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Food Microbiology and Risk Assessment Lab

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Awards and Honors

Abhinav Mishra:

  1. Graduate Professor of the Year 2019 by Food Science Club, Department of Food
    Science and Technology, University of Georgia.
  2. Students’ Merit Award (Microbial Risk Analysis) in Society for Risk Analysis (SRA)
    Annual meeting, San Diego, California; December 2016.
  3. Best poster (membership choice first place) in Society for Risk Analysis (SRA) Annual meeting, Arlington, Virginia; December 2015.
  4. Jacob K. Goldhaber Travel Award, University of Maryland Graduate School, forattending International Association for Food Protection (IAFP) Annual meeting,Portland, Oregon; July 2015.
  5. Jacob K. Goldhaber Travel Award, University of Maryland Graduate School, forattending Institute of Food Technologists (IFT) Annual meeting, New Orleans,Louisiana; July 2014.
  6. Students’ Merit Award (Microbial Risk Analysis) in Society for Risk Analysis (SRA) Annual meeting, Denver, Colorado; December 2014.
  7. Summer Research Fellowship ($5,000) awarded by the Graduate School, University of Maryland for Summer 2014.
  8. Kulkarni Summer Research Fellowship ($5,000) awarded by the Graduate School, University of Maryland for Summer 2015 (one of the four recipients).
  9. One of top 5 posters out of approximately 160 posters in Society for Risk Analysis (SRA) Annual meeting, Baltimore, Maryland; December 2013.
  10. 3rd best poster award for Agricultural and Natural Resources (AGNR) Open House, Ellicott City, Maryland; October 2013.

Students:

  1. Xu, Xinran. Georgia Association for Food Protection (GAFP) Jim Ayres Young
    Investigator Award (2021 – 1st place)
  2. Xu, Xinran. Romeo Toledo Graduate Support Award (2021)
  3. Golden, Chase. Society for Risk Analysis (SRA) Student Travel Award (2019)
  4. Golden, Chase. SRA Microbial Risk Analysis Specialty Group Student Merit Award (2019)
  5. Golden, Chase. Georgia Association for Food Protection (GAFP) Jim Ayres Young Investigator Award (2019 – 1st place; 2018 – 3rd place)
  6. Frierson, Mikayla. Young scholar program, Summer 2019 – 3rd place in oral presentations
  7. Golden, Chase. Romeo Toledo Graduate Support Award (2019)