Principle Investigator
Jiajia Chen
Associate Professor, Food Science
Current Members
Sahar Saadatvarnousefaderani
Grad Research Assistant, Food Science
Rassameeporn Wongkeaitaroon
Grad Research Assistant, Food Science
Noah Anderson
UT Student Assistant, Food Science
Students Achievements
- Sahar Saadat, 2025, Best Poster Award at the 2025 COMSOL Conference in Boston
- Ploy Wong, 2025, finalist in the UTK 3M Thesis Competition
- Ploy Wong, 2025, Food Science Poster presentation competition, 1st place of Master’s students
- Sahar Saadat, 2025, Food Science Poster presentation competition, 3rd place of Ph.D. students
- Ploy Wong, 2025 The Exhibition of Undergraduate Research and Creative Achievement (EURēCA), second place
- Arjun Ghimire, 2025 UT Graduate School Senate Excellence in Graduate Research
- Arjun Ghimire, 2024 IMPI R.F. Schiffmann Memorial Scholarship
- Ran Yang, 2022 UT Graduate School Senate Excellence in Graduate Research
- Kartik Verma, 2022 UT Graduate School Student-Faculty Research Award
- Renee Abernathy, Sean Moran & Keely Sage, BESS senior design, 2025 The Exhibition of Undergraduate Research and Creative Achievement (EURēCA), second place
- Fernando Canterero, 2021 UT Graduate School Student-Faculty Research Award
- Arjun Ghimire, 2021-2025 Herbert College of Agriculture Graduate Fellowship
- Ran Yang, 2021 5th Annual State-Wide Competition, IFT Volunteer Section, 2nd place in the Oral Presentation
- Ran Yang, 2021 Spring Graduate School One-Time Fellowship Award
- Ran Yang, 2021 IFT Product Development session Graduate Student Presentation Winner
- Ran Yang, 2021 IMPI Graduate Student Presentation Winner
- Benjamin Cruz & Colby Alan, BESS senior design, third place in the 2021 American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE) AGCO National Student Design Competition
- Ran Yang, 2020 UT Graduate School Student-Faculty Research Award