Prakash M HalamiDr. Prakash M. Halami is a Chief Scientist in Microbiology and Fermentation Technology at CSIR-Central Food Technological Research Institute in Mysore, India. He has a postgraduate degree in Molecular Biology and Biotechnology from the Nationa Centre for Plant Biotechnology, PUSA Institute, IARI in New Delhi, and a doctorate in Biotechnology from the University of Mysore. Dr. Halami also has advanced training in Biotechnology from Kobe University in Japan, conducted doctoral degree research at the University of Frankfurt in Germany, and postdoctoral research at the University of Minnesota, USA, as a Raman Research Fellow. His laboratory investigates the mechanism of food-grade metabolite production by microorganisms using classical microbiology approaches and by using genomic tools, and his research activities include the characterization and transferability of antibiotic resistance genes in probiotic bacteria, development of defined starter cultures, and molecular taxonomy. He also has nearly three decades of R & D experience. Read More Read Less