Dr. Maitree Suttajit is Professor Emeritus previously at School of Medicine, Chiangmai University and later at School of Medical Sciences, University of Phayao, Thailand. He was Dean of this School between 2010-2015 and currently acts as a Research Advisor. He got his Ph.D from SUNY/Buffalo, USA in 1971. His active research has been on functional foods, and phytochemicals such as pigmented rice, perilla (Nga-mon), omega fatty acids, flavonoids, anthocyanidins, rosmarinic acid as well as antioxidants and anti-inflammation and antiaging activities. He has published more than 100 research papers and many book chapters with reputed international publishers. He was the Chairman organizing the first international conference on Innovation of Functional Foods in Asia (IFFA2018), Phayao, Thailand which was reported as "The innovation of functional foods in Asia: IFFA 2018", Asia Pacific J. Clin. Nutri. Sept.2019, 28(2):419-426. Dr. Maitree is in the editorial/review /coordinating/committee of many international journals.