FDA DFPST Staff Directory
Contacts for personnel with the FDA Division of Food Processing Science and Technology (DFPST) are listed below. Full contact listings for IFSH administrative and research staff can be found by clicking the Staff Directory page.
Absar Alum, PhD
FDA Commissioner's Fellow
Department: NCFST/FDA Division of Food Processing Science and Technology
Office: Room 119A, Bldg. 90
Phone: 708.728.4173
Fax: 708.728.4177
Email: absar.alum@fda.hhs.gov
Expertise: Waterborne and Foodborne Virology and Parasitology
Education: PhD in Soil, Water and Environmental Sciences
Nathan M. Anderson, PhD
Agricultural Engineer
Department: NCFST/FDA Division of Food Processing Science and Technology
Office: Room 369, Bldg. 90
Phone: 708.728.4152
Fax: 708.728.4177
Email: nathan.anderson@fda.hhs.gov
Expertise: Risk-based Process Design, Thermal and Non-thermal Processing, LACF
Education: PhD, MS and BS in Agricultural and Biological Engineering (Food Process Engineering)
Annemarie Buchholz
Microbiologist, FDA/CFSAN Commissioner’s Fellow
Department: NCFST/FDA Division of Food Processing Science and Technology
Office: Room 119A, Bldg. 90
Phone: 708.728.4167
Fax: 708.728.4177
Email: annemarie.buchholz@fda.hhs.gov
Expertise: Food Microbiology
Education: BS in Microbiology and Biotechnology
Donald H. Burr, PhD
Research Microbiologist/Captain, US Public Health Service
Department: NCFST/FDA Division of Food Processing Science and Technology
Office: Room 431, Bldg. 90
Phone: 708.728.4107 or 608.224.4743
Fax: 708.728.4177
Email: donald.burr@fda.hhs.gov
Expertise: Food Protection/Food Emergency Response Network
Education: PhD in Bacteriology
Claire Chang
Biomedical Engineer /ORISE Research Fellow
Department: NCFST/FDA Division of Food Processing Science and Technology
Office: Room 418, Bldg. 90
Phone: 708.728.4115
E-mail: claire.chang@fda.hhs.gov
Expertise: Biomedical Engineering, Cell and Tissue engineering, Bioinstrumentation, Allergy and Immunology
Education: BS in Bioengineering
Kaiping Deng, PhD
Postdoctoral Microbiologist
Department: NCFST/FDA Division of Food Processing Science and Technology
Office: Room 377, Bldg. 90
Phone: 708.728.4163
Email: kaiping.deng@fda.hhs.gov
Expertise: Molecular Microbiology
Education: PhD in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Hongliu Ding, MD, PhD, MPH
Epidemiologist, FDA/CFSAN Commissioner’s Fellow
Department: NCFST/FDA Division of Food Processing Science and Technology
Office: Room 119A, Bldg. 90
Phone: 708.728.4160
Fax: 708.728.4177
Email: hongliu.ding@fda.hhs.gov
Expertise: Clinical Medicine, Epidemiology, Population Health
Education: MD in Clinical Medicine, MPH in Epidemiology, PhD in Clinical and Population Health Research
Timothy V. Duncan, PhD
Research Chemist
Department: NCFST/FDA, Division of Food Processing Science and Technology
Office: Room 113, Bldg. 90
Phone: 708.728.4101
Email: timothy.duncan@fda.hhs.gov
Expertise: Physical Chemistry, Electronic Materials, Nanotechnology
Education: PhD in Physical/Inorganic Chemistry
Samantha Ebert
FDA - ORISE Microbiologist, LPET
Department: IFSH/FDA Division of Food Processing Science and Technology
Office: Room 418, Bldg. 90
Phone: 708.728.1831
Fax: 708.728.4177
Email: samantha.ebert@fda.hhs.gov
Expertise: Proficiency Testing, Methods Development
Education: BS in Biology
Gregory J. Fleischman, PhD
Research Chemical Engineer
Department: NCFST/FDA, Division of Food Processing Science and Technology
Office: Room 370, Bldg. 90
Phone: 708.728.4122
Fax: 708.728.4177
Email: gregory.fleischman@fda.hhs.gov
Expertise: Heat and Mass Transfer, Microwave Heating, Mathematical Modeling
