Abhinav Upadhyay

Assistant Professor

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About

Before taking up his current position at UConn, Dr. Upadhyay worked at the Center of Excellence for Poultry Science, University of Arkansas as a postdoctoral research associate and as research cooperator for Poultry Production and Product Safety Research Unit, USDA-ARS, Fayetteville, AR.

Academics

Courses Taught

• ANSC 3695/5695. Current Trends in Sustainable Poultry Production
• SAAS 375. Management Skills and Practices – Poultry

In the News

• $3.34 Million USDA Grant Supports Development of Organic Poultry Industry – UConn Today, August 2024
• Greening the Food Supply Chain: Developing Sustainable Food Systems through Interdisciplinary Collaboration – UConn Today, June 2024
• $10 Million USDA Poultry Sustainability Grant Making Progress on All Initiatives – UConn Today, May 2024
• Microbiologist develops improved technology for poultry food safety – UConn Today, November 19, 2020
• UConn Researcher to Lead New Sustainable Poultry Production Project – UConn Today, August 2020

Research Interests

• Developing effective intervention strategies for controlling foodborne pathogens – “farm-to-fork” food safety
  • Reducing pathogen survival in poultry gut
  • Controlling the persistence of foodborne pathogens in the processing environment
  • Inactivation of pathogens in food products
  • Reducing the infection process of foodborne pathogens in humans
• Improving preharvest and postharvest poultry safety and production
• Identification of novel antimicrobials for controlling foodborne pathogens
• Developing novel carriers for improving the delivery and efficacy of antimicrobials

Hobbies/ Non-Academic Interests

• Sports- Badminton, Cricket, Tennis, Soccer
• Reading, movies, music and cooking