Kevin E. Mis Solval, Ph.D.
Dr. Mis Solval is an Associate Professor at The University of Georgia (UGA) – Department of Food Science and Technology, where he conducts applied research in Food Process Engineering and novel food ingredients. Before joining UGA, he was a Process Engineer at the Global Graphene Group in Dayton, OH where he managed the spray drying operations of the company for producing graphene-enhanced products for energy storage applications. Kevin worked as an Assistant Professor of Biological and Physical Sciences at the University of Holy Cross in New Orleans, LA. from 2015 to 2017. He taught college-level food processing and physics courses and assisted local food startups in food product development and scale-up processing. Originally from Guatemala, Dr. Mis Solval received his BS from Zamorano University, Honduras; MS in Food Science and PhD in Biological and Agricultural Engineering from Louisiana State University. As a passionate Food Engineer with an extensive background in Food and Bioprocess Engineering, Dr. Mis Solval has authored and co-authored thirty-four (34) peer-reviewed articles, which have been cited more than 850 times by other peer-reviewed manuscripts on topics related to spray drying, cryogenic freezing, food fermentation, and microencapsulation. As an educator, he has trained more than 500 college students and industry personnel in Food Processing, Ingredient Technology, and Introductory and Advanced Physics courses. His graduate students have received prestigious awards, including the USDA NIFA Predoctoral Fellowship and the GA Sea Grant Research Traineeship awards. In addition, his graduate students have received several awards from the Institute of Food Technologists (IFT). He has successfully assisted several domestic and international food companies in product development and scale-up processing. Since joining UGA in August 2018, he has secured more than 2.5 million US dollars in competitive funding as PI and Co-PI from the GA Sea Grant and GA Department of Agriculture / USDA NIFA AFRI, USDA-AMS – Specialty Crop Block Grant Program and the Center for Produce Safety (CPS) to support his research and extension programs. For his pioneering work and his contributions to the fields of Food Science and Technology and Bioprocess Engineering, Dr. Mis Solval has received several awards from Great Minds in STEM and the IFT. He is a lifetime Phi Tau Sigma, the Honor Society of Food Science and Technology member. Kevin enjoys outdoor activities and learning about gourmet coffee.
