Author
Prof. Bob Hutkins, PhD
Prof. Bob Hutkins PhD is the Khem Shahani Professor of Food Microbiology at the University of Nebraska – Lincoln. He received his PhD from the University of Minnesota and was a postdoctoral fellow at Boston University School of Medicine. The Hutkins Lab studies bacteria important in human health and in fermented foods. His group is particularly interested in understanding factors affecting the persistence of beneficial bacteria in the gastrointestinal tract and how probiotics, prebiotics, and synbiotics can enhance health outcomes. Prof. Hutkins was a longtime ISAPP board member who retired from the board in 2022.