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Shen, Cangliang

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(304) 293-8721 cangliang.shen@mail.wvu.edu 2423 Agricultural Sciences

Professor of Human Nutrition and Foods
Extension Specialist, Food Systems and Human Health

Dr. Cangliang Shen is a Professor/Extension Specialist at the School of Agriculture and Food Systems, Division for Land Grant Engagement, West Virginia University. Dr. Shen worked at IEH Consulting Groups (Research Associate), USDA-ARS (Postdoctoral Research Microbiologist), and Western Kentucky University (Assistant Professor) after obtaining his Ph.D. from Colorado State University. Dr. Shen is currently teaching General Microbiology, Living in a Microbiology World, Food Microbiology Lab and Food Chemistry courses. Dr. Shen’s research interest is in developing post-harvest sanitizing procedures for reducing food safety risks on poultry meat products and fresh produce. Dr. Shen has published 82 journal articles, 3 textbooks, and 5 book chapters, and secured more than $4.3 million in USDA-NIFA grants. Dr. Shen serves as an editorial board member of Food Control, Journal of Food Protection, and Food Protection Trends. Dr. Shen received Outstanding Volunteer Award of Food Microbiology Division-Institute of Food Technologists (IFT) in 2018, and WVU-Davis College Outstanding Research Award in 2024. He was the chair of Food Microbiology Division-IFT in 2019-2020 and Biotechnology Division-IFT in 2022-2023.

Teaching Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCq6_ZNp7r8g8Eovf63-eXeg

Text Books

  • Cangliang Shen and Yifan Zhang. Food Microbiology Laboratory for the Food Science Student: A Practical Approach. 2017. Springer. ISBN 9783319583716
  • Cangliang Shen and Yifan Zhang. Introductory Microbiology Lab Skill and Techniques in Food Science. 2021. Elsevier Inc. ISBN 9780128216781

  • Cangliang Shen and Yifan Zhang. Food Microbiology Laboratory for the Food Science Student: A Practical Approach. 2017. Springer. ISBN 9783319583716

Publications

  1. Carly Long, Md Shafiul Islam Rion, Corey Coe, Claire Suszynski, Reuben Adejumo, Joe Moritz, Annette Freshour, Cassie Orndorff, Timothy Boltz, Lisa Jones, and Cangliang Shen *. 2026. Antimicrobial Activity of Vinegar Water in Chilled Chicken Carcasses. Poultry Science. 105, Article 106674.

  2. Jesica Temple, Jessica M. Blythe, Tim Boltz, John N. Twist, Ryan Hansen, Arron J. Giorgi, Christopher M. Ashwell, and Cangliang Shen *. 2026. Validating the Willing–Ready–Able (WRA) Framework to Measure Food Safety Engagement Among FSMA-Exempt Produce Growers in West Virginia. Journal of Food Protection. 89, Article 100704.

  3. Corey Coe, Timothy Boltz, Elizabeth Rowen, Joe Moritz, Gary Freshour, Md Shafiul Islam Rion, Carly Long, Lucas Knarr, Kristina Bowen, Jacek Jaczynski, Kristen Matak, Annette Freshour, Xue Tang, and Cangliang Shen*. 2025. Thermal Inactivation of Salmonella Surrogate, Enterococcus faecium, in mash broiler feed pelleted in a university pilot feed mill. Poultry Science, 104, Article 104998.

  4. Md Shafiul Islam Rion, Corey Coe, Joseph Katz, Gary Freshour, Carly Long, Kristen Matak, Annette Freshour, Jacek Jaczynski, Timothy Boltz, and Cangliang Shen *. 2025. Fate of Salmonella Typhimurium, Listeria monocytogenes, and Surrogates on Butternut Squash during Aerobic Storage. LWT-Food Science and Technology, 224, Article 118463.

  5. Corey Coe, Xinhao Wang, Elizabeth Rowen, Rebecca Stearns, Joe Katz, Timothy Boltz, Md Shafiul Islam Rion, Carly Long, Gary Freshour, Jacek Jaczynski, Kristen Matak, Annette Freshour, Yangchao Luo, Cangliang Shen*. 2025. Applying Microbial Predictive and Machine Learning Model Data to Evaluate Thermal Inactivation of Salmonella and the Surrogate Enterococcus faecium in Reconstructed Ground Chicken Meat Affected by Temperature and Salt Concentrations. Poultry Science, 104, Article 105422.

  6. Md Shafiul Islam Rion, Corey Coe, Joseph Katz, Gary Freshour, Carly Long, Kristen Matak, Annette Freshour, Jacek Jaczynski, Timothy Boltz, Xue Tang, and Cangliang Shen*. 2025. Survival of Salmonella Typhimurium, Listeria monocytogenes, and Their Surrogates on Cantaloupes after Triple-Washing with Peroxyacetic Acid. LWT - Food Science and Technology, 224, Article 117821.

  7. Rebecca Stearns, Wentao Jiang, Janet Tou, Kristen Matak, Annette Freshour, Timothy Boltz, Jacek Jaczynski, Carly Long, and Cangliang Shen*. 2025. A Preliminary Pilot West Virginia Farmers’ Market Survey of Very Small Produce Growers' Knowledge of Microbial Contamination and Their Perception of the Triple-Wash Method. Food Protection Trend. 45, 42-57.

