- We are pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Martha Belury as Chair of the College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences (CFAES) Department of Food Science and Technology effective July 1, 2023, to June 30, 2027. This position is subject to OAA and Board of Trustees approval. Click here to learn more.
- Many of our graduate students and faculty used the summer semester to attend professional conferences where they presented research and networked. Below are the results from several of them.
American Dairy Science Association (ADSA) – Erica Kosmerl placed 1st and Ronald Meléndrez-Alvarez placed 3rd in the Graduate Student Oral Competition in Dairy Foods. Brianda González-Orozco placed 2nd in the Graduate Student Poster Competition in Dairy Foods. Other students presenting research included Rolando Choriego Marin, Shoshana Ginsberg, and Matt Chrusciel. Silvette Ruiz-Ramirez was slated to compete in the poster competition and Celeste Miller and Laura Castellanos Suarez were slated to present research posters, but experienced travel difficulties.
International Congress on Engineering and Food (ICEF14) – Dr. Osvaldo Campanella gave a keynote address. Rahul Kamath and Dr. Dennis Heldman made oral presentations while Sanjana Sawant, Dan Zhang, Chih Chun Kuo, and FST advised FABE students Ivanett Barreto, Nikita Khozin, and Ana Velasquez Giraldo presented posters. Dila Donmez was to present a poster but had travel difficulties.
International Association for Food Protection (IAFP) – Gabriella Gephart placed 1st in the Undergraduate Poster Competition, Devin LaPolt placed 3rd in the J. Mac Goepfert Developing Scientists Award, and Veeramani Karuppuchamy received the 2023 Peanut Proud graduate scholarship. Allison Howell, Harmeen Prasher, Juan Archila, Charles Bakin, and FST advised Public Health student Michala Krakowski also participated with research posters or technical talks.
Institute of Food Technologists (IFTFirst) – Dr. Monica Giusti was recognized as a 2023 IFT Fellow, Cameron Rich placed 2nd in the Undergraduate Research Competition, Erica Kosmerl placed 1st in the Dairy Division competition, and Brianda Gonzalez Orozco placed 1st in the Food Microbiology Division competition. Our College Bowl team (Shreya Nuguri, Thomas Reis, Noah Dameron, Cam Rich, Stephanie Almquist, and Sherry Bansal) placed 3rd in the final competition. Dr. Melvin Pascall participated in a scientific session and Siying Fu, Celeste Matos Gonzalez, Elizabeth Rogers, Silvette Ruiz Ramirez, Alessandra Victorio Ramos, Cam Jordan, Jessica Laemont, Xinyue Fan, Manpreet Kaur, Haona Bao, Yalan Wu, Yutong Li, Sriloy Dey, Anusha Salian, Mehr Un Nisa and Siyu Yao presented research posters. - FST Post Doctoral Researcher Dr. Ahmed Abdelhamid presented an oral talk at The American Society of Microbiology Annual conference (ASM Microbe 2023) in Houston, Texas. The topic of the oral presentation was about “biofilm biomarkers” in the “Environmental Microbes in One health” section. He also presented a poster about the same topic in the “Applied and Environmental Sciences” section.
- Ideastream Public Media cited Dr. Bala Balasubramaniam’s Food Safety Engineering Lab as a resource for connecting food manufacturers to the shelf-life extension technique of high-pressure processing.
- Dr. Christopher Simons was a guest of Ohio State’s INSPIRE podcast on the topic of picky eaters where he discussed the science behind our food choices. Click here to access the podcast.
- The Food Navigator published a story called “Food waste: Should brands focus on label dates or ‘use by’ phrases?” and included research with eye-tracking technology that was done with FoodSURE participant Talia Katz, FST alum Dr. Aishwarya Badiger, and Dr. Christopher Simons. Ohio State News also reported on the findings.
- Dr. Monica Giusti and Dr. Luis Rodriguez-Saona traveled to Peru to train graduate students and professionals on spectroscopic, chromatographic, and colorimetric techniques for food analyses.
- Congratulations to graduate student Ruiya Bao on receiving an FST Graduate Research Award. This award recognizes and celebrates graduate student success in publishing high quality research in a timely manner.
- Congratulations to James Bates who has been awarded the 2023 Virginia Dare scholarship. This scholarship goes to an undergraduate student who has demonstrated a strong interest in a future career in food science and has shown exceptional scholarship and leadership as a student. James is a Spring 2023 graduate of the department and received his BS in Culinary Science.
- The 2023 Spirit of the Land Grant Award was awarded to the CFAES East Palestine Response Team. Members of the team included Dr. Devin Peterson, FREC Research Scientist Dr. Diana Paola Forero, and Foods for Health Senior Researcher Dr. Matt Teegarden. The CFAES Spirit of the Land Grant Award recognizes an individual or team that supports or creates opportunities that embody our land grant DNA, including translational research, collaboration and engagement, students as co-creators, lifespan learning and future perspective.
- Dr. Valente Alvarez, with a team of industry experts, offered an Advanced Pasteurization Workshop on July 13 – 16. This Food Industries Center course included pilot plant demonstrations and provided participants an excellent overview of the concepts of the High Temperature Short Time (HTST) and Ultra High Temperature (UHT) pasteurization systems.
- The Food Industries Center conducted an onsite Better Process Control Schools at Morgan Foods (Austin, IN) on July 27 – 28. Lead instructor, Dr. Valente Alvarez, and Steven Simmons trained employees in thermal processing of low-acid foods.
- As American Society for Nutrition president, Dr. Martha Belury hosted the Opening Session and Presidential Symposium titled “Food as Medicine: New Findings to Explain Reduced Risk of Cardiovascular Disease by Dietary Linoleic Acid” during the Nutrition 2023 conference.
- Dr. Mary Kay Pohlschneider served as an instructor in the Buckeye Precollege Summer Exploration program. The inaugural program offered a one-week, nonresidential enrichment course in kitchen science for high school (grades 9-11) students on Ohio State’s Columbus campus. Buckeye Precollege provides precollege students the opportunity to get a head start on the college experience by exploring new academic subjects, interacting on campus with peers from across the U.S., and experiencing engaging, intensive courses taught by Ohio State faculty and staff.
Upcoming Events
August 4 FST Summer Semester Graduation Party
2:30 – 3:30 Parker Food Science and Technology Lobby
August 8 – 11 Food Industries Center Training Course
Better Process Control School (hybrid)
https://www.go.osu.edu/bpcs
August 21 FST Welcome Back Lunch
12:00 – 1:00 Parker Food Science Lobby
September 15 FST’s 2023 Hall of Distinction
5:00 – 7:00 Food Science and Technology Building
September 18 – 19 Food Industries Center Training Course
Introductory HACCP
https://www.go.osu.edu/haccp
August 31 CFAES Back to School Bash
4:00 – 7:00 CFAES campus
September 20 – 22 Food Industries Center Training Course
FSPCA - Preventive Controls for Human Food Training
https://www.go.osu.edu/fspca
October 17 Food Industries Center Training Course
Cleaning and Sanitation Basics
https://go.osu.edu/cleaningbasics
October 18 – 19 Food Industries Center Training Course
Advanced CIP
https://go.osu.edu/cip
