Alireza Abbaspourrad
Yongkeun Joh Assistant Professor of Food Chemistry and Ingredient Technology
Email:
Alireza@cornell.edu
Expertise: Food Chemistry and Ingredient Technology
Expertise: Sensory perception; olfaction
Expertise: Fruit and vegetable microbial safety; Good Agricultural Practices (GAPs); Produce safety training; Curriculum development; FSMA Produce Safety Rule
Expertise: Microbial ecology; fermentation biology; wine microbiology
Expertise: Dairy chemistry and dairy product processing
Faculty Research Interests: Mid-Infrared milk analysis; ultrafiltration and microfiltration of milk and whey
Faculty Research Interests: Mid-Infrared milk analysis; ultrafiltration and microfiltration of milk and whey
Expertise: Microbiology; protein engineering; cancer therapeutics
Expertise: enology, wine production, sensory science
Expertise: Fruit and vegetable microbial safety; Good Agricultural Practices (GAPs); Produce safety training; Curriculum development; FSMA Produce Safety Rule; Focus group facilitation
Expertise: Molecular microbiology of foodborne pathogens and spoilage microbes; Bacterial gene regulation; Transcriptional regulatory networks; Dairy food microbiology; Food processing microbiology
Expertise: Computer modeling of carbohydrates; neutron diffraction with isotopic substitution; food chemistry
Expertise: Computer Modeling; Process Simulation; Mass-Energy-Property Integration; and Biophysiochemical Characterization
Research Interest: Innovative Sustainability Solution; Energy-Water-Food Nexus; Process Engineering; and Macro-/Micro-Molecule In-Body and In-Food-Matrix Interactions
Research Interest: Innovative Sustainability Solution; Energy-Water-Food Nexus; Process Engineering; and Macro-/Micro-Molecule In-Body and In-Food-Matrix Interactions
Expertise: Taste, Sensory Evaluation
Research Interests: Sensory physiology, psychophysics, obesity, metabolism
Research Interests: Sensory physiology, psychophysics, obesity, metabolism
Expertise: Production of fermented and distilled beverages
Research Interests: Optimizing fermentation quality/ efficiency through applied projects
Research Interests: Optimizing fermentation quality/ efficiency through applied projects
Expertise: molecular and cellular biology; microbiology; genetics; systems biology; yeast biology
Expertise: Factors and practices that influence the intestinal absorption of trace minerals, specifically iron (Fe) and zinc (Zn) micronutrients
Expertise: Biomaterials and Biointerfaces in Food and Agriculture
Research Interests: Biomimetic polymer synthesis, active packaging materials, biocatalytic materials, antimicrobial and nonfouling coatings, polymer surface modification
Research Interests: Biomimetic polymer synthesis, active packaging materials, biocatalytic materials, antimicrobial and nonfouling coatings, polymer surface modification
Expertise: Fruit and vegetable microbial safety; Good Agricultural Practices (GAPs); Produce safety training; Curriculum development; FSMA Produce Safety Rule
Expertise: Food analysis; food lipids; functional foods; nutraceuticals
Research Interests: Diet and cancer; effect of functional foods/nutraceuticals on chronic disease risks; and bioactive compounds in natural products and herbal remedies for anticancer and antiviral activity
Research Interests: Diet and cancer; effect of functional foods/nutraceuticals on chronic disease risks; and bioactive compounds in natural products and herbal remedies for anticancer and antiviral activity
Expertise: Wine production methods; sensory evaluation; cold climate and hybrid wine production
Research Interests: Yeast Assimilable Nitrogen; phenolic extraction and retention in red hybrid wines; bitterness in aromatic white wines; defining regional typicity
Research Interests: Yeast Assimilable Nitrogen; phenolic extraction and retention in red hybrid wines; bitterness in aromatic white wines; defining regional typicity
Expertise: Physical and engineering properties of foods; food/dairy processing; food safety engineering
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Expertise: Chemical food safety; toxicology; food contamination
Research Interests: Endocrine disrupting compounds in food; environmental and reproductive toxicology
Research Interests: Endocrine disrupting compounds in food; environmental and reproductive toxicology
Expertise: Rapid detection of pathogens; biosensors; lateral flow assays; bacteriophages; sample preparation
Research Interests: Using genetic engineering, synthetic biology, and nanotechnological approaches to design tools for the rapid separation, concentration, and detection of bacteria from complex matrices.
