Steve Ricke

Ricke Lab

Professor and Director- Meat Science & Animal Biologics Discovery Program (MSABD)

Research

Phone

608-262-7328

Office Location

1933 Observatory Dr
2124 Meat Science & Animal Biologics Discovery Building
Madison, Wi 53706

Steve Ricke was raised on a dairy farm in south central Illinois. He received his B.S. and M.S. (ruminant nutrition) from the University of Illinois-Champaign-Urbana. and Ph.D. (dual major-Bacteriology and Animal Science) from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Dr. Ricke was a USDA-ARS postdoctorate in the Microbiology Department at North Carolina State University where he worked on the genetics of nitrogen fixation by the bacterium Azotobacter. In 1992 he joined Texas A&M University as an Assistant Professor in the Poultry Science Department and was a faculty member in the nutrition and Food Science and Technology interdisciplinary programs. In 2005, he became the first holder of the new Donald “Buddy” Wray Endowed Chair in Food Safety and Director of the Center for Food Safety at the University of Arkansas (UA) and faculty member of the Dept. of Food Science and Cellular and Molecular Graduate program until 2020. In October 2020, Dr. Ricke became the Director of the Meat Science and Animal Biologics Discovery Program in the Animal and Dairy Sciences Department at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He received the Poultry Sci. Association (PSA) Research Award in 1999, American Egg Board award in 2006, the PSA Evonik Award for Achievement in Poultry Science in 2019 and the National Chicken Council Broiler Research Award in 2020. He was honored as a Texas Agricultural Experiment Station Faculty Fellow in 2002 and the UA Division of Agriculture – John White Outstanding Research Award in 2012. He served as co-founder and former President of the Arkansas Association of Food Protection (AAFP). He was named an AAFP Fellow in 2015, a PSA Fellow in 2017, an International for Food Protection Fellow in 2019 and a University of Wisconsin College of Agricultural and Life Sciences Distinguished Alumni in 2019. He served as an American Society for Microbiology Distinguished Lecturer from 2015 to 2017. Dr. Ricke’s foodborne pathogen research projects have emphasized studies on the growth, survival, and pathogenesis of foodborne pathogens in the gastrointestinal tract (GIT) and their interactions with the GIT microbiota. He is also exploring the interaction between different prebiotics, the GIT microbiota and host responses.

Selected Peer Reviewed Articles

Bodie, A.R. C.A. O’Bryan, E.G. Olson, and S.C. Ricke. 2023. Natural antimicrobials for Listeria
monocytogenes in ready-to-eat meats: Current challenges and future prospects. Microorganisms
11: 1301. doi.org/10.3390/ microorganisms11051301. 1,3,7)

Ricke, S.C., C.A. O’Bryan, and M.J. Rothrock Jr. 2023. Listeria occurrence in conventional and
alternative egg production systems. Microorganisms 11: 2164.
doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms11092164. (1,3,7)

Obe,T., T. Boltz, M. Kogut, S.C. Ricke, L.A. Brooks, K. Macklin, and A. Peterson. 2023. Controlling Salmonella: Strategies for feed, the farm, and the processing plant. Poultry Sci. 102:103086. doi.org/10.1016/j.psj.2023.103086. (1,3,7)

Algarni, S., J. Han, D.D. Gudeta, B.K. Khajanchi, S.C. Ricke, Y.M. Kwon, D.D. Rhoads, and S.L. Foley. 2023. In silico analyses of diversity, and dissemination of antimicrobial resistance genes and mobile genetics elements, for plasmids of enteric pathogens. Front. Microbiol.
13:1095128. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2022.1095128. (1,3,7)

Seyoum, M.M., A.J. Ashworth, K.M. Feye, S.C. Ricke, P.R. Owens, P.A. Moore Jr., and M. Savin. 2023. Long-term impacts of conservation pasture management in manuresheds on
system-level microbiome and antibiotic resistant genes. Front. Microbiol. 14:1227006. doi:
10.3389/fmicb.2023.1227006. (1,3,7)

Gast, R.K., D.K. Dittoe, and S.C. Ricke. 2022. Salmonella in eggs and egg-laying chickens:
Pathways to effective control. Crit. Revs. In Microbiol. doi: 10.1080/1040841X.2022.2156772.
(1,3,7)

