Lin Walker
Bio
Before joining NC State, Dr. Walker was the team lead of Pathogen Detection in the Department of Research and Development at Neogen Corporation, an international food safety and animal safety company with offices in North America, South America, Europe, Asia, and Australia. She spent five and a half years developing rapid diagnostic test kits for food-borne pathogens. She was the recipient of the first-place J. Mac Goepfert Developing Scientist Award from the International Association of Food Protection (IAFP) in 2015.
Education
B.S. Food Quality and Safety China Agricultural University 2008
M.S. Processing and Storage of Agricultural Products China Agricultural University 2010
Ph.D. Food Science and Technology University of Nebraska - Lincoln 2014
Area(s) of Expertise
Dr. Walker’s research and extension focuses on improving the microbial safety and quality of poultry and poultry products. Her goal is to assist the poultry industry to mitigate the microbial safety risk and to ensure compliance with federal and state food safety regulations.
Research interest include:
• intervention technologies to control food-borne pathogens;
• predictive microbiology to estimate the growth and survival of the pathogens;
• thermal and non-thermal processing to improve the quality and safety of poultry products;
• rapid detection for food-borne pathogens;
• Cochlosoma disease in turkeys.