2003: Ph.D., Food Engineering and Bioprocess Technology Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand

1998: M.Sc., Bioprocess Technology Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand

1995: DVM (Doctor of Veterinary Medicine) University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan

Associate Dean; Research and Outreach (January 2010-till) School of Environment, Resources and Development, Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand

Assistant Professor (July 2009-till) Food Engineering and Bioprocess Technology; Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand

Senior Scientist (January 2008-July 2009) Living Cell Technologies (Global) limited, New Zealand

Research Scientist (June 2005-January 2008), Riddet Institute (Centre of Research Excellence), Massey University, New Zealand

Postdoctoral Scientist (June 2003- June 2005) School of Pharmacy, University of Otago, New Zealand

Visiting Research Scientist (November 2000- February 2001), University of Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain

Visiting Research Scientist (April 2000- June 2000), Kansai University, Osaka, Japan.

Research Associate (August 1998- May 2003) Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand

Veterinary Officer (January 1996- January 1997): Department of Livestock Services; Ministry of Agriculture Development and Cooperatives; Nepal Government, Nepal.

1.      Manuscripts (International Peer-reviewed Journal) under Preparation

                       I.            Alisha Tuladhar and Anil K. Anal; Recent Advances in Applications of Encapsulation Technology for Bioprotection of Nutrients in Complex Food Systems: A Review; Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture; (Communicated and Abstract accepted by Editor and to be submitted in May 2011).

                     II.            Anil K. Anal; Engineered Biopolymeric Particles/Capsules for Live Cell Therapy: Towards Clinical Applications; Biodrugs (Invited review to be submitted by May 2011).

                   III.            Anil K. Anal, S. Jaisanti and A. Noomhorm; Ultrasonic and microwave-assisted extraction of bioactive compounds from banana peels and cinnamon barks and their antioxidative potentials; Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture (ready to submit)

                  IV.            Anil K. Anal, Melada and A. Noomhorm; Recent Advances in Edible Food Packaging for Industrial Applications: A Review; Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition; (Abstract accepted by Editor and to be submitted by June 2011).

                    V.            Anil K. Anal and Joydeep Dutta; Nanostructures Mediated Controlled Release Dosage Forms; Journal of Bionanoscience (ready to submit)

                  VI.            Anil K. Anal; Food Grain Processing; In: Sustainable Food Processing, In: Sustainable Food Processing; B. Tiwari, T. Norton, N.M. Holden (Eds) (Invited; under progress to be submitted by October 2011).

                VII.            Butsadee Lamareerat and Anil K. Anal; Reinforced Cassava Starch Based Edible Film with Essential Oil and Clay Nanoparticles (in preparation)

              VIII.            Rungnapa Kallapruek and Anil K. Anal; Effects of Chitosan on Enhancing the shelf life of Fresh Rice Noodle (Manuscript in preparation)

                  IX.            Plangpin Siwapornrak, Anil K. Anal and Athapol Noomhorm; Extraction and in vivo efficacy of phenolic compounds from the encapsulated Probiotics from the turmeric (Curcuma longa Linn); (under progress)

                    X.            Melada, S. and Anil K. Anal; Antimicrobial substances from Lactobacillus plantarum isolated from Turmeric (Curcuma longa linn.) and their applications as biopreservative and in edible film (In progress)

2.      Books and Monographs

I.                    Vilai Rungsardthong, Maunmai Apintanopong, Natta Laohakunjit, and Anil Kumar Anal; In: Advances in Odor and Flavor Science: A Review on Aroma Applications in Food Products; Edited by Athapol Noomhorm, Imran Ahmad; LAP LAMBERT ACADEMIC Publishing GmbH & Co. KG, Germany, ISBN: 978-3-8433-8034-8; pp (2010)

II.                  Proceedings: 5^th International Conference on Innovations in Food and Bioprocess Technology; I. Ahmad, A. Noomhorm, A.K. Anal and S.K. Rakshit (Eds); ISBN: 978-974-8257-81-5; Asian Institute of Technology; Thailand; (2010)

3.      Book Chapters/ Special Publications

I.                    Mohammad Abbas Mahmood, Sunandan Baruah, Anil Kumar Anal and Joydeep Dutta; Microbial pathogen inactivation using heterogenous photocatalysis; In: Eric Lichtfouse, Jan Schwarzbauer and Didier Robert (Eds), Environmental Chemistry, Vol 2, Springer Publications Ltd., The Netherlands (In Press).

