Professor Shelly Schmidt

Dr. Shelly J. Schmidt is a Professor of Food Chemistry in the Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition and the Department of Agricultural Engineering at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL. Dr. Schmidt received her Ph.D. in Food Science from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1986. Before obtaining her Ph.D., Dr. Schmidt was employed at General Foods in Kankakee, IL for two years. Dr. Schmidt has taught numerous undergraduate and graduate food science courses at both the Urbana-Champaign campus and in the Chicago Food Science Masters Extramural Program. Dr. Schmidt is also an instructor in the College of Agricultural, Consumer, and Environmental Sciences (ACES) Teaching College Course, a program dedicated to teaching other professors how to teach. Dr. Schmidt is currently a member of the Food Chemicals Codex Committee of the National Academy of Sciences, Institute of Medicine in Washington, D.C. She has served as a USDA National Research Initiative Competitive Grants Program Panel Manager and consultant for several food industries. Dr. Schmidt has received over 26 campus and national teaching and research honors and awards.