- Congratulations to FST undergraduate students Megan Chludzinski, Isabelle Kocz, and Mira Smith who have been named 2025 CFAES Distinguished Seniors. They are the department’s seniors selected to receive the most prestigious undergraduate award at The Ohio State University College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences (CFAES). The Distinguished Senior Award honors top graduating seniors on the Ohio State Columbus campus who exemplify the CFAES mission in areas such as academics and scholarship, research and innovation, service and involvement, and influence and leadership.
- The Department recently hosted the 2024 Annual State FFA Food Science Career Development Event. This portion of the contest included 87 high school students from 27 schools at the state level. Serving as superintendents of this year’s contest was FST alumni Megan Schimmoeller (’17 BS, ’19 MS) from Abbott, Lisa Budd (’14 BS) from T. Marzetti, Emily Kessler (’12 BS) from Wendy’s, and Dr. Srilatha Kolluri from the Department of Food Science and Technology. Volunteer efforts were spearheaded by Dr. Kolluri and included FST students and faculty. The top four scoring students receive scholarships to attend OSU Food Science.
- Dr. Monica Giusti’s research on anthocyanins has been recently recognized in light of the recent ban on Red No.3. Ohio State News and Morning AgClips have published stories on the subject.
- Dr. VM ‘Bala’ Balasubramaniam will be presenting "Advancing Innovations in Food Processing for a Healthy and Secure Food Future" at the 2025 Annual Meeting of American Association for the Advancement of Science later this month in Boston. You can more about the program here: AAAS Annual Meeting.
- Congratulations to FST graduate student Ziqi ‘Ashley’ Li and recent graduates Dr. Shreya Nuguri, and Dr. Dan Zhang who have all recently received an FST Outstanding Graduate Research Award. This award recognizes and celebrates graduate student success in publishing high quality research in a timely manner.
- Congratulations to our Culinary Science, Food Business Management, and Food Science and Technology students who were named to the 2024 Autumn Semester Dean's List. Click here to see the list of students.
- Nominations are open for the 2025 FST Hall of Distinction. Established in 2013, the Hall of Distinction seeks to recognize graduates and friends of the Department of Food Science and Technology at The Ohio State University who have made significant contributions to the food science and technology profession. Click here for more information and the nomination form. Click here to see the 2024 Hall of Distinction celebration.
- The department's 2025 Spring Seminar Series schedule can be found here. The seminars take place from 4:00 -5:00 pm in the Parker Food Science and Technology Building room 118 each week and are open to the public. Any questions can be directed to the seminar chair Dr. VM Balasubramaniam.
Upcoming Events
February 5 FST Department Seminar
Larry Keener, President and CEO of International Product Safety Consultants
February 12 FST Department Seminar
Dr. Juming Tang, Chair, Department of Industrial & Systems Engineering, University of Washington
February 19 FST Department Seminar hosted by Citation Needed
Tambra Raye Stevenson, Founder & CEO, Women Advancing Nutrition, Dietetics, and Agriculture (WANDA)
February 26 FST Department Seminar – Student Presentations
Chih-Chun (Ariel) Kuo – advised by Dr. Osvaldo Campanella
Celeste Miller – advised by Dr. Rafael Jimenez-Flores
March 4-7, Food Industries Center Training Course
Better Process Control School (Hybrid)
https://go.osu.edu/bpcs
March 5 FST Department Seminar
Dr. Tonya Orchard, Associate Professor, OSU Department of Human Sciences
March 10-14 Spring Break (no classes or department seminar, offices open)
May 13 – 16 Food Industries Center Training Course
Food Extrusion Workshop
https://go.osu.edu/extrusion
