College of Agriculture & Natural Resources│College of Engineering Department of Biosystems & Agricultural Engineering

Ian Hildebrandt has experience with food safety engineering research in both academic and government laboratories. His research focus includes improving experimental designs and methodologies for estimating pathogen inactivation kinetics. He has experience working with a variety of pathogens (Salmonella, E. coli, Listeria), low-moisture foods (wheat flour, oat flour, spices, almonds, pistachios) and meats (beef, pork, chicken, turkey). As a Research Assistant II, responsibilities include management of publicly and privately funded project, complex data analysis, writing manuscripts, and presenting research findings at conferences.

Publications

Ian Hildebrandt, Bradley Marks, Nathan Anderson, and Elizabeth Grasso-Kelley. Reproducibility of Salmonella Thermal Resistance Measurements via Multilaboratory Isothermal Inactivation Experiments. Journal of Food Protection. Accepted for publication.

Mahta Mousssavi, John Frelka, Ian Hildebrandt, Bradley Marks, and Linda Harris. 2020. Thermal Resistance of Foodborne Pathogens and Enterococcus faecium NRRL B-2354 on Inoculated Pistachios. Journal of Food Protection. Accepted for publication.

Yuqiao Jin, Shannon Pickens, Ian Hildebrandt, Stephen Burbick, Elizabeth Grasso-Kelley, Susanne Keller, and Nathan Anderson. 2018. Thermal Inactivation of Salmonella Agona in Low-Water Activity Foods: Predictive Models for the Combined Effect of Temperature, Water Activity, and Food Component. Journal of Food Protection. 81:1411-1417.

Susanne Keller, Nathan Anderson, Can Wang, Stephen Burbick, Ian Hildebrandt, Lauren Gonsalves, Quincy Suehr, and Sofia Santillana Farakos. 2018. Survival of Salmonella during Production of Partially Sprouted Pumpkin, Sunflower, and Chia Seeds Dried for Direct Consumption. Journal of Food Protection. 81:520-527

Hossein Daryaei, Walter Penaloza, Ian Hildebrandt, Kathiravan Krishnamurthy, Preethi Thiruvengadam, and Jason Wan. 2018. Heat inactivation of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli in a selection of low moisture foods. Food Control. 85:48-56.

Ian Hildebrandt, Chuxuan Hu, Elizabeth Grasso-Kelley, Peiran Ye, Nathan Anderson, and Susanne Keller. 2017. Dry Transfer Inoculation of Low-Moisture Spices Containing Antimicrobial Compounds. Journal of Food Protection. 80:338-344.

Joelle Salazar, Surasri Sahu, Ian Hildebrandt, Lijie Zhang, Yan Qi, Girvin Liggans, Atin Datta, and Mary Lou Tortorello. 2017. Growth Kinetics of Listeria monocytogenes in Cut Produce. Journal of Food Protection. 80:1328-1336

Danielle Smith, Ian Hildebrandt, Kaitlyn Casulli, Kirk Dolan, and Bradley Marks. 2016. Modeling the Effect of Temperature and Water Activity on the Thermal Resistance of Salmonella Enteritidis PT 30 in Wheat Flour. Journal of Food Protection. 79:2058-2065.

Ian Hildebrandt, Bradley Marks, Elliot Ryser, Rossana Villa-Rojas, Juming Tang, Francisco Garces-Vega, and Sarah Buchholz. 2016. Effects of Inoculation Procedures on Variability and Repeatability of Salmonella Thermal Resistance in Wheat Flour. Journal of Food Protection. 79:1833-1839.

Ian Hildebrandt, Bradley Marks, Vijay Juneja, Angie Osoria, Nicole Hall, and Elliot Ryser. 2016. Cross- Laboratory Comparative Study of the Impact of Experimental and Regression Methodologies on Salmonella Thermal Inactivation Parameters in Ground Beef. Journal of Food Protection. 79:1097-1106.

Laura Carroll, Theresa Bergholz, Ian Hildebrandt, and Bradley Marks. 2016. Application of a Nonlinear Model to Transcript Levels of Upregulated Stress Response Gene ibpA in Stationary-Phase Salmonella enterica Subjected to Sublethal Heat Stress. Journal of Food Protection. 79:1089-1096.