Professor Asgar Ali is a distinguished Professor at the College of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine at United Arab Emirates University, UAE. Prior to UAEU. He was the professor of sustainable food systems and is the Director of the Signature Strength for the Food Resilience and Director of the internationally recognised Centre of Excellence for Postharvest Biotechnology (CEPB) at the University of Nottingham; this is a global Centre for postharvest research with the mandate of reducing postharvest losses and enhancing shelf-life and nutrition of fruits and vegetables. His areas of specialisation include Food systems, Horticulture, crop physiology, postharvest technology, food processing and food technology