Larry Merson, Ph.D.
Position Title
Professor Emeritus
Position Title
Professor Emeritus
Unit
Food Science and Technology
Bio and Ag Engineering
Unit
Food Science and Technology
Bio and Ag Engineering
Bio
Food Science / Bio & Ag 1969-1974
Department Chair FST (1988-1992)
Professor Merson retired in 1974.
Dr. Larry Merson had a 90% Food Science and Technology / 10% Bio and Ag Engineering appointment. Topics that he worked on were: The application of chemical engineering to food processing; heat and mass transfer; heat sterilization process design; heat resistance of microorganisms and enzymes; design and scale up of separation methods; membrane processes; crystallization. You can find his publications under the author name "R. L. Merson".