October 9, 2003

 

Khan Named to Cereal Chemists Board

Khalil Khan, professor in the Department of Cereal and Food Sciences, has been elected to the American Association of Cereal Chemists board of directors. He was installed as a new board member during the AACC Annual Meeting in Portland, Oregon, Sept. 28 – Oct. 2.

The American Association of Cereal Chemists is an international organization of nearly 3,500 grain scientists and other professionals who study the chemistry of cereal grains and their products or work in related fields.

Khan started at NDSU in 1981. He received his master’s and doctorate from the University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada. Along with teaching, his research interests include structure-function relationships of wheat proteins to bread and pasta making and cereal variety identification through biochemical techniques.

Khan joined the AACC in 1973 and has been actively involved. He served as an associate editor of their Journal of Cereal Chemistry, co-chair of the Protein and Amino Acid Technical Committee, Chair of the Protein Division, a member of the AACC Education Committee and was the technical program chair for this year’s AACC annual meeting.

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Source: Khalil Khan, (701) 231-7729, Khalil.Khan@ndsu.nodak.edu
Editor: Rich Mattern, (701) 231-6136, richard.mattern@ndsu.nodak.edu