Food Science Faculty and Researchers

Charles W. Bamforth
Professor
Biochemistry
e-mail: cwbamforth@ucdavis.edu

Malting and brewing; enzymology of malt and wort production
Anheuser-Busch endowed chair

Everett Bandman
Professor
Biochemistry
e-mail: edbandman@ucdavis.edu
Muscle cell biology; muscle biochemistry;
molecular biology
Diane Barrett
Extension Specialist
Fruits and Vegetables processing
e-mail: dmbarrett@ucdavis.edu
Effects of raw material characteristics and processing on quality of fruit and vegetable products.
Diane Barrett's research website
http://www.fruitandvegetable.ucdavis.edu/homepage.html
Christine Bruhn
Extension Specialist
Consumer Behavior
e-mail: cmbruhn@ucdavis.edu
Consumer Issues in food safety and quality and new technolgies such as food irradiation and biotechnology.
John Bruhn
Extension Specialist
Microbiology
e-mail: jcbruhn@ucdavis.edu
Dairy Bacteriology; dairy chemistry; processing of dairy foods.
Stephanie Dungan
Professor and Engineer
Chemical Engineering
e-mail: srdungan@ucdavis.edu
Emulsions, micesses, microemulsions, gels.
Edwin Frankel
Adjunct Professor and Research Chemist
e-mail: efrankel@ucdavis.edu
Lipid oxidation and antioxidation in foods and biological systems.
Bruce German
Professor
e-mail: jbgerman@ucdavis.edu
Dietary and metabolic regulation of lipid composition, liprotein remodeling and tissue function in animals.
J. X. Guinard
Professor
e-mail: jxguinard@ucdavis.edu
Taste chemoreception in man; psychophysics of fats and oils; oral sensitivities and saliva; sensory evaluation methodology; sensory properties of alcoholic beverages; chemical senses and nutrition; sensory determinants of food acceptability.

Linda Harris
Extension Specialist
Microbiology
e-mail:
ljharris@ucdavis.edu

Microbial food safety, applied microbiology
John Krochta
Professor and Food Engineer
Chemical Engineering/Dairy/
e-mail: jmkrochta@ucdavis.edu
Peter J. Shields Chair in Dairy Food Science. Food engineering, food packaging, edible films and coatings, mass transfer in foods and biological systems.
Kathryn McCarthy
Professor and Food Engineer
Food Engineering
e-mail: klmccarthy@ucdavis.edu
Food engineering, rheology and mixing, transport processes and modeling.
Michael McCarthy
Professor and Food Engineer
Chemical Engineering
e-mail: mjmccarthy@ucdavis.edu
Food engineering, transport phenomena, magnetic resonance imaging, NMR, acoustics nondestructive sensors, process analytical chemistry.
Alyson Mitchell
Assistant Professor and Food Chemist
Food Chemistry and Toxicology
e-mail: aemitchell@ucdavis.edu
Food chemistry and toxicology, impact of diet on metabolic systems, application of LC/MS/MS in the identification and occurrence flavonoids and flavonoid metabolites in foods and biological tissues.
Alyson Mitchell's research website
http://mitchell.ucdavis.edu
David M. Ogrydziak
Professor and Marine Microbiologist
Microbiology
e-mail: dmogrydziak@ucdavis.edu
Industrial microbiology; food microbiology; yeast cell biology; genetics.
Michael A. O'Mahony
Professor and Sensory Scientist
Chemistry and Psychology
e-mail:
maomahony@ucdavis.edu
Development of methods and theory for sensory evaluation of foods and other products with sensory properties. Cross-cultural studies. Psychophysics of taste.
R. L. Powell
Professor
Mechanics and Material Science
e-mail: rlpowell@ucdavis.edu
 Rheology, biorheology, ultrasonics and suspension mechanics.
Chet W. Price
Professor and Food Microbiologist
Microbiology
e-mail: cwprice@ucdavis.edu

Regulation of bacterial gene expression in response to environmental and metabolic stress.
Price lab website

