Danik M. Martirosyan PhD

Danik M. Martirosyan, PhD, is a president of the Functional Food Center/Functional Food Institute, founder of the Academic Society for Functional Foods and Bioactive Compounds, and Editor-In-Chief of The Journal of Functional Foods in Health and Disease: www.ffhdj.com.
Recognized by the US Government as an extraordinary scientist, one of the top scientists in the field of functional foods since 1998, Dr. Martirosyan has over 20 years of expertise in researching non-traditional plants and created more than 60 functional food products. Dr. Martirosyan has successfully formulated and tested the efficacy of multiple nutritional components in animal models and clinical studies with positive results.
During last 15 years while working at Texas Woman's University (Denton, TX, USA), at University of Texas at Dallas Texas and Functional Food Institute (Dallas, TX, USA) Dr. Martirosyan has focused his research on Amarantus cruentus and Rosa canina, on pharmacological properties and the effect of each plants' bioactive compounds on different chronic diseases such as Diabetes, Cardiovascular Disorders, and Cancer. Dr. Danik Martirosyan has published over 80 articles and 30 books. Furthermore, he has actively organized 22 International Functional Food conferences, in doing so, has created a global network of scientists, medical doctors, and food industry experts for modern functional food research and collaboration.