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At the Food Product Innovation and Commercialization Center, we employ a proven team approach to projects utilizing expertise from food industry professionals and consultants. Faculty and professional affiliates possess internationally renowned expertise in a comprehensive array of food science, technology, and marketing disciplines including:

  • Value-added Processing
  • Consumer Attitudes
  • Consumer Preferences
  • Sensory Evaluation
  • Quality Evaluation
  • Packaging
  • Food Marketing
  • Project Management
  • Postharvest Handling and Storage
  • Shelf-life Testing

FoodPIC Director: 


Process Engineering, Food Product and Process Development

James Gratzek
James Gratzek Director, FoodPIC
Food Product Innovation & Commercialization Center

Faculty: 


Food Engineering and Drying Technologies

Kevin Mis Solval
Kevin Mis Solval Associate Professor
Food Science & Technology

Consumer and Sensory Science

Koushik Adhikari
Koushik Adhikari Professor
Food Science & Technology

Food Engineering, Process Validation, and Thermal Process Authority

Kaitlyn Casulli
Kaitlyn Casulli Assistant Professor
Food Science & Technology

Produce Safety, FSMA, and HACCP

Laurel Dunn
Laurel Dunn Associate Professor and Extension Coordinator
Food Science & Technology

Future Foods and Biomaterials

Hualu Zhou
Hualu Zhou Assistant Professor
Food Science & Technology

Staff:


Michael Aaron
Michael Aaron Research Parapro/Professional
Food Product Innovation & Commercialization Center
Anna Louise Bragg
Anna Louise Bragg Administrative Specialist
Food Product Innovation & Commercialization Center
Alison Payton
Alison Payton Research Technician
Food Product Innovation & Commercialization Center