Curtis L. Weller

　　Title: Professor and Head

　　Address: Department of Food Science and Technology, 233 Food Innovation Center, 1901 North 21^st Street, Lincoln, Nebraska 68588-6205, USA

　　Tel: +1 402 472 9337

　　Email:cweller1@unl.edu

　　Education Background:

　　1987  Ph.D. Agricultural Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA

　　1983  M.S. Food Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA

　　1977  B.S. Food Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA

　　Working Experiences:

　　2000-present       Professor of Biological Systems Engineering, and Food Science and Technology, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska, USA

　　2017-present       Head, Department of Food Science and Technology and Director, Food Processing Center, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska, USA

　　2014-2017           Director, Nebraska Manufacturing Extension Partnership, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska, USA

　　2011-2012           Jefferson Science Fellow, United States Agency for International Development Bureau for Food Security Office of Markets, Partnerships and Innovation, Washington, District of Columbia, USA

　　2006-2012           Program Coordinator, Department of Biological Systems Engineering, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska, USA

　　1992-2000           Assistant/Associate Professor of Biological Systems Engineering, and Food Science and Technology, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska, USA

　　1986-1992           Assistant/Associate Professor of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina, USA

　　1981-1986           Graduate Research Assistant, Department of Agricultural Engineering, Department of Food Science and International Agriculture, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, USA

　　1979-1981           Sanitation Supervisor, Central Bakery, Eisner Food Stores (Division of Jewel Companies, Inc.), Champaign, Illinois, USA

　　1977-1979           Quality Control Laboratory Technician, Muller Pinehurst Dairy, Inc., Rockford, Illinois, USA

　　Research Interests:

　　Research interests are in the broad area of food engineering with particular attention on value-added processing of agricultural commodities and physical properties determination.  Concentration of research effort has been on recovery and utilization of valuable lipids in grain sorghum, and predicting microbial growth in meat products based on time and environmental conditions.