Lab News

December 2021:

  • Wen Rivero Pena was selected as a semi-finalist for the Leader of the Pack 2021 award, which has honored and recognized students’ outstanding contributions in leadership, scholarship, and service at NC State dating back to the 1990s. Wen was selected based on their contributions to the GLBT Center’s research on LGBTQ+ international students, co-chairing Dairy Bar, and being a small Pack Leader for the Office of International Students at NCSU.

  • Manveen Kaur Ahuja was selected as a scholarship recipient to attend the 2021 American Meat Science Association student training and education program: Smithfield Foods INTEGRATE.

November 2021:

  • Dr. Salvi was invited to present a seminar at the Department of Food Science and Technology at the University of Georgia

October 2021:

  • Dr. Salvi was invited to present a seminar at the Department of Food, Agricultural, and Biological Engineering at the Ohio State University

September 2021:

  • Urvi Shah, was selected in the top 10 finalists to compete in Entrepalooza – NCState’s annual entrepreneurship and innovation festival.

  • Dr. Salvi was invited to present a TED-style talk at RTP 180: Food Science at Frontier RT. The talk can be viewed below

August 2021:

  • Urvi Shah from Dr. Salvi’s lab was selected as a scholarship recipient to attend the Women in Agribusiness Summit in September.

  • Wen Rivero Pena won the Judges Choice Award, 3-Minute thesis competition by International Association for Food Protection- Student Professional Development Group. They presented their thesis entitled “Cold Plasma-Based Technology for Hydroponic Sweet Basil Growth”

July 2021:

  • Wen Rivero Pena won the third prize during the IFT Nonthermal Processing Division student poster competition held during IFT FIRST, for the work “Comparison of cold atmospheric pressure plasma (CAPP) and plasma-activated mist (PAM) for inactivation of E. coli DH5α, Listeria innocua, and Salmonella Typhimurium”

June 2021:

  • Manveen Kaur Ahuja was selected as Department of Food, Bioprocessing, and Nutrition Sciences Travel Scholarship/Award recipient for the 2020-2021 year.

  • Wen Rivero elected as Department of Food, Bioprocessing, and Nutrition Sciences Leadership Scholarship/Award recipient for the 2020-2021 year.

  • Dr. Qingyang (Carly) Wang received an award for Most Interesting Research Topics at the 9th Annual NC State postdoctoral research symposium organized by the Office of Postdoctoral Affairs at NCSU. Talk title: A novel disinfectant for foods: Plasma-activated Water (PAW)

  • Dr. Deepti Salvi was awarded the inaugural Outstanding Postdoc Mentorship Award from the Office of Postdoctoral Affairs and the Graduate School at the 9th Annual NC State postdoctoral research symposium.

May 2021:

  • Wen Rivero was awarded 1st place for the Homegrown Award at the PackPics Competition at NC State for their research infographic on “cold-plasma based technology for hydroponic sweet basil growth”.

  • Wen Rivero was awarded 3rd place in a poster presentation competition held during the 8th Latin American Research Symposium at NC State, where they presented research on using plasma-activated water for post-harvest washing of sprouts.

April 2021:

  • Urvi Shah was accepted into the 2021 Professional Manufacturing Confectioners Association (PMCA) Student Outreach Program.

  • Dr. Qingyang (Carly) Wang was selected for a 2021 Professional Development Award from the NCSU Office of Postdoctoral Affairs (OPA) and the Graduate School.

March 2021:

  • Urvi Shah, Wen Rivero Pena, and Sudershan Medagam were selected as one of the finalists in North American Big Foodivate Challenge in the Protein Alternative Category. They presented their idea on Feb 5th, 2021