Dr. Arnie Sair has worked for General Mills, Signature Brands and now, Bunge. Throughout his career one thing has held constant, his focus on food safety and quality. As a Ph.D. recipient at NC State University, an outstanding alumni award winner, and who started out as a high school student working at McDonalds, Arnie has great insight into the food industry. Join us as we talk about carrying on the legacy of being a 3rd generation, Ph.D. food scientist (which makes him a bit of a unicorn in ou...
Jul 02, 2025•37 min•Season 9Ep. 3
We all love a good story, and Dr. Leann Jaykus, a professor emeritus at NC State University, has some good ones to tell. As a virologist she has unique insights into food safety. We talk to Leann about cruise ship food safety, norovirus, coronavirus, vomit machines, and, oh yes, mentoring on this episode. Send us a text Got a questions for us? Email us at wolfingdownfoodscience@gmail.com Please take a minute to help others find our podcast by leaving a rating and comment on your podcasting app!...
Jul 02, 2025•1 hr 2 min•Season 9Ep. 2
After graduating from NC State, Mandy Taylor spent time in product development for a variety of food companies. Her years of experience gave her the knowledge and desire to foster career growth in others by managing the summer intern program in research and development at Mars Wrigley. We talk to Mandy about her time in product development and what she sees as the most challenging and rewarding parts of working with and fostering new food scientists. And we have a good laugh about whether dogs a...
Jul 02, 2025•32 min•Season 9Ep. 1
Our world is complicated! Yifat Rogers started Yaniv Consulting to help people and businesses cut through the tough problems and find practical solutions. Yifat is a PhD food scientist and engineer who has worked in the food industry for 15+ years. Her experience and desire to help people prompted her shift to consulting. She has started her very own podcast called Success Your Own Way where guests discuss what success looks like for them with insights on how to achieve your own success. Success...
Jun 02, 2025•29 min•Season 8Ep. 7
Kenya Hairston is a Senior Project Manager, Adjunct Professor, and Doctoral student. Kenya holds a Master's degree from Franklin University as well as Bachelors Degrees from the University of Toledo and The Ohio State University (that's where Keith and Kenya crossed paths). She is currently a 2nd year doctoral student at Franklin University where she is pursuing her Ed.D in instructional design leadership. Kenya has worked at Abbott since 2015 and now calls Dallas, Texas home. Send us a text Got...
May 12, 2025•20 min•Season 8Ep. 6
This episode tells the inspiring story behind the creation of Cafe Kreyól and Joey Stazzone's entrepreneurial origin story. Anyone who has met Joey knows the energy and positivity he brings to the room. Joey is the founder and President of Cafe Kreyól, an award-winning coffee distribution and coffee roasting company located in Manassas, Virginia. Joey is a certified Q (Q = Quality) Grader, as well as a CQI (CQI = Coffee Quality Institute ) Post-Harvest Process and Quality Evaluation Educator. We...
Apr 29, 2025•34 min•Season 8Ep. 5
Dr. Ryan Dowdy is the founder and CEO of READYBAR. Previous to that, Ryan worked as Chief of Staff to the CTO at EVERY, an "all protein, no meat" company, as a Science and Technology Analysis Manager at the Good Food Institute, and at NASA as Food System Manager for the International Space Station. He has appeared on Rhett & Link's Good Mythical Morning, has written for the Washington Post, and was featured on the NPR Program Shortwave. I first met Ryan when he was a Food Science student at ...
Apr 11, 2025•25 min•Season 8Ep. 4
Kait O’Shaughnessy and Cameron LaCross join us for this episode of WDFS. Both work for Gallo as associate beverage makers. Cameron started in California in the area of wine making and moved back to her home state of SC when the opportunity came up. Kait started her career in fruit juice beverages and joined Gallo 2 years ago. Today we chat about the world of beverages and starting a career in food science. Send us a text Got a questions for us? Email us at wolfingdownfoodscience@gmail.com Please...
Mar 28, 2025•22 min•Season 8Ep. 3
The world of food production is wide and varied. We discuss producing sustainable proteins with Dave Reynolds, an engineer working at Buhler. Buhler is an equipment manufacturing company with unique missions and a global reach. Dave has worked with us at NC State University to facilitate student projects and guide our department as an industry member. Join us for an insightful discussion. Send us a text Got a questions for us? Email us at wolfingdownfoodscience@gmail.com Please take a minute to ...
Mar 17, 2025•32 min•Season 8Ep. 2
Dr. Lynette Johnston is a extension specialist with a focus on food safety. She travels around the state of North Carolina helping food producers solve problems and keep their products safe. She trains industry professionals and teaches Food Microbiology here at NC State. Her journey from a dairy farm in Texas to faculty member at NC State and everything in between are covered in this episode. Along the way, Lynette has fielded some great questions from stakeholders and student, one of them abou...
