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Name: Day, Donal F. Title: Professor E-mail: Department: Audubon Sugar Institute Organization: LSU AgCenter Address 1: 3845 Highway 75 Address 2: St. Gabriel, LA 70776 Phone Number: (225) 642-0135 Fax Number:

Education/Training Over 30 years professional experience in microbial physiology and industrial microbiology, research and development (laboratory-, bench- and pilot scale) relating to food, diagnostic and pharmaceutical industries. More than 140 technical publications, 7 patents. Expertise in the areas of fermentation, new product development and industrial application, polysaccharides, enzymes, immobilized cell utilization and cell culture. Ph.D. (Microbiology) 1973 McGill University Montreal, Canada B.Sc. (Biochemistry) 1965 University of New Hampshire Durham, NH

Areas of Specialization/Research University Of Guelph General Microbiology Undergraduate Microbes and Man Undergraduate Microbial Instrumentation Undergraduate Microbial Physiology Undergraduate Microbial Physiology Graduate McGill University Microbial Physiology Undergraduate Graduate Student Committees Microbiology PhD (1979-82) J. Ross PhD (1980-83) J.Linz MSc (1982-84) Y.H.Chon PhD ( -----82) K. Narva MSc (-----84) J. Fitzgibbons PhD (1988- 91) J. Rajan PhD (1991-WD )Jeffery Corbett PhD (1995-) Keith A. Canada Agriculture Engineering MSc (----87) D. Agrawal Chemical Engineering PhD (1980-1982) W. Kuu PhD (1984-1989) J. Roos MSc (1986-1988) S. Pethe MSc. (1989-1991 ) Appachu Naniah MSc. (1988-1991) Philip N. Roberts Biochemistry PhD. (1991-95) Michael Wu Civil Engineering PhD. (1993-) Tan Qiang PhD (1992-) Bhaskar Kura Biosciences & Biotechnologies, University of Roorkee, India PhD (1995) Sanjay Gupta Food Science PhD. ( -2005) Aisha Abuselaibi PhD. ( - 2005) Liga da Silva

Professional Experience Administrative Acting Director, Audubon Sugar Institute (Aug 1987-88), Budgetary Responsibility ($500,000/Yr.) National Committees Southern Regional Development Committee/USDA- Value Added Products from Renewable Resources (chair- Specialty Chemicals from Renewable Resources) University Committees Departmental Tenure and Promotion; University Senate (1 year) Graduate Faculty, Louisiana State University (Affiliate member, Dept of Microbiology 1979 - : Member, Dept Food Science 1994 -present) Courses Taught at Louisiana State University Polysaccharides and Oligosaccharides-Professional Training Technology of the Sugar Mill-Professional Training Sugar Mill Waste Treatment- short course-Professional Training Dextran Analysis for Sugar Chemists -short course-Professional Training Industrial Microbiology-Undergraduate Microbial Physiology-Undergraduate Microbial Physiology-Graduate level Food Microbiology (Lab)-Undergraduate

Awards/Grants Grants Summary Federal            5 State               7 Industrial          34 Private Foundations     3

Publications/Presentations/Patents Summary Referred Publications         73 Book Chapters                  22 Patents                            13 Technical Reports             12 Non-referred Publications   447 Abstracts at Meetings       146