Biography

Dr. Tanveer Alam received his Ph.D. degree in the field of Pharmaceutical Chemistry (Natural Product Chemistry) from the School of Pharmaceutical Education and Research, Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi, India in 2000. From Nov. 2000 to Sept. 2001, he was a Post Doctoral Fellow at Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi, India, and worked on the synthesis of water-soluble derivatives of Silymarin. Upon completion of his education, he started his career as an Executive-R&D in a Natural Flavor & Fragrances Company and after words he served as General Manager & Head-R&D in different National & Multinational companies.

Dr. Alam has more than 22 years of R&D experience in the field of Natural Food Products. He has been worked as Associate Professor in Eritrea Institute of Technology, State of Eritrea. He is Ph.D. supervisor in JJT, University, Rajasthan, India and faculty member in BioNatural Healing College, California, USA & PAULESI, Ibadan University, Nigeria. He is the Advisory Board Member & Consultant in Pharma & Natural Food Colors Industries. He is also a Member of Editorial Boards and Referee for more than 40 National & International Journals. Dr. Alam is also an author and co-author of more than 70 research articles and 12 book chapters. He has one Australian Innovation Patent on natural food color (Anthocyanin).

Since March 2015 to Feb. 2023, Dr. Alam was looking the R&D and commercialization of Medicinal & Aromatic Plants at Natural & Medical Sciences Research Center, University of Nizwa, Sultanate of Oman. Currently he is working as a Research Scientist in Sabanci University Nanotechnology Research and Application Center, Istanbul, Republic of Turkey. He is working on Bio-based Nanomaterials for food and pharmaceutical companies.