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  2. Francisco Diez-Gonzalez

Francisco Diez-Gonzalez


Director and Professor

Center for Food Safety

Francisco Diez-Gonzalez
Francisco Diez-Gonzalez
Areas of expertiseEducationScholarly works

Areas of expertise

Food SciencesMicrobiologyIndustrial BiotechnologyAnimal ProductionChemical EngineeringVeterinary Sciences

Education

Doctor of Philosophy, Food Science

Cornell University, NY, United States (1996)

Master of Science, Food Science

Cornell University, NY, United States (1992)

Bachelor of Science, Food Technology and Processing

Monterrey Institute of Technology, Mexico (1983)

Scholarly Works

  • Preharvest evaluation of coliforms, Escherichia coli, Salmonella, and Escherichia coli O157:H7 in organic and conventional produce grown by Minnesota farmers., J Food Prot, (2004).
    Mukherjee A, Speh D, Dyck E, Diez-Gonzalez F
  • Longitudinal microbiological survey of fresh produce grown by farmers in the upper midwest., J Food Prot, (2006).
    Mukherjee A, Speh D, Jones AT, Buesing KM, Diez-Gonzalez F
  • Detection of a foreign protein in milk using surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy coupled with antibody-modified silver dendrites., Anal Chem, (2011).
    He L, Rodda T, Haynes CL, Deschaines T, Strother T … 2 more
  • Enteric pathogen-plant interactions: molecular connections leading to colonization and growth and implications for food safety., Microbes Environ, (2014).
    Martínez-Vaz BM, Fink RC, Diez-Gonzalez F, Sadowsky MJ
  • Isolation, identification and characterization of lytic, wide host range bacteriophages from waste effluents against Salmonella enterica serovars, Food Control, (2014).
    Akhtar M, Viazis S, Diez-Gonzalez F

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Contact

fdiez@uga.edu 770-228-7284

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1109 Experiment Street
Melton Building 196
Griffin, GA 30223

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1109 Experiment Street
Melton Building 196
Griffin, GA 30223

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  • Center for Food Safety
    June 7, 2024

    CAES researchers ensure a safer global food supply

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    Oct. 31, 2023

    Advances in using blue light technology to fight foodborne illness

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  • Center for Food Safety
    March 27, 2023

    Center for Food Safety celebrates 30 years of research, collaboration

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  • Center for Food Safety
    March 14, 2023

    UGA Center for Food Safety director aids in FDA review

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  • Center for Food Safety
    March 2, 2023

    Making your food safer—one study at a time

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  • Aug. 12, 2022

    Researchers introduce rapid diagnostic test for Listeria

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