Assistant Professor, Meat Science
Discipline: Food Science and Technology
Education:
D.V.M. Centro-Oeste State University, Brazil, 2012
M.S. Maringa State University, Brazil, 2015
Ph.D. Londrina State University, Brazil, 2019
Ph.D. University of Nevada, Reno, USA, 2022
Professional Experience:
Assistant Professor of Meat Science – New Mexico State University, 2022 - Current
Assistant Professor of Animal Science – Louisiana Tech University, 2022 - 2023
Instructor, Agricultural Science and Veterinary Science – University of Nevada, Reno, 2020 - 2022
Instructor, Pre-Veterinary Medicine – Filadelfia University Center, Brazil, 2016 - 2017
Research Interest:
Ruminant nutrition and meat quality attributes focusing on carcass composition, and post-mortem processing technologies.
Meat safety with a focus on E. coli and Salmonella contaminated beef.
Identification of molecular biomarkers to predict beef quality attributes.
Nutritional value of beef and human implications with focus on transcriptomics.
Teaching:
ANSC 2310 - Introduction to Meat Science
ANSC 363 - Meat Technology
FSTE 325 - Food analysis
FSTE 425 - Sensory Evaluation of Foods and Product Development
Membership:
American Meat Science Association
American Society of Animal Science
Francine Mezzomo Giotto
Department of Animal and Range Sciences
Knox Hall 220
PO BOX 30003 MSC 3-I
Las Cruces, NM 88003
Phone: 575-646-2492
Fax: 575-646-1889
Email: fgiotto@nmsu.edu
