Food Science Doctoral Candidates Awarded USDA Fellowship for Food Safety Research

Christina Allingham and Sloane Stoufer, doctoral candidates in the Department of Food Science, have received USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) predoctoral fellowships for their research related to food safety and foodborne viruses.

NIFA predoctoral fellowships are only given to the top tier of doctoral candidates in the agricultural sciences. Only 93 of the fellowships were awarded this year, with Christina and Sloane receiving two of the three fellowships related to microbial food safety. Christina and Sloane and working with Matt Moore and Amanda Kinchla.