Kathryn J. Boor is an American food scientist and academic administrator. She is the dean of Cornell University Graduate School and vice provost for graduate education.[1] Previously she served as the Ronald P Lynch Dean of the Cornell University College of Agriculture and Life Sciences (CALS).[2]

Kathryn Boor
Boor speaking at the 2016 USDA Ag Outlook Forum
Born
Academic background
EducationCornell University (BS)
University of Wisconsin-Madison (MS)
University of California, Davis (PhD)
Academic work
DisciplineFood Science

Early life

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Boor was born and raised on a family-owned dairy farm in Chemung County in upstate New York. She obtained a BS in Food Science from Cornell University CALS in 1980, and an MS in Food Science from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1983. Her MS research with Winrock International in Kenya focused on improving human nutrition among limited-resource farmers. She returned to the US and earned a PhD in Microbiology at the University of California, Davis in 1994.[3]

Career

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Boor returned to Cornell University in 1994 and became the first tenured female Associate Professor in the Department of Food Science. She established the Food Safety Laboratory and was co-lead for the Milk Quality Improvement Program.[1] Her research focuses on identifying biological factors that affect the transmission of bacteria in food systems. A newly discovered bacterium was named Listeria booriae to honor her work on Listeria monocytogenes, a food-borne pathogen.[4] She was appointed as the Ronald P. Lynch Dean in 2010.[5] As of 2023, her h-index was 84 and her work had been cited over 19,500 times.[6]

Awards and honors

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Kathryn Boor named Graduate School dean, vice provost". Retrieved 2020-10-11.
  2. ^ "Kathryn Boor | Department of Food Science". foodscience.cals.cornell.edu. Retrieved 2018-10-13.
  3. ^ "Kathryn J. Boor, Ph.D". NY State Senate. 2018-04-27. Retrieved 2018-10-13.
  4. ^ Weller, Daniel; Andrus, Alexis; Wiedmann, Martin; den Bakker, Henk C. (2015). "Listeria booriae sp. nov. and Listeria newyorkensis sp. nov., from food processing environments in the USA". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 65 (1): 286–292. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.070839-0. PMID 25342111.
  5. ^ "Dean Kathryn J. Boor College of Agriculture and Life Sciences". cals.cornell.edu. Retrieved 2018-11-02.
  6. ^ "Kathryn J. Boor". scholar.google.com. Retrieved 2024-10-08.
  7. ^ "Graduation 2016: Honorary degree and fellowship awardees announced". Harper Adams University. September 9, 2016.
  8. ^ "Kathryn J. Boor, Ph.D Honoree Profile". New York Senate. April 26, 2018.
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