The Department of Food Science and Nutrition presents its spring 2024 seminar series featuring guest speaker Suresh Pillai, the director of Texas A&M University’s National Center for Electron Beam Research and a professor of molecular microbiology and senior faculty fellow, who will give a presentation on “Demystifying Electron Beam Food Pasteurization—Unraveling Misunderstandings.” This seminar will take place on Thursday, March 28, from 12:45–1:45 p.m. over Zoom.

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The Department of Food Science and Nutrition presents its spring 2024 seminar series featuring guest speaker Mitzi Baum, chief executive officer at Stop Foodborne Illness (STOP), who will give a presentation on : “The Why of Food Safety.” This seminar will take place on Thursday, March 7, from 12:45–1:45 p.m. in room 111 of the Pritzker Science Center. It can also be seen on Zoom.

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The Department of Food Science and Nutrition presents its spring 2024 seminar series featuring guest speaker Kalyani Narayanan, technical project manager at DohlerGroup, who will give a presentation on “Launching Careers—Navigating Transitions with Effective Career Development and Networking Strategies.” This seminar will take place on Thursday, February 29, from 12:45–1:45 p.m. over Zoom.

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The Department of Food Science and Nutrition presents its spring 2024 seminar series featuring guest speaker Audarshia Townsend, content director for Informa Markets/Supply Side’s Food & Beverage Insider, who will give a presentation on “A Crash Course in Technical Writing—How to Transform Yourself into a Media ‘Industry Expert’ for Digital Content.” This seminar will take place on Thursday, February 22, from 12:45–1:45 p.m. in room 111 of the Pritzker Science Center.

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The Department of Food Science and Nutrition presents its spring 2024 seminar series featuring guest speaker Robert M. Hackman, a research nutritionist in the Department of Nutrition at University of California, Davis, who will give a presentation on “Lutein, Zeaxanthin, Goji Berries, and Eye Health.” This seminar will take place on Thursday, February 15, from 12:45–1:45 p.m. over Zoom.

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The Department of Food Science and Nutrition presents its spring 2024 seminar series featuring guest speaker David Lampert, assistant professor in the Department of Civil, Architectural, and Environmental Engineering at Illinois Institute of Technology, who will give a presentation on “Fate, Transport, and Bioaccumulation of Per and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances in the Environment.” This seminar will take place on Thursday, February 8, from 12:45–1:45 p.m. in room 111 of the Pritzker Science Center.

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Attend the FDSN Seminar Series titled "Food Science: An R&D Overview," featuring Duey Fimreite, research & development manager at South Chicago Packing LLC. The talk will be Thursday, February 1, 2024, at 12:30–1:45 p.m. at the Robert A. Pritzker Science Center Auditorium, room 111.

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The Department of Food Science and Nutrition presents its fall 2023 seminar series featuring guest speaker Bradley Bolling, associate professor and the Fritz Friday Chair for Vegetable Processing Research in the Department of Food Science at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, who will give a presentation on “Aronia Berry Bioactives: From Field to Function.” This seminar is open to the public and will take place on Zoom from 12:45–1:45 p.m. on Thursday, November 30.

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The Department of Food Science and Nutrition presents its fall 2023 seminar series featuring guest speaker Arthur C. Curran of Citrus and Allied Essences, Ltd., who will give a presentation on “The Safety of Flavor Ingredients: Using Sound Science to Confront Chemophobia.” This seminar is open to the public and will take place in room 111 (auditorium) of the Pritzker Science Center from 12:45–1:45 p.m. on Thursday, November 16.

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The Department of Food Science and Nutrition presents its fall 2023 seminar series featuring guest speakers Ragya Kapoor, senior scientist of ingredient innovation and plant-based applications at Ajinomoto Health and Nutrition, North America, and Ravi Kiran Tadapaneni, R&D commercialization manager at Ajinomoto Health and Nutrition, North America, who will give a presentation on “Approach to Solution and Ingredient Development in Diverse Food Applications.” This seminar is open to the public and will take place on Zoom from 12:45–1:45 p.m. on Thursday, November 9.

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