The Team

Project Director

Bradley Marks, Ph.D., P.E.
Professor

Biosystems & Agricultural Engineering

Food Science & Human Nutrition

Michigan State University

marksbp@msu.edu

Key Collaborator

Nathan Anderson, Ph.D.

Institute for Food Safety and Health

Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (CFSAN) / Office of Food Safety

U.S. Food and Drug Administration

Nathan.Anderson@fda.hhs.gov

Co-Project Directors

Juming Tang, Ph.D. Regents Professor and Distinguished Chair Biological Systems Engineering Washington State University jtang@wsu.edu	Jeyam Subbiah, Ph.D., P.E. Morrison Distinguished Professor Biological Systems Engineering Food Science & Technology University of Nebraska-Lincoln jeyam.subbiah@unl.edu
Elizabeth Grasso-Kelley, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Food Science & Human Nutrition Illinois Institute of Technology / IFSH egrasso@iit.edu	Harshavardhan Thippareddi, Ph.D. Professor Poultry Science University of Georgia harsha.thippareddi@uga.edu
Meijun Zhu, Ph.D. Associate Professor Food Science Washington State University meijun.zhu@wsu.edu	Denis Gray, Ph.D. Alumni Distinguished Graduate Professor Psychology North Carolina State University denis_gray@ncsu.edu
Elliot Ryser, Ph.D. Professor Food Science & Human Nutrition Michigan State University ryser@msu.edu	Sanghyup Jeong, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Biosystems & Agricultural Engineering Michigan State University jeongsa1@msu.edu

Post-docs, Graduate Students, Undergraduate, and Research Staff

To date, this project already involves (in addition to the PD/co-PDs listed above):

10 additional research scientists / staff
11 graduate students
2 post-docs
numerous undergraduate research assistants

Further updates to this site will include specific information about these critically important team members, along with opportunities for matching students with internships, permanent placements, and additional research opportunities.

Industry Advisory Group

The project Industry Advisory Group meets periodically (web-based) and annually (in-person) with the project management team, to help guide project tasks, and to prioritize funding allocations for Rapid Response Mini-Projects in years 2-5 of the project. The Industry Advisory Group members are:

Equipment suppliers

Brady Carter, Ph.D., Decagon Devices, Inc.
TBD, JBT FoodTech
Tim Hartter, Wenger
Gerhard Knol, Log5
Parastoo Yaghmaee, Ph.D., RF Biocidics

Ingredient suppliers

Tracey Sinclair, Dawn Food Products
Edith Wilkin, Leprino Foods
Joan Pinkas, McCormick & Co., Inc.

End-product processors

Lisa Lucore, Ph.D., Shearer's Snack Foods
Michele (Evans) Sayles, Ph.D., Diamond Pet Food
Matt VanNatter, Kellogg Company

Service providers and industry groups

Tim Birmingham, Almond Board of California
Pablo Alvarez, Ph.D., Novolyze
Karina Martino, Ph.D., GMA