To recognize outstanding food technology students who have excelled in their field of study, Biosun has established the Biosun Scholarship Award.
In 2009, Juan Manuel Cevallos, was chosen by Biosun as the winning recipient of this $500.00 Scholarship Award. The Scholarship Award Ceremony was held at the University of Florida, in Gainesville, Florida on March 26, 2009.
Biosun proudly salutes Mr. Cevallos and his recent academic and professional achievements.
[upper photo] Biosun CEO, Mark Messersmith with Dr. Anne Kendall announcing the Biosun Scholarship at the University of Florida, March 26, 2009.
[lower photo] Mark Messersmith presenting the Biosun Scholarship Award to Juan Cevallos.
Biography
Juan Manuel Cevallos is a Ph.D. Food Science student and intern for Jose I. Reyes De Corcuera, Ph.D., stationed at the Citrus Research and Education Center, Lake Alfred, Florida. Mr. Cevallos has a Bachelor's degree in Food Engineering from Ecuador, where he was chosen by his university as the most outstanding student in his major and recognized as being in the top 0.5% percent of all students in his academic field.
He originally came to the University of Florida on a Fulbright scholarship, obtaining both a Masters degree in Food Science and a Master of Agribusiness. Juan also has professional experience in quality assurance and in implementing and managing research and development programs.
For his Ph.D. project, Juan is studying the metabolic profile of Citrus Huanglongbing - a disease also know as "greening" and now considered to be the largest threat to Florida citrus - in the hope of discovering a method for rapid, in-field detection of the disease.
[2012 update]
Cevallos, after receiving his PhD, continues at work at the CREC.
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In May 2010 Dr. Cevallos presented a paper at the University of Florida, Emerging Pathogens Institute.