Davis S. Reid
Professor and Chemist
Physical Chemistry
e-mail: dsreid@ucdavis.edu
Physico-chemical aspects of the freezing process in model systems and food systems; role of water in food systems; ion-polymer interactions in gel systems.
Moshe Rosenberg
Professor and Chemist
Food Engineering
e-mail: mrosenberg@ucdavis.edu
Food engineering, food technology, dairy chemistry, dairy technology, dairy products, food microstructure, microencapsulation.
Gerald F. Russell
Professor
Food Chemistry
e-mail: gfrussell@ucdavis.edu
Chemistry of volatile food components; flavor and odor compounds; analysis of toxic and carcinogenic compounds in foods; use of computers for laboratory and process automation.
Barbara O. Schneeman
Professor and Nutritionist
Nutrition
e-mail: boschneeman@ucdavis.edu
Nutrient bioavailability, dietary influences on digestive mechanisms, development of food-based dietary guidelines.
Charles F. Shoemaker
Professor and Food Scientist
Physical Chemistry
e-mail: cfshoemaker@ucdavis.edu
Food rheology with a special emphasis on the study of starch, other polysaccharides and emulsionsl.
Sharon Shoemaker
Director, California Institute of Food and Agricultural Research
Biochemistry
e-mail: spshoemaker@ucdavis.edu
Director, California Institute of Food and Agricultural Research (CIFAR) . Applying fermentation and enzymology to problems and opportunities in food and agriculture.
R. Paul Singh
Professor and Food Engineer
Food Engineering
e-mail: rpsingh@ucdavis.edu
Food engineering, process efficiency, heat and mass transfer, food quality.
Gary M. Smith
Professor and Chemist
Biochemistry
e-mail: gmsmith@ucdavis.edu
Director, UC Davis NMR Facility. Mechanisms of enzyme action; microbial stress adaptation, solute transport systems, NMR, dairy chemistry.
Carl K. Winter
Extension Specialist and Food Toxicologist
Agricultural Chemistry
e-mail: ckwinter@ucdavis.edu
Director, FoodSafe Program. Food toxicology, risk assessment, risk communication.
Glenn Young
Assistant Professor and Food Safety microbiologist
Microbiology
e-mail: gmyoung@ucdavis.edu
Food safety, foodborne disease, bacterial pathogens.

FACULTY EMERITI
Barrett, Ericka L.
Professor Emeritus
Microbiology
Email: elbarrett@ucdavis.edu
Dick Bernhard Bernhard, Richard A.
Professor Emeritus
Organic Chemistry and Plant Physiology
Email:
rabernhard@ucdavis.edu

Brant, A. Wade (Food Technology)
Professor Emeritus
Food Technology
Email:
foodsci@ucdavis.edu
with BRANT as the subject line

Bob Feeney Robert E. Feeney
Professor Emeritus
Biochemistry
Email:
refeeney@ucdavis.edu
D. Gruendwedel Gruenwedel, Dieter W.
Professor Emeritus
Physical Chemistry, Cell Physiology
Email:
dwgruenwedel@ucdavis.edu
Jerry Henderson Henderson, Jerald M.
Professor Emeritus
Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
Email:
jmhenderson@raphael.ucdavis.edu
Michael J. Lewis
Professor Emeritus
Microbiology
Email:
mjlewis@ucdavis.edu
Merson, Larry R.
Professor Emeritus
Chemical Engineering
Email:
rlmerson@ucdavis.edu
Marty W. Miller
Professor Emeritus
Microbiolgy
Email:
mwmiller@ucdavis.edu
Pearl, Robert C.
Professor Emeritus
Plant Science
Email:
rcpearl@ucdavis.edu
Howard J. Schutz
Professor Emeritus
Consumer and Sensory Science
Email:
hgschutz@ucdavis.edu
Al L. Tappel
Professor Emeritus
Biochemistry
E-mail:
altappel@ucdavis.edu
John R. Whitaker
Professor Emeritus
Biochemistry
E-mail: jrwhitaker@ucdavis.edu
George York
Professor Emeritus
Microbiology
Email:
gkyork@ucdavis.edu

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4 Feb 2004