Swapnika Medikonda is a doctoral student working in Dr. Claire Murphy’s lab, primarily working on understanding and mitigating food safety risks during post-harvest production of tree fruit industry Tell me a bit about your background – professional and/or personal? I am Swapnika Medikonda, from India. I completed my bachelor’s degree in engineering, specializing in food […]
Last week, Dr. Girish Ganjyal was in Orlando, Florida, and presented, “From Seed to Ingredient: Science, Opportunity, and Our Shared Work Ahead” at the 2026 Global Pulse Confederation. This convention is a major global event for the pulse industry from around the world. Each year, the Global Pulse Confederation brings together more than 1,000 delegates […]
PULLMAN, Wash. — Last Saturday, May 9th, we celebrated our Food Science students who have now since graduated. While we will miss all of our graduates, we are excited to see all of the fantastic things that they will accomplish! The list of graduates: Seng Jar, MS. Miriam Ruiz, MS. Steven Verver, MS. Edgar Pacheco, […]
Sherine Ortiz is an undergraduate student studying Food Science and is graduating this May. Tell us a bit about your background – professional and/or personal? I am from the beautiful island of American Samoa, and I just got to Pullman, Washington around four years ago and I have made some amazing, unforgettable memories here. In […]
Doctorate student Paul Olaoluwaniyi Dahunsi received the Minorities in Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Related Sciences (MANRRS) Gold Scholarship, which took him and other recipients to the MANRRS 40th Annual Training Conference and Career Expo in Dallas, TX, earlier this April. Paul’s research focuses on developing practical, industry-relevant interventions to control postharvest spoilage, particularly fungal pathogens in […]
Congratulations to all of our students who were nominated and awarded at the 2026 CAHNRS Student Awards! We are so proud of all the hard work and dedication from our students! Natalie Camerino co-hosted with Jose Perez-Olmos. Natalie was also our Outstanding Senior. Osasere Igbinoba won the CAHNRS for All Graduate Excellence Award. Edmund Larbi […]
Aniket Kamboj and Sahil Nain, both Ph.D. students working in Dr. Ganjyal’s lab, have been awarded the Anne and Russ Fuller Fellowship for Interdisciplinary Research Scholarship for the 2026–27 academic year. The Fellowship, awarded by the Graduate School, recognizes doctoral students who demonstrate excellence in interdisciplinary research. Sahil Nain has established a new research collaboration […]
Miriam Ruiz is a master’s student researching the growth and survival of levels of Listeria monocytogenes on blueberries and raspberries stored at refrigeration and freezer temper, as well as the reduction of L. monocytogenes on inoculated blueberries treated with UV-C light. Miriam studies under Dr. Claire Murphy in Prosser, WA. Tell me a bit about […]
PULLMAN, Wash. — Graduate student Jayden Scott, working under Dr. Gülhan Ünlü, won third place at the 2026 GPSA Research Expo in the Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences category in which 16 students presented in. Jayden’s research is funded by BUILD Dairy of the Western Dairy Center and focuses on evaluating microbial, genomic, and biochemical […]
Hallie Simpson was an undergraduate student who graduated from our school in 2024. Can you describe your background – professional and/or personal? I was born and raised in Western Washington and grew up with the dream to become a chef. I discovered food science after taking a high school chemistry class and quickly set my […]
