ALYSON E. MITCHELL
Associate
Professor in Food Chemist
Department of Food Science and Technology
University of California
Davis, CA 95616
530-752-7926
AREA OF SPECIALTY:
Food chemistry and toxicology; application of LC/MS/MS in the identification and
occurrence phytochemicals and their metabolites in foods and biological tissues;
and understanding how pre-, and post-harvest factors influence levels of
phytochemicals in foods.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
1991-92 Research Assistant, Dept. of Environmental
Toxicology, UC Davis.
1992-96 Research Assistant, Facility for Advanced
Instrumentation, UC Davis.
1999-00 Adjunct Assistant Professor, Dept. of
Environmental Toxicology, UC Davis.
2000-04 Assistant Professor and Food Chemist, Dept. of
Food Science and Technology, UC Davis.
2004- Associate Professor and
Food Chemist, Dept. of Food Science and Technology, UC Davis.
EDUCATION:
1990 B.S., Environmental
Toxicology - Honors, University of California, Davis
1996 Ph.D., Pharmacology and
Toxicology, University of California, Davis
1996-99 Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Nutrition,
University of California, Davis
AFFILIATIONS:
1994-2002 American Society for Mass Spectrometry
2000- American Chemical Society
2002- Institute of Food
Technologists
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITY:
| 2003- | Vice-Chair Natural Products subdivision of Agricultural and Food Chemistry Division of the American Chemical Society |
| 2004- | Alternate Councilor Agricultural and Food Chemistry Division of the American Chemical Society |
| 2005- | Scientific Advisory Board Member, Naked Juice Company |
PATENTS:
U.S. Patent # 5,767,147 - Inhibition of Glutathione Transferase by Haloenol
Lactones (1998) Zheng, J., Mitchell, A. E., Jones, A. D., and B. D.
Hammock.
SYMPOSIA CHAIRED:
Flavonoid Metabolism and Health, American Chemical Society, San Diego, 2005
2nd International Conference on Polyphenols and Health, Davis CA., 2005
HONORS & AWARDS:
|
2004 |
Visiting Scientist for the TransTasman Project. Victorian Department of Primary Industries, Victoria, Australia & Crop and Food Research, New Zealand. |
| 2003 | Visiting Scientist for the TransTasman Project. Victorian Department of Primary Industries, Victoria, Australia & Crop and Food Research, New Zealand. |
| 1996 | Outstanding
Graduate Student Presentation; Northern California Chapter of the Society of Environmental Toxicology & Chemistry. |
| 1995 | First Place
Presentations in In Vitro Studies; International Society for the Study of Xenobiotics. |
| 1991 |
Departmental Citation for Outstanding Undergraduate Accomplishment in Environmental Toxicology (1991) University of California Davis. |