Rakesh Singh
Professor
Areas of expertise
Food SciencesChemical EngineeringAnimal ProductionNutrition and Dietetics
Education
Doctor of Philosophy, Agricultural Engineering.
University of Wisconsin – Madison, WI, United States (1983)
Master of Science, Agricultural Engineering.
University of Manitoba, Canada (1977)
Bachelor of Technology, Agricultural Engineering.
Gouind Ballabh Pant Univ of A- T, India (1975)
Awards and Honors
- Keynote Speaker (2026)
- Best Support ICFP (2026)
- Student Career Success Influencer Award 2024 (2025)
- International Food Engineering award (2025)
- Student Career Success Influencer Award 2023 (2024)
- Distinguished career award in honor of Dr. Carl Fellers (2024)
- Lifetime Achievement Award (2023)
- Fellow (2020)
- Fellow (2020)
- Volunteer of the Year (2020)
- Koehler-Ayers Professorship (2020)
- Bor S. Luh International Award (2020)
- Josiah Meigs Distinguished Teaching Professorship (2019)
- President (2018)
- D.W. Brooks Faculty Award for Excellence in Global Programs (2018)
- Teaching Academy Fellow (2018)
- President Elect (2017)
- Advisory Board (2015)
- Best Paper (2014)
- Advisory Board (2014)
- Advisory Board (2011)
- Elizabeth Fleming Stier (2009)
- Elizabeth Fleming Stier Award (2009)
- Fellow (2008)
Courses
- FDST 7020E: Integration of Multidisciplinary Topics in Foods (Fall 2025)
- FDST 7020E: Integration of Multidisciplinary Topics in Foods (Spring 2026)
- FDST 7007E: Directed Project in Food Science (Spring 2026)
- FDST 7007E: Directed Project in Food Science (Summer 2026)
- FDST 7020E: Integration of Multidisciplinary Topics in Foods (Summer 2026)
- FDST 7020E: Integration of Multidisciplinary Topics in Foods (Fall 2026)
Scholarly Works
- Chemistry and uses of pectin–a review., Crit Rev Food Sci Nutr, (1997).
- Efficacy of chlorine dioxide, ozone, and thyme essential oil or a sequential washing in killing Escherichia coli O157:H7 on lettuce and baby carrots, LEBENSMITTEL-WISSENSCHAFT UND-TECHNOLOGIE-FOOD SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, (2002).
- Current and emerging applications of carrageenan in the food industry, FOOD RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL, (2023).
- Total phenolics content and antioxidant capacities of microencapsulated blueberry anthocyanins during in vitro digestion, FOOD CHEMISTRY, (2014).
- Authentication of olive oil adulterated with vegetable oils using Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, LEBENSMITTEL-WISSENSCHAFT UND-TECHNOLOGIE-FOOD SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, (2002).
Contact
Mailing Address
0211 Food Science Building 100 Cedar St.
Athens, GA 30602
Shipping Address
0211 Food Science Building 100 Cedar St.
Athens, GA 30602
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