Marcos Sanchez-Plata
Dr. Marcos Sanchez is an associate professor at Texas Tech University. He is an expert in the development, coordination and delivery of international food safety training programs. He has extensively worked in the areas of in-plant validation of antimicrobial interventions, assessment of integrated food and safety programs from farm-to-table, and evaluation of the quality and safety implication of new processing technologies in the produce, meat, poultry, egg and other food commodities, as well as water and energy footprint impact of such processes.
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One of his primary goals is to carry out research to generate scientific support for food safety management systems at the industry level, and address food safety data needs under the risk analysis framework to support science-based decisions for regulatory control and the facilitation of international trade.
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He also plans to focus in multi-disciplinary research focused in measuring the effect of food security interventions on the development of emerging economies and the establishment and validation of food security indicators to monitor development progress and actual impact.
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Moreover, he is the creator and coordinator of the Meat School en Español workshop that takes place in Texas Tech University during summer, and also, of the Poultry School en Español workshop that is held in the University of Georgia during spring.
Prior to joining the Texas Tech faculty, Sanchez-Plata worked as food safety specialist with the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) in the Miami and the Washington D.C. office; and as adjunct associate professor in food science and technology at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Before joining IICA, he worked as an assistant professor in poultry processing, products and food safety at Texas A&M University.
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Sanchez-Plata received his Pharmaceutical Biochemist (Bioq.) (food biochemistry) from the Central University of Ecuador; and his master's degree in food science and technology from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. He received his Master of Business Administration (agribusiness) and his doctorate in food science and technology from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. He is a member of the Institute of Food Technologists; the International Association for Food Protection and the Ecuadorian Society of Food Chemists.
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Mail: marcos.x.sanchez@ttu.edu
Phone: +1 979-595-5208
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