Food Science

Department Chair: Wendy Reiboldt

Department Office: Family and Consumer Sciences (FCS) - 001
Telephone / Fax: (562) 985-4484 / 985-4414
Website: www.csulb.edu/colleges/chhs/departments/fcs

Faculty: Mariné Aghekyan, Rachel Blaine, Lee Blecher, Marie Botkin, Tiffany Brown, Maria Claver, Nancy Dayne, Gail C. Frank, Virginia Gray, Libby Gustin, Tara Gruenewald, Young Ha, Youngok Jung, James E. Koval, Peter Kreysa, Suzanne Marshall, Nilufer Medora, Wendy Reiboldt, Roudi Roy, Richard V. Tuveson, Long Wang, Jung-Mao (Ronnie) Yeh, Yun Ying (Susan) Zhong

Baccalaureate Program Coordinator: Richard V. Tuveson
Graduate Coordinator: Virginia Gray

Administrative Support Coordinators:
Mikal Lok, Marina Bendersky, John Ciulik

Instructional Support Technician: Bonnie Rice

Career Possibilities

Principal Food Scientist • Research Associate • Food and Packaging Engineer • Quality Assurance Manager • Research and Development Chemist • Quality Control Chemist • Laboratory Supervisor • Plant Manager • Food and Drug or USDA Inspector • Food Product Evaluator • Food and Ingredient Sales Representative • Research and Product Development, Food Formulation and Processing • Consumer Safety • Sensory Evaluation • Quality Assurance • Government Organization • Food Ingredient Sales and Marketing (Some of these, and other careers, require additional education or experience. For more information, see www.careers.csulb.edu.)