Hamid Ezzatpanah is professor of Food Science and Technology at Department of Food Science and Technology, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University (SRBIAU), Tehran, Iran. Hamid graduated in Nutrition (B.Sc. degree, 1992) from Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences – National Nutrition and Food Technology Research Institute, Tehran. He received his M.Sc. degree (highest honors, 1996) in Food Science and Technology at SRBIAU and his Ph.D. degree (highest honors, 2001) at the same university, in the field of Dairy Technology. He has published more than 100 research articles in peer reviewed national and international journals and presented over 120 posters and oral presentations in world class congresses and conferences such as IDF-World Dairy Summit and IUFoST