The 2013 IDFA Research Award in Dairy Foods Processing was awarded to Carmen Moraru, associate professor in the Department of Food Science at Cornell University in Ithaca, N.Y.
Moraru has developed a world-renowned research program emphasizing dairy foods and food-safety engineering to enhance the safety, quality and nutritional value of dairy foods and other food products. She received the award during the American Dairy Science Association's annual meeting in July.