Luisa Torri (female) obtained her Master Degree in Food Science and Technology (2002) and her PhD in Food Biotechnology (2008) at the University of Milan, Italy.
In 2007, he began collaborating with the University of Gastronomic Sciences (UNISG, Italy) as head of the Sensory Analysis Laboratory. In 2008, she became assistant professor. Her main research areas concern the attitude of consumers towards sustainable innovative foods, individual differences in sensory perception, and the impact of the sensory properties of food on the affective responses of consumers. She teaches the courses of “Sensory Analysis and Consumer Science”, “Laboratory of gastronomic measurements”, “Sensory analysis of wine”, “Beer tasting”, “Sustainable novel foods: tradition, production and consumption” and “Food packaging”. She coordinates the educational activities of the “Food Science and Technology” area.
In 2018, she became associate professor of Food Technologies and in 2023 full professor.
She is a member of the Consulting Committee and President of the ‘Sensory Project Manager’ Commission of the Italian Society of Sensory Sciences, founding member and managing director of the Italian Scientific Food Packaging Group and member of the Italian Society of Food Science and Technology.
She has collaborated with several companies, universities and research centres at national and international level.
She is author of over 170 national and international publications.

1995 Hacettepe Sağlık bİlimleri Beslenme ve Diyetetik mezunuyum.1998 yüksek lisansımı ve 2008 de doktoramı Hacettepe Üniversitesinde tamamladım.Başkent Üniversitesinde 2019 yılında doçent,2024 profesör oldum. 27 Mart 2025 tarihinden itibaren Acıbadem Üniversitesi SBF Beslenme ve Diyetetik Bölümüne Profesör.Dr. olarak atandım.

 Dr Ashwani Kumar is working as an Assistant Professor at Institute of Food Technology, Bundelkhand University, Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh, India. Dr. Kumar also has 2 years of experience working as Teaching-cum-Research Associate and Rani Lakshmi Bai Central Agricultural University, Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh, India and 4.5 years of experience working as Assistant Professor at Department of Food Technology and Nutrition, Lovely Professional University, Jalandhar, Punjab, India. Dr Kumar has earned a PhD in Food Technology from Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, Master's in Food Technology at Dr YS Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry, Nauni, Solan, Himachal Pradesh, and his BSc in Food Science and Technology (honours) at DAV College Jalandhar. Dr Kumar received the prestigious Dryland Cereals Scholarship from the Asia Pacific Associations of Agricultural Research Institutions, Bangkok, Thailand; an INSPIRE Fellowship from the Department of Science and Technology, New Delhi, India; and a University Merit Scholarship from Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, India (for PhD) and Dr YS Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry, Solan, India (for MSc). He has also passed the National Teaching Eligibility Test in Food Technology conducted by the Indian Council of Agricultural Research. Dr Kumar’s research is focused on the development of millet-based value-added health products. He has also presented his work at national and international conferences. He has authored 58 research publications in indexed journals and 7 book chapters. He is also a reviewer of many esteemed journals.