Dr. Harshal KSHIRSAGAR
Senior Scientist
Roquette

Dr. Harshal Kshirsagar has been involved in the area of Food and Nutrition for over a decade. He has published several peer-reviewed research manuscripts, presentations and a book chapter in chemical composition of foods, food allergy and protein biochemistry. Dr. Kshirsagar has a Ph.D. in Food and Nutrition from the Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL. Vegetable proteins as food ingredients is Dr. Kshirsagar’s area of expertise. His research has focused on establishing structure-functionality relationships in proteins from soybeans, almonds, cashews and other lesser known legumes. At Roquette, Dr. Kshirsagar works with business development of Yellow Pea- based ingredients.”

Audrey TAFFIN
Scientific Communications Manager / Nutrition Management
Roquette

Audrey Taffin is in charge of Pea Protein market development for ROQUETTE (pea protein commercialized under NUTRALYS® brand name); she is based in Roquette Headquarter in the North of the France. Formerly, she worked for a leading gelatin manufacturer as technical support manager to food and nutra sales of gelatin and hydrolyzed collagens. She holds a Master of Science with a specialization in Biochemistry applied to Food, Cosmetic and Pharmaceutical Industries obtained at AgroParisTech, an engineering school of Paris Institute of Technology. She had some experiences in R&D in starch functional properties, phytochemistry and wine biopolymers.