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Students with specific interests in food safety are participating in the 2014 Cornell Summer Undergraduate Research Program, including undergraduate students from Mount Holyoke College, Ithaca College, American University, Bryn Mawr College, Monmouth College, University of Hawaii, Alabama A&M University, North Carolina State University, Iowa State University, University of Michigan, and Georgia Institute of Technology.

Naa Ankrah, a chemistry major from Mount Holyoke College, is conducting research in Dr. Tako's lab at Cornell University. She is working on improving zinc and iron bioavailability in staple foods and developing countries.

Avery Becker, a biochemistry major from Ithaca College, is conducting research in Dr. Wiedmann's lab at Cornell University. His research assesses envelop stress responses by Listeria monocytogenes as regulated from its sigma factors.

Madeleine Bee, a chemistry major from American University, is conducting research with Dr. Sacks and Ms. Howe at Cornell University.  She is determining volatile acidity in wines by measuring acetic acid using gas detection tubes.

Jie Cheng, a chemistry major from Bryn Mawr College, is conducting research in Dr. Wiedmann's laboratory and the Milk Quality Improvement Program at Cornell University.  She is working on the development of a new assay to detect cold growing Bacillus and Paenibacillus spp.

Maxwell Holle, a biochemistry major from Monmouth College, is conducting research in Dr. Padilla-Zakour's laboratory at Cornell University.  He is working on the Evaluation of Absorption Coefficients as a Means for Determining the Efficacy of UV Light for Bacterial Inhibition in Juice.

Emily Mishina, a microbiology major from the University of Hawaii, is conducting research in Dr. Worobo's laboratory at Cornell University.  She is Characterizing the Antifungal Effects of YvgO on Candida albicans.

Anissa Taylor, a food science major from Alabama A&M University, is conducting research in Dr. Moraru's laboratory at Cornell University.  She is studying the Effect of the Vital Vio light system on inactivation of foodborne microorganisms and food spoilage.

Currey Nobles, a food science major from North Carolina State University, is conducting research in Dr. Nightingale's laboratory at Texas Tech.  She is working on validation studies for the companies Qiagen and Roka. Both of the validation studies are concerned with detection of food pathogens in different food matrices. The Qiagen study is focused on E. coli detection in ground beef, beef trim and sprouts. The Roka study is focused on Listeria detection in hot dogs and deli meats.

Erina Gunawan, a food science major from Iowa State University, is conducting research in Dr. Oliver's lab at Purdue University.  Her research focuses on identifying the presence of Listeria monocytogenes in cantaloupe seeds.

Rachel Lombardi, a biochemistry major from the University of Michigan, is conducting her research at North Carolina State University.

Brittany Miles, a biology major from Georgia Institute of Technology, is conducting her research at North Carolina State University.

Katherine Speight, a food science major from North Carolina State University, is conducting her research at North Carolina State University.

Britteny Junious, an undergraduate researcher at North Carolina A&T State University, studied the antimicrobial activity of grape seed extract against foodborne pathogens during. Her research was conducted in Dr. Salam Ibrahim's lab during the spring 2014 semester. 

She is planning to continue her research during this summer 2014 and attend IFT conference.