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Dr. Steve Zeng
Dr. Steve Zeng was born in China. He received his Bachelor's degree in Animal Science at Jiangxi Agricultural University in 1983. After completion of one year meat science program at Mississippi State University as a visiting scholar, he focused his attention on dairy science. He received his Master's degree in Dairy Manufacturing at Mississippi State in 1989 and his Doctorate of Philosophy in Food Technology at Clemson University, South Carolina in 1992.
Dr. Steve Zeng worked as a Dairy Extension Specialist/Food Technologist at Langston University from 1992 to 1999. He enjoyed working with goat people around the country and promoting the dairy goat industry. His research and extension activities were primarily in somatic cell counts in milk and its effect on milk and cheese quality, antibiotic residue test kits, and cheese and other dairy goat product workshops.
From 1999 to 2001, Dr. Steve Zeng worked as a Food Scientist/R&D Manager for Galaxy Nutritional Foods in Orlando, Florida. He was in charge of new cheese product development, processed cheese formulation and trials from bench top, pilot scale to production and quality assurance. He joined the American Institute for Goat Research again as an Associate Professor/Dairy Product Specialist in 2001. His current research includes cheese predictive models, relationships among milk quality, somatic cell counts, microbiological quality, processing parameters and cheese texture, and conjugated linoleic acid (CLA) supplementation on cheese sensory quality and texture. His extension activities on dairy products have expanded from state, national to international trainings and workshops. He hopes the industrial experiences he earned in dairy product manufacturing, quality control, nutritional analyses and labeling, federal and state inspection and regulations will enhance Langston's existing dairy food program and promote the dairy goat industry as a viable economic segment around the world.
Dr. Steve Zeng can be reached at (405) 466-6103, at szeng@luresext.edu or at shoushanz@yahoo.com.
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