Gustavo V. Barbosa-Cánovas
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Gustavo V. Barbosa-Cánovas is an Uruguayan American professor of food engineering and director of the Center for Nonthermal Processing of Food at Washington State University. Barbosa-Cánovas worked for the University of Puerto Rico as an assistant professor between 1985 and 1990, during which he was granted two National Science Foundation (NSF) awards for research productivity. Next, he joined Washington State University (WSU) where he is now a professor of food engineering and director of the Center for Nonthermal Processing of Food (CNPF).[1] He is also a guest professor at the college of food science and nutrition engineering, China Agricultural University and visiting professor at Tecnologico de Monterrey, Mexico.
- 1988 and 1989 National Science Foundation (NSF) Scientific Research Productivity Award
- 2001 International Award, Institute of Food Technologists[2]
- 2005 Nicolas Appert Award[3]
- 2005 Fellow of the Institute of Food Technologists, the Society for Food Science and Technology[4]
- In 2010, he was awarded a Honoris Causa Doctorate at Universidad Politécnica de Cartagena, Spain.
- 2010 Sahlin Faculty Excellence Award for Research Scholarship and Arts, Washington State University.[5]
- 2016 International Food Engineering Award by ASABE- American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers)[6]
- 2017 Research and Development Award, Institute of Food Technologists[7]
- 2019 IFT Nonthermal Processing Division Lifetime Achievement Award
- Government of Israel Fellowship, Ministry for Foreign Affairs
- Fulbright Scholarship for Master Studies in Food Engineering at University of Massachusetts