Elizabeth Boyle
Professor
Department of Animal Sciences and Industry
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- ProfessorDepartment of Animal Sciences and Industry
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ABOUt
Dr. Liz Boyle is a Professor in Meat Science in the Department of Animal Sciences and Industry at Kansas State University. She received her B.S. in Wildlife Biology from the University of Minnesota, her M.S. in Food Science and Nutrition and Ph.D. in Food Science with a meats emphasis from Colorado State University followed by post-doctorate work in meat science at the University of Kentucky and the University of Minnesota.
Dr. Boyle's focus is to provide scientific and technical assistance to meat processors and trade associations and researching quality and safety of meat products. She is a Lead Instructor with the International HACCP Alliance and the Food Safety Preventive Controls Alliance. Dr. Boyle teaches HACCP workshops nationally and teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in meat processing, HACCP and Preventive Controls, and Advanced HACCP.
In 2016, Dr. Boyle was named a Fellow by the American Meat Science Association and was a recipient of the 2016 AMSA Signal Service Award. Boyle is an internationally known expert in HACCP systems and has dedicated her career to assisting meat companies with improving processed meat quality and safety, HACCP systems, and food safety plans.
ACADEMIC POSITIONS
- Professor and Meat Science SpecialistKansas State University, Animal Sciences and Industry, 919 Mid-Campus Drive, Manhattan, 66506, United StatesMay 1992
DEGREES
- PhD, Food and Meat ScienceColorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, United States
- MS, Food Science and NutritionColorado State University, Fort Collins, United States
- B.S., Wildlife BiologyUniversity of Minnesota, United StatesSep 1976 - Jun 1980
CERTIFICATIONS
- Lead HACCP InstructorInternational HACCP Alliance, College Station, United States1994Recognized as a “Lead Instructor” by the International HACCP Alliance allowing for the development of and providing HACCP courses that meet HACCP Alliance approval.
- Preventive Controls for Human Food Lead InstructorFood Safety Preventive Controls Alliance, United States2016Lead instructors may independently offer the current version of the FSPCA standardized curriculum (FSPCA Preventive Controls for Human Food Participant Course) directly to participants and issue FSPCA Preventive Controls for Human Food Certificates of training by following FSPCA policies to register and deliver FSPCA Participant Courses.
- Certificate in Effective College InstructionThe Association of College and University (ACUE), United States2018
- Effective Teaching 101 - Starting the Semester StrongAssociation of College and University Educators (ACUE), United States2026
POSTGRADUATE TRAINING
- Post-Doctoral ScholarUniversity of Kentucky, Department of Animal Sciences, Lexington, United StatesFeb 1990 - Sep 1991Meat SciencePostdoctoral ResearchSupervised by Means W
- Post Doctorate AssociateUniversity of Minnesota, Food Science and Nutrition, United StatesOct 1991 - May 1992Meat SciencePostdoctoral ResearchSupervised by Epley D
K-STATE OPPORTUNITY AGENDA
- Global Food Security and Biosecurity
KANSAS DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE TARGET SECTORS
- Food and Agriculture
AVAILABILITY
- Industry Projects
- Outreach/community engagement
- Collaborative projects
- Membership of an advisory committee