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Bradley Marks

Chairperson – Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering (BAE)

Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering (BAE), College of Engineering

Professor - Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering (BAE) in the College of Engineering

Farrall Agricultural Engineering Hall, 524 S. Shaw Lane Rm 210

Biography

Dr. Bradley Marks, P.E., leads an interdisciplinary research team focused on food safety engineering, particularly microbial inactivation modeling and improving methods for validating pathogen control processes for ready-to-eat foods (including low-moisture foods, meat/poultry, and fresh produce). His research program has been continuously funded by competitive federal grants for over 25 years, in ... addition to numerous funded projects and partnerships with industry associations and individual companies (>$20M as Principal Investigator). Dr. Marks has received numerous teaching awards, at the department, university, and national level. He also served as the Biosystems Engineering Undergraduate Program Coordinator for more than 13 years, and led the program through three highly successful ABET review cycles. Dr. Marks is an MSU Food Fellow and serves in advisory capacities with the International Life Sciences Institute, the Almond Board of California, and the Food Protection and Defense Institute.

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Education

Ph.D., Purdue University 1993

M.S., Purdue University 1992

B.S., Michigan State University 1989

Awards

MSU William J. Beal Outstanding Faculty Award. 2017.

Withrow Teaching Award. MSU College of Engineering. 2002, 2007, 2009, 2013, 2017, 2018.

CIC (Big10) Academic Leadership Program (ALP) Fellow (2013-2014).

Co-chair (by invitation); National Academy of Engineering. 1st China-America Frontiers of Engineering Symposium (Food Safety Session). Beijing and Changsha, China. October 2009.

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Publications

Hildebrandt IM, Marks BP, Anderson NM, Grasso-Kelley EM. 2020. Reproducibility of Salmonella thermal resistance measurements via multi-laboratory isothermal inactivation experiments. J. Food Prot. 83:609-614.

Gomez CB, Marks BP. 2020. Monetizing the impact of food safety recalls on the low-moisture food industry. J. Food Prot. Accepted for publication.

Atis L, Siddiq M, Bourquin L, Marks B, Dolan K. 2020. Assessment of apple packers' training needs and attitudes on food safety and the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA). Food Protection Trends. 40:29-39.

Tsai HC, Ballom KF, Xia S, Tang J, Marks BP, Zhu MJ. 2019. Evaluation of Enterococcus faecium NRRL B-2354 as a surrogate for Salmonella during cocoa powder thermal processing. Food Microbiology. 82:135-141.

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