Tony Z Jin
USDA's Eastern Regional Research Center
USA
Dr. Tony Jin is Research Scientist at the Eastern Regional Research Center, Agricultural Research Service, US Department of Agriculture. His research bridges microbiology, chemistry and engineering. He obtained his PhD (1995) in Food Science and MS (1992) in Agricultural Engineering from University of Missouri-Columbia, USA. Prior to USDA he had worked for The Ohio State University where he served as post-doctoral researcher and then pilot plant manager for the last 4 years. He had worked in Eagle Family Foods (Borden Foods, Inc) for two years as Senior Food Technologist. He is a professional member of IFT, and committee member at large of Food Packaging Division.
Development of antimicrobial packaging and other non-thermal intervention technologies for enhancing safety and extending shelf-life of foods.