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Abhinav Mishra


Director of Graduate Studies and Associate Professor

Food Science & Technology

Abhinav Mishra
Abhinav Mishra
Areas of expertiseEducationAwards and honorsCoursesScholarly works

Areas of expertise

Food SciencesChemical EngineeringAnimal ProductionMicrobiologyNutrition and DieteticsIndustrial Biotechnology

Education

Doctor of Philosophy, Food Science and Technology, Other

University of Maryland at College Park, MD, United States (2016)

Master of Science, Agricultural and Food Products Processing

Indian Institute of Technology, India (2016)

Bachelor of Science, Agricultural Engineering.

Gouind Ballabh Pant Univ of A- T, India (2009)

Awards and Honors

  • 2025 Outstanding Faculty Mentor Award (2026)
  • Student Career Success Influencer Award 2024 (2024)
  • Harvest 20 Research Grant (2019)

Courses

  • FDST 7007E: Directed Project in Food Science (Fall 2025)
  • FDST 4120: Food Fermentations (Fall 2025)
  • FDST 6120: Food Fermentations (Fall 2025)
  • FDST 4120L: Food Fermentations (Fall 2025)
  • FDST 6120L: Food Fermentations (Fall 2025)
  • FDST 7000: Master's Research (Fall 2025)
  • FDST 9000: Doctoral Research (Fall 2025)
  • FDST 9300: Doctoral Dissertation (Fall 2025)
  • FDST 4320: Food Safety Control Programs (Fall 2025)
  • FDST 6320: Food Safety Control Programs (Fall 2025)
  • FDST 4320L: Food Safety Control Programs (Fall 2025)
  • FDST 6320L: Food Safety Control Programs (Fall 2025)
  • GRSC 7001: GradFIRST: First-year Research and Scholarship Training Seminar (Fall 2025)
  • FDST 7007E: Directed Project in Food Science (Spring 2026)
  • FDST 7110E: Food Safety Programs (Spring 2026)
  • FDST 7000: Master's Research (Spring 2026)
  • FDST 9000: Doctoral Research (Spring 2026)
  • FYOS 1001: First-Year Odyssey Seminar (Spring 2026)
  • PATH 3050: Viticulture and Enology in the Mediterranean Region (Summer 2026)
  • HORT 3050: Viticulture and Enology in the Mediterranean Region (Summer 2026)
  • FDST 3050: Viticulture and Enology in the Mediterranean Region (Summer 2026)
  • FDST 7007E: Directed Project in Food Science (Summer 2026)
  • FDST 7000: Master's Research (Summer 2026)
  • FDST 9000: Doctoral Research (Summer 2026)
  • FDST 4120: Food Fermentations (Fall 2026)
  • FDST 6120: Food Fermentations (Fall 2026)
  • FDST 4120L: Food Fermentations (Fall 2026)
  • FDST 6120L: Food Fermentations (Fall 2026)
  • FDST 9000: Doctoral Research (Fall 2026)
  • FDST 7000: Master's Research (Fall 2026)
  • FDST 4320: Food Safety Control Programs (Fall 2026)
  • FDST 6320: Food Safety Control Programs (Fall 2026)
  • FDST 4320L: Food Safety Control Programs (Fall 2026)
  • FDST 6320L: Food Safety Control Programs (Fall 2026)
  • BIOL 4960R: Faculty-Mentored Undergraduate Research I (Fall 2026)
  • FDST 8910: Food Science Internship (Fall 2026)

Scholarly Works

  • Comparison between random forest and gradient boosting machine methods for predicting Listeria spp. prevalence in the environment of pastured poultry farms, FOOD RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL, (2019).
    Golde CE, Rothrock MJ, Mishra A
  • Fuzzy analysis of sensory attributes of bread prepared from millet-based composite flours, LWT-FOOD SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, (2012).
    Singh KP, Mishra A, Mishra HN
  • Biocides and Novel Antimicrobial Agents for the Mitigation of Coronaviruses, FRONTIERS IN MICROBIOLOGY, (2020).
    Dev Kumar G, Mishra A, Dunn L, Townsend A, Oguadinma IC … 2 more
  • Preparation of rice analogues using extrusion technology, INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF FOOD SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, (2012).
    Mishra A, Mishra HN, Rao PS
  • A systematic review and meta-analysis of the sources of Salmonella in poultry production (pre-harvest) and their relative contributions to the microbial risk of poultry meat, POULTRY SCIENCE, (2023).
    Wang J, Vaddu S, Bhumanapalli S, Mishra A, Applegate T … 2 more

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Contact

amishra@uga.edu 706-542-0994

Mailing Address

0335 Food Science
100 Cedar St.
Athens, GA 30602

Shipping Address

0211 Food Science
100 Cedar St.
Athens, GA 30602

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