2016 - Present | Post-Doctoral Researcher, Cooperative Agriculture Research Center, Prairie View A&M University ‐ College of Agriculture & Human Sciences | |
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2010 - 2015 | Full Professor, Universidad de Oriente, Venezuela ‐ Department of Food Technology | |
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2009 - 2015 | Member of the Academic Committee (Principal Member), Universidad de Oriente, Venezuela ‐ School of Marine Sciences | |
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2009 - 2013 | Associate Professor, Texas A&M University ‐ Animal Science Department | |
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2011 - 2012 | Member of the Thesis Committee, Universidad de Oriente, Venezuela ‐ Department of Food Technology | |
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2010 - 2011 | Member (Coordinator) of the Community Service Committee, Universidad de Oriente, Venezuela ‐ Department of Food Technology | |
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2005 - 2010 | Associate Professor, Universidad de Oriente, Venezuela ‐ Department of Food Technology | |
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2007 - 2009 | Sabbatical/Collaborative Research, Texas A&M University ‐ Animal Science Department | |
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2004 - 2007 | Director, Universidad de Oriente, Venezuela ‐ School of Applied Marine Sciences | |
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2004 - 2007 | Member of the Thesis Committee, Universidad de Oriente, Venezuela ‐ Food Engineering and Food Science | |
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2004 - 2005 | Coordinator and supervisor, Universidad de Oriente, Venezuela ‐ Department of Food Technology | |
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2001 - 2005 | Aggregate Professor, Universidad de Oriente, Venezuela ‐ Department of Food Technology | |
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2003 - 2003 | Research Associate, Texas A&M University ‐ Animal Science Department | |
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2000 - 2003 | Graduate Research Assistant, Texas A&M University ‐ Animal Science Department | |
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1996 - 2001 | Assistant Professor, Universidad de Oriente, Venezuela ‐ Department of Food Technology | |
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1996 - 1997 | Coordinator and supervisor, Universidad de Oriente, Venezuela ‐ Department of Food Technology | |
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1990 - 1994 | Instructor, Universidad de Oriente, Venezuela ‐ Department of Food Technology | |
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1990 - 1994 | Member of the Academic Committee, Universidad de Oriente, Venezuela ‐ School of Marine Sciences | |
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1988 - 1991 | Instructor, Instituto Universitario de Tecnología del Mar (IUTEMAR) ‐ Department of Food Science | |
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1985 - 1986 | Undergraduate Student Assistantship, University Nacional Experimental de los Llanos Occidentales “Ezequiel Zamora” (UNELLEZ), Venezuela ‐ Agro-Industrial Engineering Program | |
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Disciplines
Grants
2018 - 2021 | Fucoxanthin as an Antiobesity Biofunctional Ingredient in Goat Dairy Foods |
NIFA-USDA CBG Program | |
Role: Co-Principal Investigator | |
$299,913 | |
2013 - 2015 | Antioxidant and Antimicrobial Properties of Husk Cocoa in Ground Beef Patties |
Research Commission of Universidad de Oriente. | |
Role: Principal Investigator | |
$7,500 | |
2013 - 2015 | Physical, Chemical and Sensory Properties of Beef Burger with Whole Meal Linseed |
Research Commission of Universidad de Oriente. | |
Role: Co-Principal Investigator | |
$7,500 | |
2011 - 2013 | Proximate Composition and Physicochemical Characteristics of Napole-type Fermented Sausages in Venezuela |
Research Commission of Universidad de Oriente. | |
Role: Principal Investigator | |
$5,000 | |
2007 - 2009 | A National Survey of the Nitrite/Nitrate Concentrations in Cured Meat Products and Non-meat Foods in U.S. |
The American Meat Institute Foundation, the National Pork Board, and Texas AgriLife Research. | |
Role: Co-Principal Investigator | |
$110,000 | |
2007 - 2008 | Development of in-line, cost-effective hurdle technologies for reduction of Salmonella on poultry |
Texas A&M University | |
Role: Collaborated to Principal Investigator | |
$10,000 | |
2007 - 2008 | Sustained activity interventions for further reductions of Salmonella and Escherichia coli 0157:H7 on beef carcasses and in ground beef |
National Cattlemen’s Beef Association. | |
Role: Collaborated to Principal Investigator | |
2002 - 2003 | Evaluation of Plum/Prune Ingredients as a Component of Meat Products. Part II: Evaluation of Ham and Roast Beef Products Containing Fresh Plum Juice Concentrate, or Spray Dried Plum Powder |
California Dried Plum Board and Texas AgriLife Research | |
Role: Co-Principal Investigator | |
$50,000 | |
2002 - 2003 | Reducing lipid oxidation in irradiated ground beef patties by natural antioxidants |
The Institute of Food Science and Engineering Texas A&M University and Surebeam Corporation. | |
Role: Co-Principal Investigator | |
$20,000 | |
2001 - 2002 | Evaluation of Plum/Prune Ingredients as a Component of Meat Products. Part I: Antioxidant Properties of Dried Plum Ingredients in Fresh and Precooked Pork Sausage |
California Dried Plum Board and Texas AgriLife Research. | |
Role: Co-Principal Investigator | |
$90,000 |
Honors and Awards
- Research Award by Universidad de Oriente (Sistema de Acreditación del Investigador de la Universidad de Oriente-SAI-UDO), Venezuela, 2013.
- National Research Award (Premio de Estímulo al Investigador-PEI, Categoria Investigador B, and Programa Promoción a la Investigación-PPI), National Ministry of Science, Technology and Productive Innovation, Venezuela, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2013.
- Research Award (Premio de Estímulo al Investigador-PEI) by Universidad de Oriente, Venezuela, 2004, 2006.
- Research Award by National Commission for Academic Benefits (CONABA, Comisión Nacional del Beneficio Académico, Reconocimiento de Méritos al Profesor Universitario), Nivel III, Venezuela, 1998.
- Graduate Student Award, Food Science and Technology Intercollegiate Faculty, Animal Science Department, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, 2002
- Member of the Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society, 2001
- Member of the Gamma Sigma Delta Honor Society of Agriculture, 2001
- Grant for the Pursuit of Doctoral Studies, Universidad de Oriente, Venezuela, 1998-2003