Marysabel Méndez Acevedo

Marysabel Méndez Acevedo

  • Mushroom Research Technologist

Areas of Expertise

  • Food Science
  • Food Safety
  • Microbiology
  • Genetics

Education

  • M.S. in Food Science, The Pennsylvania State University (2023)
  • B.S. in Biology with an emphasis in Biomedical Sciences, University of Puerto Rico Aguadilla (2018)

Publications

  • Voloshchuk, O., Rolon L. M., Bartlett, K. V., Méndez Acevedo M., et al. (2025). ‘Pseudomonadaceae increased the tolerance of listeria monocytogenes to sanitizers in multi-species biofilms’, Food Microbiology, 128, p. 104687. doi:10.1016/j.fm.2024.104687.
  • Rolon, M.L., Méndez Acevedo, M., et al. (2025). ‘Impact of improved sanitation standard operating procedures on microbial populations at three tree fruit packing facilities’, Journal of Food Protection, 88(1), p. 100436. doi:10.1016/j.jfp.2024.100436.
  • Méndez Acevedo, M., et al. (2024) ‘Sanitizer resistance and persistence of Listeria monocytogenes isolates in tree fruit packing facilities’, Journal of Food Protection, 87(10), p. 100354. doi:10.1016/j.jfp.2024.100354.
  • Wei, X., Hassen, A., McWilliams, K. Pietrzen, K., Chung T., Méndez Acevedo, M., et al. (2024). Genomic characterization of Listeria monocytogenes and Listeria innocua isolated from milk and dairy samples in Ethiopia. BMC Genom Data 25, 12. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12863-024-01195-0

Award and grants

  • SACNAS Travel Scholarship Award, 2023
  • Scholarship NNF USDA-NIFA-2021-38420-34066, 2021-2023
  • Second place in a poster presentation, Tri-beta District Symposium at the University of Puerto Rico at Rio Piedras, 2018
  • Scholarship ECaFSS USDA-NIFA-HIS USDA-2016-3842-25541, 2016-2018