» Dr. Lilian Were

Associate Professor

Schmid College of Science and Technology

Food Science , School of Earth and Environmental Sciences

Phone:

(714)744-7895

Email:

were@chapman.edu

Education

University of Arkansas at Fayetteville, Bachelor of Science
University of Arkansas at Fayetteville, Master of Science
Purdue University, Ph.D.

Biography

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Teaching

Food Analysis                FSN 411/511
Food Chemistry             FSN 401/501
Food Ingredients            FSN 315/515
International Nutrition     FSN 201
Research Methods          FSN 660

Degrees

Purdue University, Indiana
Ph.D. Food Chemistry. 2002.

University of Arkansas
M.S. Food Chemistry. 1998

University of Arkansas
B.S. Food Science. 1996.

Research

Investigating functional properties of agricultural industrial residues with the objective of enhancing their commercial value.

Recent Creative, Scholarly Work and Publications

Anne B. Maletta and L. M. Were. 2012. Effect of Coffee Filtrate, Methylglyoxal, Glyoxal, and Caffeine on Salmonella Typhimurium and S. Enteritidis Survival in Ground Chicken Breasts. J. Food Sci. 77: M135–M141.

T. Miranda, C. Rakovski, and L.M. Were. 2011. Effect of Maillard Reaction Products on Oxidation products in ground chicken breast. Meat Science (August 2011) doi:10.1016/j.meatsci.2011.07.022

Amanda S. Teets, Carina S. Minardi, Meenakshi Sundararaman, Christine A. Hughey and Lilian M.Were. 2009. Extraction, Identification and Quantification of Flavonoids and Phenolic Acids in Electron Beam Irradiated Almond Skin Powder. J. Food Sci. 74:C298-C305

Danae L. Lucas and Lilian M. Were. 2009. Anti-Listeria monocytogenes Activity of Heat-Treated Lyophilized Pomegranate Juice in Media and in Ground Top Round Beef . J.Food Protection. 72 (12):2508-2516.

Marisa Prasetyo, Malia Chia, Christine Hughey and Lilian M. Were. 2008. Utilization of Electron Beam Irradiated Almond Skin Powder as a Natural Antioxidant in Ground Top Round Beef. J. Food Sci.73:T1-T6.

Christine A. Hughey, Bruce Wilcox, Carina S. Minardi, Chiyo W. Takehara, Meenakshi Sundararaman, and Lilian M. Were.2008. Novel use of capillary liquid Chromatography mass spectrometry for the rapid identification and quantification of almond flavonoids. J. Chromatography A.1192:259-265.

Amanda S. Teets and Lilian M. Were. 2008. Inhibition of Lipid Oxidation in Refrigerated and Frozen Salted Raw Minced Chicken Breasts with Electron Beam Irradiated Almond Skin Powder. Meat Sci. 80:1326–1332.

Amanda S. Teets, Meenakshi Sundararaman and Lilian M.Were. 2008. Electron Beam Irradiated Almond Skin Powder Inhibition of Lipid Oxidation in Cooked Salted Ground Chicken Breast. Food Chem. 111:934-941.

Roxanne Greitz Miller and Lilian Were. 2008. Enough already? Linking science, geography, mathematics, and sociology through population study. Science Scope.31(9):10-14

Karoline Harrison and Lilian M Were. 2007. Effect of Gamma Irradiation on Phenolic Content Yield and Antioxidant Capacity of Almond Skin Extracts. Food Chem. 102:932-937.