Sanjeev Anand is a Professor in the Department of Dairy and Food Science, South Dakota State University. He earned his M.S. in Dairy Bacteriology at the National Dairy Research Institute, India in 1981, and completed his Ph.D. studies in Dairy Microbiology at the National Dairy Research Institute in 1986. He has been an Editorial Board Member of J. Dairy Sci. since 2008. He won the 2018 IDFA Teaching Award in Dairy Manufacturing and 2020 IDFA Research Award in Dairy Foods Processing, from the International Dairy Foods Association, and the American Dairy Science Association; and the 2021 USDA North Central Region Excellence in Teaching Award, from the Association of Public Land Grant Universities (APLU). His research interests include dairy microbiology and food safety.