerick, Ireland
Jan 2019- Dec 2020 Postdoctoral Researcher at Teagasc, Ashtown, Ireland
March 2015 to Dec 2018 Assistant Professor & Section Head for Food Science in the School of Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, D. Y. Patil Deemed to be University, Navi Mumbai, India
Funding
ARISE (ERDF Southern, Eastern & Midland Regional Programme 2021-27) PhD funding to the proposal, Brewers’ Spent Grain Hydrolysates for upcycled functional Pet Food: €135,500
COST ACTION Ocean4Biotech (CA18238) funded STSM at University of Copenhagen, Denmark (microalgae protein extraction and analysis): €3000
Enterprise Ireland Feasibility Funding for market research of developed cosmeceutical ingredients: €15,000
Research Experience
Has previously worked as a postdoctoral researcher on bioprocessing of marine by-products on projects such as MUSSELS (EMFF), MEESO (EU H-2020) and SarcoBlu (DAFM) to yield high value functional products. As a Senior Food Scientist at Nuritas (2022), Ireland, helped process optimisation of faba bean protein hydrolysates.
Academic Experience and achievements
- Member of the Institute of Chemistry of Ireland (M0926) and observer (Ireland) of the Food Chemistry division of EU Chem society.
- Core group member (WG3) of COST action Ocean4Biotech (CA18238)
- Managing committee member from Ireland for COST action ACRYRED (CA21149).
- Expert reviewer on the EU Sustainability blue economy partnership call 2023.
- Member of the winning team of Hackathon in marine biotechnology (2021).
- Scientific organising committee member for FULLRECO4US conference (Turkey) & Ocean4Biotech LCA training School (Crete).
- Member of FSEH’s health and safety committee and Research committee.
- Spoke on Carbohydrates and Proteins for RTEjr podcast, Sense of Science 2024
Relevant Publications
- Teixeira, D. C., Kokojka, F., Kolukuluri, R. S., Marks, R. S., & Naik, A. S.* (2024). Deep Dive into Seaweed-Based Preservatives for Sustainable Production and Consumption of Meat Products. Food Reviews International, 1–36. https://doi.org/10.1080/87559129.2024.2428392
- Naik, A.S.*, Brugiere, M., Dunne, K. et al. Protease hydrolysed brewers’ spent grain bioactive extracts for applications in human health. Syst Microbiol and Biomanuf (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s43393-024-00241-3
- Naik, A.S., * Jamakhani, M., Vernekar, M.R., Lele, S.S. (2021). Animal- and Plant-Based Food for Health and Longevity. In: Rattan, S.I.S., Kaur, G. (eds) Nutrition, Food and Diet in Ageing and Longevity. Healthy Ageing and Longevity, vol 14. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-83017-5_8
- Naik A.S, Whitaker RD, Albrektsen S, Solstad RG, Thoresen L and Hayes M (2021) Mesopelagic Fish Protein Hydrolysates and Extracts: A Source of Novel Anti-Hypertensive and Anti-Diabetic Peptides. Front. Mar. Sci. 8:719608. doi: 10.3389/fmars.2021.719608
- Naik, A. S., & Hayes, M. (2019). Bioprocessing of mussel by-products for value added ingredients. Trends in Food Science &Technology (Vol. 92, pp. 111–121). Elsevier BV. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tifs.2019.08.013
- D'souza, C., Fernandes, R., Kudale, S. and Naik, A.S.* (2018), Local indigenous fruit-derived juices as alternate source of acidity regulators. J. Sci. Food Agric, 98: 1995-2001. https://doi.org/10.1002/jsfa.8684
Supervision at TU Dublin
On-going theses- Primary Supervisor 2 PhD candidates