User:Dr M Pariza

I'm Michael W. Pariza, PH.D., the Wisconsin Distinguished Professor of Food Microbiology and Toxicology, Department of Food Science, University of Wisconsin-Madison.

I have authored or co-authored over 150 articles and publications, hold more than 25 U.S. patents, and am recognized by Thompson Scientific as one of the most “Highly Cited Researchers” of the last two decades.

I received my B.S. in Bacteriology at the University of Wisconsin -Madison and my M.S. and Ph.D. in Microbiology at Kansas State University. I completed three years of postdoctoral study at the McArdle Laboratory for Cancer Research at the University of Wisconsin -Madison and joined the faculty of the Food Research Institute in 1976. My research focuses on conjugated linoleic acid, the biological activity of which was discovered in my laboratory.