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Several Food Science and Technology Graduate Students were honored at the December 2021 Distinguished Fellowships & Awards Luncheon. Pictured from left to Right: Dr. Curt Weller, Snigdha Guha, Dr. Kaustav Majumder, Manirul Haque, Dr. Byron Chaves, Carmen Cano Roca, Tony Juritsch , Dr. Jeffrey Price, and Lingyi Liu.
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Dr. Jennifer Clarke is leading a new USDA project called the National Agricultural Producer Data Cooperative. The purpose of the project is to covert raw data submitted by food producers into usable information. Information on the Cooperative and future webinars can be found at https://www.agdatacoop.org/. You can read the Nebraska Today article on the Cooperative at https://go.unl.edu/42t9.
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The Food Processing Center was featured in a short video that was posted in Nebraska Today. The video focuses on The FPC's work with NuTek and their development of Salt for Life, a salt alternative. Executive Director of the FPC, Dr. Terry Howell, is among those interviewed. Watch at https://mediahub.unl.edu/media/18405
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Welcome to Lecturers Dr. Keting Li (left) and Dr. Xiaoqing Xie (right) who have recently joined the Department as Lecturers. Dr. Li will be teaching the 7th cohort of 3+1 students at NWAFU. Dr. Xie is leading instruction in FDST 449/849 and co-instructing with Dr. Rose in FDST 460/860.
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A tour of the UNL Dairy Store and the Dairy Plant at the Food Processing Center were the subject of a recent video. Executive Director, Dr. Terry Howell, Dairy Plant Manager, Josie Houston, and student workers Chloe Calhoun and Leyna Sand were all featured. Watch at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x7hrYyNlrwQ |
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Food Science and Technology alum, Andrew Wassinger was featured in the January 17th, 2021 issue of the Lincoln Journal Star for his work on 'Sandhills Elixer' a non-alcholoic spirit. In his career at Conagra Brands, Andrew Wassinger, a R&D Director at Conagra, has developed and improved products such as frozen vegetables and microwave popcorn.You can read the article at https://go.unl.edu/5jwz.
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"Winter Break Trip was a hit! 13 of us from the Food Science and Technology department made our way to Colorado for 6 days with lots of great sites, amazing food, beautiful weather, laughter and deepened friendships. A few of the favorites were Professional Bull Riding Rodeo, Garden of the God’s hiking, Skiing/Snowboarding, Horseback riding in the snowy mountains and sledding in Rocky Mountain National Park." - Chris Ebbers.
Seen in the photos: Ashley Kraemer, Hanqi Xie, Peilin Zhu, Shiyu Zheng, Yiming Gao, Xiaoyan Wang, Siyao Wang, Yichen Bai, Xiaohan Li, Jack Mingus, Andre Chavez, Huiren Wang and Chris Ebbers
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Upcoming Workshops
May 2 - May 3
The Better Process Control for Acidified Foods
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Recent Awards
Jennifer Auchtung, FIRST: Understanding Roles of Mucin-Associated Biofilms in Ecosystem Resilience, NSF-Nebraska-EPSCoR, $24,714
Anthony Juritsch, Waxy Sorghum Lines to Determine the Effects of Resistant Starch on Intestinal Inflammation and Gut Microbial Dysbiosis, Dept of Agriculture-NIFA, Utilizing Isogenic, $120,000
Amanda Ramer-Tait, (Rebecca Wachs - Lead), Chronic low back pain and the gut microbiome - does a relationship exist?, ARD Bridge Funding, $34,841
Hyun-Seob Song, Phenotypic Response of the Soil Microbiome to Environmental Perturbations, Battelle-Pacific NW National Laboratory, $40,000
Changmou Xu, Develop a Novel Extrusion Process to Enhance the Nutritional Value and Acceptance of Aronia Berry. USDA/Specialty Crop Block Grant Program (SCBGP). $72,441.
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Food Manufacturing Engineer
Biological Systems Engineering, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
The Food Manufacturing Engineer holds an academic-year appointment as assistant or associate professor in the Departments of Biological Systems Engineering and Food Science and Technology in the Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources (IANR). The incumbent advances the food-manufacturing sector through developments and innovations for systems that will enhance consumer safety and confidence, economic viability and sustainable hygienic improvement in food manufacturing.
For more information and to apply please visit: https://employment.unl.edu/postings/76162
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Postdoctoral Research Associate - Human Digestive Microbiome
Department of Food Science & Technology, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Post-Doc Opportunity in the microbiome laboratory of Dr. Izard
The Post-Doctoral Research Associate will be focusing on the interaction of diet and the human digestive tract microbiome in context of health and disease. The project techniques include genetic material extraction, next generation sequencing, omics and ecological analyses of the microbiota, qPCR, cloning and other approaches to be determined in conjunction with the PI and in alignment with the laboratory needs and the candidate’s expertise. Participation in management and recruitment for our clinical studies are expected.
For more information and to apply please visit: https://employment.unl.edu/postings/76255
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Energy Sciences Research Summer Internship for Undergraduates
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
The Nebraska Center for Energy Sciences Research (NCESR) is taking applications for the Energy Sciences Research – Summer Internship for Undergraduates. It is made possible through NCESR with support from the Nebraska Public Power District (NPPD), which provides electricity service in all or parts of 91 of Nebraska’s 93 counties.
For questions, contact Lorraine Moon, NCESR Office Associate at lmoon1@unl.edu.
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Professor/Associate Professor/Assistant Professor in Food Science and Technology
Beijing Normal University-Hong Kong Baptist University United International College (UIC), Beijing, China
Successful candidates are expected to teach undergraduate and postgraduate courses with English, conduct active and high quality research, serve the academic community at UIC. Candidates should have a PhD degree with extensive working experience in a related discipline. Successful candidates are expected to be committed to excellence in undergraduate or postgraduate teaching and research. Preference will be given to candidates who can undertake independent research leading to outstanding outcomes, including publications in high quality international-refereed journals. Academic rank will be determined in accordance with successful candidate’s experience and research accomplishments.
To apply and for motion information please contact: recruit@uic.edu.cn
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