II.                  Anil K. Anal; Controlled-Release Dosage Forms. Pharmaceutical Sciences Encyclopedia: Drug Discovery, Development, and Manufacturing. John Wiley and Sons Publishers, Hoboken, NJ, USA; 1–46.. DOI: 10.1002/9780470571224; Online ISBN: 9780470571224 (March, 2010)  

III.                Anil K. Anal; Controlled Release Dosage Forms; In: Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Handbook; Shayne C. Gad (Editor); John Wiley and Sons Publishers, Hoboken, NJ, USA, ISBN: 978-0-471-21391-8, pp 347-392 (2008)

IV.                 Dialysis by Chitosan Membranes; Suwalee C., Anil K. Anal, N. C.  How, P. Wanichpongpan and W. F. Stevens; In: Chitosan in Pharmacy and Chemistry, R. A. A. Muzzarelli and C. Muzzarelli (Eds.),  Atec Edizioni, Italy, PP 145-150 (2002)

4.      Peer-reviewed Referred Articles:

                    I.             Anil K. Anal; Microencapsulation and its Application in Delivery of Bioactive Compounds in Food Systems; Innovative Science Editions (2010)

          II.   S J M Skinner, M Geaney, L Hai, M Muzina, Anil Anal, RB Elliott and P Tan; Encapsulated living choroid plexus cells: Potential long term treatments for central nervous system disease and trauma; 2009 Journal of Neural Engineering, 6:1-11 (2009) (MOST HIGHLIGHTED AND PROMINENT PAPER IN 2009) (Scopus Citation:2)

                  III.            Anil K. Anal, A. Tobiassen, J. Flanagan and H.Singh; Preparation and characterization of nanoparticles formed by chitosan-caseinate interactions; Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces, 64: 104-110 (2008); (Scopus citation:6) (Impact factor: 2.600)

                IV.            Anil K. Anal and Harjinder Singh; Recent Advances in Microencapsulation Technologies for Probiotics for Industrial Applications: A Review; Trends in Food and Science Technology, 18: 240-251 (2007) (Science Direct TOP10 Hottest and the 4th most downloaded Article; July - December 2008); (Scopus citation:50) (Impact factor: 4.051)

               V.            Anil K. Anal; Time-controlled Pulsatile Release of Bioactive Compounds; Recent Patents on Drug Delivery and Formulations, 1 (1): 73-79 (2007); (Scopus Citation:8)

                 VI.             Anil K. Anal. Stimuli-induced Pulsatile or Triggered Release Delivery Systems for Bioactive Compounds; Recent Patents on Endocrine and Metabolism Drug Discovery, 1(1): 83-90 (2007); Scopus citation:

               VII.            Anil K. Anal, Willem F. Stevens and Carmen R. Lopez, Ionotropic cross-linked chitosan microspheres for controlled release of ampicillin; International Journal of Pharmaceutics; 312: 166-173 (2006);( Scopus citation:35)(Impact factor: 2.962)

             VIII.            Anil K. Anal and Willem F. Stevens; Chitosan-Alginate Multilayer Beads for Controlled Release of Ampicillin; International Journal of Pharmaceutics; 290: 45-54 (2005) (AWARDED AS THE TOP MOST CITED ARTICLE, 2007); (Scopus citation:65) (Impact factor: 2.962)

A.  Special Honors and Awards

·         Most Cited Paper Award by Elsevier Publications, Amsterdem, The Netherlands (2009).

·         TOP REVIEWER AWARD  in 2007-2009 for Exceptional Contribution to Quality and Success of Food Hydrocolloids Journal, Awarded by Elsevier Ltd, Oxford, United Kingdom (2010).

·         Awarded Life Membership (Special Achievement) Award of Nepal Veterinary Association (NVA) in recognition and Advancement of Scientific Development; January 2011.

·         Awarded Massey University Research Medal (Team) (2005) for making outstanding research contributions (2005)

·         Awarded the Best Research Medal (Ms Yin Zhang, Honors Student under my supervision) in the batch of 2006 of Food Science and Technology in Massey University (2006).

·         Postdoctoral fellowship, Massey University, New Zealand (2005)

·         Postdoctoral Fellowship, Otago University, New Zealand (2003)

·         Fellowship award by Kansai University, Osaka, Japan, (2000)

·         Fellowships award by University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain (2000-01).

·         Scholarship awarded by Austrian Government to pursue M.Sc. (1997-98)

·         Scholarship awarded by FAO to pursue undergraduate study (1990-95)

Memberships/ Credentials:

·         Life Member, Nepal Veterinary Association (NVA), 2011

·         Professional Member, Nepal Food Scientists and Technologists Association (NEFOSTA); 2010

·         Professional member, Royal Society of New Zealand, 2007

·         Professional member, Controlled Release Society, 2002

·         Professional member, Nepal Veterinary Association, 1995

 Invited as Session Chair in International Conferences (Selected)

                       I.            International Conference on Biodiversity, Livelihood and Climate Change in the Himalayas; Kathmandu, Nepal, 12-14 December 2010

                     II.            International Conference on Separation Processes, 20-22 October, 2009; Varanasi, India

                   III.            Third Thailand Nanotechnology Conference 2009- Health, Energy and Environment; 21-22 December 2009; Bangkok, Thailand

                  IV.            Particles 2008 Conference, Florida, USA (2008)

1.      Courses taught

-       Bioprocess Technology

-       Safety and Standardization of Food Products

-       Bioprocess Practica

-       Dairy and Meat Biotechnology

-       Fundamentals of Bionanotechnology

-       Processing Effects on Functional Components of  Foods..