CURTIS
L. KASTNER
Professor of animal sciences and industry
Director, Food Science Institute
http://foodsci.k-state.edu
Curtis
L. Kastner is director of the Food Science Institute at Kansas
State University. He has served as a member of the U.S. Department
of Agriculture's national advisory committee on meat and poultry
inspection, and is research team co-leader of a USDA-funded project
designed to develop rapid, automated hazard detection techniques
and processing techniques to enhance meat safety. He is currently
the principal investigator on a new interdisciplinary food safety
as well as food security initiative. He has also studied the feasibility
of developing value-enhanced meat products.
Kastner received his bachelor's degree, master's degree and doctorate in food science from Oklahoma State University. He has been with K-State since 1975 and has served as research coordinator and associate head for the department of animal sciences and industry.
He has received the Outstanding Faculty Award (1982), Phi Kappa Phi Scholar Award (1986), Phi Tau Sigma Outstanding Food Scientist Award (1993), the Gamma Sigma Delta Research Award of Merit (1996), and Distinguished Faculty Award (2000), was named a National Association of Colleges and Teachers of Agriculture Fellow in 1985 and was named the Advanced Degree Graduate of Distinction Award at Oklahoma State University (2000).
Kastner is a member of the American Society of Animal Science, the American Registry of Professional Animal Scientists, the Institute of Food Technologists, Society of the Sigma Xi, Gamma Sigma Delta, Phi Kappa Phi, Phi Tau Sigma, Council for Agricultural Science and Technology, American Meat Science Association, National Alliance for Food Safety and Security, and the Beef Industry Food Safety Council.
Kastner can be reached at 785-532-1234 or by e-mail at ckastner@k-state.edu.