David Alvarado

David Alvarado

David is a second-year graduate student in the Food Science and Human Nutrition program. He received his B.S in Biology and Chemistry with a minor in Physics from Northeastern Illinois University. He is currently leading the NECTAR project which involves performing microbiological and enzymatic assays for in vitro digestion to assess the effectiveness of probiotic survivability using honey as an added food component in commercial yogurt.