Theodore P. Labuza, Ph.D.
Morse Alumni Distinguished Teaching
Professor of Food Science & Engineering
Department of Food Science and Nutrition
136A ABLMS
1354 Eckles Avenue
St. Paul, MN 55108
phone: 612-624-9701
fax: 612-625-5272
e-mail: tplabuza@umn.edu
Dr. Theodore P. Labuza is a Morse Alumni Distinguished Teaching Professor of
Food Science in the Dept. of Food Science and Nutrition at the University of
Minnesota. Dr. Labuza received a B.S. (1962) and Ph.D. (1965) in Food Science
and Engineering at MIT (Cambridge, MA) and taught Food Engineering there
until July 1971, when he came to the University of Minnesota.
He is an author of 240 scientific refereed research articles, 16 textbooks, 75 book
chapters, 7 patents and ~100 other semi-technical articles. Ted has graduated
75 MS and 28 Ph.D. students and supervised 18 undergraduate research
projects and 36 visiting scientists/post-docs. He has given more than 500 invited
technical lectures since 1971 as well over 350 more general lectures on food
science and technology. His recent books include Essentials of Functional
Foods, Aspen Press with Mary Schmidl, Open Dating of Foods from Food and
Nutrition Press, written with Lynn Szybist,Practical Aspects of Moisture
Sorption Isotherm Measurement and Use. 2nd Edition AACC Egan Press, with
Leonard Bell and a new one that will be published in 2007 on the physics of
water in foods. Dr. Labuza teaches courses in food physical chemistry, reaction
kinetics, food safety and risk assessment, food processing, functional foods and
food law. Based on his teaching and advising Ted was given the Univ. of
Minnesota H.T. Morse Alumni Distinguished Teaching Award in 1988 and in
1998 he was elected into the Univ. of Minnesota “Academy of Distinguished
Teachers”. Ted was awarded the University of Minnesota McFarland Teaching
Award for the College of Human Ecology in 2001.
In 1998, Ted received the IFT (professional society) highest award for food
science and technology worldwide, the Nicholas Appert Award . In 1995, Dr.
Labuza received the Dairy and Food Industries/American Association of
Agricultural Engineers Food Engineer's Award and the Gamma Sigma Delta,
National Agricultural Honorary Society Award of Merit. In 1998 he received the
Marcel Loncin Research Prize ) from IFT. In 2002 he was selected to be in the
group of the most highly cited scientists in the area of Agriculture and Food
Science based on citations to refereed research publications in the last 20 years.
At the University level he served on many committees including as Chair for the
Academic Committee for Intercollegiate Athletics, chaired the Advisory Comm.
for the Distinguished Faculty Mentors Program, and served on the UM Student
Services Committee (1997-99). From 1993 to 1996 he was Assoc . Dean of the
Graduate School, in charge of administration of 175 graduate programs.