Luis Bastarrachea

Nutrition, Dietetics and Food Sciences

Assistant Professor | Food Science


Luis Bastarrachea

Contact Information

Office Location: NFS 307
Phone: 435-797-4182
Email: luis.bastarrachea@usu.edu

Educational Background

PhD, Food Science, University of Massachusetts, 2015
MS, Biological and Agricultural Engineering (Food Engineering major), Washington State University, 2010
BS, Food Engineering, Instituto Tecnologico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey, 2006

Teaching Interests

Food Engineering, Food Processing.

Research Interests

Antimicrobial technologies applied to food processing, material science applied to food processing and engineering, novel physical methods of food preservation, novel food dehydration techniques.

    Publications | Book Chapters

  • Bastarrachea, L.J, Tikekar, R.V, Novel Physical Methods for Food Preservation: Food Microbiology: Fundamentals and Frontiers. American Society for Microbiology Press
  • Bastarrachea, L.J, Alborzi, S., Tikekar, R.V, Control Strategies for Postharvest Microbiological Safety of Produce During Processing, Marketing, and Quality Measures: Safety and Practice for Organic Food. Academic Press

An asterisk (*) at the end of a publication indicates that it has not been peer-reviewed.

Publications | Journal Articles

Academic Journal

An asterisk (*) at the end of a publication indicates that it has not been peer-reviewed.

Publications | Other

Other

An asterisk (*) at the end of a publication indicates that it has not been peer-reviewed.

Teaching

NDFS 2040 - Fundamentals of Food Processing, Spring 2024
NDFS 4440 - Fundamentals of Food Engineering, Fall 2023
, Spring 2023
NDFS 2040 - Fundamentals of Food Processing, Spring 2023
NDFS 2040 - Fundamentals of Food Processing, Spring 2023
NDFS 4440 - Fundamentals of Food Engineering, Fall 2022
NDFS 4440 - Fundamentals of Food Engineering, Fall 2022
NDFS 2040 - Fundamentals of Food Processing, Spring 2022
NDFS 4440 - Fundamentals of Food Engineering, Fall 2021
NDFS 4440 - Fundamentals of Food Engineering, Fall 2020
NDFS 6440 - Food Composition and Analysis, Spring 2020
NDFS 6440 - Food Composition and Analysis, Spring 2020
NDFS 4440 - Fundamentals of Food Engineering, Fall 2019
NDFS 4440 - Fundamentals of Food Engineering, Fall 2019
NDFS 4440 - Fundamentals of Food Engineering, Fall 2018
NDFS 4440 - Fundamentals of Food Engineering, Fall 2018
NDFS 4440 - Fundamentals of Food Engineering, Fall 2017

Graduate Students Mentored

Michael Bodily, Biological Engineering, August 2023
Sajad Karami, Nutrition, Dietetics &Food Sci, January 2023
McKade Roberts, Biological Engineering, August 2022
Bryce Hales, Nutrition, Dietetics &Food Sci, August 2019 - May 2021
Andrew Gagon, Nutrition, Dietetics &Food Sci, August 2018 - May 2020