Food Science and Technology Seminar Series

Students and faculty seated in the auditorum

The Food Science and Technology Seminar Series is offered weekly, every fall semester with invited speakers and UNL faculty to highlight current research and industry advances in food science and technology. All seminars are free and open to the public.

Join the Seminar:
Thursdays at 12 pm U.S. Central Time
Meeting URL:    https://unl.zoom.us/j/93413358774?from=addon
Meeting ID:    934 1335 8774
 


September 12
Speaker: Nirupam Aich, PhD. Associate Professor and McNeel Associate Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering, UNL
Title: To Be Announced (TBA)

September 19
Speaker: Ashutosh Mangalam, PhD.  Associate Professor, Department of Pathology, The University of Iowa
Title: Microbiome Maestro: A Dietary Approach to Harmonizing Health in Multiple Sclerosis

September 26
Speaker: Kurt Piepenbrink, PhD. Assistant Professor, Department of Food Science and Technology and Department of Biochemistry, UNL
Title: Molecular Mechanisms of Bacterial Interactions with Host and Environmental Factors

October 3
Speaker: Jason Bush, PhD. Chief Scientific Officer, Solnul® MSP Starch Products Inc. 
Title: Using Serum Metabolomics from a Resistant Starch Clinical Trial to Investigate Mechanisms of Prebiotic Activity

October 10
Speaker: Andreia Bianchini-Huebner, PhD. Associate Professor, Department of Food Science and Technology, UNL  
Title: Academic Journey: A book of many chapters

October 17
Speaker: Hyun-Seob Song, PhD. Associate Professor and Computational Biologist, Department of Food Science and Technology and Department of Biological Systems Engineering, UNL  
Title: New Wineskins for New Wine: Advances in Microbiome Modeling for Omics Integration

October 24
Speaker: Yu Wang, PhD. Associate Professor, Department of Food Science and Citrus Research and Education Center, University of Florida
 Title: Application of Metabolomics-Based Approaches in Specialty Crops: Flavor Enhancement, Disease Diagnosis, and Discovery of Health-Beneficial Compounds

October 31
Speaker: Lauren Jackson, PhD. Supervisory Food Technologist, Department of Health and Human Services.
Title: My career as a chemical food safety research scientist at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration

November 7
This is a student seminar followed by a workshop TBA
Speaker: Steven Kaiser, PhD student supervised by Dr. Ciftci and Principal Scientist, Conagra
Title: Creation and Application of a Starch Aerogel-Based Flavor Delivery System

November 14
Speaker: Mark Nelson  
Title: Sustainable Beef

November 21
Speaker:  Dr. Pablo Coronel, Senior Fellow Food Process and Safety Associate, CRB Group 
Title: Engineering process and validation of aseptic processes, the case for particulate aseptics

 

Food Safety Seminar Series

The Food Safety Seminar Series is offered monthly, every fall and spring semesters with invited speakers to highlight current research and industry advances in food safety. All seminars are free and open to the public. 

Contact: Dr. Byron Chaves (byron.chaves-elizondo@unl.edu or 402-472-2196)

Join the Seminar:
Wednesdays at 12 pm U.S. Central Time
https://unl.zoom.us/j/91887770447
Meeting ID: 918 8777 0447 

September 4 – Dr. Sefa Isik 
Lecturer, Department of Food Processing at Mus Alparslan University [Türkiye]

October 9 – Meredith Carothers
Public Affairs Specialist at USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service

November 6 – Dr. Edward Dudley
Professor at Penn State University

December 11 – Dr. Donna Garren
Executive Vice President, Science & Policy at American Frozen Food Institute


Food for Health Seminar Series

The Food for Health Seminar Series is offered monthly, every fall and spring semesters with invited speakers to highlight research advances in microbiome research to improve human health.

Contact: Michaela Tonack (https://foodforhealth.unl.edu/seminar-series)
In-Person located in FIC 277 (or Zoom upon request)

Spring 2024 Schedule

September 20, 12:00-1:00 pm
Dr. Sabita Roy, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine

September 27, 12:00-1:00 pm
Dr. Mark Brown: Cleveland Clinic

October, 18, 12:00-1:00 pm
Dr. Kelly Swanson,  University of Illinois

More to be announced