The Department is especially well known for its research on molecular biology, genomics, and ecology of foodborne and intestinal bacteria; detection and analysis of allergens, toxins, and pathogenic microorganisms; nutraceuticals and their properties; metabolomics and proteomics; predictive microbiology and fuzzy logic modeling; analytical chemistry and advanced food analysis; structure/function of novel food ingredients; and flavor and sensory analysis.
The Department is located at the new Nebraska Innovation Campus, in the Food Innovation Center, a facility that contains well-equipped research laboratories; state of the art classrooms as well as the food-processing pilot plants.