Philip G. Crandall

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High Impact

Professor

University of Arkansas primary UA Div. of Agriculture

Also affiliated: Oklahoma State University (2003); Agricultural Research Service (2010); United States Department of Agriculture (2010); University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (2009); Purdue University West Lafayette (1975); University of Arkansas System (2018–2025); Florida Department of Citrus (1988); University of Florida (1976–2000); Southern Plains Agricultural Research Center (2010); Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (2011); Sysco (United States) (2009); Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (1976–1995); University of Houston (2010); Colorado State University (2011–2012); University of Bologna (2010); Mississippi State University (2009)

Food Science

40 h-index 239 pubs 7,110 cited

Research Areas

Biomedical Subjects

Links

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OverviewAI-generated summary

Philip G. Crandall, Professor in the Department of Food Science at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville, has a research focus on food microbiology and the application of antimicrobials in food systems. His work investigates natural antimicrobial agents, including essential oils and liquid smoke, for their effectiveness in food preservation. Crandall has also explored issues related to food contamination, specifically examining Salmonella Enteritidis in shell eggs and its control.

His research extends to consumer attitudes and preferences, with publications addressing factors affecting poultry meat color and consumer choices regarding organic poultry. Crandall leads an active research group and has a significant publication record, indicated by an h-index of 40 and over 7,000 citations. He collaborates with several researchers at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville, including Corliss A. O’Bryan, Pouya Sohrabipour, Chaitanya Pallerla, and Wan Shou, with whom he shares multiple publications.

Metrics

h-index: 40
Publications: 239
Citations: 7,110

Positions

Professor 1989–present

University of Arkansas Food Science ORCID

Selected Publications

Assessing the Feasibility of Low-Cost Multispectral Sensing for Woody Breast Severity Classification (2026)

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ChicGrasp: Imitation‐Learning‐Based Customized Dual‐Jaw Gripper Control for Manipulation of Delicate, Irregular Bio‐Products (2026)

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Integrating Worker and Food Safety in Poultry Processing Through Human-Robot Collaboration: A Comprehensive Review (2026)

Foods 3 citations DOI OpenAlex
ChicGrasp: Imitation‐Learning‐Based Customized Dual‐Jaw Gripper Control for Manipulation of Delicate, Irregular Bio‐Products (2026)

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Synthetic Data Augmentation for Enhanced Chicken Carcass Instance Segmentation (2025)

IEEE Transactions on AgriFood Electronics 1 citation DOI OpenAlex
Rapid Detection of Chicken Residues on Poultry Plant Surfaces Using Color and Fluorescence Spectrometry (2025)

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Variations in attitudes toward working with robots and concerns about robots replacing jobs among Midwesterners (2025)

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Evaluation of Robotic Swabbing and Fluorescent Sensing to Monitor the Hygiene of Food Contact Surfaces (2025)

Foods 3 citations DOI OpenAlex
UniT: Data Efficient Tactile Representation With Generalization to Unseen Objects (2025)

IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters 9 citations DOI OpenAlex
Cost-Effective Active Laser Scanning System for Depth-Aware Deep-Learning-Based Instance Segmentation in Poultry Processing (2025)

AgriEngineering 4 citations DOI OpenAlex
Environmental monitoring in food manufacturing: Current perspectives and emerging frontiers (2023)

Food Control 17 citations DOI OpenAlex
Detection and prevention of foreign material in food: A review (2023)

Heliyon 48 citations DOI OpenAlex
Consumers' willingness to pay for safer, more environmentally friendly smoke flavored chicken breasts (2023)

Journal of Sensory Studies 4 citations DOI OpenAlex
Becoming the employer of choice: anticipating and preparing for a graying workforce in industry (2022)

SN Social Sciences 4 citations DOI OpenAlex
Uncooked rice consumption: Causes, implications, regulation, and interventions (2022)

Cereal Chemistry 2 citations DOI OpenAlex