Mary Ann Lila
David H. Murdock Distinguished Professor, Food Bioprocessing & Nutrition Sciences and Director, Plants for Human Health Institute
Faculty
600 Laureate Way, Room 1333, Kannapolis, NC 28081
Area(s) of Expertise
Research on edible protein-phytoactive colloidal aggregate (particle) formulation as a functional food ingredient, and for attenuation of food allergies. Investing in how the combination of flavonoid-rich diet and routine aerobic exercise may potentiate cognitive benefits and reduce cognitive decline in an aging population, via mechanisms mediated by the gut microbiome.
Teaching Activities
Guest lecture in areas of functional food, developing world nutritional interventions and bio exploration.
Service Activities
- Director, Plants for Human Health Institute
- Vice-President, Global Institute for Bioexploration (GIBEX)
- Affiliate Faculty, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, College of Natural Science & Mathematics
Achievements
- David H. Murdock Distinguished Professor, 2010-present
- Babcock-Hart Award, 2020
- Spitze Land-Grant Professorial Career Excellence Award, 2007
- Fellow, Society for In Vitro Biology, 2003
- Paul A. Funk Scholarship Recognition Award, 2001
- Amoco Award for Innovation in Undergraduate Instruction, 1997
- University Scholar, 1996
- Lilly Endowment Teaching Fellow, 1987
Professional Memberships
- Editorial Board, Annual Reviews Food Science & Technology
- Amway Scientific Advisory Board
- IWA Scientific Advisory
- Executive Committee, NSF AccelNet (AI2EAR), 2020-present
- American Society for Nutrition
- Fulbright Senior Scholar and Lifetime Member
- Society for In Vitro Biology
Publications
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Education
Ph.D., Plant Biology, University of Wisconsin, Madison (1984)
M.S., Plant Pathology, University of Illinois (1980)
B.S., Horticultural Sciences, University of Illinois (1978)