Dr. Jitendra Paliwal is Vice-President, Research and Innovation at the University of Winnipeg. Previous to this role, he was Associate Dean (Academic and Graduate Programs) in the Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences at the University of Manitoba and has been a Professor of Biosystems Engineering in the Price Faculty of Engineering since 2002 where he has established an internationally recognized research program in food quality monitoring. The knowledge and applied solutions developed by his lab have helped scientists, equipment manufacturers, and regulatory agencies in the agri-food sector.