Staff Features

Jul 19, 2021

NCFIL Executive Director Aimutis Elected IFT Fellow

NC State leaders as well as the other partners opening the NC Food Innovation Lab knew without a doubt they had landed a food science unicorn when Dr. Bill Aimutis accepted their…

Dec 9, 2020

NC State Food Science Club + NCFIL Make a Sweet Team

NCFIL Pilot Plant Manager Joseph Hildebrand was recently featured in the article, “Peppermint Partnership: N.C. State’s Food Science Club Manufactures Ice Cream Toppings at Research Campus”in the Salisbury Post. This article focuses…

May 15, 2020

Joseph Hildebrand: NCFIL’s New Pilot Plant Manager

New NCFIL Team Member Joseph Hildebrand knows what it’s like to be on a hard-working team and to serve others. Joe plays rugby, a game that teaches perseverance, and he…

Dec 3, 2019

Cindy Calhoun: Enthusiastic Team Player

An avid mentor, volunteer and sports enthusiast, NCFIL Senior Food Scientist Cindy Calhoun is a bona fide team player, a spirit that bodes well for this innovative lab. As a…

Oct 21, 2019

Celeste Brogdon: Developing Change

Celeste Brogdon grew up working in her family’s large vegetable garden. Every summer she helped her mother “put up” green beans, tomatoes, apple sauce and spaghetti sauce at the Glade Hill Community…

Sep 4, 2019

Bill Aimutis: In Pursuit of Innovation

Dr. Bill Aimutis is a hard guy to pin down these days. With the opening of the NC Food Innovation Lab only two months away, Bill fills his days with…

Jul 28, 2019

A Modern Farmer Q&A with Bill Aimutis

By Lindsay Campbell This Q&A with Bill Aimutis has been republished with permission from Modern Farmer. It was originally posted to ModernFarmer.com on July 26, 2019. Plant-based food is a growing trend…

Jun 22, 2018

Aimutis Tapped to Lead N.C. Food Processing Innovation Center

An R&D expert with more than 30 years of experience in corporate and academic settings, Bill Aimutis has been named director of the North Carolina Food Processing Innovation Center (FPIC), a one-of-a-kind…