Ambati Ranga RaoDr. Ranga Rao is an Associate Professor and Senior Scientist in the Department of Biotechnology, Vignan's Foundation Science, Technology and Research University University, Andhra Pradesh, India. He has 18 years of experience in both teaching and resarch. He has been working in the multidisciplinary area of Algal biotechnology and byproducts and Food Science and Technology.

Based on his accomplishments, he has received multiple research awards including Young Scientist Award-World Food Congress by International Union of Food Science and Technology (IUFoST) at Montreal, Canada; TWAS Young Affiliate fellow (ROESEAP) for the year 2014-2018 by The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS), and one of the prestigious national-level Senior Research Fellowships by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), Govt. of India to carry out his research work in biotechnology. He has published extensively in journals and contributed to several books. Read More Read Less