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Visiting Scientists
Yuhuan Chen (YChen@fpa-food.org
) is currently employed by the Food Products Association, formerly
National Food Processors Association. Yuhuan graduated with a
Ph.D. from Rutgers Food Science under the direction of
Dr. Tom Montville. She then
worked as a post-doc in Tom's lab, and followed that up as a research
associate in my lab where she learned to do risk assessment, and
pioneered our initial foray into handwashing research.
Emiliano J. Quinto (emiliano.quinto@uab.es)
is currently a member of the
Department
of Animal and Food Science in the College of Veterinary Medicine at the
Autonomous University of Barcelona in Spain Dr. Quinto first
visited Dr Schaffner’s lab for almost a year in 1996 as a Visiting
Scholar. Dr. Quinto has returned twice, for short stays of 3 months
in1997 and 2003. Dr. Quinto has done research on modeling competition
behavior between microorganisms.
Begoña Sesma
(begona.sesma.vea@cfnavarra.es)
who works at the Laboratorio de Salud Pública de Navarra, Instituto Salud Pública (http://www.navarra.es/home_es)
in Spain. Dr. Sesma visited the lab for brief
visit in 2002 to learn more about quantitative risk assessment.
Christina Penna
(tcvpenna@usp.br) visited the lab
several times to learn more about predictive modeling. Dr. Penna works at the
Pharmacy
College, University
of Sao Paulo, Brazil
(http://www.fcf.usp.br/Departamentos/FBT/Professores/Penna/Index.htm).
Malang Seydi
paid a brief visit to the lab in the summer of 2002 to learn more about
food microbiology. Dr. Seydi is
part of Ecole Inter-Etats Des Sciences Et Medecine Veterinaires De Dakar
(http://www.refer.sn/eismv).
Susan Alber
(alber@ucla.edu) Susan was a program
associate and research technician during “the early years”. She was responsible for much of the labs
early work in predictive modeling.
She is currently pursing a Ph.D. in biostatistics at UCLA (http://www.ph.ucla.edu/biostat).
Ph.D. Students
Sarah Smith (sarsmith70@yahoo.com)
graduated in Spring 2004. Her
research sought to validate predictive
models for Clostridium perfringens
germination and outgrowth during cooling.
Sarah is currently working for a law firm in
Kansas as a research analyst. She and
Ryann just had a baby in December 2005:
Cindy Stewart (Cindy.Stewart@csiro.au)
graduated in Fall 2002. Her
research was on modeling the effects of osmotic stress on Staphylococcus aureus. Cindy is currently employed as a food
microbiologist by Food Science Australia,
in the Food Safety and Quality group, North Ryde,
NSW, Australia.
Li Hui Zhao
(lily.zhao@lawrence.ppdi.com)
graduated in Fall 2002. Her research was on mathematical modeling, computer
simulation, and microbiological study of the behavior of Clostridium botulinum 56A
spores. Lihui earned a MS in
statistics at Rutgers (http://www.stat.rutgers.edu/curriculum/gradinfo.html)
while she was working in the lab and is currently employed by PPD, a
leading global provider of discovery and development services and
products for pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical device companies.
Lihui is the proud parent of Phillip Kaifei Gao (see right), born on
10/13/05.
Marisa Caipo
(fcisneros@terra.com.pe)
graduated in Summer 1999. Her research addressed modeling the behavior of
Bacillus spores and cells under
differing environmental conditions.
Marisa is currently part of the Facultad de Ingenieria Agroindustrial
at the Universidad San Ignacio de Loyola, Lima,
Peru
http://www.sil.edu.pe/usil/carrera_agroindustrial.htm.
Phil Elliott
(PElliott@fpa-food.org)
graduated in Fall, 1997. Hs
research predicted growth and toxin formation by Clostridium botulinum in model food systems. Phil has worked for Campbells Soup,
Vlassic and Pinnacle Foods, and is now employed by the Food Products
Association.
M.S. Students
Purvi Vora
(pv2009@columbia.edu) graduated
in Fall 2001 after completing her research on modeling inactivation of Staphylococcus aureus in
intermediate moisture foods. Purvi
is currently working on her Ed.D. at Columbia
University in NYC
http://www.tc.columbia.edu/academic/MST/.
Alyce Battey
(abattey@hypefoods.com)
graduated in Spring 1999. Her research was on modeling the growth of
spoilage organisms in cold-fill ready to drink beverages. Aylce is current in the food business (http://www.hypermints.com) and
teaching high school in Massachusetts.
Eddy Viard
(viarded@umdnj.edu) graduated in
Spring 1999. His research addressed validation of mathematical models for
predicting the growth of Bacillus
stearothermophilus in military rations. Eddy is currently pursuing a Ph.D. at
the University of
Medicine
and Dentistry of New Jersey in Newark,
NJ,
in the Department of Neurosciences.
http://njms.umdnj.edu/neuroscience.
Maximo Llaudes
(m_ll@hotmail.com) graduated in
Winter 1999. His research was on
simulation and empirical modeling of the effect of inoculum size on
spoilage of a model system by Bacillus
stearothermophilus ATCC 12980.
Max recently earned his MD and is currently doing his residency at
the University of
Virginia:
http://www.med.virginia.edu/schools/medschl.html.
