Akhilesh Modi

About

Akhilesh Modi is a PhD student in the joint doctoral program between Monash University and the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT Bombay). His research focuses on sustainable plant proteins, particularly the extraction, purification, and functional characterization of proteins from canola/rapeseed and cottonseed by-products for food applications.

His work investigates innovative processing approaches, including phenolic reduction, ultrasound, pulsed electric field processing, enzymatic treatment, and drying technologies to improve protein quality, functionality, and nutritional potential. His research interests include alternative proteins, sustainable food systems, food processing technologies, and value addition of agricultural by-products.

He is actively involved in interdisciplinary research aimed at developing high-value plant-based protein ingredients with improved functional and physicochemical properties for future food applications.

Employment

• Monash University Research Assistant
  2026 - Present
• Monash University PhD Scholar
  2023 - Present
• Indian Institute of Technology Bombay PhD Scholar
  2023 - Present
• Gujarat Biotechnology Research Centre Research Associate
  2022 - 2023
• Gujarat Biotechnology Research Centre Senior Research Fellow
  2022 - 2022
• Gujarat Biotechnology Research Centre Junior Research Fellows
  2020 - 2022

Education

• D Y Patil University Master of Science
  2016 - 2018

Projects & Funding

Projects & funding information is unavailable.

Publications (6)

• Multiscale structural and functional characterisation of phenolic-reduced rapeseed protein isolates: Effects of phenolic removal and drying methods
  Food Hydrocolloids 2026 DOI: 10.1016/j.foodhyd.2026.112924
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• Heterologous expression of recombinant nattokinase in Escherichia coli BL21(DE3) and media optimization for overproduction of nattokinase using RSM
  Protein Expression and Purification 2023 DOI: 10.1016/j.pep.2022.106198
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• Enhanced Production Process of Recombinant Mature Serratiopeptidase in Escherichia coli Using Fed-Batch Culture by Self-Proteolytic Activity of Fusion Protein
  Fermentation 2022 DOI: 10.3390/fermentation8070307
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• Screening and Identification of Azo Dye Decolourizers from Mangrove Rhizospheric soil
  2022 DOI: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-1395800/v1
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• Screening and Identification of Azo Dye Decolourizers from Mangrove Rhizospheric soil
  2022 DOI: 10.1101/2022.02.24.481723
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• NEW REPORT ON THE OCCURRENCE OF THE HOODED GRASSHOPPER-Teratodes monticollis (Gray 1832) (Insecta: Orthoptera: Acrididae) AND THE OBSERVATION OF THE MATING BEHAVIOUR FROM GUJARAT, INDIA
  Gujarat Biotechnology Research Centre 2021
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