Food Safety
People
Center for Food Safety experts come from diverse research backgrounds, including food science, poultry science, and animal science. Current research focuses on the development and application of advanced technologies to evaluate factors that impact the safety and quality of foods during production, harvest, processing, packaging, storage, distribution and final consumption.
Current Faculty
Jennifer C. Acuff
Assistant Professor of Food Science
Food Safety and Microbiology
Griffiths G. Atungulu
Associate Professor of Food Science
Food Processing and Post-Harvest System Engineering
Philip Crandall
Professor of Food Science
Retail Food Safety
Yuan Fang
Assistant Professor of Food Science
Food Safety & Microbiology
Kristen Gibson
Professor of Food Science
Director of the Center for Food Safety
Tomi Obe
Assistant Professor of Poultry Science and Food Science
Food Safety and Microbiology
Casey Owens
Professor of Poultry Science
Poultry Processing and Products
Amanda Philyaw Perez
Associate Professor of Horticulture
Extension Specialist
Jeyam Subbiah
Professor of Food Science
Food Safety Engineering
Kelly Vierck
Assistant Professor of Animal Science
Meat Science
Staff
Sarah Bakker
Program Associate
Philyaw Perez lab
Eniola Betiku
Program Associate
Obe Lab
David Hill
Program Associate
Philyaw Perez lab
Sarah Johnson
Program Associate
Owens Lab
Karina Desiree
Instructor
Acuff lab
Peter Rubinelli
Program Associate
Acuff Lab
Graduate Students
Seth Adesope
Ph.D. Student
Advisor: Tomi Obe
Poultry Science
Manita Adhikari
Ph.D. Student
Advisor: Jennifer Acuff
Food Science
Sahaana Chandran
Ph.D. Student
Advisor: Kristen Gibson
Food Science
Cheruvu Sai Aneesh Reddy
Ph.D. Student
Advisor: Tomi Obe
Poultry Science
Gayatri Dhulappanavar
Ph.D. Student
Advisor: Kristen Gibson
Food Science
Prantho Dipta
Ph.D. Student
Advisor: Tomi Obe
Poultry Science
Joaquin Esquivel
M.S. Student
Advisor: Casey Owens
Poultry Science
Tanmaie Kalapala
Ph.D. Student
Advisor: Tomi Obe
Poultry Science
Faith Achieng Ouma
Ph.D. Student
Advisor: Griffiths Atungulu
Food Science
Kavita Patil
Ph.D. Student
Advisor: Jennifer Acuff
Food Science
Afrina Turna
Ph.D. Student
Advisor: Tomi Obe
Poultry Science
Vera Arthur
Ph.D. Student
Advisor: Jennifer Acuff
Food Science
Samantha Roldán Pérez
Ph.D. Student
Advisor: Jennifer Acuff
Food Science
Travis Sananikone
M.S. Student
Advisor: Jennifer Acuff
Food Science
Clark Griscom
M.S. Student
Advisor: Philip G Crandall
Food Science
Kawsheha Muraleetharan
M.S. Student
Advisor: Philip G Crandall
Food Science
Former Faculty
Steven Ricke
Former Director of Center for Food Safety
Department of Food Science
Michael G. Johnson
Professor Emeritus
Department of Food Science