Indu Upadhyaya, DVM, MVSc, PhD
Assistant Extension Educator, Food Safety Faculty
Cell: 860-786-8191 (preferred)
Phone: 860-871-0776
Email: indu.upadhyaya@uconn.edu
Food Safety expertise:
- Food safety education, safe food handling from farm to table
- Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point training programs
- Education programs for farmers, processors and consumers of all ages on produce safety, meat and poultry safety, egg safety.
Mary Anne Amalaradjou, PhD
Assistant Professor of Food Microbiology, Department of Animal Science
Phone: 860-486-6620
Email: mary_anne.amalaradjou@uconn.edu
Food safety expertise:
- Food safety, fresh produce, meat, eggs
Nancy Balcom, MA
Extension Educator, Marine Fisheries
Phone: 860-405-9107
Email: nancy.balcom@uconn.edu
Food safety expertise:
- Safe handling and processing of seafood (HACCP program) for seafood processors
- Seafood safety education (benefits and risks associated with seafood consumption) for consumers
Dennis D'Amico, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Animal Science
Phone: 860-486-0567
Email: ddamico@uconn.edu
Food safety expertise:
- Dairy product development, process control, environmental pathogen monitoring, and the development and implementation of food safety management systems
- Extension workshops for dairy manufacturers and professionals
- Natural interventions and preventive controls for traditional dairy foods and processes
Mazhar Khan, PhD
Professor, Department of Pathobiology and Veterinary Science
Phone: 860-486-0228
Email: mazhar.khan@uconn.edu
Food safety expertise:
- Salmonella enteritidis (SE) reduction program. Actively involved in the environmental monitoring of SE in poultry farms. Provide information regarding how to control SE contamination through cleaning, biosecurity, pest management and SE vaccination programs.
Ellen L. Shanley, MBA, RD, CD-N
Dietetics Director
Phone: 860-486-0016
Email: ellen.shanley@uconn.edu
Food safety expertise:
- Food safety education and training; online food safety education
Abhinav Upadhyay, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Animal Science Food Microbiology,
Preharvest and Postharvest Poultry Safety
Phone: 860-486-6585
Email: abhinav.upadhyay@uconn.edu
Food safety expertise:
- Improving preharvest and postharvest poultry safety and production
- Identification of novel antimicrobials for controlling foodborne pathogens such as Campylobacter and Salmonella
- Developing novel carriers for improving the delivery and efficacy of antimicrobials
Kumar Venkitanarayanan, PhD
Professor, Department of Animal Science
Food safety expertise:
- Food Microbiology
Phone: 860-486-0947
Email: kumar.venkitanarayanan@uconn.edu
Food safety expertise:
- Virulence and stress tolerance mechanisms in food-borne pathogens
- Reducing pathogens in foods and food animals using natural antimicrobials
- Decreasing resistance in antibiotic resistant pathogens using plant molecules
Emeritus Affiliated Faculty
Sheila M. Andrew, PhD
Emeritus Associate Professor and Extension Dairy Specialist
Food safety expertise:
- Food safety, dairy products
- Prevention of residues in milk and meat, research, teaching, and extension in methods to reduce the risk of residue contamination of milk and meat
Diane Wright Hirsch, MPH
Emeritus Extension Educator/Food Safety
Food safety expertise:
- Safe food handling from farm to table: education programs for farmers, processors, retailers, foodservice, consumers of all ages
- Good Agricultural Practices, Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point training programs
Cameron Faustman, PhD
Professor Emeritus, Department of Animal Science
Food safety expertise:
- Meat and meat product safety