Fabiola Chea
(Fabiola.Baw@Avon.com)
graduated in Winter 1999 after completing her research on modeling the
germination kinetics of Clostridium
botulinum spores as affected by temperature, pH and sodium
chloride. Fabiola is married and
currently works for Avon.
Di Lai Zhu
(dilaizhu@yahoo.com) graduated in
Fall 1997 after doing research on the characterization of microbial and
flavor changes in fermenting hot pepper mash. Dilai is married, has two daughters with
a third expected in January 2006. He recently moved to Los
Angeles, and with his father-in-law's help, he set up and runs an import
& export business. Here is a picture of his very cute kids:
Tien-Meng Ng
(tng9398493@aol.com)
graduated in Fall 1995 after doing research on modeling the effect of
environmental conditions on the growth rate and lag time of vegetative
cells of Bacillus
stearothermophilus. He earned
a MS in statistics at Rutgers (http://www.stat.rutgers.edu/curriculum/gradinfo.html)
while he was working in the lab, and is currently employed at Johnson
and Johnson, starting in January 2006.
Raman Dogra
(Raman.Dogra@invista.com) graduated
in Fall 1994 and his research was concerned with modeling the effect of
temperature on the growth rate and lag time of vegetative cells of Bacillus stearothermophilus. Raman is currently employed by
Invista
in
Delaware. He and his wife have two daughters Priya
and Hemadri.
Shu-Ying Wang
graduated in Fall 1994. Her
research was on rapid methods for determining food contact surface
sanitation. Shu-Ying is a wife and
mother in Maryland. If anyone can
provide more information, please let me know.
Denise McKenna
(denise_mckenna@colpal.com)
graduated in Fall 1993 after completing research on the development of a
new method for enumerating Listeria
monocytogenes in food systems.
Denise is currently employed as a Microbiology Lab Supervisor for
Colgate Palmolive (http://www.colgate.com)
Mary Beth Meade
graduated in Fall 1992. She worked
on a literature review of microbial competition to inhibit pathogen
growth in foods as part of her degree program. If anyone can provide more
current information, please let me know.
Frances Dever
graduated in Fall 1992. She worked
on a literature review of evolving methodology for Listeria monocytogenes detection as part of her degree
program. Fran works for Campbell’s
Soup (http://www.campbellsoup.com)
Lilly Duh
graduated in Spring 1992. Her
research was on modeling of the effect of temperature on the growth rate
of Listeria spp. If anyone can provide more current
information, please let me know.
Michael
Broddock graduated in Spring 1991.
He worked on a literature review of biotechnology and the
production of flavor compounds as part of her degree program. If anyone can provide more current
information, please let me know.
Undergraduate
Students
Sarah Vaezi did research on the influence of refrigeration
method and
container composition on food temperature in
university dining halls. She presented her
research IFT Annual Meeting in 2003.
Rebecca Montville
(rebecca.montville@yale.edu)
conducted independent study in the lab from 1998 – 2003. The primary focus of her research was
on a quantitative risk assessment for factors important in
handwashing. Rebecca is currently
employed as a Research Technician in Paul Turners lab at Yale University
http://www.yale.edu/turner/home/index.htm.
Siobain Duffy
(siobain.duffy@yale.edu)
conducted independent study in the lab from 1997 – 2002. The primary
focus of her research was on a quantitative risk assessment for safety of
unpasteurized apple cider. Siobain
is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Paul Turners lab at Yale University
http://www.yale.edu/turner/home/index.htm.
Jonathan Goins
visited the lab in Summer 2001 as a “Research in Science and Engineering
at Rutgers” student. RISE@Rutgers (http://rise.rutgers.edu) is an
undergraduate scholarship program designed to advance diversity in
science, math and engineering. His
research was on food temperature distributions in
Rutgers
University dining halls.
Franca Tilli
did a research lab rotation in the lab in1999 and 2000 where she worked
on inactivation kinetics of Staphylococcus
aureus in food.
High School
Students
Mila Dunbar
Irwin worked in the lab in the summer of 2002 as a high school summer
intern. She helped with research
on the effectiveness of Victory ® antimicrobial agent on total plate
count in lettuce. She is currently
an Undergraduate student at Yale University
http://www.yale.edu.
Diana Tucker
worked in the lab in the summer of 2002 with support from Project SEED (http://chemistry.org/educatorandstudents.html)
a program designed to encourage economically disadvantaged high school
students to pursue career opportunities in the chemical sciences. She also helped with research on the
effectiveness of Victory ® antimicrobial agent on total plate count in
lettuce. She is currently an
Undergraduate student here at Cook College
http://www.cookcollege.rutgers.edu.
Samantha
Sithole worked in the lab in the summer of 2001 with support from
Project SEED
http://chemistry.org/educatorandstudents.html)
a program designed to encourage economically disadvantaged high school
students to pursue career opportunities in the chemical sciences. Her research was on microbial counts on
cutting boards and pastry brushes in Rutgers
University dining halls.
Josh Bauml
worked with Dr. Schaffner in 1995 and 1996 on his 8th grade science fair
project: The effect of disinfectants on the survival of lactic acid
bacteria. Josh went on to win
first prize in the Jersey Shore Regional Science Fair, and competed in
the Delaware Valley Science Fair.
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