BACKGROUND

Name :                    Noraini Mohd Khalid
Date of Birth :       23 April 1951
Place of Birth :     Ipoh, Perak

Education : 
 
bullet PhD. ( Food Science & Technology)                      University of Wisconsin Madison, USA, 1990
bullet M.Sc. ( Food Science& Technology)                 Michigan State University, USA, 1979
bullet B.Agric.Sc.( Hons)                                              University  of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 1975 

 
WORK EXPERIENCE
 
bullet Deputy Director, Food Science and Food Safety Research program, Food Technology Research Centre ( FTRC), MARDI - Recent
bullet Assistant Director and Program Leader, Food Processing and Product Development Research Program, Food Technology Research Centre (FTRC), MARDI, 1991 - Jan 2002
bullet Coordinator, Food Processing Program, Food Technology Research Centre, MARDI, Serdang, 1990 - 1991
bullet Coordinator, Food Processing Program, Food Technology Research Centre, MARDI, Serdang, 1984 - 1985
bullet Coordinator, Defence and Convenience Foods Program, FTRC, 1982 - 1983
bullet Research Officer, Food Technology Division, MARDI, 1980 - 1981
bullet Research Officer, Food Technology Division, MARDI, 1975 - 1976

 
RESEARCH INTERESTS
bullet Tapioca Starch Recovery Rate, 1975 - 1976
bullet Utilization of tapioca starch, soya flour and sorghum for partial substitution of wheat flour in breadmaking, 1976 - 1977
 
AWARDS/ACHIEVEMENT
 
bullet Press release in 1984 by the Prime Minister YAB Datuk Seri Dr. Mahathir Mohamad on a now line of convenience meals 
bullet The Technology for production of freeze dried combat rations for the Armed Forces was transferred to Kumpulan Fima Bhd
bullet Processing of underutilised local fruits
bullet Development of fruit concentrates