Vijay S. Chhetri
- vijay.chhetri@famu.edu
- PHONE
- 850-561-2924
- OFFICE
- Dean, Cesta
306 D South Perry-Paige Building
Office Hours:
- Monday: 2.00 pm-3.00 pm
- Thursday: 2.00 pm-3.00 pm
Dr. Vijay Singh Chhetri is an assistant professor in Food Science Program at the College of Agriculture and Food Sciences. He received his Ph.D. in Food Science and Technology from Louisiana State University, focusing on food microbiology and safety. Before joining FAMU in 2022, Dr. Chhetri worked as an ORISE Research Fellow and Postdoctoral Researcher at USDA-ARS, the University of Maryland, and the University of Delaware.
Dr. Chhetri’s research involves understanding the dynamics of survival and growth of human pathogens in food and developing novel pre and post-harvest intervention technologies to improve the quality, safety, and sustainability of fresh produce grown in controlled environment agriculture (CEA) and conventional farming. The intervention strategies mainly focus on eliminating major foodborne pathogens, including E. coli O157: H7, Listeria monocytogenes, and Salmonella spp. Dr. Chhetri’s extension program aims to help growers and processors comply with FSMA requirements.
- Postdoctoral ORISE Fellow • 2020
Environmental Microbial & Food Safety, USDA-ARS - Ph.D. in Food Science and Technology (Food Microbiology) • 2019
Louisiana State University - M.S. in Microbiology • 2009
Tribhuvan University, Nepal
- Assistant Professor, October, 2022 - present
Florida A&M University - Postdoctoral Research Associate, June 2022 to Sept 2022
University of Delaware, USDA-ARS (EMFSL), Beltsville, MD - Postdoctoral Research Associate, August 2020 to May 2022
University of Maryland (UMES & UMD), USDA-ARS (EMFSL), Beltsville, MD - ORISE Postdoctoral Research Fellow, November 2019 to July 2020
USDA-ARS, Beltsville, MD - Postdoctoral Researcher, July 2019 to October 2019
LSU AgCenter Food Safety Lab, Baton Rouge, LA
- 3-A SSI Travel Award 2019
- FMI Foundation Scholarship and education grant 2018
- IAFP Student Travel Award 2018
- IFT Food Microbiology Division Scholarship 2018
- IFT Fruits and Vegetable Products Division Travel Scholarship 2018
- The Gamma Sigma Delta Outstanding Graduate Student Merit Honor Roll Award LSU, 2017
- FOS 4321C Food Analysis: Spring
- FOS 3042 Introduction to Food Science: Spring/Fall
- FOS 4222C Food Microbiology and Safety: Fall
