Gary A Reineccius

Gary Reineccius
Professor Emeritus
[email protected]
+1 612 624 1764

1354 Eckles Ave
St. Paul, MN 55108
United States

Education

B.S., M.S. University of Minnesota

PhD Pennsylvania State University

Areas of Interest

  • Needs and trends of the industry which have evolved over time
  • Flavor challenges in plant proteins – e.g. off flavors in plant protein isolates, and the chemical reaction of flavor compounds with plant protein isolates.  
  • Encapsulation of food ingredients, emulsions and flavoromics (chemometrics as applied to flavor chemistry)

Biography

Note: Dr. Reineccius is Emeritus Faculty and is no longer accepting new students

Teaching

FSCN 4332 - Food Processing Operations (Spring)

FSCN 4349 - Food Science Capstone (Fall and Spring)

FSCN 5121 Flavor Chem Technol.

Guest lectures in Food Chemistry and Food Analysis

Select Publications

Experts@Minnesota Research Profile

Honors and Awards

American Chemical Society - Outstanding Achievement and Service in Agricultural and Food Chemistry (2 flavor chemists so honored worldwide at time of award; 1992)

Minnesota Chromatography Forum - Palmer Award for outstanding contribution to chromatography. (1992)

Recipient of the Stephen S. Chang Award - IFT (First flavor chemist to receive this award 1994) 

Invited plenary lecturer at International Coffee Congress (Kyoto, Japan) (1995)

American Chemical Society Fellow (2004)

Honorary member of the Society of Flavor Chemists

F.E.M.A. Excellence in Science Award. (2006) first recipient. (“The Award was established by F.E.M.A. to recognize eminent scientists with an exceptional track record of discovery in the field of  flavor science including chemistry, biotechnology, analytical and delivery.”)

Chicago IFT Tanner Lecture Award (2015)

Macy Award (2019) - The Minnesota section of the IFT created this award to recognize individuals who have made outstanding contributions to the development and industrial application of research in the food industry.