Mohammed Farid has completed his BE in Chemical Engineering from the University of Baghdad, Iraq (1971), ME in Chemical Engineering from University of Swansea, Wales (1975) and PhD in Chemical Reactor Engineering from the University of Swansea, Wales in the UK. He is a Fellow of the Institution of Chemical Engineers, London and an active member of a number of international institutions. He has published more than 360 papers in international journals and refereed international conferences, 6 patents, 5 books, and 11 chapters in books. He has received a number of international awards such as the Matsumae International Fellowship from Japan (1986), the Hisham Hijjawi Award for Outstanding Scientific Achievement in Research in 1993, and the Marie Curie Fellowship, from European Union in 2010. He was invited as a keynote speaker to a large number of international conferences worldwide such as iFOOD2013 in Hannover. He has initiated and established the research in NZ in non-thermal processing of food, including high pressure processing, pulsed electric field and UV, more than 15 years ago. In 2015, he was awarded by the International Association of Engineering and Food (IAEF) the “Lifetime Achievement Award” Mohammed Farid has completed his BE in Chemical Engineering from the University of Baghdad, Iraq (1971), ME in Chemical Engineering from University of Swansea, Wales (1975) and PhD in Chemical Reactor Engineering from the University of Swansea, Wales in the UK. He is a Fellow of the Institution of Chemical Engineers, London and an active member of a number of international institutions. He has published more than 360 papers in international journals and refereed international conferences, 6 patents, 5 books, and 11 chapters in books. He has received a number of international awards such as the Matsumae International Fellowship from Japan (1986), the Hisham Hijjawi Award for Outstanding Scientific Achievement in Research in 1993, and the Marie Curie Fellowship, from European Union in 2010. He was invited as a keynote speaker to a large number of international conferences worldwide such as iFOOD2013 in Hannover. He has initiated and established the research in NZ in non-thermal processing of food, including high pressure processing, pulsed electric field and UV, more than 15 years ago. In 2015, he was awarded by the International Association of Engineering and Food (IAEF) the “Lifetime Achievement Award”