His teaching has been recognized by several awards, including the SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching and the Cornell College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Professor of Merit Award.Dr. Rizvi's research focuses on experimental and theoretical aspects of supercritical fluid processes, extrusion, physical and engineering properties of biomaterials and other novel food processing and value addition technologies. He is a co-author/editor of six books and over one hundred research publications, holds seven U.S. patents and serves on the editorial board of several journals. Professor Rizvi is a Fellow of the Institute of Food Technologists and was awarded the prestigious Marcel Loncin Research Prize for his research in food process engineering. He also received the International Research Award in Dairy and Food Processing.