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Vito Polito
Department of Plant SciencesVito's website |
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Charles Shoemaker
Department of Food Science & TechnologyCharles' website |
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Jean-Xavier Guinard
Professor and Sensory Scientist, Department of Food Science & TechnologyJean-Xavier specializes in the sensory properties of foods and beverages, how humans perceive them, and how these properties affect food intake and consumer behavior. |
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Hildegarde Heymann
Professor and Enologist, Department of Vitaculture & EnologyHildegarde specializes in the sensory sciences and has evaluated numerous food and non-food products including wine, meat, ice cream, cereals, juices, cat litter, soap, and toothpaste. |
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Charlie W. Bamforth
Chair, Department of Food Science & TechnologyCharlie specializes in the science of malting and brewing. |
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Diane M. Barrett
Director, RMI Center for Fruit and Vegetable QualityDiane specializes in the effects of raw material characteristics and processing on the quality of fruit and vegetable products. |
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John Krochta
Professor & Engineer, Department of Food Science & Technology, Director RMI Center for Advanced Methods, Materials, and ProcessingJohn specializes in edible films and coatings, primarily from whey protein. |
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Sharon Shoemaker
Director & Professor, California Institute for Agricultural ResearchSharon is the author of several patents on novel yeast strains to convert biomass-to-ethanol and novel bacterial strains to produce new forms of cellulose. |
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Charles Shoemaker
Professor, Department of Food Science & TechnologyCharles specializes in food emulsions, micelles, microemulsions, and food separations. |
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Paul Singh
Professor, Department of Biological and Agricultural EngineeringPaul researches heat and mass transfer in foods during drying, thermal processing, immersion frying, air-impingement processing, freezing and frozen storage. |
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Liz Applegate
Director, Sports Nutrition, Intercollegiate Athletics, Department of NutritionLiz is a nationally renowned expert on nutrition and fitness.
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Bruce German
Professor and Chemist, Department of Food Science & TechnologyBruce specializes in dietary and metabolic regulation of lipid composition, oxidation of polyunsaturated fatty acids, the physical properties of lipids, and metabolomics. |
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Linda J. Harris
Director of Research, Western Institute for Food Safety and Security, Extension SpecialistLinda is the author of the UC revised pamphlet on home-curing olives. She also specializes in microbial food safety and applied microbiology. |
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Clare M. Hasler
Executive Director, Robert Mondavi Institute for Wine & Food ScienceClare is an expert in functional foods and the role of phytochemicals in disease prevention. |
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Karen Klonsky
Extension Specialist in Sustainable AgricultureKaren specializes in farm management and production, sustainable agriculture and organic agriculture. |
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Tom Tomich
Director and Professor, Agricultural Sustainability Institute, Department of Environmental Science and TechnologyTom is the founding director of the new Agricultural Sustainability Institute, inaugural holder of the WK Kellogg Chair in Sustainable Food Systems, and a professor of community development, environmental science and policy. |
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Rachael Goodhue
Associate Professor at UC Davis in Agricultural Marketing and Organization,Industrial Organization, and Contracting Rachael is currently conducting research on the economic impact of the olive fruit fly on California. |
Marshall Johnson
Entomologist and IPM specialist, UC RiversideMarshall researches pest management of grapes, stone fruit, almonds & walnuts, as well as biological control of arthropods and pesticide resistance in pests and natural enemies.
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Frank Zalom
Professor, Department of EntomologyFrank specializes in olive fruit fly research and integrated pest management. |
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John Connell
Extension Specialist in Butte countyJoe specializes in almonds, olives, citrus, subtropicals, and ornamentals. |
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Louise Ferguson
Extension Specialist in olivesLouise has done research into developing an ecologically based management system for the olive fruit fly.
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Bill Krueger
Extension Advisor, Glenn and Tehama Counties |
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Vito Polito
Professor, Department of Plant SciencesVito researches the reproductive biology of olives, emphasizing development, morphology, and cell biology of pollination and fruit set. |
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Paul Vossen
Extension Advisor, Sonoma & Marin CountiesPaul conducts an educational and research program in olive oil, tree fruit, berry, and vegetable production in order to preserve the biodiversity of Sonoma County. |
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Christine M. Bruhn
Extension Specialist, Department of Food Science and TechnologyChristine focuses her research on consumer issues with food safety and quality, including consumer attitudes toward new food production methods or processing technologies. |
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Jeffrey Williams
Agricultural EconomicsJeffrey specializes in commodity markets, financial markets, finance, public finance, mathematical programming, econometrics, and economic history. |
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Shermain Hardesty
Director, UC Small Farm Center, Cooperative Extension SpecialistShermain specializes in specialty food marketing, finance, and the structure and roles of cooperatives.
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Jim Lapsley
Chair, Department of Science, Agriculture, and Natural ResourcesJim is an internationally known author, winemaker, and instructor. His main areas of research are the economics of wine production and marketing and the history of California wine. |
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Dan Sumner
Director and Professor, Agricultural Issue Center, Agricultural and Resource EconomicsDan specializes in agricultural policy, including commodity programs, trade policy, human resources and regulations with an emphasis on agricultural trade in the Pacific Rim (especially Korea), dairy industry issues and rice policy.
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Edwin Frankel
Adjunct Professor, Department of Food Science and TechnologyEdwin specializes in lipid oxidation and antioxidation in foods and biological systems. He is currently researching the oxidative stability and effect of natural antioxidants on oils, emulsions and foods containing docosahexaenoic acid and long-chain omega-3 fatty acids.
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Alyson Mitchell
Associate Professor and Food Chemist, Department of Food & TechnologyAlyson specializes in the influence of phytochemicals and whole foods on human metabolism and health. |





























