Brijesh K Tiwari is a principal research officer at TEAGASC and adjunct Professor at University College Dublin, Ireland. He obtained his Master’s degree at the Central Food Technological Research Institute (India) in 2003, and his PhD at the University College of Dublin (Ireland) in 2009. He leads a team of 6 postdoctoral researchers/Research officers and 14 PhDs in the area of novel food processing technologies. His research output includes over 200 peer-reviewed research publications and over 100 book chapters. He has also co-edited 14 books and is a book series editor for IFST Advances in Food Science book series. He is currently the Editor-in-chief of the Journal of Food Processing and Preservation. Laura E. Healy is a PhD researcher at TEAGASC. She has a BSc in Natural Sciences from Trinity College Dublin and an MSc in Entomology from Harper Adams University. She began a PhD at TEAGASC in 2020 in Food Technology and is currently working on developing value-added food products from seaweed. Her previous experience includes working as chief scientific officer (CSO) for Ireland’s first insect-protein production plant, as well as running her own gut health company.