Division Accomplishments/Recognition

• The Outstanding Volunteer award honors a current Division member who provided exemplary volunteer work to the Division in the current year. The 2024-2025 recipient is Thanh Vu.
• The Outstanding Service award honors current Division members who have demonstrated a history of service to the Division or field. The 2024-2025 recipients are Bingcan Chen, Ruojie Vanessa Zhang.

Division Oral Competition Finalists

• First: Utku Uysal, Kansas State University: Analysis of Listeria Monocytogenes Biofilms on Different Surfaces Using a Combination of ATR-FTIR Microspectroscopy and GC-MS
• Second: Qike Li, Cornell University: Elucidating Structure-Functionality Relationships of Phycocyanin Through Size-Exclusion Chromatography With Small-Angle X-Ray Scattering
• Third: Shu Kwan, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign: Production and Characterization of Adzuki Bean (Vigna Angularis) ß-Vignin Peptides and Their Comparison to Soybean ß-Conglycinin Peptides