Current Status

• Assistant Professor of Food Science and Technology, College of Agriculture
• Participating Faculty in Molecular Biosciences Program
• Adjunct Faculty in Dept. of Food Science, University of Arkansas at Fayetteville

Education

• Ph.D. in Food Science and Technology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 2003
• M.S. in Food and Biotechnology, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea, 1998
• B.S. in Food and Biotechnology, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea, 1996

Research Focus Areas:

• Development of rapid bead-based detection assays for pathogens in foods and environment using nucleic acid probes and antibodies
• DNA microarray for detection and characterization of pathogens in foods and environments
• Portable biosensor development for field application
• Control of foodborne pathogen growth