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Dr. Marcia Walker Marcia Walker
Director: Food Innovation Center
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Jason Ball
Senior Faculty Research Assistant I and Product Developer
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Jason works on the Product and Process Development Team at the FIC. His work utilizes creative thinking, innovative techniques, and scientific principles to develop value added food and beverage products across all categories. Many of the projects that Jason works on are focused around new...

Jordyn Bunting
Faculty Research Assistant
Contact person by email Jordyn is a food scientist on the Product & Process Development team, specializing in food chemistry, fermentation science, product development, culinary & baking science, and workshop development.
Sheri Cole
Assistant Professor (Practice)
Contact person by email Food Science and Technology Work Force Training and Dairy Extension.
Ann Colonna
Senior Faculty Research AsstII
503-872-6677
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After finishing her M.S. degree in 2001, Ann started at the Food Innovation Center in Portland, Oregon, an off campus Oregon State University Experiment Station, where she now serves at the Sensory Program Director. She assists industry clients with sensory and consumer testing and...

Younas Dadmohammadi Younas Dadmohammadi
Assistant Professor
503-872-6619
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  • Protein Functionalization
  • Precision Delivery of Bioactives
  • Functional Food and Beverage
Food-Health Nexus; Dairy Innovation; Sustainability
Bryan Gaspich
Faculty Research Assistant
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Jovana Kovacevic
Associate Professor
Contact person by email Application of molecular methods and genomics in food safety; methods and tools to improve pathogen tracing of contamination events in the farm-to-fork food chain; stress response mechanisms, survival, and prevention of Listeria contamination.
Maren Long
Faculty Research Assistant
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Sarah Masoni
Senior Faculty Research AsstII
503-872-6655
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Sarah manages the Product & Process Development Team, working intimately with food entrepreneurs and small to mid-sized food companies to help them create foods and beverages focusing on specialty foods across the Northwest. Sarah has over 30 years of experience working in the food...

Joel Miller
Facilities and Operations Mgr
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