Kalidas Shetty is a noted food scientist, an associate professor of food science at the University of Massachusetts

University of Massachusetts

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, and a recipient of the Jefferson science fellowship. He is the author of a significant number of books on food science. He holds at least four patents and has been editor of several reputed agricultural publications.

Personal life

Shetty was born in a Tulu

Tulu language

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-speaking Bunt

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 family in Jayapura near Chikmagaluru, India

India

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. He is the eldest of four sons born to N Ramanna Shetty and Ganga Shetty. He is married to Geeta Shetty. They have two sons---Varun and Vishal.

Education

Shetty studied in Bishop Cotton School

Bishop Cotton School

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 in Bangalore and in M.G.M.college, Udupi. He graduated from the University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore. He received an M.S. (in Bacteriology) and a Ph.D. from the University of Idaho

University of Idaho

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. Dr. Shetty had his postdoctoral training at the National Institute of Agro-Biological Research, Japan

Japan

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, and the University of Guelph

University of Guelph

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, Ontario

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, Canada.

Awards and work

Shetty is also an affiliate faculty with NASA Space Food Technology Commercial Space Center at Iowa State University, Breast Cancer Research Cluster, Bay State Health System, Springfield, MA, Molecular and Cellular Biology- UMASS, Plant Biology- UMASS and Environmental Science- UMASS. He holds at least four patents and has been an editor of several reputed agricultural publications. Research in his laboratory focuses on molecular physiology of secondary metabolite synthesis in plants. Dr. Shetty was awarded 8 gold medals for academic excellence at the University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore. He has also received Science and Technology Post-doctoral Fellowship of the Japan Government 1990-1991.

Published works and patents

• Adyanthaya I, Kwon Y-I, Apostolidis E, Shetty K, 2009. Antioxidant Response Mechanisms in Apples During Post Harvest Storage and Implication for Human Health Benefits. Journal of Food Biochemistry. Vol 33:4, 535-556
• Randhir, R., Kwon, Y-I., Lin, Y-T. and Shetty, K. (2009) Effect of thermal processing on phenolic associated health-relevant functionality of selected legume sprouts and seedlings. J. Food Biochemistry, 33: 89-112.
• kwon, Y-I., Apostolidis, E. and Shetty, K., (2008) Inhibitory potential of wine and tea against alpha-amylase and alpha-glucosidase for management of hyperglycemia linked to type 2 diabetes. J. Food Biochemistry, 32: 15-31.
• Apostolidis, E., Kwon, Y-I. and Shetty, K. (2008) Inhibition of Listeria monocytogenes by oregano, cranberry and sodium lactate combinations in broth and cooked ground beef systems and likely mode of action through proline metabolism. International J. Food Microbiology, 128: 317-324.
• Shetty, K. and Wahlqvist, M.L. (2004) A model for the role of proline-linked pentose phosphate pathway in phenolic phytochemical biosynthesis and mechanism of action for human health and environmental applications. Asia Pacific J. Clinical Nutrition, 13: 1-24.

Food Biotechnology [Shetty, K., Paliyath, G., Pometto, A.L. III and Levin, R.E. (eds)]. CRC Press (Taylor and Francis Co), Boca Raton, FL.

• Functional Foods and Biotechnology [Shetty, K., Paliyath, G., Pometto, A.L. III and Levin, R.E. (eds)]. CRC Press (Taylor and Francis Co), Boca Raton, FL.