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Dr. Abani Pradhan
Assistant Professor
Nutrition & Food Science
Assistant Professor, Nutrition & Food Science
Center for Food Safety and Security Systems
Education:
- Postdoctoral Training. Cornell University, Ithaca, NY.
- Ph.D. in Biological Engineering. University of Arkansas, Fayetteville. 2006
- M. Tech. in Agricultural and Food Engineering. Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur. 2001
- B. Tech. in Agricultural Engineering. Orissa University of Agriculture and Technology, India. 1998
Selected Publications:
- Pradhan, A. K., M. Li, Y. Li, L. C. Kelso, T. A. Costello, and M. G. Johnson. 2012. A modified Weibull model for growth and survival of Listeria innocua and Salmonella Typhimurium in chicken breasts during refrigerated and frozen storage. Poultry Science, 91(6):1482-1488.
- Pradhan, A. K., R. Ivanek, Y. T. Gröhn, R. Bukowski, and M. Wiedmann. 2011. Comparison of public health impact of Listeria monocytogenes product-to-product and environment-to-product contamination of deli meats at retail. Journal of Food Protection, 74(11):1860-1868.
- Smith, R. L., A. K. Pradhan, Y. T. Gröhn, R. H. Whitlock, J. S. Van Kessel, J. M. Smith, D. R. Wolfgang, and Y. H. Schukken. 2011. Environmental contamination with Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis in endemically infected dairy herds. Preventive Veterinary Medicine, 102:1-9.
- Latorre, A. A, A. K. Pradhan, J. S. Van Kessel, J. S. Karns, K. J. Boor, D. H. Rice, K. J. Mangione, Y. T. Gröhn, and Y. H. Schukken. 2011. Quantitative risk assessment of listeriosis due to consumption of raw milk. Journal of Food Protection, 74(8):1268-1281.
- Li, M., A. Pradhan, L. Cooney, A. Mauromoustakos, P. Crandall, M. Slavik, and Y. Li. 2011. A predictive model for the inactivation of Listeria innocua in cooked poultry products during postpackage pasteurization. Journal of Food Protection, 74(8):1261-1267.
- Latorre, A. A, J. S. Van Kessel, J. S. Karns, M. J. Zurakowski, A. K. Pradhan, K. J. Boor, E. Adolph, S. Sukhnanand, and Y. H. Schukken. 2011. Increased in vitro adherence and on-farm persistence of predominant and persistent Listeria monocytogenes strains in the milking system. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 77(11):3676-3684.
- Pradhan, A. K., R. M. Mitchell, A. J. Kramer, M. J. Zurakowski, T. L. Fyock, R. H. Whitlock, J. M. Smith, E. Hovingh, J. S. Van Kessel, J. S. Karns, and Y. H. Schukken. 2011. Molecular epidemiology of Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis in a longitudinal study of three dairy herds. Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 49(3):893-901.
- Pradhan, A. K., R. Ivanek, Y. T. Gröhn, R. Bukowski, I. Geornaras, J. Sofos, and M. Wiedmann. 2010. Quantitative risk assessment of listeriosis-associated deaths due to Listeria monocytogenes contamination of deli meats originating from manufacture and retail. Journal of Food Protection, 73(4):620-630.
- Smith, R. L., R. L. Strawderman, Y. H. Schukken, S. J. Wells, A. K. Pradhan, L. A. Espejo, R. H. Whitlock, J.S. Van Kessel, J. M. Smith, D. R. Wolfgang, and Y. T. Gröhn. 2010. Effect of Johne’s disease status on reproduction and culling in dairy cattle. Journal of Dairy Science, 93(8):3513-3524.
- Latorre, A. A., J. S. Van Kessel, J. S. Karns, M. J. Zurakowski, A. K. Pradhan, K. J. Boor, B. M. Jayarao, B. A. Houser, C. S. Daugherty, and Y. H. Schukken. 2010. Biofilm in milking equipment on a dairy farm as a potential source of bulk tank milk contamination with Listeria monocytogenes. Journal of Dairy Science, 93(6):2792-2802.
- Pradhan, A. K., R. Ivanek, Y. T. Gröhn, I. Geornaras, J. Sofos, and M. Wiedmann. 2009. Quantitative risk assessment for Listeria monocytogenes in selected categories of deli meats: Impact of lactate-diacetate on listeriosis cases and deaths. Journal of Food Protection, 72(5):978-989.
- Smith, R. L., Y. T. Gröhn, A. K. Pradhan, R. H. Whitlock, J. S. Van Kessel, J. M. Smith, D. R. Wolfgang, and Y. H. Schukken. 2009. A longitudinal study for the impact of Johne’s disease status on milk production in individual cows. Journal of Dairy Science, 92 (6):2653-2661.
- Pradhan, A. K., J. S. Van Kessel, J. S. Karns, D. R. Wolfgang, E. Hovingh, K. A. Nelen, J. M. Smith, R. H. Whitlock, T. Fyock, S. Ladely, P. J. Fedorka-Cray, and Y. H. Schukken. 2009. Dynamics of endemic infectious diseases of animal and human importance on three dairy herds in the northeastern US. Journal of Dairy Science, 92(4):1811-1825.
- Latorre, A. A., J. S. Van Kessel, J. S. Karns, M. J. Zurakowski, A. K. Pradhan, R. N. Zadoks, K. J. Boor, and Y. H. Schukken. 2009. Molecular ecology of Listeria monocytogenes on a dairy farm: Evidence for a reservoir in milking equipment. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 75(5):1315-1323.
- Pradhan, A. K., Y. Li, J. A. Marcy, M. G. Johnson, and M. Tamplin. 2007. Pathogen kinetics and heat and mass transfer-based predictive model for Listeria innocua in irregular-shaped poultry products during thermal processing. Journal of Food Protection, 70(3):607-615.
- Pradhan, A. K., Y. Li, B. L. Swem, and A. Mauromoustakos. 2005. Predictive model for the survival, death, and growth of Salmonella Typhimurium in broiler hatchery. Poultry Science, 84(12):1959-1966.