Research Interests: Using genetic engineering, synthetic biology, and nanotechnological approaches to design tools for the rapid separation, concentration, and detection of bacteria from complex matrices.
Expertise: Safety and stability of plant-based foods; formulation and processing of acid; acidified and water activity controlled-foods; juice technology; food entrepreneurship
Research Interests: Identification of key factors that affect the safety and quality of specialty foods produced by small-scale processors. Development and evaluation of processing systems that result in safe; high quality; plant-based food products. Methods to enhance the economic viability of agricultural producers that manufacture value-added plant-based foods
Research Interests: Identification of key factors that affect the safety and quality of specialty foods produced by small-scale processors. Development and evaluation of processing systems that result in safe; high quality; plant-based food products. Methods to enhance the economic viability of agricultural producers that manufacture value-added plant-based foods
Expertise: Fruit and vegetable microbial safety; Good Agricultural Practices (GAPs); Produce safety training; Curriculum development; FSMA Produce Safety Rule
Expertise: Artisan/specialty cheese production; microbiological problem solving in dairy plants; milk quality improvement; food safety; food defense program development
Expertise: Food processing engineering; supercritical fluids; extrusion; engineering properties of food and related biomaterials
Expertise: Flavor chemistry; wine and grape chemistry; Chromatography and mass spectrometry
Research Interests: Our lab studies how pre- and post-harvest factors affect the organoleptic properties (flavor; color) of agricultural products; including wines and juices. In addition to using a range of modern analytical equipment; such as GCxGC-TOF-MS; we also interested in developing simple field-appropriate tests for food quality parameters.
Research Interests: Our lab studies how pre- and post-harvest factors affect the organoleptic properties (flavor; color) of agricultural products; including wines and juices. In addition to using a range of modern analytical equipment; such as GCxGC-TOF-MS; we also interested in developing simple field-appropriate tests for food quality parameters.
The goal of my research is to develop practical solutions to ongoing challenges in microbial food safety and spoilage. This work requires an enhanced understanding of incidence, harborage, transfer, resistance to removal, and tolerance to inactivation in order to develop risk-based interventions.
Expertise: Fruit and vegetable microbial safety; Good Agricultural Practices (GAPs); Produce safety training; Curriculum development; FSMA Produce Safety Rule
Expertise: Nutrigenomics, trace mineral bioavailability, dietary mineral deficiencies, physiological biomarkers, bioactive compounds, the microbiome, and the functionality and morphology of the small intestinal brush border membrane (which is the nutrients' digestive and absorptive surface)
Research Interest: My team conducts multidisciplinary research that links the research fields of food science and nutrition in order to better understand how diet and physiological status affect intestinal functionality, morphology and the microbiome. We aim to better understand how diet and physiological status affect intestinal functionality, morphology, the microbiome and overall health. Beyond research, our lab is interested in training future generations of scientists and educating the public about the value of scientific research and knowledge (both basic and applied research).
Research Interest: My team conducts multidisciplinary research that links the research fields of food science and nutrition in order to better understand how diet and physiological status affect intestinal functionality, morphology and the microbiome. We aim to better understand how diet and physiological status affect intestinal functionality, morphology, the microbiome and overall health. Beyond research, our lab is interested in training future generations of scientists and educating the public about the value of scientific research and knowledge (both basic and applied research).
Expertise: Fruit and vegetable microbial safety; Good Agricultural Practices (GAPs); Produce safety training; Curriculum development; FSMA Produce Safety Rule
Expertise: Food safety; food microbiology; dairy microbiology; molecular biology; genomics; molecular subtyping; full genome sequencing
Research Interests: Farm to table transmission and ecology of foodborne pathogens and spoilage organisms; Listeria monocytogenes; Salmonella; genomics and molecular biology of food associated microbes
Research Interests: Farm to table transmission and ecology of foodborne pathogens and spoilage organisms; Listeria monocytogenes; Salmonella; genomics and molecular biology of food associated microbes
Expertise: Food safety; food microbiology; fruit and vegetable safety
Research Interests: Enhancing the safety of fruits and vegetables throughout the produce supply chain
Research Interests: Enhancing the safety of fruits and vegetables throughout the produce supply chain
