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Dr. Linda J Harris Ph.D.

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Professor of Cooperative Extension
Department of Food Science and Technology
University of California, Davis
One Shields Ave.
Davis, CA, CA 95616
(530) 754-9485
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Biography

Dr. Linda J. Harris is a Professor of Cooperative Extension in the Department of Food Science and Technology at the University of California Davis, and a collaborator in the U. S. Food and Drug Administration-funded Western Center for Food Safety. She oversees an extension and research program on microbial food safety of fruits, vegetables, tree nuts and other low moisture foods providing expertise on food safety microbiology throughout the food chain. Professor Harris is a fellow of the Institute of Food Technologists, the International Association for Food Protection (IAFP), and the American Association for the Advancement of Science. In 2020, she was awarded the UC Davis Academic Federation’s highest honor, the James H. Meyer Distinguished Achievement Award, in recognition of her distinguished career-long contributions to the mission of the university.

Education

Ph.D. Microbiology, North Carolina State University. 1991
M.S. Food Microbiology, University of Alberta. 1987
B.S. Food Science, University of Alberta. 1983

Specialty

Microbial food safety throughout the food chain with a focus on the microbiology of fresh fruits and vegetables and tree nuts.

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