Food Science & Technology: Personnel
Karina G. Martino
Assistant Professor and
Processing & Food Safety Specialist
B.S., Universidad Nacional de Asuncion, San Lorezo, Paraguay
M.S., Michigan State University
Ph.D., Michigan State University
Department of Food Science & Technology
University of Georgia
Office #240E
Athens, GA 30602-2610
Office Phone: (706) 542-6673
Email: kgmart@uga.edu
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Description of Research Interests
Food processing. Modeling food quality Value-added processing of agricultural commodities. Food safety engineering. Predictive microbiology, including growth and inactivation. Parameters estimation, uncertainty assessment of model prediction. Microbial food safety and risk assessment determination by using predictive modeling.
Selected Recent Publications
Martino, K. G., and B. P. Marks. 2007. Comparing uncertainty resulting from two-step and global regression procedures applied to microbial growth models. Journal of Food Protection (70) 12:2811-2818.