Dr. José I. Reyes De Corcuera

Professional Bio

Dr. Reyes was born in Mexico City. He graduated with a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from the National Autonomous University of Mexico in Mexico City. He worked for two years as process engineer and project manager for CPI-Südmo designing and building beverage processing plants. He was awarded a Fulbright Scholarship to pursue a M.S. in Chemical Engineering and a Ph.D. in Engineering Science at Washington State University. From 2005 to 2013 he served as Assistant and then Associate Professor of Food Processing Engineering at the University of Florida, Citrus Research and Education Center in Lake Alfred. In July 2013 Dr. Reyes joined UGA as Associate Professor and Undergraduate Coordinator at the Department of Food Science and Technology. At UF he taught courses in ‘Citrus Processing Technology’ and ‘Sensors and Data Acquisition for Biological Scientists’. At UGA he teaches ‘Food Issues and Choices’, ‘Food Processing II’, ‘Chocolate Science’, ‘Senior Project’, and ‘Innovations in Food Processing’ Dr. Reyes’ research focuses on enzyme catalysis, food processing, development of rapid methods for food quality and food safety, sensors, biosensors, and metabolomics. He has published 31 refereed papers and 9 book chapters. Dr. Reyes have given 20 invited international talks and contributed over 60 technical abstracts at professional meetings. Dr. Reyes has served or is serving as graduate advisor and committee chair of 5 Ph.D. students, 11 M.S. students and has mentored 3 postdoctoral fellows. Since he joined UGA Dr. Reyes has served as faculty advisor of an average of 25 students every semester. He is an active member of the Institute of Food Technologist where he served as the chair-elect (2016-17) of the Food Engineering Division. He currently serves as the Secretary of the Biosensor Committee of the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers.