Parting words from Dr. Carl Winter
Andrea Thompson
June 27, 2019
Dr. Carl Winter, Specialist in Cooperative Extension and Vice Chair of this Department, is retiring from UC Davis at the end of June, 2019 after 28 years with the UC Davis Department of Food Science and Technology, and 32 years with the University of California.
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Professor Maria Marco was invited by the American Society of Microbiology (ASM) organizing committee to give a speech at ASM Microbe 2019 on "Use of Lactobacillus to offset the effects of obesogenic diets". Her talk was presented on June 23, 2019 to a packed room of over 120 people.
To learn more about ASM Microbe 2019, visit the American Society of Microbiology website.
Dr. Luxin Wang, an assistant professor working for the Department of Food Science and Technology, was awarded the Grower’s Risk Assessment Biomarker Investigative Tool (GRABIT) Challenge Award on June 18th 2019 at the annual Center for Produce Safety research symposium in Austin TX.
Congratulations to the UC Davis FST team who received second place in the 2019 Ocean Spray Product Development competition!
The team was led by Melvinna Tania, and includes Olga Lawrence, Mary-Ann Chen, Tonya Xie, and Bryan Magaline. They created their product, Cranwich: bite-sized cookies, naturally flavored and dyed pink with cranberry concentrate. The cookies sandwich a filling made from real whole cranberries, chia seeds, and agave nectar.
Congratulations to IFTSA & MARS Product Development Competition finalists Vy Phung, Chia-Yung Su, Jeremy Chuardy, Gary Adrian and Siriyakorn Chantieng for receiving honors for their Okaranchi product in June at the 29th IFTSA & MARS Product Development Competition at the Institute of Food Technology's annual meeting in New Orleans!
Glen Patrick Fox, a senior research fellow at Australia’s University of Queensland, will become UC Davis’ new Anheuser-Busch Endowed Professor of Malting and Brewing Science on July 1. Fox succeeds Charlie Bamforth, who held the position from 1999 until his retirement last year.
Congratulations are in order for Nick Jensen, a doctoral student in the Mills lab (Micro Grad Group), who just was recently a national fellowship for $25K from Danone North America.
The fellowship was designed for full-time graduate students in the United States. To be eligible, students had to be US citizens and remain in good standing with their university.
University of California, Davis (UC Davis) winemaker Charles “Chik” Brenneman retired from his position at the UC Davis Teaching and Research Winery on March 5, 2019 to pursue other winemaking opportunities and to have more time for personal interests. Brenneman joined the Department of Viticulture and Enology (V&E) as staff winemaker in 2006, when the department offices and teaching winery were still located in Wickson Hall on the UC Davis campus.
Distinguished Professor Emeritus Charlie Bamforth has been honored with a travel award in his name from the American Society of Brewing Chemists.
Dr. Randall Robinson awarded the 2019 Kinsella Memorial Prize
Andrea Thompson
May 22, 2019
Barile lab postdoc Randall Robinson been selected as the recipient of the 2019 Kinsella Memorial Prize which recognizes excellence in academic performance. The selection was based on the recommendation of Associate Professor Daniela Barile, along with the chair of his graduate group, Topher McNeil, and the review of the selection committee.
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Andrea Thompson
June 27, 2019
Andrea Thompson
May 22, 2019
