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Christina DeWitt
Associate Professor-Food Chemistry


Office: 125 FAPC
Phone: (405) 744-3922
Email: christina.dewitt@okstate.edu

Education
BS: Texas A&M University, May, 1989
Major:Food Science
MS: Oregon State University, August, 1994
Major: Food Science
PhD: Ph.D., Oregon State University, May, 2000
Major:Food Science

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Teaching
FDSC 1133 Introduction to Food Science
FDSC 3373 Food Chemistry
FDSC 3763 Food Analysis
FDSC 3603 Dairy Processing Foods

Research Interests:

  • Food processing waste minimization and utilization
    Manipulation of low value muscle proteins to enhance the quality, nutrition, and economic value.
    Conversion of food processing waste to syngas/biofuel.
    Extraction of value-added components from food processing waste.
     
  • Food Chemistry/Analysis
    Development of reliable confirmation methods for the presence or absence of allergen promoting foods.