Joe Mac Regenstein
Professor
Primary Research Areas
- adult and extension education
- animal science
- applied economics
- aquatic science
- compost
- food science
- food system and/or policy
- science education
- sustainable agriculture
- urban environment
- value-added agriculture
- veterinary medicine
- waste management
Research Focus
Our research focus has always been on fish waste management, i.e., how to best use the by-products of traditional fish processing. In recent years this has focused mainly on using skins for the production of fish gelatin. Fish gelatins can provide a set of functional proteins with interesting protein functional properties including a much wider range of melting points than traditional gelatins. This provides the possibility of designing new food products with new characteristics. In addition, most of these gelatins can be more easily certified as kosher and halal than beef and pork gelatins.
Educational Background
- B. A., Chemistry, College of Arts and Sciences, Cornell
- M.S., Dairy Chemistry, College of Agriculture, Cornell
- Ph.D., Biophysics (Muscle Contraction), Brandeis University, 1973
