List of NIFA Funded Project Managers who Expressed Interest in Collaborating with Israeli Scientists for NIFA-BARD Phase II Project

Improving Food Safety Project Directors

Roy Curtiss III
University of Florida
A Food Safety Vaccine to Control Salmonella Enteritidis and Reduce Campylobacter in Poultry
rcurtiss@ufl.edu

Sagar M. Goyal
University of Minnesota
Decontamination of food and food processing surfaces from viral and bacterial pathogens by cold plasma technology
goyal001@umn.edu

Sanghyup Jeong
Michigan State University
Salmonella Control Strategies for Spray-Dried Powders
jeongsa1@msu.edu

Shahid Karim, Ph.D.
The University of Southern Mississippi
Characterizing Emerging Tick-Induced Red Meat Allergy
shahid.karim@usm.edu

Soheila J. Maleki
US Dept. of Agriculture
Development of Protein and Peptide-based Micro-arrays for Peanut and Tree Nut Allergy Diagnosis
soheila.maleki@ars.usda.gov

Gabriel Terejanu, Ph.D.
University of South Carolina
Toximap: Computational Framework For Prediction of Geographical and Temporal Incidence of Mycotoxins in US Crop Fields
terejanu@cec.sc.edu

Wei Zhang
Michigan State University
Contamination Mechanisms of Engineered Nanoparticles in Fresh Produce and Control Strategies During Processing
weizhang@msu.edu

Water for Agriculture Project Directors

Avner Vengosh
Duke University
Assessing potential human health impacts associated with the use of oilfield produced water for crop irrigation
vengosh@duke.edu

Daniel Gerrity
University of Nevada-Las Vegas
Plant uptake of contaminants of emerging concern in agroecosystems irrigated with reclaimed water
Daniel.gerrity@unlv.edu