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David Patrick Green

Professor Emeritus and Seafood Extension Specialist

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Area(s) of Expertise

As extension leader in the department, my responsibilities cut across all fields of food science at one of the nation’s leading food science universities. I provided professional leadership as director for the Center for Marine Sciences and Technology (1999-2006) and principal investigator for the NC Sea Grant Seafood Science and Technology Program (1995-2010) with day-to-day management responsibility for the NC State University Seafood Laboratory (1986-2016). My areas of expertise included seafood safety and processing technology with emphasis on marine fish and shellfish and aquaculture finfish.

Research Interests

Research has led to a number of innovative processes and product development accomplishments. For example, our group developed a molecular method for quantification of histamine-producing bacteria in mixed culture as an early detection technique for reducing the risk of histamine fish poisoning. Dr. Kristin Bjornsdottir-Butler conducted this work while at NC State and has further advanced this research to include qPCR techniques as a post-doctoral fellow in the FDA Gulf Coast Seafood Laboratory. More recently, our group validated a heat shock process in shell oysters to eliminate risks associated with raw consumption of Gulf state oysters. Industry-related work resulted in the development of a cold-binding technique for restructuring scallop meats, Scallop Medallions™, which led to the expansion of the U.S. scallop industry.

Service Activities

  • Served on the National Seafood HACCP Alliance for Education and Training Committee, NC Marine Bio-Technologies Center of Innovation (MBCOI), and NC Food Safety and Defense Task Force.
  • Co-founder of the Trans-Atlantic Fisheries Technology Conference (TAFT), a three-year rotational meeting of the Atlantic Fisheries Technology Conference, Seafood Science and Technology Society of the Americas, and West European Fish Technologists Association.
  • Served as co-editor-in-chief for the Journal of Aquatic Food Product Technology™, Taylor and Francis Group; established the journal’s 1st Impact Factor and increased the number of issues published from four to ten annually.

Achievements

  • Outstanding Section Volunteer Award, Institute of Food Technologists, 2018.
  • Leadership and Service Recognition Award, NC Federation of Cooperative Extension Associations, 2016.
  • Lifetime Achievement Award, Atlantic Fisheries Technology Conference and the Seafood Science and Technology Society of the Americas, 2016.
  • Carl R. Feller Award, Institute of Food Technologists and Phi Tau Sigma, 2015.
  • Aquatic Food Products Division Service Award, Institute of Food Technologists, 2012.
  • Visionary Leadership Award, Epsilon Sigma Phi Xi Chapter, 2011.
  • Fellow, Institute of Food Technologists, 2010.
  • Earl P. McFee Award, Atlantic Fisheries Technology Conference, 2001.
  • Extension Education Award, NC Association of Cooperative Extension Specialists, 2001
  • Fellow, Academy of Outstanding Faculty Engaged in Extension and Engagement, 2000.
  • Outstanding Extension Service Award, North Carolina State University, 1992.

Extension Activities

  • Provided leadership to brand the Entrepreneur Initiative for Food (ei4f) Program.
  • Awarded FDA cooperative grant to help establish an integrated food safety system.
  • Served on the planning board to create the Eastern NC Food Commercialization Center.
  • Provided leadership to help establish the Marine Science and Education Partnership (MSEP), a ten-member institutional partnership shown in 2004 to be directly responsible for over 3,000 jobs and $127 million dollars to the coastal economy.
  • Education programs focused on Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points (HACCP), traceability, sensory evaluation of fish using Quality Index Method (QIM), and CARVER-Shock vulnerability assessments.

Professional Memberships

  • Epsilon Sigma Phi National Honorary Extension Fraternity, 1991-2016.
  • Institute of Food Technologists. 1984-2018. Aquatic Food Products Div. Member, 1989-2018. Councilor, 2005-2006. Executive Committee, 1992-1994. Chair-elect, 1996-1997 & 2008-2009, Chair, 1997-1998 & 2009-2010, Past-chair, 1998-1999. Extension Div. Member, 1995-2016. Executive Committee, 1999-2001. Membership Committee Chair, 2001. Dogwood Section. Member, 1985-2018. President, 2017-2018, President-elect, 2016-17, Executive Committee, 1990-1994, 1996-1998, 2016-1918, Councilor, 1998-2001.
  • National Seafood HACCP Alliance for Education and Training Committee. Supervisory HACCP instructor, 1997-2018; steering committee member, 2001-2014; editorial committee member, 2008-2014; train-the-trainers committee member, 2009-2014.
  • North Carolina Association of Cooperative Extension Specialists, Life Time Member. President-elect, 2013-2014; President, 2014-2015, Past-President 2015-2016.
  • Phi Tau Sigma Honorary Society. Member, 1996-2015. Life Time Member, 2016.
  • Sigma Xi. Associate Member, 1980-1993. Full Member, 1994-2014.

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Education

Ph.D., Food Science, North Carolina State University (1989)
M.S., Biology , East Carolina University (1980)
B.S., Biology, Davidson College (1976)