Asst. Prof. Dr. Bootsrapa Leelawat is currently a lecturer at the Department of Food Science and Technology, Faculty of Science and Technology, Thammasat University, Thailand, where she has served since 1994. She earned her Ph.D. in Agricultural Engineering from Texas A&M University, USA (2000), after obtaining an M.Sc. (1993) and a B.Sc. (1990) in Food Technology from Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok. Her research interests focus on food rheology, food process engineering, and cereal product technology, with recent emphasis on plant-based chicken meat development, innovative starch applications, and functional food innovations. Dr. Leelawat has received several international awards, including a silver medal at ITEX 2019, gold medals at ITEX 2023 for gluten-free and soy-free plant-based chicken meat and for healthy quinoa roti with condensed milk gel, and a gold medal at ITEX 2024 for imitating cocoa powder from fermented jackfruit seeds. She has secured multiple research grants from the National Research Council of Thailand, Thailand Science Research and Innovation, NSTDA, and ARDA. With numerous international publications and conference contributions, she actively advances sustainable food innovation and remains engaged in professional research communities.