Education: PhD and BS in Chemical Engineering
Tong-Jen Fu, PhD
Research Chemical Engineer
Department: NCFST/FDA Division of Food Processing Science and Technology
Office: Room 371, Bldg. 90
Phone: 708.728.4149
Fax: 708.728.4177
Email: tongjen.fu@fda.hhs.gov
Expertise: Sampling, Detection and Decontamination of Pathogens in Fresh Produce, Food Allergens (Physicochemical, Detection, Novel Proteins and Bioengineered Foods)
Education: PhD, MS, BS in Chemical Engineering
Alice Gardner
Secretary, Division of Food Processing Science and Technology
Department: NCFST/FDA Division of Food Processing Science and Technology
Office: Room 418, Bldg. 90
Phone: 708.728.4118
Email: alice.gardner@fda.hhs.gov
Greg Gharst, PhD
Microbiologist
Department: NCFST/FDA Division of Food Processing Science and Technology
Office: Room 418, Bldg. 90
Phone: 708.728.4120
Email: gregory.gharst@fda.hhs.gov
Expertise: Food Microbiology, Food Safety, and Rheological and Biochemical Properties of Peanut Proteins
Education: PhD in Food Science, MS in Food Science, BS in Biological Life Sciences
Thomas E. Graham, PhD
Microbiologist/Supervisor, Laboratory Proficiency and Evaluation Team
Department: NCFST/FDA Division of Food Processing Science and Technology
Office: Room TBA, Bldg. 90
Phone: 708.728.4114
Fax: 708.728.4179
Email: thomas.graham@fda.hhs.gov
Expertise: Food Microbiology
Elizabeth Grasso, PhD
Microbiologist, FDA/CFSAN Commissioner's Fellow
Department: NCFST/FDA Division of Food Processing Science and Technology
Office: Room 119A, Bldg. 90
Phone: 708.728.4168
Fax: 708.728.4177
Email: elizabeth.grasso@fda.hhs.gov
Expertise: Food Microbiology
Education: BS in Food Science, MS in Food Science and Nutrition, PhD in Food Science and Technology
Lindsay Alice Halik
Research Microbiologist
Department: NCFST/FDA Division of Food Processing Science and Technology
Office: Room 370, Bldg. 90
Phone: 708.728.4108
Email:lindsay.halik@fda.hhs.gov
Expertise: Cell Culture, Virus Study, Foodborne Pathogen Research
Education: BS in Cell, Molecular, & Developmental Biology/Biochemistry
Emily Jackson
ORISE Fellow/Microbiologist
Department: NCFST/FDA Division of Food Processing Science and Technology
Office: Room 112, Bldg. 90
Phone: 708.728.4139
Email: emily.jackson@fda.hhs.gov
Expertise: Microbiology
Education: BS in Genetics and Microbiology, MS in Bacteriology
Lauren Jackson, PhD
Research Food Technologist/FDA Team Leader, Food Chemistry and Nutrition
Department: NCFST/FDA Division of Food Processing Science and Technology
Office: Room 373, Bldg. 90
Phone: 708.728.4162
Fax: 708.728.4177
Email: lauren.jackson@fda.hhs.gov
Expertise: Chemical Contaminants, Allergens, Nutritional Changes associated with Food Processing
Education: BS in Food Science, MS, PhD in Food Science
Joseph E. Jablonski, PhD
Research Chemist
Department: NCFST/FDA Division of Food Processing Science and Technology
Office: Room 368, Bldg. 90
Phone: 708.728.4151
Fax: 708.728.4177
Email: joseph.jablonski@fda.hhs.gov
Expertise: Chromatography, Mass Spectrometry, Small Molecule Analysis
Education: PhD in Analytical Chemistry, BS in Biology
Susanne E. Keller, PhD
Research Microbiologist
Department: NCFST/FDA Division of Food Processing Science and Technology
Office: Room 373, Bldg. 90
Phone: 708.728.4140
Fax: 708.728.4177
Email: susanne.keller@fda.hhs.gov
John L. Koontz, PhD
Research Chemist
Department: NCFST/FDA Division of Food Processing Science and Technology
Office: Room 113, Bldg. 90
Phone: 708.728.4155
Fax: 708.728.4177
Email: john.koontz@fda.hhs.gov
Expertise: Food Packaging, Migration of Indirect Food Additives from Polymers, Analytical Chemistry