  8. Peighton Foster, Corey Coe, Carly Long, Md Shafiul Islam Rion, Gary Freshour, Annette Freshour, Jacek Jaczynski, Kristen Matak, and Cangliang Shen*. 2024. Anti-Listeria efficacy of peroxyacetic acid in bacterial buffered solution and on bell peppers. Journal of Agriculture and Food Research 18, Article 101265.

  9. Rebecca Stearns, Kristina Bowen, Robert L. Taylor, Jr., Joe Moritz, Kristen Matak, Janet Tou, Annette Freshour, Jacek Jaczynski, Timothy Boltz, Xiang Li, Carly Long, and Cangliang Shen*. 2024. Microbial Profile of Broiler Carcasses Processed at A University Scale Mobile Poultry Processing Unit. Poultry Science, 103, Article 103576.

  10. Rebecca Stearns, Kristen Matak, Annette Freshour, and Cangliang Shen*. 2023. Comparison of the Efficacy of Hydrogen Peroxide-Peroxyacetic Acid Delivered by Three Methods Against Listeria monocytogenes and the Surrogate L. innocua on Apples. LWT-Food Science and Technology, 184, Article 114945.

  11. Rebecca Stearns, Corey Coe, Ida Holásková, Kristen Matak, Annette Freshour, Jacek Jaczynski, Jingyi Xue, Yangchao Luo, Lisa Jones, Xinhao Wang, and Cangliang Shen*. 2023. Efficacy of triple-wash using a peroxyacetic acid and hydrogen peroxide solution at reducing populations and cross-contamination of Salmonella Typhimurium and the surrogate Enterococcus faecium on tomatoes. LWT - Food Science and Technology, 175, Article 114499.

  12. Connor Freed, Rebecca Stearns, Nettie Freshour, Yangchao Luo, and Cangliang Shen*. 2022. Survival of Listeria monocytogenes on organic Honeycrisp and Fuji apples during storage at 5, 12 and 22.5°C. Journal of Agriculture and Food Research, 10, Article 100455.

  13. Cangliang Shen*, Hanna Khouryieh, KaWang Li, Wentao Jiang, Sumit K. Paudel, Nirosha Ruwani Amarasekara, Yifan Zhang, Rebecca Stearns, Corey Coe, Kristen Matak, and Lisa Jones. 2022. Survey of Consumers’ Knowledge of Food Safety of Perishable Foods Purchased at Local Farmers Markets. Food Protection Trends. 42, 293-303.

  14. Rebecca Stearns, Jingyi Xue, Nettie Freshour, Kristen Matak, Yangchao Luo, and Cangliang Shen*. 2022. The Efficacy of Conventional Spray, Electrostatic Spray, and Dip with a Combination of Hydrogen Peroxide and Peroxyacetic Acid to Inactivate Listeria monocytogenes on Apples. Journal of Food Protection. 85, 828-834.

  15. Wentao Jiang, Carly Waldman, KaWang Li, Jacek Jaczynski, and Cangliang Shen*. 2021. Survival of Salmonella and the surrogate Enterococcus faecium in Cooking of Moisture Enhanced Reconstructed Comminuted Chicken Patties by Double Pan-broiling. Poultry Science, 100, Article 101171.

  16. Wentao Jiang, Sumit K. Paudel, Nirosha Ruwani Amarasekara, Yifan Zhang, Xiaoli Etienne, Lisa Jones, KaWang Li, Fay Hansen, Jacek Jaczynski, and Cangliang Shen*. 2021. Survey of Small Local Produce Growers' Perception of Antibiotic Resistance Issues at Farmers Markets. Food Control 125, Article 107997.

  17. KaWang Li, Lisa Jones, Wentao Jiang, and Cangliang Shen*. 2021. Inactivation of Foodborne Pathogens ( Salmonella and Listeria monocytogenes) on Locally Processed Spinaches by Three-Step Wash with Antimicrobials. Journal of Agriculture and Food Research, 3, Article 100106.

  18. Wentao Jiang, KaWang Li, Yu-Chun Chiu, Carly Waldman, and Cangliang Shen* 2020. Inactivation of Campylobacter jejuni in Moisture Enhanced Non-Intact Chicken Patties by Double Pan-broiling as Affected by Cooking Set-Up Temperature and Pump Rate. LWT - Food Science and Technology, 133, Article 109938.

  19. KaWang Li, Xiaoli Etienne, Yu-Chun Chiu, Lisa Jones, Hanna Khouryieh, and Cangliang Shen*. 2020. Validation of triple-wash procedure with a H2O2-peroxyacetic acid mixer to improve microbial safety and quality of butternut squashes and economic feasibility analysis. Food Control. 112, Article 107146.

  20. Wentao Jiang, Xiaoli Etienne, KaWang Li, Cangliang Shen*. 2018. Comparison of the efficacy of electrostatic versus conventional sprayer with commercial antimicrobials to inactivate Salmonella, Listeria monocytogenes and Campylobacter jejuni for eggs and economic feasibility analysis. Journal of Food Protection. 81:1864-1870.

  21. KaWang Li, Hanna Khouryieh, Lisa Jones, Xiaoli Etienne, and Cangliang Shen*. 2018. Assessing Farmers Market Produce Vendors' Handling of Containers and Evaluation of the Survival of Salmonella and Listeria monocytogenes on Plastic, Pressed-Card, and Wood Container Surfaces at Refrigerated and Room Temperature. Food Control. 94: 116-122.

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