Department of Food Science

POSITION ANNOUNCEMENT

Assistant Professor in Emerging Food Technologies

The Department of Food Science at the University of Massachusetts Amherst invites applications for a tenure-track faculty position at the Assistant Professor level. We are seeking outstanding individuals with expertise in food science, including, but not limited to; innovative processing; mathematical modeling and/or big data analysis; plant-based foods to address health and sustainability challenges; natural product separation and analysis; carbohydrate chemistry; packaging; physiochemical properties of foods; personalized nutrition. For more information, including minimum qualifications and application instructions, please visit: http://careers.umass.edu/amherst/en-us/job/502847/tenure-track-assistant-professor-in-emerging-food-technologies

UMass Amherst is committed to a policy of equal opportunity without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, age, sexual orientation, national origin, ancestry, disability, military status, or genetic information in employment, admission to and participation in academic programs, activities, and services, and the selection of vendors who provide services or products to the University.  

FEATURES

Food scientists create a model for NASA to predict spaceflight vitamin degradation 

A team of food scientists at the University of Massachusetts Amherst has developed a groundbreaking, user-friendly mathematical model for NASA to help ensure that astronauts’ food remains rich in nutrients during extended missions in space.

The new research, published in the journal Food Chemistry, gives NASA a time-saving shortcut to predict the degradation of vitamins in spaceflight food over time and more accurately and efficiently schedule resupplying trips. The investigation was funded with a $982,685 grant from NASA.

College of Natural Sciences News Spetember 18, 2019