JFS Editorial Board

• Casimir C. Akoh, PhD, CFS; University of Georgia, USA
• Muhammad Hussein Alu'Datt, PhD; Jordan University of Science and Technology, Jordan
• Bradley Bolling, PhD; University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA 
• Mario Estévez, PhD, DVM; University of Extremadura, Spain
• Kristen Gibson, PhD; University of Arkansas, USA
• Jung H. Han, PhD, CFS; UNLIMEAT, USA
• Joan M. King, PhD; Louisiana State University, USA
• Hosahalli Ramaswamy, PhD; McGill University, Canada
• Carolyn Ross, PhD; Washington State University, USA 
• Dojin Ryu, PhD, CFS; University of Missouri, USA
• Nagendra Shah, PhD, CFS; The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
• Jorge Welti-Chanes, PhD; Tecnológico de Monterrey, México 
• Kequan (Kevin) Zhou, PhD; Wayne State University, USA

• Akinbode Adedeji, PhD; University of Kentucky, USA
• Kanishka Bhunia, PhD; Indian Institute of Technology, India
• Gail Bornhorst, PhD; University of California, Davis, USA
• Terri Boylston, PhD; Iowa State University, USA
• Rocío Alejandra Chávez-Santoscoy, PhD; Tecnólogico de Monterrey, México
• Dennis Cladis, PhD; Virginia Tech, USA
• Kristi M. Crowe-White, PhD, RD; The University of Alabama, USA
• Robin Dando, PhD; Cornell University, USA
• Riëtte de Kock, PhD; University of Pretoria, South Africa
• Willis Fedio, PhD; New Mexico State University, USA
• Mansel W. Griffiths, PhD; University of Guelph, Canada 
• Kacie Ho, PhD; University of Hawai'i, USA
• Dallas G. Hoover, PhD, CFS; University of Delaware, USA
• Hong-Sik Hwang, PhD; USDA ARS, USA
• Pu Jing, PhD; Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China
• Soojin Jun, PhD; University of Hawaii, USA
• Mun Y. Jung, PhD; Woosuk University, Korea 
• Russell Keast, PhD, CFS; Deakin University, Victoria, Australia 
• Byung Hee Kim, PhD; Sookmyung Women’s University, Korea
• Jacob Lahne, PhD; Virginia Tech, USA
• Oi-Ming Lai, PhD; Universiti Putra Malaysia, Malaysia 
• Youngsoo Lee, PhD; Washington State University, USA
• Yonghui Li, PhD; Kansas State University, USA
• José A. Lopes da Silva, PhD; University of Aveiro, Portugal 
• Xiaonan Lu, PhD; McGill University, Canada
• Ioanna Mandala, PhD; University of Athens, Greece
• Guiomar Melgar-Lalanne, PhD; University of Veracruz, México
• Enrique Palou, PhD; Universidad de las Americas, Puebla, México
• Guillermo Petzold, PhD; Universidad del Bío-Bío, Chile
• Denis Roy, PhD; Université Laval, Canada 
• Girdhari Sharma, PhD; US FDA, USA
• Denise I. Skonberg, PhD; University of Maine, USA
• Sherry A. Tanumihardjo, PhD; University of Wisconsin–Madison, USA
• Rohan Tikekar, PhD; University of Maryland, USA
• Ewen C.D. Todd, PhD, CFS; Michigan State University, USA
• Ruican Wang, PhD; Nankai University, China
• Yi Wang, Zhejiang University, China
• Gow-Chin Yen, PhD, CFS; National Chung Hsing University, Taiwan 
• Fatih Yildiz, PhD, CFS; Middle East Technical University, Türkiye

