Expert Details
Physical Chemistry of Food & Drugs
ID: 108004
Minnesota, USA
WATER ACTIVITY. Expert is a leading expert in water activity. He has taught courses on this subject, and studies water activity as it relates to food chemistry.
MOISTURE/SORPTION PHENOMENA. Expert is one of only a few experts who work on the influence of water in the low to semimoist state on chemical, enzymatic, and microbial reactions. He employs this to solve problems in foods, drugs, cosmetics, and other industrial materials, both in manufacturing and distribution. This work is closely tied to glass-rubber transition phenomena.
FOOD SHELF LIFE TESTING. Expert is a leading expert in the design of shelf life testing procedures for foods and pharmaceuticals. He also helps clients understand the influence of process/package/distribution effects on shelf life. Expert has published over 100 papers in this area and has several personal computer programs to help clients.
FOOD & DRUG PACKAGING. Expert has primary expertise in the analysis of the package requirments for food or drugs based on moisture and oxygen transmission rates. He is a prime developer of edible films. He has personal computer programs to help model the requirements and do simulations.
FOOD & DRUG REGULATIONS; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION REGULATION; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. Expert teaches one of the few courses in public universities on food and drug laws. He maintains current files on all food and drug cases, regulations, etc. Expert helps many clients do regulatory analyses of their products. He spent a year sabbatical with the USDA and FDA.
FOOD PROCESSING; FOOD TECHNOLOGY. Expert has basic knowledge of the principles, design, and analysis of all food technologies and is up-to-date on all new potential technologies. He maintains a database on potential new technologies for food processing. He can answer in-depth questions relating to food freezing, dehydration, food additives, gels, and colloids.
Expert has pioneered application of material science and glass transition to understand state changes in foods and drugs
Expert has consulted on the design of shelf life tests.He has given a short courses on food laws and regulations.He has also delivered short courses on functional foods, shelf life testing, water management in foods, drugs and biologics. Expert has served as a consultant to the U.S. Federal Trade Commission on food cases, the USDA, the US Military Natick Laboratories and the Saudi Arabian Food Regulatory Agency. Expert has consulted for most of the major food corporations in the US, EU and Japan.
Education
| Year | Degree | Subject | Institution |
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| Year: 1965 | Degree: PhD | Subject: Food Science & Nutrition (Minor Chem. Engineering) | Institution: M.I.T. |
| Year: 1962 | Degree: BS | Subject: Food Science (Minor Physical Chemistry) | Institution: M.I.T. |
Work History
| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
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| Years: to Present | Employer: Undisclosed | Title: | Department: |
Responsibilities:Consulting in the food legal area, physical chemistry of foods and drugs, medical foods, functional foods, and nutraceuticals (with an emphasis on water and temperature effects and packaging). |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 1971 to Present | Employer: Undisclosed | Title: Professor | Department: Food Science and Technology |
Responsibilities:At the University of Minnesota, Expert is engaged in teaching and research. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 1966 to 1971 | Employer: M.I.T. | Title: Associate Professor | Department: Food Engineering |
Responsibilities:Available upon request. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 1965 to 1966 | Employer: M.I.T. | Title: Instructor | Department: Food Engineering |
Responsibilities:Available upon request. |
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Government Experience
| Years | Agency | Role | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Years: 1973 to 1974 | Agency: FDA and USDA, Regulatory Compliance Office | Role: Inspectors Assistant | Description: In this 2-month position, Expert learned to integrate law with regulatory compliance. |
International Experience
| Years | Country / Region | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| Years: 1974 to Present | Country / Region: France | Summary: Expert has spent sabbaticals at the University of Montpellier. |
| Years: 1988 to Present | Country / Region: Saudi Arabia | Summary: Expert consults with the government and teaches a short course on shelf life. |
| Years: to Present | Country / Region: Morocco | Summary: Expert has acted as a consultant on a number of occasions at Hassan II University. |
| Years: to Present | Country / Region: Australia | Summary: He has given general short courses for food technologists as well as delivering in-house training. |
| Years: to Present | Country / Region: Belgium | Summary: He has done consulting and offered short courses and consulting to the Belgian bakery industry on various occasions. |
Career Accomplishments
| Associations / Societies |
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| Expert has been a member of the Institute of Food Technologists (IFT) and was previously the President of the organization. He is also a member of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE), the American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists (AAPS), the American Association of Cereal Chemists (AACC), the American Chemical Society (ACS), the Institute of Packaging Professionals (IoPP), the American Institute of Nutrition Science, the Food Distribution Research Society, and R&D Associates (military). |
| Professional Appointments |
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| Expert is Associate Editor for twelve research journals and a past president of the Institute of Food Technologists. |
| Awards / Recognition |
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| Expert received the IFT Appert Award, the highest award given in food science. He has also received the following commendations: the Marcel Loncin Research Award (IFT), the DFISA Food Engineering Award, the Babcock Hart Nutrition Award (IFT), the Creuss Teaching Award (IFT), the S.C. Prescott Research Award (IFT) and the Minnesota Morse Alumni Distinguished Teaching Award. Additionally, Expert was elected an IFT Fellow. |
| Medical / Professional |
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| Expert has experience with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. |
| Publications and Patents Summary |
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| Expert has 240 refereed publications, 100 general publications, 73 book chapters and 16 books. His most recent books were on the topics of moisture sorption phenomena and functional foods. |
Additional Experience
| Expert Witness Experience |
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| Expert has appeared as an expert witness in many patent infringement cases. |
| Vendor Selection |
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| Expert has experience locating vendors of food ingredients and time/temperature sensors. |
Fields of Expertise
drug regulation, Food and Drug Administration regulation, food chemistry, food drying, food package, food packaging process, food process modeling, food processing, food regulation, food shelf life, food shelf life testing, food technology, sorption, thermal food processing, United States Department of Agriculture, water activity, glass transition, amorphous solid, Doctrine of Equivalents, patent specification, Markman hearing, patent claim construction, claim (patent), contributory infringement, over-the-counter drug packaging, patent infringement, design of experiments, hydrolysate, food biotechnology, moisture-resistant packaging, food cooling, oxygen scavenger, intermediate moisture food, dairy product packaging material, frozen food package, stability, pharmaceutical packaging process, water diffusion, edible barrier, isothermal, Food and Drug Administration food packaging regulation, non-thermal food processing, food-borne illness, extended shelf-life packaging material, active packaging material, food processing technology, microwave food packaging process, plastic food package, moisture-barrier packaging material, dehydration, packaging film, meat processing, shelf life, storage process, processing, temperature, cereal processing, chemical kinetics, computer, testing, food stability, food retorting, pasteurization, packaging paper, nutrition, moisture, FDA medical device regulation, life testing, industrial sterilization, gel, food storage, food starch chemistry, food spoilage, food preservation, food irradiation, food freezing, food antioxidant, food analytical chemistry, bread staling, applied microbiology