Feb 17, 2025•30 min•Season 8Ep. 1
This episode is a recording of our second WDFS Live event. Our guest, Dr. Sarah Ash, Professor Emeritus in Nutrition at NC State University, and Adam Yee, entrepreneur many times over in the food industry, join us to discuss ultra processed foods. What are they? What should you know about them? Some definitions focus on the types or number of ingredients. Few definitions get to the actual process of how foods are made. This interactive presentation and discussion will feature speakers providing ...
Dec 17, 2024•59 min•Season 7Ep. 3
There's a first for everything. WDFS hosted it's first live event at NC State University's DH Hill library in September. This is a broadcast of the previously recorded event discussing sustainable proteins with Dr. Nathalie Plundrich. Nathalie will talk us through working with customers to develop and commercialize sustainable protein products. Join us for some great discussion and questions from our live audience. Send us a text Got a questions for us? Email us at wolfingdownfoodscience@gmail.c...
Nov 18, 2024•53 min•Season 7Ep. 2
Happy fall ya'll! WDFS is kicking off the season by catching up with our hosts, Keith and Paige, and our producer, Eliza. After a busy summer, we find out where everyone has traveled to and what we learned. Join us for the season kick off! Send us a text Got a questions for us? Email us at wolfingdownfoodscience@gmail.com Please take a minute to help others find our podcast by leaving a rating and comment on your podcasting app!...
Oct 09, 2024•40 min•Season 7Ep. 1
Keith, Eliza, and Paige are scheduled to travel with family, go to conferences and engage in science nerdiness, and do some hardcore development whether it’s manuscripts or courses. So while we are otherwise engaged, we thought you would like to hear the top 10 WDFS interviews of all time! Interview #1 is with Minliang Yang. Dr. Minliang Yang will be joining NC State as a professor focused on sustainability in January 2023. Her research focuses on techno-economic and life cycle analysis in susta...
Sep 20, 2024•27 min•Season 6Ep. 26
Keith, Eliza, and Paige are scheduled to travel with family, go to conferences and engage in science nerdiness, and do some hardcore development whether it’s manuscripts or courses. So while we are otherwise engaged, we thought you would like to hear the top 10 WDFS interviews of all time! Interview #2 is with Dr. Sarah Ash. The award winning nutrition educator, Dr. Sarah Ash, Professor of Nutrition at North Carolina State University, joins us on WDFS to discuss nutrition through the years and e...
Sep 06, 2024•27 min•Season 6Ep. 25
Keith, Eliza, and Paige are scheduled to travel with family, go to conferences and engage in science nerdiness, and do some hardcore development whether it’s manuscripts or courses. So while we are otherwise engaged, we thought you would like to hear the top 10 WDFS interviews of all time! Interview #3 is with Dr. Arnie Sair. Dr. Arnie Sair has worked for General Mills, Signature Brands and now, Bugne. Throughout his career one thing has held constant, his focus on food safety and quality. As a ...
Aug 16, 2024•38 min•Season 6Ep. 24
Keith, Eliza, and Paige are scheduled to travel with family, go to conferences and engage in science nerdiness, and do some hardcore development whether it’s manuscripts or courses. So while we are otherwise engaged, we thought you would like to hear the top 10 WDFS interviews of all time! Interview #4 is with Dr. Allen Foegeding. We chewed Allen’s brain on his expertise in texture and oral processing in this conversation. Dr. Foegeding’s research includes understanding which food structures cre...
Aug 02, 2024•54 min•Season 6Ep. 23
Keith, Eliza, and Paige are scheduled to travel with family, go to conferences and engage in science nerdiness, and do some hardcore development whether it’s manuscripts or courses. So while we are otherwise engaged, we thought you would like to hear the top 10 WDFS interviews of all time! Interview #5 is with Dr. Lisard Iglesias. Along with special guest host Health and Wellness Coach Emilize Momplasir, we unpack the joys and the challenges Dr. Lisard Iglesias has experienced in his transition ...
Jul 19, 2024•43 min•Season 6Ep. 22
Keith, Eliza, and Paige are scheduled to travel with family, go to conferences and engage in science nerdiness, and do some hardcore development whether it’s manuscripts or courses. So while we are otherwise engaged, we thought you would like to hear the top 10 WDFS interviews of all time! Interview #6 is with Terrence Ward. Chief Warrant Officer 4 Terrence Ward is a year 2016 alumnus of the Food, Bioprocessing, and Nutrition Sciences Department at NC State University. He discovered his interest...
Jul 12, 2024•47 min•Season 6Ep. 21
Keith, Eliza, and Paige are scheduled to travel with family, go to conferences and engage in science nerdiness, and do some hardcore development whether it’s manuscripts or courses. So while we are otherwise engaged, we thought you would like to hear the top 10 WDFS interviews of all time! Interview #7 is with Mandy Taylor. After graduating from NC State, Mandy Taylor spent time in product development for a variety of food companies. Her years of experience gave her the knowledge and desire to f...
