FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – Andrew Proctor, University Professor of food science at the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture and the Dale Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food and Life Sciences, delivered the Fulbright Inaugural Talk Oct. 13 at NAWI Graz in Austria. NAWI Graz is a consortium of natural sciences at Graz University of Technology and the University of Graz.

Proctor, who is serving as the Fulbright NAWI Graz Visiting Professor in Natural Sciences, spoke on integrating basic and applied sciences to develop competitive research and education programs. He reviewed research projects to illustrate how he has worked with basic scientists to address applied science objectives and used basic research tools to solve industrial problems. He also showed how graduate students with sound basic science research skills who work with both basic science and applied science departments can use their creativity to solve applied problems.

Proctor, who joined the food science faculty in 1992, supervises the department's food lipid chemistry and health program. He has served for 20 years as either senior associate editor or associate editor for the Journal of the American Oil Chemists' Society and is a Fellow of the American Oil Chemists' Society and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry.