Witoon Prinyawiwatkul

Title	Professor
Department	School of Nutrition and Food Sciences
E-mail	WPrinyawiwatkul@agcenter.lsu.edu
Address 1	201B AFSL Baton Rouge, LA 70803
Phone	225-578-5188
Fax	225-578-5300

Grants:

USDA Aquaculture Special Grants (multiple projects, 2006-2008), $72,634.
USDA 1890 Institution Teaching and Research Capacity Building Grants Program, $390,134 total; $55,185 for LSU

Awards:

2007 College of Agriculture Alumni Award for Excellence in Teaching
2007 Gamma Sigma Delta (the Honor Society of Agriculture) Research Award of Merit, LSU Chapter
2006 LSU Distinguished Faculty Award
2005 LSU Tiger Athletic Foundation President’s Award
2005 National Association of Colleges and Teachers of Agriculture (NACTA) Teaching Award
2005 Gamma Sigma Delta (the Honor Society of Agriculture) Teaching Award of Merit, LSU Chapter
2004 LSU Advisor of the Year awarded by the University College
2004 LSU College of Agriculture (COA) Sedberry Undergraduate Teaching Award
2003 LSU Outstanding Teacher awarded by the LSU Student Government, Academic Affairs
2003 LSU AgCenter Diversity in the Workplace Award (Honorable Mention)
1998-2006 (9 consecutive yrs) Gamma Sigma Delta Award of Merit Teacher Honor Roll, College of Agriculture
1999 The Tiger Athletic Foundation Award for Outstanding Teacher (at the Assistant Professor level)

Research Interests:

Value-added new food product research and development from Louisiana agricultural, seafood and aquacultural byproducts and wastes from processing plants.
Sensory science and evaluation methods as a driving force and tool for the development of new products; Consumer-oriented product optimization and acceptance as a primary tool for the success of new products in the market; Use of statistical methods and analyses as a tool for assisting the interpretation of complex sensory and consumer results.
Functional properties of raw materials as affected by product formulation and process conditions which influence overall sensory properties of end products.

Ph.D. University of Georgia (1996)

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