Jun 28, 2024•33 min•Season 6Ep. 20
Keith, Eliza, and Paige are scheduled to travel with family, go to conferences and engage in science nerdiness, and do some hardcore development whether it’s manuscripts or courses. So while we are otherwise engaged, we thought you would like to hear the top 10 WDFS interviews of all time! Interview #8 is with Dr. Josip Simunovic. Dr. Josip Simunovic, NC State research professor, entrepreneur, and science fiction fan, takes us along on his journey into microwave and aseptic processing, two techn...
Jun 14, 2024•1 hr 1 min•Season 6Ep. 19
Keith, Eliza, and Paige are scheduled to travel with family, go to conferences and engage in science nerdiness, and do some hardcore development whether it’s manuscripts or courses. So while we are otherwise engaged, we thought you would like to hear the top 10 WDFS interviews of all time! Interview #9 is with Dr. Colin Kay. Colin Kay at the Plants for Human Health Institute was a part of the team that was recently awarded a $20 million 5-year National Institutes of Health (NIH) Metabolomics and...
Jun 04, 2024•43 min•Season 6Ep. 18
Keith, Eliza, and Paige are scheduled to travel with family, go to conferences and engage in science nerdiness, and do some hardcore development whether it’s manuscripts or courses. So while we are otherwise engaged, we thought you would like to hear the top 10 WDFS interviews of all time! Interview #10 is with Dr. Lisa Johnson. It’s been called the world’s dumbest problem. Food waste is an environmental problem that is juxtaposed by the amount of hunger in the world. Dr. Lisa Johnson joins us t...
May 28, 2024•49 min•Season 6Ep. 17
We are wrapping season 6 up and three eventful years of Wolfing Down Food Science! Here at NC State University we have finished the semester and are heading into summer. Naturally, we want to reflect. Join us as we reflect on season 6 and what the summer holds for each of us and WDFS! Send us a text Got a questions for us? Email us at wolfingdownfoodscience@gmail.com Please take a minute to help others find our podcast by leaving a rating and comment on your podcasting app!...
May 06, 2024•32 min•Season 6Ep. 16
Ever feel overwhelmed by the amount of “health” information out there? What is healthy living? Is it possible that some of the advice about healthy living could be having the opposite effect? That’s the question that author Dr. Katie Maloney is asking in her new book The Healthy Living Paradox - How to determine if your healthy diet and home are making you sick. As a graduate from NC State University’s Department of Food, Bioprocessing and Nutrition Sciences, Katie used science to take a unique ...
Apr 22, 2024•22 min•Season 6Ep. 15
Dr. Brian Farkas earned his Masters and Doctoral degrees in engineering from the University of California, Davis. He has served as a professor of Food Science at NC State University, as Department Head of the Food Science Department at Purdue University, and as Chief Scientific Officer at McCormick and Company. Brian will soon be starting a new position as Dean of the College of Agriculture and Natural Sciences at the University of Delaware. Join us for a conversation about perspective, educatio...
Apr 05, 2024•54 min•Season 6Ep. 14
Henry Havey graduated from NC State with an undergraduate degree in 2016. He has worked as an instructional technology consultant, as a sports nutrition intern, and as a salesperson in the retail supplement industry as well as with business to business ingredient suppliers. He is currently Business Development Manager for Collagen and Gelatin at Ajinimoto. Send us a text Got a questions for us? Email us at wolfingdownfoodscience@gmail.com Please take a minute to help others find our podcast by l...
Mar 29, 2024•1 hr 4 min•Season 6Ep. 13
Our conversation with Stephen Fleming was so good, it's a two parter! Stephen Fleming is the CEO and Co-Founder of Traverse Science. His company provides insights that allow food companies to innovate in the nutrition space. He started out at community college, then earned a Bachelor's degree in Psychology and a doctorate in Neuroscience from the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign. Join us for an enlightening conversation on finding your way in life. Send us a text Got a questions for us...
Mar 13, 2024•32 min•Season 6Ep. 12
Stephen Fleming is the CEO and Co-Founder of Traverse Science. His company provides insights that allow food companies to innovate in the nutrition space. He started out at community college, then earned a Bachelor's degree in Psychology and a doctorate in Neuroscience from the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign. Join us for an enlightening conversation on finding your way in life. Send us a text Got a questions for us? Email us at wolfingdownfoodscience@gmail.com Please take a minute to...
Feb 26, 2024•34 min•Season 6Ep. 11
Caroline Campbell has always been interested in all aspects of food, from culinary to science and nutrition. As a competitive swimmer, she connected her knowledge of nutrition with her performance. After earning 3 degrees in food science, she took her knowledge to the dairy industry. Today she utilizes her experience in dairy science to support delicious and nutritious innovation for a large dairy company in New Zealand. Send us a text Got a questions for us? Email us at wolfingdownfoodscience@g...
Feb 12, 2024•44 min•Season 6Ep. 10
