Lauren Jackson
United States Food and Drug Administration, University of Wisconsin–Madison
Research areas: Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Plant Science · Mycotoxins in Agriculture and Food · Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis Research · Food and Agricultural Sciences
0000-0001-6246-700X
About
Dr. Lauren Jackson is Chief of the Process Engineering Branch at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)/Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (CFSAN)/Division of Food Processing Science and Technology (DFPST), located in Bedford Park, IL. In her current position, Dr. Jackson provides managerial leadership, program direction and general oversight to 13 research scientists. She is also responsible for initiating, leading and conducting research projects dealing with processing and its effects on food safety. Dr. Jackson’s expertise is in the following areas: the effects of processing on food constituents and chemical contaminants, food allergen control, the stability of biothreat agents, and the analysis of chemical contaminants, constituents and allergens in food. She also is one of FDA’s subject matter experts on measures for controlling allergens in food manufacturing facilities. Dr. Jackson authored or co-authored over 150 published papers, book chapters and abstracts and co-edited five books. She is actively involved in several scientific organizations, including the Institute of Food Technologists (IFT), the International Association for Food Protection (IAFP), and the American Chemical Society (ACS), and serves as a Scientific Editor for the Journal of Food Science and the Journal of Food Protection. Over the past 20 years, Dr. Jackson has served in various leadership roles in ACS including Chair of the Division of Agricultural and Food Chemistry; she currently serves as an ACS Councilor and on the ACS Committee on Divisions. Dr. Jackson received her B.S. in Food Science from Cornell University (1984) and her M.S. (1987) and Ph.D. (1990), both in Food Science, from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Employment
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U.S. Food and Drug Administration Chief, Process Engineering Branch2014 - Present
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U.S. Food and Drug Administration Acting Chief, Food Chemistry and Nutrition Team2009 - 2014
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U.S. Food and Drug Administration Research Food Technologist1991 - 2009
Education
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University of Wisconsin Madison Ph.D.- Food Science1987 - 1990
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University of Wisconsin Madison M.S.- Food Science1984 - 1987
Projects & Funding
Projects & funding information is unavailable.
Publications (78)
- Effectiveness of Manual and Mechanical Warewashing Methods for Removing Allergen- and Gluten-Containing Foods from Food-Contact Surfaces Used in Retail and Food Service Operations Save
- Assessment of Peanut Allergen Cross-Contact Risk from Reused Roasting Oil Using a Targeted Proteomics Method Save
- Evaluation of gluten transfer from reused frying oil to food Save
- Effectiveness of Dry Cleaning Treatments for Removing Milk Chocolate from Valve/Pipe Assemblies and Pilot-scale Chocolate Processing Equipment Save
- Market Basket Survey of the Micronutrients Vitamin A, Vitamin D, Calcium, and Potassium in Eight Types of Commercial Plant-Based Milk Alternatives from United States Markets Save
- Dry Cleaning and Sanitization Technologies Save
- Microcalorimetric Investigations of Reversible Staphylococcal Enterotoxin Unfolding Save
- Moving Chemistry from Bench to Market: An Introduction to the Agricultural and Food Chemistry Technical Program at the 260th American Chemical Society Fall 2020 Virtual Meeting & Expo Save
- Multiplex-Competitive ELISA for Detection and Characterization of Gluten during Yogurt Fermentation: Effects of Changes in Certain Fermentation Conditions on Gluten Protein Profiles and Method Reproducibility Assessment Save
- Overview of the American Chemical Society Symposium on Metals and Trace Elements in Food Safety, Health, and Food Quality Save
- Allergen Removal and Transfer with Wiping and Cleaning Methods Used in Retail and Food Service Establishments Save
- Factors Affecting Transfer of the Heavy Metals Arsenic, Lead, and Cadmium from Diatomaceous-Earth Filter Aids to Alcoholic Beverages during Laboratory-Scale Filtration Save
- Scientific editors’ report Save
- A targeted LC-MS/MS method for the simultaneous detection and quantitation of egg, milk, and peanut allergens in sugar cookies Save
- Journal of food protection scientific editors' report volume 80 December 31, 2017 Save
- Summary of the ACS Symposium on Public Health Perspectives of Mycotoxins in Food Save
- A limited survey of dark chocolate bars obtained in the United States for undeclared milk and peanut allergens Save
- Detection and quantitation of mycotoxins in infant cereals in the U.S. market by LC-MS/MS using a stable isotope dilution assay Save
- Detection of gluten during the fermentation process to produce soy sauce Save
- Factors affecting the levels of heavy metals in juices processed with filter AIDS Save