Faculty News

Alissa Nolden. Announced as co-chair for the 16th Pangborn Sensory Science Symposium in 2025 to be held in Philadelphia(>1,200 attendees); Invited speaker at UMass Chef Conference and Librarian Boot Camp; Multiple press-releases for Undergraduateled paper (Plant-based yogurt).

Amanda J. Kinchla. Awarded $300K USDA Critical Agriculture Research and Extension project titled, "Investigating the Implicationsof Observed Sanitation Practices on the Development of Foodborne Viral Recalcitrance" in collaboration with Dr. Matt Moore'steam. Had a team of 3 students received a scholarship supported by NOAA for their efforts in developing a sustainable baitalternative for the lobster industry.

David Julian McClements. Most highly cited food scientist. Gave invited talks at several scientific meetings internationally(including Good Food Conference 2023 and Aree Memorial lecture (Maihadol University, Thailand). Received USDA grant on PBFoods ($550k). Interviewed and quoted by BBC, the Guardian, Hampshire Gazette and other organizations. Met with theMassachusetts State senate leader (Karen Pilka) in Boston on alternative proteins (April 4, 2023).

Eric Decker. Keynote at lipid oxidation conference at Wageningen University; Invited talk at International Conference of Oleosomesand Lipid Bodies; Chair of the National Academy of Sciences Food Forum.

Hang Xiao. Received 2023 Research and Development Award (IFT), Received a USDA grant titled "Functionality-guided SmartFermentation of Soybean Meal: A Novel Approach to Producing Next-generation Meat Alternatives from a Plant-based Byproduct"($601K). highly cited researcher. Gave invited talks at several scientific meetings internationally and international universities.

Jiakai Lu. Media Report of the Awarded USDA grants (https://www.umass.edu/natural-sciences/news/food-sciences-professor-awarded-usda-grants); Enlisted on the Editorial board as a Subject Editor for Food and Bioproducts Processing journal fromInstitution of Chemical Engineers; Invited talk on AI hot topic session at the Annual AOCS conference.

Lili He. Awarded as one of UMass family research scholars in year 22/23. Invited to give talks at Bringham Young University,Jiangnan University, and Photonics Spectra Spectroscopy Conference.

Lutz Grossmann. Awarded FFAR and USDA grants ($1M). Chaired several Bridge2Food conferences in Singapore, Chicago and LasVegas with >300 attendees.

Matthew Moore. Dr. Moore is the primary supervisor for two USDA NIFA Predoctoral Fellowships awarded to Sloane Stoufer andChristina Allingham (above). Dr. Moore also oversaw and conducted an international expertise exchange, along with invited talk,with the Marloes Peeters lab at Newcastle University in the UK along with Dr. Minji Kim and Sloane Stoufer. Dr. Moore alsoorganized and presented an invited talk for the World Society for Virology 2023 meeting in Riga, Latvia, also where an officialpartnership with the American Society for Virology was announced.