Mandana Bimakr was born on July 11th, 1984 in Mashhad city, Khorasan Razavi province, Iran.
She received her Bachelor of Science (B.Sc), in field of Food Science and Technology, from the Ferdowsi
University of Mashhad, Iran, in 2006. She completed her Master of Science (Msc), in field of Food Engineering,
from the Universiti Putra Malaysia in 2008 and then joined the Faculty of Food Science and Technology, Universiti
Putra Malaysia to continue her study to Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in field of Food Technology. In 2013, she
joined the Department of Food science and Technology, University of Zanjan, as an assistant professor.
Her research interests lie in the area of green chemistry and environmental friendly techniques to separate bioactive
compounds from natural sources. In recent years, she has focused on processing of nutraceuticals. She has
collaborated actively with researchers in several other disciplines of food science and technology.