The Art of Science Communication, Citrus Greening Disease, Organic Acid Redux

Featured Guests

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  Laura Lindenfeld PhD

  
  Laura Lindenfeld, PhD, is executive director of the Alan Alda Center for Communicating Science and Dean of the School of Communication & Journalism at Stony Brook University. With co-author Fabio Parasecoli, she explores the intersection of food and popular culture in her book, “Feasting Our Eyes: Food Films and Cultural Identity in the United States.”
  
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  Anne Plotto

  
  Anne Plotto, PhD, is a research plant physiologist with the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Research Service at the U.S. Horticultural Research Laboratory in Fort Pierce, Fla. Her current research focuses on flavor analysis and sensory evaluation of fruit and fruit products as affected by genotype, postharvest conditions, and processing. Currently, her main focus is evaluating flavor of citrus hybrids tolerant to the citrus greening disease.
  
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  Matthew Mattia

  
  Matthew Mattia, PhD, is a research geneticist with the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Research Service at the U.S. Horticultural Research Laboratory in Fort Pierce, Fla. He is a plant breeder and horticulturalist who has started and led several breeding programs in a wide range of crop species. His current emphasis is breeding new citrus scion varieties.
  
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  Erdogan Ceylan

  
  Erdogan Ceylan, PhD, is director-scientific affairs with Mérieux NutriSciences and chair of IFT’s Refrigerated and Frozen Foods Division. He is an award-winning food safety and quality executive with 25 years of experience in industrial research, food processing, operational food safety issues, troubleshooting, crisis management and regulatory affairs.