Education
B.A., Ph.D., University of Tennessee
Research
Detection of viable foodborne pathogens using bateriophage; automated extraction of nucleic acids from various matrices; enumeration of microorganisms (i.e. pathogens and other organisms) using quantitative PCR; the use of bioreporters in bioelectronics; metabolic engineering; detection of problematic microorganisms in industrial environments; construction of recombinant bacterial strains to rapidly evaluate antimicrobial products; microbial ecology.
Teaching
FS 291/275 Food in the Media and Public Opinion
FS 491 Dominican Republic Study Abroad
FS 564 Food Fermentations
Current Graduate Students and Research Lab Members
Steven Garrett
Michael Oats (Biology)
Caleb Waddell