Dr. Kamarei received his M.S. and Ph.D. in food science & technology from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). He has worked for companies such as Clintec Nutrition (a Joint Venture between Nestle and Baxter) and National Starch in R&D management capacities. Dr. Kamarei was Senior Manager, Nutritional Juices and Product and Ingredient Sciences with Coca-Cola North America where he developed neutralized fruit juice technology which was the basis of Coca-Cola’s 2008 top R&D prize for innovative products. From March 2009 until joining Sabinsa, Dr. Kamarei provided R&D and management consulting services to national and global companies in the areas of functional ingredients, nutraceuticals, nutritional foods & beverages, dietary supplements and medical foods. Dr. Kamarei is inventor and co-inventor of more than twenty patents and author of numerous peer-reviewed papers.