This position of Junior Specialist has a narrow focus in a specialized area and provides technical or specialized expertise (e.g., with instrumentation and research equipment, or with research methods) in the planning and execution of a research project. Junior Specialists are required to be actively and significantly involved in publishable research activities, including reviewing journal articles and engaging in discussions on research and the interpretation of research results. Junior Specialists are also expected to participate in appropriate professional/technical societies or groups and other educational and research organizations as well as review research proposals, journal manuscripts, and publications as applicable related to their research area of expertise.
FST's Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Charlie Bamforth, is interviewed by Jim Brown, UC Davis Continuing and Professional Education Director of Fermentation Science, as part of UC Davis Emeriti Association's long-running and popular Video Records Project.
Glen Fox & Charlie Bamforth featured in Chile - CA Brewing Webinar
Zann Gates
August 30, 2021
At the end of July, Drs. Glen Fox and Charlie Bamforth were the keynote speakers in the "Chile-California Seminar: Strengthening the Local Brewing Industry". The webinar was an opportunity for exchange of experiences and collaboration between the UC Davis Brewing Program and brewers in Chile. Sponsors were the UC Davis Chile Life Sciences Innovation Center and CORFO.
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FST Undergrads Place in Product Development Competitions this Summer
Zann Gates
August 24, 2021
Congratulations to FST undergrads Vincenza Priana, Vivian Wu, Illoisa Lambojon, and Aceline Chiu for their 2nd place win in the Ocean Spray Student Product Development Competition earlier this month! Their products were "Cranookie Butter" and "Cranbilantro", both pictured below.
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California Certified Organic Farmers (CCOF), in partnership with UC Davis FST, UCANR, Washington State University, and WA State Department of Agriculture's Certified Organic Program, is offering a free four-part webinar series on FSMA and food safety basics for organic food processors.
Selina Wang receives 2021 Faculty Stewardship Award
Zann Gates
August 23, 2021
Kudos to FST Specialist in Cooperative Extension and Research Director of the UC Davis Olive Center, Selina Wang, who has been awarded the 2021 Faculty Stewardship Award by the UC Davis Foundation.
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FST Professor and Dairy Specialist Moshe Rosenberg will teach a short course via Zoom for the California Artisan Cheese Guild called "Designing and Introducing Cheese Quality Attributes Short Course" during five days in September and October.
Course description:
Erika Estrada, Ph.D. graduate student in Harris Lab, was awarded first place in the poster presentation in the J. Mac Goepfert Developing Scientists Competition at the International Association for Food Protection meeting in Phoenix, Arizona; first place in the technical talk presentation went to Karuna Kharel, a Ph.D. student at Louisiana State University. Erika's poster presentation was titled, "Using Whole Genome Sequencing to Characterize the Genetic Diversity of Salmonella enterica Isolated from Raw Inshell Pistachios".
Welcome to Assistant Professor Andrew Gravelle
Zann Gates
July 16, 2021
Please welcome Food Science and Technology's newest faculty member, Assistant Professor Andrew Gravelle. Andrew comes to us from the University of Guelph, where he earned his Ph.D. in Food Science this year. His M.S. and B.S. degrees were in Biophysics, also at the University of Guelph, after which he was a Research Associate in Food Science for seven years, 2011-2017, just prior to his doctoral degree studies from 2018-2021.
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Several of our Food Science and Technology faculty and graduate students will be participating at the upcoming Virtual & In-Person 2021 Annual IAFP Meeting, to be held July 18‐21, 2021. Check out the IAFP website for the complete program information.
Background
The new award is named after Professors Graham Stewart and Charlie Bamforth. It is most appropriate that this award be named jointly as during the 1990s and 2000s both ran a very successful series of educational symposia to aspiring brewing students in Africa, Asia, India and the Americas. Both have written and edited numerous fundamental malting, brewing and distilling texts that are now routinely referred to by students.
Welcome to New FST Chair Chris Simmons
Zann Gates
June 30, 2021
Please join our department in welcoming our new Chair, Christopher Simmons. Chris is a Professor who joined Food Science and Technology in 2013. He earned his Ph.D. (as well as his B.S. and M.S.) in Biological Systems Engineering, UC Davis. After earning his Ph.D. in 2011, he was a postdoc at the Joint BioEnergy Institute in Emeryville for two years.
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Read food writer Priya Krishna's recent article in the New York Times (June 15th, 2021) on chef and celebrity Martin Yan, titled "Four Decades on, Martin Yan Faces a New Audience and a New World" for a fresh and timely look at a famous UC Davis food science graduate. Martin Yan earned his bachelor's degree in 1973 and a master's in 1977; he also has a UC Davis Distinguished Achievement Award, 2013.
