Researchers in the Department of Food Science working in the area of Microbial Food Safety.
- 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)
- Email mwb124@psu.edu
- Office 814-867-1839
- 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
- Email cnc3@psu.edu
- Office 814-865-8862
- Pronouns She/Her
- 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
- Email hxg7@psu.edu
- Office 610-396-6121
- 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
- Email jzk303@psu.edu
- Office 814-865-2883
- Pronouns She/Her/Hers
- 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)
- Email lfl5@psu.edu
- Office 814-863-2298
- 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
- Email jmw970@psu.edu
- Office 814-863-2956
- Pronouns She/Her
