Education
B.S. 1973 – Oregon State University, Mycology
M.S. 1985 – Oregon State University, Flavor Chemistry
Ph.D. 1989 – Cornell University, Sensory-Instrument Correlation, Psychophysics

Professional Activities
Member of Institute of Food Technologists Sensory Evaluation Division, American Society of Testing Materials E-18 Subcommittee on Sensory Testing, Association of Chemoreception Science

Research Interests
Principle research interests relate to consumer population studies focusing on understanding how lifestyle traits and practices affect food choice. In addition, I am interested in research understanding consumers' concepts of food quality and how those relate to measurable food sensory attributes and in turn to consumer purchase intent. Consumer perception of food quality is important to the food industry for new product promotion and sustaining existing markets, to identify market segments as well as track consumer food trends over time. Consumer research at the Food Innovation Center is focused on Northwest foods and agricultural products with current research on post-harvest apple quality, new pear and cherry varieties, alternative closures for and Northwest wines, and studies on harvest and processing on perceived quality of Pacific seafood including regional oysters, albacore tuna and Pacific cod.

Representative Publications
Jorgensen, E. M, Marin A. B. J.A. Kennedy, (2004) Analysis of the Oxidative Degradation of Proanthocyanidins under Basic Conditions, J. Agri. & Food Chem., 52(8)2292-2296.

Marin, A. B. 1999. A comparison of GC-Olfactometry Charm™ to a static headspace method for measuring odor detection thresholds. AchemS XXI Impressions on Olfaction and Taste, Book of Abstracts, April 1999.

Marin, A. B. and Butler, J. F. 1998. Dimethyl oxymethyl cyclohexanol derivatives for their insect repellent properties. U.S. Patent No. 5,785,982.

Marin, A. B. and Butler, J. F. 1998. Repellent and feeding inhibitor for fire ants and horn flies. U.S. Patent No. 5,753,686.

Marin, A. B. and Mussinan, C. 1997. Evaluating fragrance by GC-Olfactometry Charm™ Analysis, Book of Abstracts, 88th AOCS Annual Meeting, American Oil Chemists Society Press, May 1997.

Warren, C. B., Marin, A. B., and Butler, J. F. 1997. Use of unsaturated aldehyde and alkanol derivatives for their mosquito repellency properties. U.S. Patent No. 5, 665,781.

Marin, A. B., Acree, T. E., and Barnard, J. 1995. The perceived odor character of Concord grape juice determined by Quantitative Descriptive Analysis (QDA) with eight subjects for natural and flavor enhanced Concord grape juice, Book of Abstracts, AchemS XVII Annual Meeting, April 1995.

Smith, R. L., Marin, A. B., Barnard, J., and Acree, T. E. 1995. Perceived odor character of Concord grape juice components determined by Gas Chromatography-Olfactometry (GCO) with eight subjects, Book of Abstracts, AchemS XVII Annual Meeting, April 1995.

Marin, A. B., Barnard, J. B., Darlington, R., and Acree, T. E. 1991. Sensory thresholds evaluated from dose-response curves. J. Sensory Studies, 205-225.

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