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Careers in Food Science: From Undergraduate to Professional

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  • Provides detailed guidelines for students as well as new employees in food industry

  • Includes perspectives from school years through how to succeed at new job

  • Written by individuals who have just gone through that experience or who are working in that particular sector

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Table of contents (33 chapters)

  1. Introduction

  2. The Undergraduate Student Experience

  3. A Successful Industry Career

  4. Careers with a Degree in Food Science

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About this book

Careers in Food Science provides detailed guidelines for students and new employees in the food industry to ensure a successful start to their career. Every step towards a rewarding career in this rapidly evolving industry is covered, from which classes to take in college and which degrees to earn, to internships, and finally how to land, and keep, the first job. This book also provides day-to-day examples of what to expect from the many jobs available to help students decide what to do and where to go.

This second edition includes nine new chapters covering research chefs, food systems, social justice, food waste, start-ups, sustainability, and management.  Several new authors offer fresh perspectives.  


Editors and Affiliations

  • University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, USA

    Richard W. Hartel

  • University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA

    Christina Klawitter

  • Wageningen University and Research, Wageningen, The Netherlands

    Abbey Thiel

About the editors

Richard W. Hartel is a Professor of Food Engineering in the Department of Food Science at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin.

Christina P. Klawitter is Associate Dean for Student Services in the School of Education at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin.

Abigail Thiel is a Postdoctoral Researcher at Wageningen University in the Food Quality and Design Group specializing in Dairy Products.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Careers in Food Science: From Undergraduate to Professional

  • Editors: Richard W. Hartel, Christina Klawitter, Abbey Thiel

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-14353-3

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2023

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-14352-6Published: 02 December 2022

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-14353-3Published: 01 December 2022

  • Edition Number: 2

  • Number of Pages: XII, 411

  • Number of Illustrations: 4 b/w illustrations, 1 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Food Science, Chemistry/Food Science, general

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