AUDFS vision and goals align with Auburn University's strengths. As a land-grant
institution, the university has a special mission to improve the lives of residents
of our state and country, and because so, food safety is of paramount interest
to our mission. Auburn University's traditional strengths lie in agriculture and
engineering, and it has long-standing, close contacts with the food industry and
its suppliers. The expertise among the Auburn University research family, coupled
with strategic research partnerships with universities throughout the U.S., gives
AUDFS the ability to affect food safety on a national, not to mention, global,
perspective.
Our core research team, currently composed of 20 core investigators, guides the research and operational direction of our center. This team is currently under the leadership of Dr. Bryan A. Chin, center director, and Dr. James M. Barbaree, associate director. Details of each research team member''s education, professional history and other relevant experience are also available.
The center director reports to the dean of the College of Engineering, who chairs a University Coordinating Committee composed of the deans of the five Auburn University colleges that compose AUDFS' core. Each of these colleges has a representative that serves on the center's steering committee:
