Graduate Seminars | Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition

Date	Seminar Title	Speaker
Fri, January 19	Introduction to the Course Developing a Job Search Strategy A sucessful graduate program	Dr. Elvira de Mejia Professor FSHN, UIUC Mike Firmand Assistant Director for Employer Outreach, UIUC Dr. Nicki Engeseth Professor, FSHN, UIUC
Fri, January 26	Intellectual property and commercialization	Brad Edwards Senior Technology Manager Office of Technology Management, UIUC
Fri, February 2	Leadership series: Strategic planning workshop	Jeff Yacup Assistant Director Illinois Leadership® Center, UIUC
Fri, February 9	Leadership series: Communication workshop	Dr. Beth Hoag Associate Director Illinois Leadership® Center, UIUC
Fri, February 16	Applied plant protein research: my experience from FSHN to a Fortune 50 Food Company	Dina Fernandez Protein Ingredients Specialist Archer Daniel Midland Company
Fri, February 23,	Recent advances in nonotechnology for food applications	Dr. Jozef L. Kokini Scholle Endowed Chair in Food Processing Department of Food Science, Purdue University
Fri, March 2	Bioisoprene production by genetically engineered yeast may overcome the limitations of conventional isoprene production	Mustafa Yavez FSHN master's student under the direction of Dr. Yong-Su Jin
Fri, March 9	Artificial foliage surfaces: A novel tool to study parameters linked to bacterial and viral contamination of fresh produce	Sindy Palma Salgado FSHN PhD student under the direction of Dr. Hao Feng
Fri, March 16	Prevention of childhood obesity and food policies in Latin America: from research to practice	Dr. Rafael Pérez-Escamilla Professor of Epidemiology and Public Health Director Office of Public Health Practice Director, Global Health Concentration Yale School of Public Health
Fri, March 30	Single and multi-channel convective drying platforms for optimization of food dehydration process	Luis Vargas FSHN PhD student under the direction of Dr. Hao Feng
Fri, April 6	Improving bioavailability of sulforaphane from dietary broccoli	Yanling Wang FSHN PhD student under the direction of Dr. Elizabeth Jeffery
Fri, April 13	Exploratory analysis of food-intake patterns in relation to symptoms of anxiety	April Winslow FSHN PhD student under the direction of Dr. Nicki Engeseth
Fri, April 20	Rumminess: An Odor Percept	Courtney Beckett FSHN master's student under the direction of Dr. Keith Cadwallader
Fri, April 27	Canceled	Canceled