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Wesley N. Osburn
Associate Professor
Texas A&M University
USA
Biography
Wesley N. Osburn is an Associate Professor at Texas A&M University appointed in the Department of Animal Science. He has a teaching and research appointment in Meat Science with a specific focus on value added meat processing. His outreach efforts include assisting the meat and poultry industry with processing systems troubleshooting and conducting value added processed meat workshops. His teaching interests include value added processing, food safety, quality assurance and team problem solving. He has gained international experience through conducting educational programs and collaborative research in Mexico, South Korea, Canada and Europe and has served on military deployments to the Middle East. Dr. Osburn received both his BSc. and MSc. degrees from Texas A&M University and his Ph.D from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
Research Interest
Dr. Osburn’s research program focuses on the development and application of processing technologies to increase the value of meat and meat products; utilization of meat by- products; exploring techniques to improve meat quality consistency and palatability; improving meat protein functionality and development of intervention strategies to improve the safety of meat products.