Education: PhD, MS, and BS in Food Science
David T. Laird, PhD
Microbiologist
Department: NCFST/FDA Division of Food Processing Science and Technology
Office: Room 436, Bldg. 90
Phone: 708.728.4143
Fax: 708.728.4174
Email: david.laird@fda.hhs.gov
Expertise: Laboratory Auditor, Virology
Education: PhD in Food Science (Dairy Microbiology), MS in Agricultural Economics, BS in Animal Science, BS in Medical Technology
John W. Larkin, PhD
Chief, Process Engineering Branch
Department: NCFST/FDA Division of Food Processing Science and Technology
Office: Room 424, Bldg. 90
Phone: 708.728.4131
Fax: 708.728.4177
Email: john.larkin@fda.hhs.gov
Expertise: Process Validation, Thermal Processing, Aseptic Processing
Education: PhD in Food Science and Agricultural Engineering, MS and BS in Food Science
Haiping Li, PhD
Research Microbiologist
Department: NCFST/FDA Division of Food Processing Science and Technology
Office: Room 377, Bldg. 90
Phone: 708.728.4110
Fax:708.728.4177
Email: haiping.li@fda.hhs.gov
Expertise: Molecular Food Microbiology
Education: PhD, MS in Food Science, BS in Biology
Kristin M. Marshall, PhD
Research Microbiologist
Department: NCFST/FDA Division of Food Processing Science and Technology
Office: Room 431, Building 90
Phone: 708.728.4165
Fax: 708.728.4177
Email: kristin.marshall@fda.hhs.gov
Expertise: Molecular Biology of Clostridium botulinum
Education: BS in Microbiology, MS in Food Science, PhD in Food Science
Richard E. McDonald, PhD
FDA Division Director and Chairman of NCFST Science Forum
Department: NCFST/FDA Division of Food Processing Science and Technology
Office: Room 425, Bldg. 90
Phone: 708.728.4154
Fax: 708.728.4177
Email: richard.mcdonald@fda.hhs.gov
Expertise: Chemistry, Biochemistry
Education: BS, MS, PhD in Food Science and Technology
Travis Morrissey
Microbiologist
Department: NCFST/FDA Division of Food Processing Science and Technology
Office: Room 120, Bldg. 90
Phone: 708.728.4158
Fax: 708.728.4177
Email: travis.morrissey@fda.hhs.gov
Expertise: Microbiology
Education: BS in Microbiology
Edgar Murakami
Agricultural Engineer
Department: NCFST/FDA Division of Food Processing Science and Technology
Office: Room 416, Bldg. 90
Phone: 708.728.4111
Email: edgar.murakami@fda.hhs.gov
William Northeimer
Microbiologist
Department: NCFST/FDA Division of Food Processing Science and Technology
Office: Room 417A, Bldg. 90
Phone: 708.728.4137
Email: william.northeimer@fda.hhs.gov
Louis Nowaczyk II
Microbiologist
NCFST/FDA Division of Food Processing Science and Technology
Office: Room 120, Bldg. 90
Phone: 708.728.1285
Fax: 708.728.4177
Email: louis.nowaczyk@fda.hhs.gov
Expertise: Clostridium Botulinum, Molecular Biology
Education: BS in Biology
Chris Pardo
ORISE Fellow/Chemist
Department: NCFST/FDA Division of Food Processing Science and Technology
Office: Room 443, Bldg. 90
Phone: 708.728.4138
Fax: 708.728.4177
Email: christopher.pardo@fda.hhs.gov
Expertise: Microbiology, Chemistry, Biochemistry
Education: BS in Biology, Minor in Chemistry
Vishnu Patel
Microbiologist
Department: NCFST/FDA Division of Food Processing Science and Technology
Office: Room 312, Bldg. 90
Phone: 708.728.4136
Email: vishnu.patel@fda.hhs.gov
Karthik Pillai, PhD
FDA - ORISE Chemist, PEB
Department: IFSH/FDA Division of Food Processing Science and Technology
Office: Room 116, Bldg. 90
Phone: 708.728.4175
Fax: 708.728.4177
Email: karthik.pillai@fda.hhs.gov
Expertise: Polymer Science, Nanocomposites
Education: Ph.D. in Macromolecular Science and Engineering
Ravinder Reddy, PhD
Microbiologist
Department: NCFST/FDA Division of Food Processing Science and Technology
Office: Room 420, Bldg. 90
