Victoria Salin

Areas of Expertise

• Finance
• Agribusiness Management

Professional Summary

Victoria Salin, Ph.D. is a professor in the Department of Agricultural Economics and co-director of the Agribusiness, Food and Consumer Economics Research Center. Since 2013, she has been chair of the Intercollegiate Faculty of Agribusiness and director of the Master of Agribusiness Program. Salin’s research relates to food safety, traceability, and efficiency of enterprises involved in food distribution.  Salin provides economic and financial research for the Scientific Advisory Council of the World Food Logistics Organization, an affiliate of the Global Cold Chain Alliance. Salin serves on the Board of the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, an affiliate of the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research, and in this capacity works with entrepreneurial ventures and other means to commercialize agricultural technologies to enhance food security in Africa. In addition, she  also is currently a World Coffee Research Board Member, serving as Chair of the Research Advisory Committee and member of the Finance Committee.

Selected Publications

Bakhtavoryan, R., O. Capps Jr., V. Salin, and A. Dallakyan. “Use of Time-Series Analysis in Examining Food Safety Issues:  The Case of the Peanut Butter Recall,”  Journal of Food Distribution Research, July 2018, 49:2 p. 57-80. This paper received the association president’s award for Outstanding Research Paper.

Ketzenberg, M., G. Gaukler, and V. Salin. “Establishing Dynamic Expiration Dates for Perishables: An Application of RFID and Sensor Technology,” International Journal of Production Economics, 193:617-632 (2017) http://www.sciencedirect.com /science/article/pii/S0925527317302360

Gaukler, Gary M., Michael E. Ketzenberg, and Victoria Salin. Expiration Dates and Order Quantities for Perishables,” European Journal of Operational Research, Oct. 2017.

Bahktavoryan, Rafael, Oral Capps, Jr., and Victoria Salin. “The Impact of Food Safety Incidents Across Brands: The Case of the Peter Pan Peanut Butter Recall,” Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics, 46,4, Nov. 2014, pp. 559-573.

Salin, Victoria. “Logistics Analysis of the Pathogen Control Provisions of the Almond Marketing Order.” Journal of Food Distribution Research, 2012.