University of Massachusetts Amherst’s Matthew Moore Honored with IFT’s Outstanding Young Scientist Award

CHICAGO – July 10, 2024 – The Institute of Food Technologists (IFT), a nonprofit scientific organization committed to advancing the science of food and its application across the global food system, is pleased to announce that Matthew Moore, PhD, Assistant Professor at University of Massachusetts Amherst, has been awarded IFT’s Outstanding Young Scientist Award in honor of Samuel Cate Prescott, which honors an individual who has provided significant, early-career research contributions that advance the science of food.

To be considered for this award, individuals must have received their highest degree within the previous ten years. Examples of significant contributions include, but are not limited to, new methodologies/processes, competencies, manuscripts, patents, transferred technologies, and commercial products. Moore will be honored at the Awards Ceremony & Reception at IFT FIRST: Annual Event and Expo, which is being held July 14-17, 2024, at McCormick Place in Chicago.

Moore joined the University of Massachusetts Amherst as an Assistant Professor in 2018, where he researches food safety microbiology with a focus on foodborne viruses. Prior to his current role, he served as an Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education (ORISE) fellow at the Applied Research Unit of the National Antimicrobial Resistance Monitoring System.

Moore received his undergraduate degree in Food Science from Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, before earning his PhD in the same subject from North Carolina State University in Raleigh, North Carolina. He is a member of IFT’s Biotechnology Division and Northeast Section. Moore resides in Amherst, Massachusetts.

View the winners of the 2024 IFT Achievement Awards.

About Institute of Food Technologists

The Institute of Food Technologists (IFT) is a global organization of over 11,000 individual members from more than 90 countries committed to advancing the science of food. Since 1939, IFT has brought together the brightest minds in food science, technology and related professions from academia, government, and industry to solve the world’s greatest food challenges. IFT works to ensure that its members have the resources they need to learn, grow, and innovate to advance the science of food as the population and the world evolve. IFT believes that science and innovation is essential to ensuring a global food supply that is sustainable, safe, nutritious, and accessible to all. For more information, please visit ift.org.

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