• Oluwafemi Adebo, PhD; University of Johannesburg, South Africa
• Diana Ansorena, PhD; Universidad de Navarra, Spain
• Antonietta Baiano, PhD; Università di Foggia, Italy
• Soottawat Benjakul, PhD; Prince of Songkla University, Thailand
• Isaac Duah Boateng, PhD; Certified Group, USA
• Ziynet Boz, PhD; University of Florida, USA
• Xu-Liang Cao, PhD; Health Canada
• Qiong Chen, PhD; Zhejiang University, China
• Harold Corke, PhD; Guangdong Technion Israel Institute of Technology, China
• Maria Corradini, PhD; University of Guelph, Canada 
• Adriano Gomes da Cruz, PhD; Instituto Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
• Doretta Cuffaro, PhD; University of Pisa, Italy
• Xiaohui Cui, PhD; Wuhan University, China
• Chiara Dall'Asta, PdD; University of Parma, Italy
• MaryAnne Drake, PhD; North Carolina State University, USA 
• Doris D'Souza, PhD; University of Tennessee, Knoxville, USA 
• Tuba Esatbeyoglu, PhD; Leibniz University Hannover, Germany
• Indika Edirisinghe, PhD; Illinois Institute of Technology, USA
• Dan Gallaher, PhD; University of Minnesota, USA
• Elizabeth Grasso-Kelley, PhD; US FDA, USA
• Hanaa M. Hassan, PhD; Minia University, Egypt
• Jiang Jiang, PhD; Jiangnan University, China
• Qing Jin, PhD; University of Maine, USA
• Michael Joseph, PhD; North Carolina State University, USA
• Ayşe Karadağ, PhD; Yıldız Technical University, Türkiye
• Baohua Kong, PhD; Northeast Agricultural University, China 
• Anna-Maija Lampi, PhD; University of Helsinki, Finland
• Wing-Fu Lai, PhD; University of Leeds, UK
• Yanhong Liu, PhD; USDA ARS, ERRC, USA
• Yangchao Luo, PhD; Connecticut University of Connecticut, USA
• Luyao Ma, PhD; Oregon State University, USA
• Isabel Mafra, PhD; Universidade do Porto, Portugal
• Azlin Mustapha, PhD; University of Missouri, USA
• Pradeep Singh Negi, PhD; CSIR- Central Food Technological Research Institute, India 
• Keshavan Niranjan, PhD; University of Reading, UK
• Fatih Öz, PhD; Atatürk University, Türkiye
• Vânia Pinto, PhD; Federal University of Pelotas, Brazil
• Aman Sandhu, PhD; Illinois Institute of Technology, USA
• Shelly Schmidt, PhD; University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, USA
• Han-Seok Seo, PhD; University of Arkansas, USA
• Fereidoon Shahidi, PhD; Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada 
• Clint Stevenson, PhD; North Carolina State University, USA
• Yoshinori Takahashi, PhD; Maruha Nichiro Corporation, Japan
• María Amparo Tárrega Guillem, PhD; IATA-CSIC, Spain
• Wenfei Tian, PhD; Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, China
• Valentina Trinetta, PhD; Kansas State University, USA
• Silvani Verruck, PhD; Federal University of Santa Catarina, Brazil
• Cong Wang, PhD; Nanjing Agricultural University, China
• Zanhui Wang, PhD; China Agricultural University, China
• Zhilong Yu, PhD; Jiangnan University, China
• Dachuan Zhang, PhD; National University of Singapore, Singapore
• Guanghua Zhao, PhD; China Agricultural University, China 
• Jing Zhao, PhD; San Diego State University, USA
• Qixin Zhong, PhD; University of Tennessee, USA

• Concise Reviews and Hypotheses in Food Science
• New Horizons in Food Research
• Integrated Food Science
• Food Chemistry
• Food Engineering, Materials Science, and Nanotechnology
• Food Microbiology and Safety
• Sensory and Consumer Sciences
• Health, Nutrition, and Food
• Toxicology and Chemical Food Safety
• Food Science Education

Senior Editor, Early Career Researchers: John Coupland, PhD; Pennsylvania State University, USA

Advisory Board:

• Akinobode Adedeji, PhD; University of Kentucky, USA
• Kanishka Bhunia, PhD; Indian Institute of Technology, India
• Marciane Magnani, PhD; Federal University of Paraíba, Brazil
• Donald Schaffner, PhD; Rutgers University, USA
• Nagendra Shah, PhD; The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong / Australia

• Christie Tarantino-Dean, FASAE, CAE; CEO and Publisher 
• Brendan Niemira, PhD; Chief Science & Technology Officer
• Amanda Ferguson, Director, Scientific Journals
• Andrew Kiefer, Manager, Scientific Journals

The editorial boards of IFT’s journals are structured to have multiple editors with expertise covering all aspects of the journal’s scope, to ensure that all manuscripts submitted to the journal are adequately assessed by experienced editors in the specific field of the manuscript’s topic.

There are 4 levels of editors:

Editor in Chief: Leads and makes appointments to the editorial boards, guides strategy and vision of the journal, sets journal policies, also serves as Scientific Editor. The Editor in Chief is appointed by the IFT Board of Directors.

Scientific Editors: Screen manuscript submissions in their general topical area of expertise (e.g., chemistry, engineering, sensory), make immediate decisions on whether submissions should be considered for further review, assign Associate Editors with narrower expertise in the topic, commit final decisions on all submissions, and support the Editor in Chief with scope refinement and other strategic and policy decisions. New Scientific Editors are typically recruited from the Associate Editors.

Associate Editors: Assess submissions that are assigned to them, sometimes recommending rejection without further review; in most cases, find and invite appropriate reviewers with the right expertise and no conflicts of interest, with a goal to secure at least 3 high-quality (detailed, constructively critical) reviews. Make recommendations after peer review, adding their own assessment comments. Provide valuable input to Scientific Editors and Editor in Chief on processes, scope, and strategy. New Associate Editors are typically recruited from the Editorial Board Members at Large.

Editorial Board Members at Large: Primary reviewers who have a history of providing detailed, appropriate, critical reviews for the journal, who commit to reviewing for the journal at least 6 times per year and promote the journal, such as by recruiting submissions.

All journal editors are expected to attend regular editorial board meetings and to share their insights on the journals to staff and the Editor in Chief. Editorial board terms vary from 2 to 5 years, depending on the role. Scientific Editors and Editors in Chief have term limits.

IFT aims to have an editorial board and pool of reviewers that reflects the varied perspectives and experiences of our readership, authorship, membership, and the broader science of food community. Read more about DEIB at IFT.

If you would like to be considered for an editorial board position, apply here. A CV upload is required in the application. Candidates are considered annually near the end of the calendar year and, if not appointed, will be retained on our list for consideration for 3 years.

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