UW-Extension Specialists

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Specialists

• Barbara Ingham
  Extension Food Scientist, Dept. Food Science
  Phone: (608) 263-7383
  Email: bhingham@wisc.edu
  Website: http://foodsci.wisc.edu/faculty/inghamb/
  Website: http://foodsafety.wisc.edu/
  Food safety and quality for consumers; fruit and vegetable safety; GAPs training.
• Franco Milani
  Assistant Professor, Extension Specialist, Dept. Food Science
  Phone: (608) 890-2640
  Email: milani@wisc.edu
  Website: http://foodsci.wisc.edu/faculty/milani/
  

  Extension focus
  Application of sustainable practices in food process, product, and marketing designs. Support in the Short Courses for the dairy/food industry.

  Research focus
  Food analytical and application testing method development. Food with added value through process development and optimization.

• Jeff Sindelar
  Assistant Professor /Extension Meat Specialist, Dept. Animal Sciences
  Phone: (608) 262.0555
  Email: jsindelar@wisc.edu
  Website: http://www.ansci.wisc.edu/facstaff/Faculty/pages/sindelar/index.html

  Extension focus
  Providing assistance to meat processors in the areas of product development, problem solving and regulatory compliance; Serving as a liaison between academia, government and the meat industry; Coordination of meat science workshops and training programs; Providing involvement and support to youth meat science related activities.

  Research focus
  Quality and sensory characteristics of processed meats; Non-meat ingredient functionality in meat products; Investigating intervention strategies to control pathogenic bacteria in meat products.