Education
B.A. 2004 - University of New Hampshire, Dunham, Music - Vocal Performance
B.S. 2004 - University of New Hampshire, Dunham, Biochemistry
M.S. 2006 - Cornell University, Food Science
Ph.D. 2012 - Lincoln University, New Zealand, Oenology

Research Interests
My research interests lie in wine sensory analysis and flavor chemistry. A main research includes determining relationships between sensory and chemical data, particularly those aroma compounds important for wine quality and regional differentiation. Current research investigates the presence and concentration of chiral aroma compounds in wine using MDGC. Other interests include the determination of global/regional/sub-regional wine styles, use of sensory analysis for wine education and understanding of consumer preferences, and the influence of non volatile components to wine aroma.

Representative Publications
Tomasino, E., Harrison, R., Breitmeyer, J., Sedcole, R., and Frost, A., Influence of Benzaldehyde, Ethyl Octanoate, Ethyl Decanoate and Phenethyl Alcohol on the Aroma of New Zealand Pinot noir, 2012, Food Chemistry (in prep)

Tomasino, E., Harrison, R., Breitmeyer, J., Sedcole, R., Sherlock R and Frost, A. Relationships between Sensory and Aroma Characteristics in New Zealand Pinot noir using Canonical Correlation Analysis, 2012, Food Research International (in prep)

Tomasino, E., Harrison, R., Sedcole, R. and Frost, A. Paired Comparison and Sorting Analysis to Investigate Existing Regional Conceptual Models of New Zealand Pinot Noir (2012) Food Quality and Preference, (in prep)

Tomasino, E., Harrison, R., Sedcole, R. and Frost, A. Regional Differentiation of New Zealand Pinot noir Wine by Expert Panellists using Canonical Variate Analysis, 2012, American Journal of Enology & Viticulture, (submitted)

Tomasino E., Breitmeyer, J., Harrison, R., Sherlock, R., and Frost, A. Development and Optimisation of a Headspace Solid-Phase Microextraction Method for the Analysis of Volatile Fatty Acids in New Zealand Pinot Noir to Elucidate Vintage and Regional Differences, 2012, South African Journal of Oenology and Viticulture, (Submitted)

Tomasino, E., Harrison. R., Sedcole, R., Frost, A. and Sherlock, R. Characterising regional New Zealand Pinot Noir, 2012, Australian and New Zealand Grapegrower and Winemaker, 581, 64-68

Tomasino, E., Harrison, R., Sedcole, R. and Frost, A., Sensory Analysis of Within-Region Variation for Pinot noir from New Zealand, 2010, American Journal of Enology and Viticulture, 61 (3), 435A

Conterno, L, Lasik, G., Tomasino, E., Schneider, K., Hesford, F., and Henick-kling, T., Influence of Sugar and Nitrogen Sources on Growth and Phenolic Off-Flavor Production by Brettanomyces bruxellensis Isolated from Wine, 2007, American Journal of Enology and Viticulture, 58 (3), 411A

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