Skip to main content

Cornell University

Public Health News

Sustainability. Equity. Engagement.

Olga Padilla-Zakour (Food)

olga-padilla-zakourProfessor of Food Science, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences

Director of the Northeast Center for Food Entrepreneurship at Cornell University

Research program focused on applied research in support of her extension program to add value and safety to agricultural commodities. Emphasis on developing new products/processes, improving or retaining quality in processed foods, increasing economic viability of farm-based ventures, and identifying the key the factors that affect the safety of specialty foods manufactured by small-scale processors.

Read her full bio here.