Spring 2013 Graduates

Graduates of the B.S. Program
December
Emilio Ho Chang

May
Annalisa Baade
Spencer Brown
Samantha Bryant
Samantha Carter
Brooke Grossenbacher
Alex Hlavaty
Soon Kiat Lau
Xin Liu
Kathryn Merckel
Jennifer Pickering
Megan Pinches

Graduates of the M.S. Program
Veera NagaLakshmi Gompa
Thesis: “Evaluation of Methodologies for Determination of Ochratoxin A in Food Commodities, Contamination Levels in Different Products Available in the US Market and Evaluation of Fungal Microbiota Associated with Some of the Products.”
Dr. Andréia Bianchini, adviser

Mary L. Sheesley
Option III (non-thesis)
Dr. Robert Hutkins, adviser

Graduates of the Ph.D. Program
Bo Hyun Lee
Dissertation: “Effects of Grain Sorghum Wax and Oil on Cholesterol Levels, Gut Microbiota, and [Liver/Colon Metabolites] of a Hamster Model with Diet-Induced Hypercholesterolemia.”
Dr. Vicki Schlegel, adviser

Benjamin C. Remington
Dissertation: “Risk Assessment of Trace and Undeclared Allergens in Processed Foods.”
Dr. Steve Taylor and Dr. Joseph Baumert, advisers

Carol J. Valenzuela Martinez
Dissertation: “Validation of Microwave Heating Instructions for the Destruction of Salmonella spp. in Microwaveable Foods.”
Dr. Harshavardhan Thippareddi, adviser
 

FDST Graduate Students win Fellowship Award

Congratulations to Food Science and Technology graduate students, Bo Yuan and Maria Quintero on being awarded Milton E. Mohr Fellowships. The Milton E. Mohr Scholarship and Fellowship Awards Program was established in 1989 for students in the College of Engineering or Biotechnology degree programs. Students are selected on their academic performance and potential for accomplishments in their specific field. The scholarships and fellowships are made possible through an endowment to the University Foundation.

FDST to Assist in Largest Allergy Study Ever Done

The largest ever study of allergies has begun, sponsored by the European Commission and spear-headed by the University of Manchester. The Integrated Approaches to Food Allergen and Allergy Risk Management (iFAAM), will produce a standardised management process for companies involved in food manufacturing. It will also develop tools designed to enforce these regulations and produce evidence-based knowledge to inform new health advice on nutrition for pregnant women, babies and allergy sufferers. The Manchester team will work with 38 partners including, industrial stakeholders, patient groups representing people at risk of severe allergic reactions, and a risk manager and assessor group including the UK Food Standards Agency.

One of the research partners is the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. The Department of Food Science and Technology’s Dr. Stephen Taylor, Dr. Joseph Baumert, and their research teams will help define threshold doses from commonly allergenic foods based upon clinical challenge data and by collaborating to define walnut allergy threshold doses, an area for which there is currently no data. They will further assist iFAAM with risk assessment approaches including evaluation of consumption behavior of food-allergic consumers.