People
Principal Investigators
![]() JUMING TANG Washington State University PD & Director Engineering & Process Design jtang@wsu.edu (509) 335-2140 | ![]() SHYAM SABLANI Washington State University CO-PD & Associate Director Packaging & Shelf Life Studies ssablani@wsu.edu (509) 335-7745 | ![]() CAROLYN ROSS Washington State University CO-PD Food Quality & Nutrition cfross@wsu.edu (509) 335-4815 |
![]() KARINA GALLARDO Washington State University CO-PD Consumer & Market Studies karina_gallardo@wsu.edu (253) 445-4584 | ![]() DORIS D’SOUZA University of Tennessee CO-PD Food Safety & Regulatory ddsouza@utk.edu (865) 974-2753 | ![]() DENIS GRAY North Carolina State University CO-PD Program Evaluation denis_gray@ncsu.edu (919) 515-1721 |
![]() TOM YANG U.S Army Natick Soldier Center CO-PD Food Quality, Nutrition, & Shelf Life Studies |
Technical Advisors and Industrial Partners
Dr. Nate Anderson FDA - Regulatory | Dr. Lihan Huang USDA ARS - Risk Assesment |
Dr. Mike Davidson UT - Food Safety | Dr. Barbara Rasco WSU - Food Quality and Nutrition |
Graduate Students
Dr. Tang | Dr. Sablani | Dr. Ross | Dr. Gallardo | Dr. D'Souza |
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![]() Chandrashekhar Sonar Ph.D. Student Effect of barrier properties on shelf life of MAPS processed products and TTI | ![]() Maria Garrido-Garcia Ph.D. Student Labeling technology under uncertainty (uniformed consumers and uniformed firms) | |||
![]() Hannah Coker M.S. Student Lipid oxidation and shelf life stability of foods processed by MATS & MAPS | ||||
Research Assistants and Staff
Previous Members
![]() Jungang Wang Ph.D. - 2018 Seafood Safety and Quality Research of the Microwave Assisted Pasteurization Process | ![]() Nydia Munoz Ph.D. - 2018 Using Oxygen and Bio-Preservation as Hurdles to Improve Safety of Cooked Food During Storage at Refrigeration Temperatures | ![]() Sukriti Ailavadi M.S. - 2017 Heat inactivation kinetics of Tulane Virus and Aichi Virus | ![]() Deepali Jain Ph.D. - 2017 Electromagnetic and Thermal Analysis of Microwave Heating in 915 MHz Single Mode Cavity Systems: Microwave Assisted Thermal Sterilization and Pasteurization (MATS & MAPS) |
![]() Hongchao Zhang Ph.D. - 2016 Gas Barrier Properties of Polymer Packaging: Influence of Foods Shelf Life Following Microwave Assisted Thermal Sterilization | ![]() Kanishka Bhunia PhD. - 2016 Polymeric Packaging Films for Thermal Pasteurization Processes | ![]() Ellen Bornhorst Ph.D. - 2016 Development of Model Food Systems for Quality Evaluation of Thermally Pasteurized Foods |