Bodie, A.R., D.K. Dittoe, K.M. Feye, C.J. Knueven, C. Ovall, and S.C. Ricke. 2022. Comparison of ready-to-eat “organic” antimicrobials, sodium bisulfate, and sodium lactate, on Listeria monocytogenes and the indigenous microbiome of organic uncured beef frankfurters stored under refrigeration for three weeks. PLoS ONE 17(1): e0262167. https:// doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0262167. (1,3)

Wages, J.A., D.K. Dittoe, K.M. Feye, and S.C. Ricke. 2022. Consequences of implementing neutralizing buffered peptone water in commercial poultry processing on the microbiota of whole bird carcass rinses and the subsequent microbiological analyses. Front. Microbiol. 13:813461. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2022.813461. (1,3)

O’Bryan, C.A., S.C. Ricke, and J.A. Marcy. 2022. Public health impact of Salmonella spp. on raw poultry: Current concepts and future prospects in the United States. Food Control 132: 108539. doi.org/10.1016/j.foodcont.2021.108539. (1,3,7)

Weinroth, M.D., A.D. Belk, C. Dean, N. Noyes, D.K. Dittoe, M.J. Rothrock, Jr., S.C. Ricke, P.R. Myer, M.T. Henniger, G.A. Ramírez, B.B. Oakley, K.L. Summers, A.M. Miles, T.B. Ault-Seay, Z.Yu, J. Metcalf, and J. Wells. 2022. Considerations and best practices in animal science 16S rRNA gene sequencing microbiome studies. J. Anim. Sci. 100: 1–18 https://doi.org/10.1093/jas/skab346. (1,3)

Olson, E.G., A.C. Micciche, M.J. Rothrock Jr. Y. Yang, and S.C. Ricke. 2022. Application of bacteriophages to limit Campylobacter in poultry production. Frontiers in Microbiol. 12:458721. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2021.458721. (1,3,7)

Algarni, S., S.C. Ricke, S.L. Foley, and J. Han. 2022. The dynamics of the antimicrobial resistance mobilome of Salmonella enterica and related enteric bacteria. Front. Microbiol. 13:859854. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2022.859854. (1,3,7)

Dittoe, D.K., E.G. Olson, and S.C. Ricke. 2022. Impact of the gastrointestinal microbiome and fermentation metabolites on broiler performance. Poultry Sci. 101:101786. doi.org/10.1016/j.psj.2022.101786. (1,3)

Ricke, S.C., D.K. Dittoe, and E.G. Olson. 2022. Microbiome applications for laying hen performance and egg production. Poultry Sci. 101:101784. doi.org/10.1016/j.psj.2022.101784. (1,3)

Ricke, S.C., D.K. Dittoe, J.A. Brown, and D.R. Thompson. 2022. Practical opportunities for microbiome analyses and bioinformatics in poultry processing. Poultry Sci. 101:101787. doi.org/10.1016/j.psj.2022. (1,3)

Selected Book Chapters

Olson, E.G., T. Grenda, A. Ghosh, and S.C. Ricke. 2023. Chapter 27. Microbial pathogen contamination of animal feed. In: Present Knowledge in Food Safety: A Risk-Based Approach
Through the Food Chain. L. Anelich, A. Boobis, M. Knowles, and B. Poepping (Eds.).

International Life Sciences Institute, Academic Press, Elsevier. pp. 378-393. doi.org/10/1016/B978-0-0-12-819470-6.00023-8

Feye, K.M., A.E. Powell, B. Booher, Z. Flores, P.M. Rubinelli, L.H. Calderwood, K.E. Richardson, P.A. Davis, R. Sellers, and S.C. Ricke. 2021. Chapter 2. Isolation of Salmonella spp. from animal feed. Heide Schatten (Ed.) Salmonella Methods and Protocols (third edition) – Methods in Molecular Biology. Humana Press, Springer. (4, 5, 7)

Ricke, S.C. 2021. Strategies to improve poultry food safety, a landscape review. Annual Review of Animal Biosciences, Vol. 9: 379 – 400. doi.org/10.1146/annurev-animal-061220- 023200. (1,2,3,7)