Phone: 708.728.4112
Fax: 708.728.4179
Email: ravinder.reddy@fda.hhs.gov
Expertise: Proficiency Testing, Dairy Technology and Food Microbiology and Analytical Methods
Education: PhD in Food Science and Technology, MS in Dairy Manufacturing, BSc in Dairy Technology
Rukma Reddy, PhD
Research Food Technologist
Department: NCFST/FDA, Division of Food Processing Science and Technology
Office: Room: 374, Bldg. 90
Phone: 708.728.4135
Fax: 708.728.4177
Email: rukma.reddy@fda.hhs.gov
Expertise: Clostridium Botulinum, High Pressure Processing, Modified Atmosphere Packaging of Fresh Fishery Products, Food Phytates
Education: PhD, MS in Nutrition and Food Science
Karl Reineke
Microbiologist
Department: NCFST/FDA, Division of Food Processing Science and Technology
Office: Room 365, Bldg. 90
Phone: 708.728.4150
Fax: 708.728.4176
Email: karl.reineke@fda.hhs.gov
Expertise: Microbiology
Education: BA in Biology
Arlette Shazer
Support Scientist
Department: NCFST/FDA Division of Food Processing Science and Technology
Office: Room 377, Bldg. 90
Phone: 708.728.4157
E-mail: arlette.shazer@fda.hhs.gov
Expertise: Food Safety, Thermal Inactivation of Microorganisms
Y. Carol Shieh, PhD
Research Microbiologist
Department: NCFST/FDA Division of Food Processing Science and Technology
Office: Room 364, Bldg. 90
Phone: 708.728.4106
Email: carol.shieh@fda.hhs.gov
Expertise: Foodborne Virology
Education: PhD, MS in Microbiology
Guy E. Skinner, PhD
Research Food Technologist
Department: NCFST/FDA Division of Food Processing Science and Technology
Office: Room 376, Bldg. 90
Phone: 708.728.4134
Fax: 708.728.4177
Email: guy.skinner@fda.hhs.gov
Expertise: Microbiology, Clostridium Botulinum, Food Safety, Extended Shelf-Life Refrigerated Foods, HACCP, Seafood Safety, Food Safety Objectives
Education: BS, MS, PhD in Food Science and Technology
Yoonseok Song, PhD
Research Food Technologist/Packaging Scientist
Department: NCFST/FDA Division of Food Processing Science and Technology
Office: Room 375, Bldg. 90
Phone: 708.728.4126
Fax: 708.728.4176
Email: yoon.song@cfsan.fda.gov
Expertise: Package Integrity, Migration/Safety of Indirect Additives and Contaminants in Polymers
Education: PhD in Food Engineering and Packaging
Diana Stewart
Microbiologist
Department: NCFST/FDA Division of Food Processing Science and Technology
Office: Room 437, Bldg. 90
Phone: 708.728.4147
Fax: 708.728.4177
Email: diana.stewart@fda.hhs.gov
Expertise: Food Pathogens, Molecular Microbiology
Education: MS in Biology
Jean Tarwater
Administrative Assistant
Department: NCFST/FDA Division of Food Processing Science and Technology
Office: Room 422, Bldg. 90
Phone: 708.728.4100
Fax: 708.728.4177
Email: jean.tarwater@fda.hhs.gov
Expertise: Secretarial
Education: Moser (Robert Morris) Secretarial Certificate Program
Mary Lou Tortorello, PhD
Chief, Food Technology Branch
Department: NCFST/FDA Division of Food Processing Science and Technology
Office: Room 423, Bldg. 90
Phone: 708.728.4146
Fax: 708.728.4177
Email: mary.tortorello@fda.hhs.gov
Expertise: Microbiology
Education: PhD in Microbiology, MS in Biological Science, BS in Biological Science
Artemio Z. Tulio, Jr., PhD
Chemist/Nutritional Biochemist
Department: NCFST/FDA Division of Food Processing Science and Technology
Office: Room 112, Bldg. 90
Phone: 708.728.4156
Fax: 708.728.4177
E-mail: artemio.tulio@fda.hhs.gov
Expertise: Phytochemicals, Bioactive Polyphenols, Antioxidants, Functional Foods
Education: PhD in Food Chemistry
Marilyn Wright
Administrative Officer
Department: NCFST/FDA Division of Food Processing Science and Technology
Phone: 708.728.4103
Email: marilyn.wright@fda.hhs.gov