Dr. Sandi Darniadi has recently joined the Food Engineering and Bioprocess Technology (FEBT) Academic Program within the Department of Food, Agriculture and Natural Resources at School of Environment, Resources, and Development (SERD) as an Assistant Professor.
Dr. Sandi holds a Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Food Science and Nutrition from the University of Leeds, United Kingdom, and a Master of Science in Food Technology from Universitas Pasundan, Indonesia. He served as a Senior Researcher at the National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN) and as an Associate Researcher at the Indonesian Agency for Agricultural Research and Development (IAARD), Ministry of Agriculture, Indonesia. From 2020 to 2024, he was an Adjunct Faculty in new food product development and advanced food processing at the Department of Food Technology, Universitas Pasundan, Bandung, Indonesia. .
Throughout his career, several research projects have been done, particularly the development of new products (sweet potato snack bars, instant potato powder, freeze-dried fruits, rice-based biscuits, sorghum sugars, etc.). He has been granted three patents and has published in peer-reviewed academic journals in the fields of food science and nutrition, food process engineering, and food technology. Dr. Sandi has also actively participated in international conferences. In 2024, he also held a Postdoctoral Research Fellowship at the Department of Human Nutrition, Universitas Diponegoro, Semarang, Indonesia, where his research focused on preserving the nutritional and physico-chemical properties of fruits using freeze-drying and spray-drying techniques
Dr. Sandi’s expertise includes food process engineering and product development. He investigates how chemical, physical, and functional properties of food change during processing, with the aim of enhancing nutritional value, safety, and sensory quality. He is also passionate about product optimization and sensory evaluation.
For inquiries, Dr. Sandi can be reached at:
Room no. : AFE Building, Room No: 205,
Telephone extension: 5458
Email: [email protected]
