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FOOD SCIENCE FACULTY
 
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Position/email
  Research Area
         
Associate Professor
karyana@agcenter.lsu.edu


Functional dairy foods; non thermal processing of fluid foods; influence of pulsed electric fields on the probiotic bacterial characteristics
         
Professor
dbankston@agcenter.lsu.edu
Food safety, regulatory compliance, thermal processes, energy efficiency and development of HACCP teaching and assistance programs.
         
Professor and Head
jfinley@agcenter.lsu.edu

Development of low calorie lipids and carbohydrates; natural antioxidants and ingredients that reduce cardiovascular inflammation
         
Associate Professor
bge@lsu.edu
Detection assays for foodborne pathogens; survival of Campylobacter in foods; development of antibiotic resistance
         
Emeritus Professor
sgodber@agcenter.lsu.edu
Sensory and nutritional effects of oxidation during food processing; antioxidant compounds in rice bran such as the tocols, gamma oryzanol and rice wax
         
Associate Professor
mjanes@agcenter.lsu.edu
Control/elimination of Listeria monoyctogenes, E. coli O157:H7, Shigella,Salmonella,Campylobacter, Vibrio and Bacillus cereus in foods
         
Professor, Undergraduate Coordinator
jking@agcenter.lsu.edu
Ingredient development-especially resistant starch; ozone processing to remove unwanted chemicals; oxidation products in processed and stored foods
         
Associate Professor
llampila@agcenter.lsu.edu
Value-added seafood processing, physico-chemical changes to muscle during processing operations, seafood safety.
         
Recovery of bioactive compounds for food and biomedical applications, identification/development of dietary anti-angiogenic functional foods/nutraceuticals
         
Professor, Graduate Coordinator
kmcmillin@agcenter.lsu.edu
Meat processing, packaging, food safety, goat meat; functional ingredients
         
Seafood/aquacultural byproducts/wastes; consumer-oriented product optimization and acceptance; statistical methods/ analyses in sensory research
         
Associate Professor
ssathivel@agcenter.lsu.edu
Bioavailability of the micro or nano-encapsulated omega-3 fatty acids & bioactive compounds. Biodegradable matrix and colloidal system from seafood and agricultural byproducts. Non-thermal and thermal food processing technologies to prevent/reduce microbial loads in foods and improve food quality.
         
Emeritus Professor
pwwilson@lsu.edu
Food fermentations; changes in plant carbohydrates during processing; optimum equipment/process design; energy utilization in food processing plants
         
Associate Professor
zxu@agcenter.lsu.edu
Characterization of health promoting (bioactive) compounds in agricultural products; stability and utilization of bioactive compounds during post-harvest treatment, storage, and food processing
Telephone:225-578-5207
Fax:225-578-5300
LSU Department of Food Science
South Campus Drive
Baton Rouge, LA 70803