Rackerby, B., S.I. Lee, I. Moppert, S.C. Ricke, K.C. Jeong, and S.H. Park. 2019. Chapter 2. Application of whole genome sequencing to transposon mutants of Salmonella Heidelberg. pp. 17- 27. In: S.C. Ricke, S.H. Park, M.L. Davis. (Eds.) Microbial Transposon Mutagenesis: Methods and Applications. Springer Science, New York, NY. (1,3, 6, 7)

Yang, Y., R. Chandrashekar, S.C. Ricke, and Y.M. Kwon. 2019. Chapter 13. Construction of DNA- barcode-tagged Salmonella strains. pp. 141 – 150. In: S.C. Ricke, S.H. Park, M.L. Davis. (Eds.) Microbial Transposon Mutagenesis: Methods and Applications. Springer Science, New York, NY. (1,3, 6, 7)

Lee, S.I., S.A. Kim, S.H. Park, and S.C. Ricke. 2019. Molecular and new generation techniques for rapid detection of foodborne pathogens and characterization of microbial communities in poultry meat. pp. 235-260, In: Venkitanarayanan, K., S. Thakur, and S.C. Ricke (Eds.) Food Safety in Poultry Meat Production Springer Science, New York, NY. (1,3, 6, 7)

Feye, K.M. and S.C. Ricke. 2019. Chapter 18. Establishment of a standardized 16S rDNA library preparation to enable analysis of microbiome in poultry processing using Illumina MiSeq platform. pp. 213-227. In: Arnaud Bridier (Ed.) Foodborne Bacterial Pathogens: Methods and Protocols. Methods in Molecular Biology. Springer Science, New York, NY. (3, 4, 7)

Ricke, S.C., T.M. Dawoud, S. A. Kim, S.H. Park, and Y.M. Kwon 2018 Chapter 1. Salmonella cold stress response: Mechanisms and occurrence in foods. In: G.M. Gadd and S. Sariaslani (Eds.) Advances in Applied Microbiology 104: 1-38. (1, 3, 6, 7)

Ricke, S.C., J. Hacker, K. Yearkey, Z. Shi, S.H. Park, and C. Rainwater. 2017. Chap. 19. Unravelling food production microbiomes: Concepts and future directions. In: S.C. Ricke, G.G. Atungulu, S.H. Park, and C.E. Rainwater (Eds.) Food and Feed Safety Systems and Analysis. Elsevier Inc., San Diego, CA pp. 347-374. (1, 3, 4, 6, 7)

Zhuang, X., C. Zhao, K. Liu, P. Rubinelli, S.C. Ricke, and G.G. Atungulu. 2017. Chapter 10. Cereal grain fractions as potential sources of prebiotics: Current status, opportunities, and potential applications. In: S.C. Ricke, G.G. Atungulu, S.H. Park, and C.E. Rainwater (Eds.) Food and Feed Safety Systems and Analysis. Elsevier Inc., San Diego, CA pp. 173-191. (4, 5, 6)

Ricke, S.C. 2016. Chapter 16. Gastrointestinal ecology of Salmonella Enteritidis in laying hens and intervention by prebiotic and non-digestible carbohydrate dietary supplementation. In S.C. Ricke and R.K. Gast (Eds.). Producing Safe Eggs-The Microbial Ecology of Salmonella. Elsevier, Inc., San Diego, CA. pp. 323-345. (2, 5, 6, 7)

Ricke, S.C., T.M. Dawoud, and Y.M. Kwon. 2015. Chapter 4. Application of molecular methods for traceability of foodborne pathogens in food safety systems. In: S.C. Ricke, J.R. Donaldson, and C.A. Phillips (Eds.) Food Safety: Emerging Issues, Technologies and Systems. Elsevier, Oxford, UK, pp. 37-63. (1, 3, 6, 7)

Ricke, S.C. and R.K. Gast. 2014. Salmonella/Salmonella Enteritidis. In Encyclopedia of Food Microbiology- 2nd Edition, Vol. 3, pp. 343-348. Carl Batt and Mary Lou Tortello (Eds.), Elsevier, Ltd. Oxford, UK. (1, 3, 6, 7)

Ricke, S.C., O.-K. Koo, S. Foley, and R. Nayak. 2013. Chapter 7. Salmonella. In Guide to Foodborne Pathogens- 2nd Edition, R. Labbé and S. García (Eds.), Wiley-Blackwell, Oxford, UK, pp. 112-137. (1, 3, 6, 7)

