Dr. Lauren S. Jackson

Lauren Jackson is a Supervisory Food Technologist at U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Center for Food Safety & Applied Nutrition, Division of Food Processing Science & Technology located in Bedford Park, IL.  She received her B.S. in Food Science from Cornell University and her M.S. and Ph.D., both in Food Science, from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.  Dr. Jackson's scientific expertise is in the following areas:  food allergens and gluten, the impact of processing on food constituents and chemical contaminants, the stability of biothreat agents, food analysis, and sanitation. Dr. Jackson authored or co-authored over 200 published papers, book chapters and abstracts and co-edited five books.  Dr. Jackson served in leadership positions in several scientific organizations, including the American Chemical Society (ACS) and the Institute of Food Technologists (IFT).