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Senior Food Safety Extension Associate and Team Lead, Industrial Food Safety and Quality
Areas of Expertise
Training and technical support for food operations – HACCP, FSMA Preventive Controls (FSPCA), food defense, ServSafe, food microbiology, food processing, and food safety for volunteer organizations, farmers’ markets, and consumers
Control of food spoilage and foodborne pathogens
Quality systems – sanitation, allergens, environmental testing, sustainability and auditing
Food processing and preservation
Food supply chain – supplier control, traceability and recall
FSMA - Preventive controls for human food
FSMA - Preventive controls for animal feed
FSMA - Intentional Adulteration (IA)
Professor of Food Science
Food Safety Extension Specialist - Muscle Foods
Areas of Expertise
Food safety
Food microbiology
Foodborne pathogens
Antimicrobials
Edible films
Spoilage
Meat, poultry, seafood, muscle foods
HACCP
Sanitation
Director of E. coli Reference Center
Professor of Food Science
Areas of Expertise
Microbiology
Microbial pathogens
Molecular microbiology
Microbial genomics
Food Safety
Food Microbiology
Associate Professor Emeritus of Food Science
Division of Science, Berks College
Department of Food Science, University Park
Lester Earl and Veronica Casida Career Development Professor of Food Safety
Associate Professor of Food Science
Areas of Expertise
Microbial Food Safety
Foodborne Pathogens
Genomic Epidemiology
Microbiomes in Food Systems
Antimicrobial Resistance
Professor of Food Science and Extension Specialist (I am retiring shortly and am not taking on any new students)
Areas of Expertise
Tracking Listeria monocytogenes in produce production and processing environments
Food safety validation of mushroom growing, packing, and processing.
L. monocytogenes in tree fruit packinghouses.
Farm food safety (Good Agricultural Practices) training
Hazards Analysis and Risk Based Preventive Controls training
Technical assistance to home and commercial food processors
Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA)
Professor and Head of Food Science
Areas of Expertise
Microbiology
Dairy Products Processing
Ice Cream
Yogurt
Non-dairy Frozen Desserts
Assistant Professor of Food Science
Areas of Expertise
Food mycology
Mycotoxins
Toxicology
Genotype-phenotype interaction
Nutritional immunology
