The remainder of this quarter's FST290 seminar series will feature our first-year graduate students speaking about their current/proposed research. The students are very talented and have demonstrated outstanding presentation skills throughout the year. Please make plans to attend many of the seminars. All seminars will be held on Wednesday afternoons from 4:10-5:00 pm in 1207 RMI South. 

FST 290. Spring 2015 

April 15 
Emma Kultgen: "Beer Foam" 
Karinna Estay: "Recovery of Phenolic Compounds from Olive Oil Mill Wastewater at Industrial Scale" 

April 22 
Zeya Xue: "Method Development for Rapid Microbial Detection in Milk" 
Diane Dou: "Percutaneous Study of Yeast Encapsulation System" 

April 29 
Pauline Lestringant: "Improvements in Consumer Research Methodologies: Collecting Unbiased Liking Information" 
Abby Kanyer: "Drink to Your Health: A Look at the Putative Prebiotics of Beer" 

May 6 
Hanna Lee: "Organ-On-A-Chip: Moving Beyond In Vitro Models Toward Alternatives to Animal Testing for Food Chemicals" 
Ryan Dowdy: "Microbial Fuel Cells for California Food Waste" 

May 13 
Molly Spencer: "Healthy Flavors Research Initiative: Vegetables, Herbs, and Spices" 
Joe Williams: "Bitterness in Beer" 

May 20 
Garn Bunyatratchata: "Evaluation of a Novel Method for Aflatoxin M1 Removal at the Industrial Scale on Milk Composition" 
Constantin Heitkamp: "Spirited Science  Sensory" 

May 27 
Erick Falcao: "Surface Modification of Sono- and Photo-Catalyzer Nanoparticles for Food Safety Applications" 
Shan Huang: "Optical Imaging of Dairy Powders to Characterize the Distribution of Sugar, Lipid and Protein" 

June 3 
Daisy Pan: "Protective Solute Transport in Listeria" 
Sara Yang: "Consumer Perceptions and Behaviors Regarding Extra Virgin Olive Oil"