UMass Food Science

I am honored to be elected to the 2025-26 IFT Student Association (IFTSA) Board of Directors! Grateful to our UMass Food Science department and club for fostering such an engaging community and encouraging our involvement in IFT and IFTSA. Thank you so much, Stephanie Walaszek and Christina Ginardi, M.Ed., PMP, for your guidance throughout the application process! And a special shoutout to Aviva Stein—thank you for your support and for encouraging us to apply and take on such leadership roles! I am excited to be one of two elected members from UMass Amherst, alongside Divine Eche! Congratulations to my fellow board members, I look forward to working with this incredible team to further grow and enrich our IFTSA community ??

I was recently lucky enough to be awarded a Distinguished Faculty Medal at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. For those interested, here is my award lecture. In this lecture, I talk about my academic journey from my home town in Northern England to my current position in Massachusetts, and try to provide some advice to young scientists. You will find out about ultrasound, dolphins, bats, emulsions, nanotechnology, gastrointestinal journeys, plant-based foods, and more https://lnkd.in/eMgCFKVQ #foodscience #nanotechnology #umass

We are so excited to have two UMass Food Science students, Akshara Nair and Divine Eche, serve on the IFT Student Association (IFTSA) for the 2025-2026 academic year! Congratulations and best of luck in your upcoming term!

Congratulations Akshara Nair and Divine Eche!

It’s a topic that’s been in our newscasts frequently. Foods from your grocery list, suddenly landing on a list of food recalls. I wanted to find out what’s being done about this. So I sent myself back to school at the UMass Food Science Department at College of Natural Sciences at UMass Amherst to give you an inside look at the work happening right now to make our food safer. Here’s my story that aired on WFXT Boston 25 News .

We’re thrilled to invite you to the UMass Amherst Food Science Alumni & Friends Event! Join us for an evening of networking, reconnecting, and great conversations. ?? Date: July 15, 2025 ? Time: 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM (Free Entry) ?? Location: The Game Room, Chicago Athletic Association Hotel ?? Address: 12 S. Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603 Save the date and stay tuned for registration details, we look forward to seeing you there!

Do you love hearing me talk? Well you're in luck! The next Women in 3D Printing Boston Lecture is by me, Rachael Enfield! Register at the link below to hear about 3D printing food and the materials that you can print with it! https://lnkd.in/dDSK7gwX

Students, The Boston-based shared-us kitchen, Commonwealth Kitchen,?has a QA position posted. The contact is Kevin Doherty if you have any questions.

That’s a wrap on the Hultin Competition! ?? A huge congratulations to our winners: ?? Christina Allingham ?? Bezalel Adainoo ?? Jaekun Ryu A big thank you to all participants: Christina Allingham, Galo Chuchuca Morán, ZHIHAO ZHOU, Jaekun Ryu, Kylie Wong, and Bezalel Adainoo for their outstanding research presentations. The judges had a tough decision, reflecting the incredible quality of work presented! Thank you to our faculty judges, guest panelist, and everyone who attended to support our students. See you at the Francis Competition on April 11! ??

Congratulations to Cristina Hirschbiegel, a University of Massachusetts Amherst doctoral student in chemistry, on winning the UMass Graduate School's Three Minute Thesis (3MT) competition! Critina won the top prize for her presentation, "Nanozymes for Cancer Treatment." The 3MT competition challenges UMass graduate students to describe their research in an engaging manner, using non-technical language, all in three minutes or less. This year, there was a tie for runner-up, with the judges selecting both Maria Victoria Acevedo-Estupinan, doctoral student in food science, for her presentation “How Oleosome Package Impacts Oxidation in Walnuts,” and Bachir Messikh, doctoral student in polymer science and engineering, for his presentation “Pushing the Boundaries of Cellulose: The Endless Potential of Nature’s Most Abundant Material.” Learn more about the 3MT competition and see a video of the winning presentation: https://bit.ly/4ivsCgB #UMassAmherst #UMassAmherstResearch #GraduateResearch #3MT