Pushpa S Murthy
Senior Scientist at Department of Spices and Flavor Science
CSIR-CFTRI, Mysore
India
Biography
Dr.Pushpa S Murthy is presently working as a Senior Scientist at Department of Spices and Flavor Science. She received her Ph.D. degree in Biotechnology at Mysore University, India. and also recipient of UNU-Kirin fellow from United Nations University. Her primary field is Microbiology and biotechnology with research emphasis on food biotechnology. She is Her research work involves production of value-added products, Food and Pharmaceutical components, bioactivity evaluation of the isolated plant extracts or synthesized compounds on food borne pathogenic microbes and application of the bioactive molecules for food safety. She holds patents, process know –how and is the author of peer-reviewed papers, book chapters, and reviews. She is a fellow of society for applied biotechnology, member of Association of microbiologist of India, society of Biological sciences and also association of Food scientist and technologist of India.
Research Interest
Food Biotechnology