Activities
Professional Activities and Leadership
- Member of the Executive Committee of Graduate Food Science and Technology Program; Texas A&M University, (2007-2009)
- Chair; Religious & Ethnic Food Division of IFT (2007-2008)
- AACC Book Committee Member (2004- Present)
- IFT Food Science Communicator (1998-Present)
- Reviewer Journal of Food Science; Journal of Food Chemistry, Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition; Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry; Journal of AOAC; Journal of Food Properties, Food Science and Technology International; International Journal of Food Science and Technology; Journal of Scientific and Industrial Research (Pakistan)
- Reviewer, USDA/CSREES Proposal (Food and Non Food Uses)
- Lead Editor for Feed Tech. National Catfish Information Database (1998-Present)
- Reviewer for Maine Technology Institute Proposal
- Member of Stephen S. Chang Award Jury, IFT 2002-2005
- Member of ADM/PCP Engineering/Technology Outstanding Paper Award, AOCS, 2002-2004
- Member of the Executive Committee of Graduate Food Science and Technology Program; Texas A&M University, (2002-2004)
- Member of the Executive Committee Religious & Ethnic Food Division of IFT (2003-2005)
- Course Faculty for AACC and IFT Short Course (2002)
- Past Chair; Religious & Ethnic Food Division of IFT (2002-2003)
- Member of USDA Proposal Review Panel, CSREES, NRICGP, Value-Added Products, Food Characterization/Process/Product Research, 2002
- Chair; Religious & Ethnic Food Division of IFT 2001-2002
- Member of USDA Proposal Review Panel, CSREES, NRICGP, Value-Added Products, Food Characterization/Process/Product Research, 2001
- Chair Elect, Religious & Ethnic Food Division of IFT 2000-2001
- Member of the Executive Committee for the Nutraceuticals and Functional Food Division of the IFT 2000-2001.
- Member of the IFT International Award Jury Committee, 1999-2002.
- Member of Food Science and Nutrition Panel of the USDA’s SBIR Program, 1998-99.
- Secretary/Treasurer, Religious & Ethnic Foods Division of IFT, 1998-2000
- Member of IFT Research & Development Award Jury Committee, 1996-97
- Volunteer for Winrock International (Farmer-to-Farmer Program)
- Alternate Councilor for IFT, Texas Section, 1994-96
- Vice President of Phi Beta Delta (Honor Society for International Scholars) TAMU, 1996-1998
- Historian of Phi Beta Delta (Honor Society for International Scholars) TAMU, 1994-1996
- First Ph.D. Graduate in Food Science & Nutrition from University of Maine, 1992
- IFT Monitor for the Annual Meeting and Food Expose, New Orleans, 1992
- President of International Student Club, University of Maine, 1989-90
- Committee Member for the International Advisor Search, Univ. of Maine, 1989
- Treasurer, Association of Graduate Student, Univ. of Maine, 1989
