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  2. Ronald Pegg

Ronald Pegg


Josiah Meigs Distinguished Teaching Professor

Food Science & Technology

Ronald Pegg
Ronald Pegg
Areas of expertiseAboutEducationScholarly works

Areas of expertise

Food SciencesChemical EngineeringNutrition and DieteticsAnimal ProductionPlant BiologyHorticultural Production

About

Functional foods and nutraceuticals; bioactive properties of phytochemicals particularly those of interest to Georgia; separation and identification of bioactives; shelf-life extension strategies for foods; meat science; development of analytical assays for foods.

Education

Doctor of Philosophy, Food Science

Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada (1994)

Bachelor of Applied Science, Chemical Engineering

University of Toronto, Canada (1986)

Scholarly Works

  • Phenol-Based Antioxidants and the In Vitro Methods Used for Their Assessment, COMPREHENSIVE REVIEWS IN FOOD SCIENCE AND FOOD SAFETY, (2012).
    Craft BD, Kerrihard AL, Amarowicz R, Pegg RB
  • Legumes as a source of natural antioxidants, EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF LIPID SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, (2008).
    Amarowicz R, Pegg RB
  • Total phenolics content and antioxidant capacities of microencapsulated blueberry anthocyanins during in vitro digestion, FOOD CHEMISTRY, (2014).
    Flores FP, Singh RK, Kerr WL, Pegg RB, Kong F
  • Antioxidant Activity of a Red Lentil Extract and Its Fractions, INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES, (2009).
    Amarowicz R, Estrella I, Hernandez T, Duenas M, Troszynska A … 2 more
  • Separation and characterization of phenolic compounds from dry-blanched peanut skins by liquid chromatography-electrospray ionization mass spectrometry, JOURNAL OF CHROMATOGRAPHY A, (2014).
    Ma Y, Kosinska-Cagnazzo A, Kerr WL, Amarowicz R, Swanson RB … 1 more

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Contact

rpegg@uga.edu 706-542-1099

Mailing Address

UGA
Food Science & Technology Room 302
Athens, GA 30602

Shipping Address

UGA
Food Science & Technology Room 302
Athens, GA 30602

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Stories

  • Valencia Cathedral and Basilica of the Virgin in Plaza de la Virgen, Spain, with tourists exploring under a bright blue sky.
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    Sept. 11, 2025

    Pack your bags! CAES expands study abroad with new food and agriculture programs in 2026

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  • Horticulture
    March 21, 2023

    Trees for the future: developing climate-adapted pecans

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  • June 10, 2019

    Food scientist Ronald Pegg loves to see the light switch on in his students

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  • March 26, 2019

    Ronald Pegg wakes up students with coffee, antioxidant research

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  • Oct. 31, 2018

    UGA study links cottonseed oil with lower cholesterol 

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  • Sept. 24, 2014

    UGA researchers find peanut skins would add antioxidants to peanut butter

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