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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 of 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 66 journal articles, three textbooks, and three book chapters, and secured more than $4 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. 

Publications

  1. 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. 

  2. 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.     

  3. 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.      

  4. 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.   

  5. 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.  
  6. Corey Coe, Timothy Boltz, Rebecca Stearns, Peighton Foster, Robert L. Taylor, Jr., Joe Moritz, Jacek Jaczynski, Annette Freshour, and Cangliang Shen*. 2022. Thermal Inactivation of Salmonella Typhimurium and the surrogate Enterococcus faecium in Mash Broiler Feed in A Laboratory Scale Circulated Thermal Bath. Poultry Science. Article 101976.
  7. 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.

  8. 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.  

  9. 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.  

  10. 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. 
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.

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