Brief Resume
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
Professor Cornell University 1982-present
Visiting Prof. Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Industries
Agricoles et Alimentaire (ENSIA), Massy. 1991-1992
Advisor/Visiting Prof. Beijing Vegetable Research Center, China. 1988/1991
Visiting Scientist Centre de Recherches D'Avignon,
Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique(INRA), Avignon, France 1984-1985
Advisor Interamerican Institute of Agricultural Science-OSA, (EMBRAPA), Brazil 1975-1976
Visiting Scientist Korea Institute of Science & Technology,
Seoul, Korea 1975
Assistant - Associate Prof. Cornell university 1969-1982
HONORS and AWARDS:
Elected Fellow of American Chemical Society's Division of Agricultural
and Food Chemistry 1991
Platinum Award, Division of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, ACS 1994
Elected Fellow of Institute of Food Technologists 1996
Elected Member of the Korean Academy of Science and Technology 1996
Merit Award, Korean Society of Food Science & Technology 1999
PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES AND ACTIVITIES:
Professional Societies:
American Chemical Society, Institute of Food Technologists, American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Society of Enologists, Korean Scientists and Engineers Association, Sigma Xi The Scientific Research Society, Phi Tau Sigma Honorary Society, Gamma Sigma Delta Honorary Society, Groupe Polyphenols
Professional Assignments:
Chairman, IFT-Western New York Section 1976-1977
President, Korean Scientists & Engineers Association Upstate New
York Chapter 1976-1977
President, Geneva Sigma Xi 1979-1980
IFT's National Committee of Membership and Professional
Affairs 1982-1985
Board Member of Editors of the Journal of Food Science 1987-1990
Advisory Board Member for the CRC Critical Reviews in Food
Science and Nutrition Journal 1987-1992
IFT's Fruits & Vegetables STG Nomination Committee 1988-1989
USDA's ad hoc reviewer for the Department's Small Business
Innovation Research Program of the National Research
Initiative Competitive Grants Office 1990-Pres.
IFT's Fruits & Vegetables STG Nomination Committee 1990-1991
Jury Member of Doctoral Thesis - University of Paris-VII, Paris France 1992
Jury Member of Doctoral Thesis - ENSIA, Massy, France 1992
Rapporteur, la Commission d'Examen - Docteur de l'Universite Montpellier II, France 1994
Ad Hoc Review Committee of Association of Korean Scientists and Engineers in America, Washington, D. C. 1994
Jury Member of IFT International Award 1994-1998
Session Chair, International Conference on Bee Products, Tel Aviv, Israel 1996
Jury Member of IFT Bobcock-Hart Award 1996-1998
Session Chair, International Conference on Polyphenols, Bordeaux, France 1996
Chair, IFT's International Award Jury Member 1997-1998
Round Table Leader, New Methods in Polyphenol Analysis-International
Conference on Polyphenols-Lille, France 1998
Scientific Committee of the XXth International Conference on Polyphenols 2000
Committee on Graduate Students :
Chairman and Special Committee Member for M. S. and Ph.D. degree for two dozen graduate students.
Hosting Visiting Scientists & Post Doctoral Fellows:
Worked with about two dozen foreign visiting scientists from France, India, Mexico, China, Poland, and Korea.
INVITED SEMINARS/LECTURES
Present seminar and lectures as invited speaker to numerous food research institutes, universities, and government and private research institutes in the U. S. and many foreign countries.
PUBLICATIONS:
Over 150 scientific research papers, chapters, books, abstracts, bulletins, etc.
PATENTS:
1) U.S. Patent 4,900,564---Stabilization of wine with honey and SO2
2) Pending---An improved blanching method of sweet corn-on-the-cob.
3) Pending---Use of honey as antibrowning agent.
INDUSTRY CONSULTING/SHORT COURSES
Consultant to government organizations and commercial food companies in the U. S. and foreign countries.
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