Kovac Lab
Our research at Penn State is focused on precision food safety.
We are integrating (meta)genomic and phenotypic methods to better understand how microbial genetic background and environmental factors influence epidemiology, pathogenic potential and antimicrobial resistance of foodborne pathogens.
News
April 8, 2024
Jasna receives 2024 Gamma Sigma Delta Outstanding Teaching award
Gamma Sigma Delta honored five faculty members who were nominated by their department heads and peers. Jasna Kovac, associate professor of food science, received the 2024 Outstanding Teaching Award.
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April 8, 2024
Ashley, Auja, and Mackenna receive Gamma Sigma Delta poster awards
Graduate students Ashley Ohstrom and Auja Bywater, and undegraduate student Mackenna Yount receive Gamma Sigma Delta Research Expo poster presentation awards.
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March 23, 2024
Congratulations to Auja Bywater on the 2nd place award at the 3-minute Thesis Competition
Auja was among 11 finalists of the 3-minute Thesis Competition of the Penn State Graduate School and was awarded the second place award for the presentation on March 23, 2024.
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March 23, 2024
Kovac lab at the Phi Tau Sigma's Food Science in Action
Our graduate student Tyler Chandross-Cohen, the President of Phi Tau Sigma chapter at Penn State, led the organizing team of Food Science In Action symposium in the Department of Food Science at Penn State. Students Auja Bywater, Amelia Navarre, and McKenna Yount presented their latest research at the event.
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