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Elsa Murano
- Director
- Office:
- AGSV 211
- Email:
- elsa.murano@ag.tamu.edu
- Phone:
- 979-314-8009
Education
- Undergraduate Education
- B.S. Biological Sciences, Florida International University, Miami, Florida
- Graduate Education
- M.S. Anaerobic Microbiology, Virginia Tech University, Blacksburg, Virginia
- Ph.D. Food Science & Technology, Virginia Tech University, Blacksburg, Virginia
- Awards
- Inducted into the Meat Industry Hall of Fame by the National Provisioner Magazine, February 2019
- Named Maestro of Community Service by Latino Leaders Magazine’s Maestro Awards, October 2018
- Selected as Women Inc. magazine’s One of the Most Influential Corporate Board Directors of 2018, June 2018
- Named member of the Corporate Elite by Hispanic Business Magazine, October 2013
- Inducted into the Miami Dade College Alumni Hall of Fame, April 2009
- Inducted into Phi Beta Kappa at Florida International University, 2008
- Inducted into the Texas Woman of the Year Hall of Fame, 2008
- Named one of 15 Elite Women by Hispanic Business Magazine, April 2008
- American By Choice Award, given by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services of the Department of Homeland Security, February 2008
- American Meat Institute’s Industry Advancement Award, October 2005
- Inducted into the National Hispanic Scholarship Hall of Fame, September 2005
- Named one of the 100 Most Influential Hispanics by Hispanic Business Magazine, October 2002
- Holder of the Sadie Hatfield Endowed Professorship in Agriculture, Texas A&M University, 2000-2001
- ISU Foundation Award on Early Achievement (nominated from MIPM), Iowa State University, 1994
- Institute of Food Technologists Certificate of Merit for Outstanding Scholarship, 1989
- National Hispanic Fellowship for Scholarship, 1988
- American Society for Microbiology National Pre-Doctoral Minority Fellowship for Outstanding Research and Scholarship, 1987
- Courses Taught
- FSTC 606
- FSTC 489
- FSTC 481
Biography
In addition to having served as Vice Chancellor and Dean of the College of Agriculture and as President of Texas A&M University, Dr. Murano is a food safety expert, having served as Undersecretary for Food Safety at USDA, which is the highest-ranked food safety official in the U.S. government. She currently serves as Chair of the Board of Trustees of the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) which is part of the CGIAR System of research centers, as U.S. representative in the Council of Advisors for the International Institute for Cooperation in the Americas (IICA), and on the Council of Advisors for the World Food Prize Foundation. Previously she was a presidential appointee to the Board for International Food and Agriculture Development (BIFAD), which advises the USAID Administrator.
