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  2. William Kerr

William Kerr


Professor & Director of FPRDL

Food Science & Technology

William Kerr
William Kerr
Areas of expertiseEducationScholarly works

Areas of expertise

Food SciencesChemical EngineeringAnimal ProductionNutrition and Dietetics

Education

Doctor of Philosophy, Biophysics

University of California, Davis, CA, United States (1991)

Master of Science, Food Science and Technology, Other

University of California, Davis, CA, United States (1985)

Bachelor of Science, Food Science and Technology, Other

Ohio State University Main Campus, OH, United States (1983)

Scholarly Works

  • 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
  • Water dynamics in white bread and starch gels as affected by water and gluten content, LEBENSMITTEL-WISSENSCHAFT UND-TECHNOLOGIE-FOOD SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, (2004).
    Wang X, Choi SG, Kerr WL
  • Water mobility and textural properties of native and hydroxypropylated wheat starch gels, CARBOHYDRATE POLYMERS, (2003).
    Choi SG, Kerr WL
  • Characterization and in vitro bioavailability of beta-carotene: Effects of microencapsulation method and food matrix, LWT-FOOD SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, (2014).
    Donhowe EG, Flores FP, Kerr WL, Wicker L, Kong F
  • 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

wlkerr@uga.edu 706-542-1085

Mailing Address

116 Food Science Building
Athens, GA 30602-7610

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116 Food Science Building
Athens, GA 30602-7610

Stories

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    It’s corn! The history of an adored (and reviled) Halloween candy

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    UGA researchers find peanut skins would add antioxidants to peanut butter

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