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 and Staff
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
Kristen Gibson
Professor of Food Science
Director of the Center for Food Safety
John Marcy
Professor of Poultry Science
Poultry Processing Specialist
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 and Department Head of Food Science
Food Safety Engineering
Kelly Vierck
Assistant Professor of Animal Science
Meat Science
Graduate Students
Manita Adhikari
Ph.D. Student
Advisor: Jennifer Acuff
Department of Food Science
Sahaana Chandran
Ph.D. Student
Advisor: Kristen Gibson
Department of Food Science
Gayatri Dhulappanavar
Ph.D. Student
Advisor: Kristen Gibson
Department of Food Science
Allyson Hamilton
Ph.D. Student
Advisor: Kristen Gibson
Department of Food Science
Erika Kadas
M.S. Student
Advisor: Jennifer Acuff
Department of Food Science
Arshpreet Kaur Khattra
Advisor: Jennifer Acuff
Department of Food Science
Abass Oduola
Ph.D. Student
Advisor: Griffiths Atungulu
Department of Cell & Molecular Biology
Faith Aching Ouma
M.S. Student
Advisor: Griffiths Atungulu
Department of Food Science
Kavita Patil
Ph.D. Student
Advisor: Jennifer Acuff
Department of Food Science
Erin Ramsay
M.S. Student
Advisor: Jennifer Acuff
Department of Food Science
Zeynal Topalcengiz
Postdoctoral Fellow
Department of Food Science
Surabhi Wason
Ph.D. Student
Advisor: Jeyam Subbiah
Department of 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