Dr. Mian N. Riaz is the Director of the Process Engineering R&D Center, Head of Extrusion Technology Program, and Professor of Food Diversity in Nutrition and Food Science Department at Texas A&M University. He joined the center more than 25 years ago after completing his Ph.D in Food Science from the University of Maine, He was the first Ph.D. graduate of their Food Science department. His first academic appointment was in 1992 at Texas A&M where he was put in charge of the Food and Feed Extrusion Program and went on to become the head of the Extrusion Program and a member of the Graduate Faculty in the Food Science and Technology Program. Since 2005, he has been serving as the Director of the Process Engineering Research & Development Center. Riaz is a frequent speaker at international and national conferences and meetings and has delivered more than 300 presentations in 55 countries. Every year he organizes 5 short courses in the area of extrusion. He also has a teaching appointment in the Nutrition and Food Science Department.

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