Scientist Profile – Eric Risch

Eric Risch Ph.D.
Research Scientist Leader (Natural Resources and Environmental Systems)

Office: P.O. Box 519; MS 2008, Prairie View, TX 77446
Phone: (936) 261-5040
Email: errisch@pvamu.edu

Education

Ph.D., The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio (Agricultural Engineering)
M.S., University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada (Bio-Resource Engineering)
B.S., University of Guelph, Guelph, Canada (Agricultural Engineering)

Key Interests

An Agricultural Engineer by training, Dr. Risch has over the past 10 years been a member of a team of scientists working on, inter alia, Establishing an Environmental-based GIS Laboratory; Modeling and Rheological Characterization of Goat Meat and Milk products; Developing a knowledge-based Expert System for Sheep and Goat Production; Developing a decision Support System for Meat Goat Production; Determining Sensory, Chemical and Textural Characteristics of Goat-based Sausages – A Comparison of Instrumental and Sensory Evaluations.