Kathryn Boor
Kathryn Boor | |
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 Boor speaking at the 2016 USDA Ag Outlook Forum | |
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| Education | Cornell University (BS) University of Wisconsin-Madison (MS) University of California, Davis (PhD) |
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| Discipline | Food Science |
Kathryn J. Boor is an American food scientist and academic administrator. She is the dean of Cornell University Graduate School and vice provost for graduate education.[1] Previously she served as the Ronald P Lynch Dean of the Cornell University College of Agriculture and Life Sciences (CALS).[2]
Early life
[edit]Boor was born and raised on a family-owned dairy farm in Chemung County in upstate New York. She obtained a BS in Food Science from Cornell University CALS in 1980, and an MS in Food Science from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1983. Her MS research with Winrock International in Kenya focused on improving human nutrition among limited-resource farmers. She returned to the US and earned a PhD in Microbiology at the University of California, Davis in 1994.[3]
Career
[edit]Boor returned to Cornell University in 1994 and became the first tenured female Associate Professor in the Department of Food Science. She established the Food Safety Laboratory and was co-lead for the Milk Quality Improvement Program.[1] Her research focuses on identifying biological factors that affect the transmission of bacteria in food systems. A newly discovered bacterium was named Listeria booriae to honor her work on Listeria monocytogenes, a food-borne pathogen.[4] She was appointed as the Ronald P. Lynch Dean in 2010.[5] As of 2023, her h-index was 84 and her work had been cited over 19,500 times.[6]
Awards and honors
[edit]- 2000 USDA Honor Award as a member of the Listeria Outbreak Working Group
- 2000 Foundation Scholar Award from the American Dairy Science Association
- 2006 DeLaval Dairy Extension Award from the American Dairy Science Association
- 2002 Samuel Cate Prescott Award for outstanding research from the Institute of Food Technologists
- Fellow of the American Academy of Microbiology
- Fellow of the International Academy of Food Science and Technology
- Fellow of the Institute of Food Technologists
- Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
- Fellow of the American Dairy Science Association
- Honorary Doctorate from Harper Adams University in the United Kingdom in 2016 [7]
- 2018 Woman of Distinction by New York Senate [8]
- 2020 Harris Award for Excellence in Food Science and Technology, The Ohio State University
- 2020 Gerhard J. Haas Award for creative work in microbial food safety, Institute of Food Technologists
- 2020 Distinguished Service Citation, New York State Agricultural Society
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Kathryn Boor named Graduate School dean, vice provost". Retrieved 2020-10-11.
- ^ "Kathryn Boor | Department of Food Science". foodscience.cals.cornell.edu. Retrieved 2018-10-13.
- ^ "Kathryn J. Boor, Ph.D". NY State Senate. 2018-04-27. Retrieved 2018-10-13.
- ^ Weller, Daniel; Andrus, Alexis; Wiedmann, Martin; den Bakker, Henk C. (2015). "Listeria booriae sp. nov. and Listeria newyorkensis sp. nov., from food processing environments in the USA". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 65 (1): 286–292. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.070839-0. PMID 25342111.
- ^ "Dean Kathryn J. Boor College of Agriculture and Life Sciences". cals.cornell.edu. Retrieved 2018-11-02.
- ^ "Kathryn J. Boor". scholar.google.com. Retrieved 2024-10-08.
- ^ "Graduation 2016: Honorary degree and fellowship awardees announced". Harper Adams University. September 9, 2016.
- ^ "Kathryn J. Boor, Ph.D Honoree Profile". New York Senate. April 26, 2018.