Bradley Marks

Bradley Marks
Professor
Research Biography

Dr. Marks leads a multidisciplinary research team at the interface of engineering and microbiology. Current research foci include: Predictive microbiology; Microbial food safety; Modeling food processing systems; and Heat, mass, and microbial transport in food media.

Courses taught:

  • BE 101 - Introduction to Biosystems Engineering
  • BE 350 - Heat and Mass Transfer in Biosystems (team taught)
  • BE 385 - Engineering Design and Optimization for Biological Systems
  • BE 478 - Food Engineering: Solids (team taught)
  • BE 870 - Engineering Methods for Food Safety - a completely web-based graduate course.
Research Interests
  • processing
Selected Publications
  • Stasiewicz MJ, Marks BP, Orta-Ramirez A, Smith DM. 2008. Modeling the effect of prior sublethal thermal history on the thermal inactivation rate of Salmonella in ground turkey. Journal of Food Protection. 71(2):279-285.
  • Warsow CR, Orta-Ramirez A, Marks BP, Ryser ET, Booren AM. 2008. Single directional migration of Salmonella into marinated whole muscle turkey breast. Journal of Food Protection. 71(1):13-156.
  • Marks BP. 2008. Status of microbial modeling in food process models. Comprehensive Reviews in Food Science and Food Safety. 7(1):137–143.
  • Martino, K.G., and B.P. Marks. 2007. Comparing two-step and global regression procedures for microbial growth models. Journal of Food Protection. 70(12):2811-2818.
Selected Achievements and Awards
  • MSU College of Engineering Withrow Teaching Award (Biosystems Engineering), 2007.
  • ASABE A.W. Farrall Young Educator Award, 2006.
  • MSU College of Engineering Withrow Teaching Award (Biosystems Engineering), 2002.
  • MSU Teacher-Scholar Award, 2004.