Graduate Students:
Gaurav Dhumal
Current Master’s Student: Expected date of graduation: Dec 2017
Project: Developing strategies to reduce post-harvest splitting of cherries using hydrocolloids
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Bon-Jae Gu
Current Ph.D. Student: Expected date of graduation: Dec 2018
Project: Thermo-mechanical treatment of wood fiber.
Pichmony Ek
Current Ph.D. Student: Expected date of graduation: December 2020
Project:
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Ewa Pietrysiak
Current Ph.D. Student: Expected date of graduation: December 2020
Project: Strategies to reduce microbial loads on apples in fresh packing process
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Siyuan Wang
Current Ph.D. Student: Expected date of graduation: December 2017
Project: Value added processing of fruit and vegetable pomace.
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Undergraduate Students:
Kristen Sparkman
Senior, Food Science
Internship
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Graduated:
Nicole Aluwi
Graduated: May 2016
Master’s Thesis: Processing characteristics of Quinoa.
Lundberg Farms
Nancy D. Asen
Graduated: May 2017
Master’s Thesis: Impact on Quinoa Variety in Processing of Food Products (Instant Porridge)
Jake Blaylock
Graduated: May 2016
Project: “Effects of fiber size on expansion process”
Spokane Produce
Ryan Kowalski
Graduated: May 2017
Doctoral Thesis: Extrusion Processing of Waxy and Partial Waxy Wheats
Arianne Kreger
Graduated: May 2017
Project: Inclusion of Pea Protein into Direct Expanded Extruded Products
Sravya Kallu
Graduated: August 2015
Project: Study on Surface Interactions of fiber and starch during extrusion processing.
Chongjun Li
Graduated: May 2016
Master’s Thesis: Extrusion characteristics of different varieties of Peas.
Maria Dian Pratiwi Masli
Graduated: May 2017
Master’s Thesis: Value added processing of apple pomace.
Trent Millin
Graduated: July 2014.
Current Position: R&D and QA Specialist at “Valley Processing Inc.” in Sunnyside, WA.
Staff:
Cathy Blood
Events Coordinator
blood@wsu.edu
509.335.2845
Peter Gray
Research Technologist II
pmgray@wsu.edu
509.335.7608
Laboratory Alumni:
Nattapon Kaisangsri
Exchange Ph. D. Student from Thailand
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Bhim Thapa
Lab Technician
bhim.thapa@wsu.edu
Isuru Wijesekara
Post Doctorate
June 2014
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Ilce ‘Gaby’ Medina-Meza
Post Doctorate