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Chris Callahan

Extension Professor of Agricultural Engineering

Director of the Northeast Center to Advance Food Safety

PRONUNCIATION kris KAL-u-han

PRONOUNS he/him

Chris Callahan
Pronunciation kris KAL-u-han
Pronouns he/him
Alma mater(s)
  • P.E. Mechanical Engineering, New York State Education Department Office of the Professions
  • M.B.A. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
  • B.S. Mechanical Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Affiliated Department(s)

Extension

BIO

Chris is an engineer who works in the food system.  As the leader of the ¶¶Òõ̽̽ Extension Agricultural Engineering program and in his role as Extension Professor of Agricultural Engineering he works closely with food producers and processors in the northeast to overcome challenges of quality, effectiveness, profitability, and safety. His work focuses on growing fruits and vegetables as protected culture in high tunnels and greenhouses, improving postharvest handling and storage of food crops, value-added processing, advancing food safety among small and medium scale producers and small processors, and expanding the use of sustainable energy practices in the food system. He also serves as the Director of the Northeast Center to Advance Food Safety (NECAFS) and is a consulting engineer. Chris lives in Cambridge, NY and works out of the Extension office in Bennington, VT.

Awards and Achievements

2021 Professional Engineering of the Year. American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE).;2019 University of Vermont Inventor Hall of Fame.; 2015 Vermont Working Lands Enterprise Board (WLEB) Service Provider Grant of the Year Award; 2011 R&D100 Award. R&D Magazine. Non-Flow-Through Fuel Cell Power System.

Area(s) of expertise

postharvest handling and storage; food safety; protected culture; sustainable agriculture.

Bio

Chris is an engineer who works in the food system.  As the leader of the ¶¶Òõ̽̽ Extension Agricultural Engineering program and in his role as Extension Professor of Agricultural Engineering he works closely with food producers and processors in the northeast to overcome challenges of quality, effectiveness, profitability, and safety. His work focuses on growing fruits and vegetables as protected culture in high tunnels and greenhouses, improving postharvest handling and storage of food crops, value-added processing, advancing food safety among small and medium scale producers and small processors, and expanding the use of sustainable energy practices in the food system. He also serves as the Director of the Northeast Center to Advance Food Safety (NECAFS) and is a consulting engineer. Chris lives in Cambridge, NY and works out of the Extension office in Bennington, VT.

Awards and Achievements

2021 Professional Engineering of the Year. American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE).;2019 University of Vermont Inventor Hall of Fame.; 2015 Vermont Working Lands Enterprise Board (WLEB) Service Provider Grant of the Year Award; 2011 R&D100 Award. R&D Magazine. Non-Flow-Through Fuel Cell Power System.

Areas of Expertise

postharvest handling and storage; food safety; protected culture; sustainable agriculture.