Levente L. Diosady

Levente L. Diosady is professor emeritus of Food Engineering, Department of Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry. His current research interests include food fortification, oilseed and protein processing. He is the author of 250+ refereed publications, 22 patents. He supervised 100+ graduate students. 17 of his students and PDF’s are professors on four continents.

Dr. Diosady led the development of technology for fortifying salt with iron and iodine to prevent micronutrient deficiency diseases, which adversely affect over two billion people. In a large India pilot study some 60 million consumers received double fortified salt for 18 months resulting in some 20% increase in the iron status of women. Salt multiply fortified with iron, zinc, iodine and B vitamins, that can reduce birth defects, has been successfully tested in Tanzania and is undergoing trials in India.

He is a Fellow of seven scientific societies in chemistry, food science and engineering. He is a recipient of the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Medal, and the Officers’ Cross of the Hungarian Order of Merit. He is a member of the Order of Ontario, the province’s highest civilian honour. In 2019 he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada – Canada’s highest civilian decoration