Boran Yang was awarded the 2021 Dr. Manjeet S. Chinnan Graduate Student Support. UGA FST. Congrats Boran!
Boran Yang was the THIRD PLACE winner of the 2021 Graduate Student Poster Oral Competition Fruit and Vegetable Product Division at the Annual Meeting of the Institute of Food Technologists (IFT). Congratulations Boran!
Peter Chiarelli was the SECOND PLACE winner of the 2021 Graduate Student Poster Oral Competition Aquatic Food Products Division – Annual Meeting of the Institute of Food Technologists (IFT). Congratulations Peter!
Peter Chiarelli received the 2021 University of Georgia Southeastern IFT Student Leadership Award. Great job Peter!
Peter Chiarelli received the 2021 Southeastern IFT Board Leadership Award. Congratulations Peter!
04/08/2021 – Peter Chiarelli passed his M.S. thesis defense entitled “Developing a novel marine gelatin from salted and dried cannonball jellyfish (Stomolophus meleagris) and its application as a microencapsulating agent for probiotic Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG“. He will be graduating on May 2021. Congratulations Peter!
03/30/2021 – Boran Yang passed his M.S. thesis defense entitled “Microencapsulation of polyphenols extracted from pomegranate peels and their application in salad dressing”. He will be graduating on May 2021. Congratulations Boran!
09/01/2020 – Georgia Citrus Association and PI Mis Solval’s team awarded $30K from USDA /AMS – Georgia Department of Agriculture to enhance the sustainability of Georgia’s citrus industry
08/05/2020 – Nan Jiang graduated with a M.S. in Food Science and Technology. Nan will pursue a Ph.D. in Biophysics at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI. Congratulations Nan!
08/01/2020 – Emma Moore joins Mis Solval’s lab as a M.S. student. Emma received a B.S. in dietetics from Louisiana State University (LSU).
07/15/2020 – PI Mis Solval presented in a session entitled “Food Industry 4.0: How to prepare future workforce for food industry in the digital disruption era?” organized at the Virtual 2020 Annual Meeting of the Institute of Food Technologists (IFT).
07/15/2020 – Nan Jiang presented two research abstracts at the Virtual 2020 Annual Meeting of the Institute of Food Technologists (IFT).
12/10/2019 – Dr. Miao Yu from Liaoning Academy of Agricultural Sciences – Institute of Food and Processing, China joins Mis Solval’s as a Visiting Scientists. Dr. Yu will work on developing novel dried ingredients from peanut sprouts.
08/01/2019 – Boran Yan joins Mis Solval’s lab as a M.S. student. Boran comes from China and will be working on developing value-added products from Georgia-grown pomegranate.
08/01/2019 – Peter Chirelli joined Mis Solval’s lab as a M.S. Student. Peter comes from the University of Florida where he obtained his B.S. in Food Science and will work on developing innovative food applications using Cannonball jellyfish.
06/05/2019 – PI Mis Solval was selected to participate in the 2019 Emerging Leaders Network event organized by the Institute of Food Technologists (IFT).
01/05/2019 – Emerson Garcia, an undergraduate student from Zamorano University, joins Mis Solval’s lab as a Research Visiting Scholar. Emerson will work on developing high value products using cannonball jellyfish. Welcome Emerson!
11/01/2019 – PI Mis Solval received a $10 K from GA Sea Grant’s Program Development to develop gelatin powders from cannonball jellyfish.
2018
08/01/2018 – Nan Jian joins Mis Solval’s lab as the first graduate student. Nan will work on developing microencapsulated probiotic powders using collagen extracted from cannonball jellyfish.