Jennifer C. Acuff Source Confirmed

Affiliation confirmed via AI analysis of OpenAlex, ORCID, and web sources.

Researcher

University of Arkansas at Fayetteville

faculty

9 h-index 36 pubs 261 cited

Research Areas

Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations Microbial infections and disease research Listeria monocytogenes in Food Safety Salmonella and Campylobacter epidemiology Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology

Links

ORCID Lab Website

Is this your profile? Verify and claim your profile

OverviewAI-generated summary

Jennifer C. Acuff's research program focuses on food safety, particularly the survival, inactivation, and control of foodborne pathogens in various food products. Her work investigates the thermal resistance and survivability of bacteria such as Salmonella and Escherichia coli in low-moisture foods, including wheat flour and cookies, under different processing and storage conditions. Acuff also explores novel methods for controlling foodborne pathogens, such as the bactericidal activity of specific bacterial isolates. Her research extends to assessing the safety of cooking methods like sous-vide for beef products and conducting needs assessments for food industry sectors, such as North American pecan shellers. Acuff has published 36 papers, accumulating 261 citations, and holds an h-index of 9. She has collaborated with researchers at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville, including Peter M. Rubinelli, Surabhi Wason, Jeyamkondan Subbiah, and Kevin C. Thompson.

Metrics

  • h-index: 9
  • Publications: 36
  • Citations: 261

Selected Publications

  • Environmental factors and inoculation methods impact transfer of Salmonella Tennessee on surfaces to nonfat dried milk (2025) DOI
  • Dried and Tested: Inoculation Method Impacts Low-Moisture Food Persistent Bacterial Populations (2025) DOI
  • Bootstrapping for Estimating the Conservative Kill Ratio of the Surrogate to the Pathogen for Use in Thermal Process Validation at the Industrial Scale (2024) DOI
  • Face Masks as Sources of Cross-Contamination during Food Preparation (2023) DOI
  • Corrigendum to “Survivability and thermal resistance of Salmonella and Escherichia coli O121 in wheat flour during extended storage of 360 days” in [Int. J. Food Microbiol. 362 (2022) 109495] (2023) DOI
  • Practice and Progress: Updates on Outbreaks, Advances in Research, and Processing Technologies for Low-moisture Food Safety (2022) DOI
  • Survivability and thermal resistance of Salmonella and Escherichia coli O121 in wheat flour during extended storage of 360 days (2021) DOI
  • Thermal inactivation of Salmonella during hard and soft cookies baking process (2021) DOI

Collaborators

Researchers in the database who share publications

Peter M. Rubinelli University of Arkansas at Fayetteville 6 shared publications Surabhi Wason University of Arkansas at Fayetteville 2 shared publications Jeyamkondan Subbiah University of Arkansas at Fayetteville 2 shared publications Kevin C. Thompson University of Arkansas at Fayetteville 1 shared publication Andy Mauromoustakos University of Arkansas at Fayetteville 1 shared publication Arshpreet Kaur Khattra University of Arkansas at Fayetteville 1 shared publication Rohana Liyanage University of Arkansas at Fayetteville 1 shared publication Griffiths G. Atungulu University of Arkansas at Fayetteville 1 shared publication

Similar Researchers

Based on overlapping research topics

Meng-I Chang Philander Smith College
Microbial infections and disease research Listeria monocytogenes in Food Safety Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology
Good match 3 shared topics
K. M. A. Aziz University of Arkansas – Fort Smith
Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations Microbial infections and disease research Listeria monocytogenes in Food Safety
Good match 4 shared topics
Steven Foley NCTR
Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations Microbial infections and disease research Listeria monocytogenes in Food Safety
Good match 4 shared topics
Corliss A. O’Bryan University of Arkansas at Fayetteville
Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations Microbial infections and disease research Listeria monocytogenes in Food Safety
Good match 4 shared topics
Md. Ashrafudoulla University of Arkansas at Fayetteville
Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations Microbial infections and disease research Listeria monocytogenes in Food Safety
Good match 4 shared topics
Faith Ouma University of Arkansas at Fayetteville
Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations Microbial infections and disease research Listeria monocytogenes in Food Safety
Good match 3 shared topics