Department of Food Science
Louisiana State University
Phone: (225) 342-5812 ext. 137
Fax: (225) 578-5300
Email: spu1@lsu.edu
International Business and Trade (minor)
2007-present Graduate Research Assistant, Louisiana State University
1) Conduct surveillance studies to characterize the prevalence, genotypes, and antimicrobial susceptibility profiles of foodborne pathogens (Campylobacter, Salmonella, and Staphylococcus) in various food products.
2) Characterize the interaction of Escherichia coli O157:H7 with growing plants.
Membership in Professional Societies
Institute of Food Technologists
International Association for Food Protection
Awards
2008 Gulf Coast Section Institute of Food Technologists Scholarship
Publications
1) F. Han, S. I. Lestari, S. Pu, and B. Ge. 2008. Prevalence and Antimicrobial Resistance among Campylobacter spp. In Louisiana Retail Chickens after the Enrofloxacin Ban. Foodborne Pathog. Dis. (In Press).
2) J. Chen, J. Gao, H. Zhong, S. Pu, and Y. Yang. 2007. Preparation and Free Amino Acids Analysis of Enzymatic Hydrolysates from Cololabis Saira. Food Research and Development, 2007(09): 53-55 (in Chinese).
3) B. Li, H. Shao, X. Li, L. Li, G. Liu, S. Pu. 2006. Crosslink Preparation of Magnetic Immobilized Cellulase and Its Characteristics in External Magnetic Field. Journal of Henan University of Technology (Natural Science Edition). 27(6): 10-14 (in Chinese).
Presentations
1) F. Han, S. I. Lestari, S. Pu, and B. Ge. 2008. Trends of Antimicrobial Resistance among Campylobacter in Louisiana Retail Chickens after the Fluoroquinolone Ban. Abstr. (010-30) Institute of Food Technologists 2008 Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, June 28-July 1, 2008.
2) S. I. Lestari, F. Han, S. Pu, and B. Ge. 2008. Prevalence and Antimicrobial Susceptibility of Salmonella from Retail Chicken in Baton Rouge. Abstr. (010-26) Institute of Food Technologists 2008 Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, June 28-July 1, 2008.
3) F. Han, S. Pu, and B. Ge. 2008. Fitness Cost of Macrolide Resistance in Campylobacter jejuni. Abstr. (P-053) American Society for Microbiology 108th General Meeting, Boston, MA, June 1-5, 2008.