EDUCATIONALDEVELOPMENT
The
Alabama Poultry Monthly • 2002
Donald
E. Conner, Ph.D., was named
head of the poultry science department,
College of Agriculture at Auburn University
Auburn
University Names New Head of Poultry
Science Department
effective
February 1, 2002. He is a native of Virginia and has been a professor at the
university since 1989. He has served as interim director of Auburn University’s
is Poultry Product Safety & Quality Program and is a core member of Auburn
University's Program in Detection & Food Safety. His research has focused
on microbiology as related to poultry with primary interests in: food safety
and preservation of poultry products, sanitation, food and feed mycology, rapid
detection methods, and waste management. His teaching responsibilities have
included graduate and undergraduate courses in microbiology and food safety.
He is a certi-
fied lead HACCP instructor, and has been
heavily involved in HACCP training since
1996. Conner received his B.S. degree in
environmental health science from the
University of Georgia. He holds M.S. and
Ph.D. degrees in food science from UGA.
in
microbiology and food safety. He is a certified lead HACCP instructor, and has
been heavily involved in HACCP training since 1996. Conner received his B.S.
degree in environmental health science from the
University of Georgia. He holds M.S. and
Ph.D. degrees in food science from UGA. He is a member of the Institute of Food
Technologists; American Society for
Microbiology; Poultry Science Association; Worlds Poultry Science Association;
and International Association for Food Protection.
AU
Poultry Science Building
Breaks Ground March 21
Auburn
University’s poultry science
department invites you to join them in
the groundbreaking of their new poultry science building! The groundbreaking
ceremony and reception will be held on March 21 at 2 pm in close proximity to
the construction site on Lem Morrison Drive. For more information, please call
the AU poultry science department at 334-844-2600.
