Andrea J. Garmyn
Professional Positions
Adjunct Professor, Department of Animal & Food Sciences, Texas Tech University, 2020-present
Research Assistant Professor, Department of Animal & Food Sciences, Texas Tech University, 2014-2020
Senior Research Associate, Department of Animal & Food Sciences, Texas Tech University, 2012-2014
Postdoctoral Research Associate, Department of Animal & Food Sciences, Texas Tech University, 2010-2012
Instructional Activities
ANS 200A (section 002): Introductory Judging of Meat
ANS 201: Animal Products
ANS 201L: Animal Products Laboratory
FSC 433: Food Processing - Muscle Foods
Research Interests
Ante- and post-mortem factors affecting meat quality, especially palatability.
My research focuses on beef and lamb eating quality and implementing strategies during animal production or post-mortem processing to improve eating quality and ensure positive consumer outcomes. Specifically, I have investigated meat quality in the following areas:
- Value-addition through enhancement and alternative cook methods to improve beef palatability
- International beef carcass quality assessment and development of consumer-based eating quality prediction model
- Evaluation of growth promotion technologies, diet, and carcass chilling on beef cutability, palatability, and shelf-life
- Lamb eating quality and composition as affected by marbling, muscle, postmortem aging, and country-of-origin
Publications
Visit ResearchGate for a list of publications.
Professional Memberships/Affiliations
American Meat Science Association
American Society of Animal Science
Meat and Muscle Biology - Editorial Board
New Zealand Society of Animal Production
Related Work
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Growth performance, carcass traits and feeder calf value of beef × Holstein and Holstein feedlot steers
Published on May 10, 2024
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Making the grade - county fair carcass contests
Published on June 19, 2023
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MSU Extension online meat cutter training course available
Published on May 16, 2023