Selected Conference Proceedings: Invited Talks

Steve Ricke: “The Public Health Aspect of Salmonella spp.” The Poultry Federation 10th Annual Food Safety Conference, Hilton Branson Convention Center. Branson, MO, Mar. 9, 2022. (1,3,7)

Steve Ricke: “Meat Processing: Microbiome Applications and Future Opportunities” University of Wisconsin, Food Research Institute 2022 Spring Meeting. The Pyle Convention Center, 702 Langdon St., Madison, WI, May 17, 2022. (1,3,5,7)

Steve Ricke: “Understanding the Role of the Microbiota in Animal Agriculture” Breakout 11: Animal Microbiome Consortial (AMC): Best Practices and Opportunities for Advancement. In the Joint Conference of the Massive Analysis and QC (MAQC) Society and the Midsouth Computational Biology and Bioinformatics Society. Online, Apr. 27, 2021. (1,3,5,7)

Steve Ricke: “Alternatives to Livestock Antibiotics: Advances in Microbial Approaches” Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Health Effects Laboratory Division 1095, Willowdale Road, Morgantown, WV 26505. Online, May 12, 2021. (1,3,5,7)

Steve Ricke: “Microbiome Mapping of Meat Products During Processing: What Does the Data Mean?” Food Research Institute Spring 2021 meeting. Online, May 18, 2021.

Steve Ricke: “Metabolism of the Microbiome” Symposium – The Future of the Poultry Gut-Health Nexus: Improving Food Safety. International Association for Food Protection Annual Virtual Meeting, Online, Oct. 26-28, 2020. (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)

Steve Ricke: “Delivery of Bioinformatics in Poultry Processing” Poultry Science Annual Virtual Meeting, Online, July 20, 2020. (1, 3, 4, 7)

Steve Ricke: “Optimizing Feed Additives in Poultry Using Microbiome Analyses”, Symposium on Gut Health in Production of Food Animals, Hilton St. Louis at the Ballpark, St. Louis, MO, Nov. 5, 2019. (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)

Steve Ricke: “Campylobacter Interventions and the Gastrointestinal Tract Microbiome”, Campylobacter, Helicobacter, and Related Organisms Conference- 2019, ICC Belfast, 2 Lanyon Place, Belfast, UK. Sept. 11, 2019. (1, 3, 5, 6, 7)

Steve Ricke: “What is an Ideal Feed Additive for Broilers and How Can We Assess This? Keynote Presentation, 6th International Conference on Poultry Intestinal Health, Auditorium Del Massino Via Massimiliano Massino, 1 00144, Rome, Italy, Apr. 5, 2019. (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)

Steve Ricke: “Application of Microbiome Sequencing in Food Processing Environments”, 16th Annual Conference of the Midsouth Computational Biology & Bioinformatics Society, McBios Informatics for Precision Medicine, UAB Informatics Institute. Hilton Birmingham at University of Alabama, Birmingham, AL, Mar. 29, 2019. (1, 3, 4, 7)

Steve Ricke: “Review of Existing In – Feed Solutions to Reduce Antibiotic Dependence on Farm”, Symposium on Interventions to Reduce Antibiotic Resistance and Antibiotic Use in Animal Production, International Association or Food Protection – European Symposium on Food Safety, Stockholm, Sweden, Apr. 26, 2018. (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)

Steve Ricke: “Prebiotics and the Avian Microbiome – Research Strategies and Applications”, Dept. of Pathology, Bacteriology, and Avian Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine – Merelbeke, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium, Mar. 7, 2018. (1, 3, 5, 6, 7)

Steve Ricke: “Probiotics in Animal Production – Historical and Current Perspectives”, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road, Atlanta, GA, Feb. 2, 2018. (2, 4, 5, 6, 7)

Steve Ricke: “Salmonella Vaccines and the Microbiome in Poultry – A New Food Safety Paradigm”, The Korean Society of Food Hygiene and Safety, The K Hotel, Seoul, South Korea, Nov. 10, 2017. (1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7)

Selected Popular Press Articles

Jones, F.T. and S.C. Ricke. 1994. Researchers propose tentative HACCP plan for feed manufacturers. Feedstuffs 66 (18): 32, 36-38, 40- 42. (5,7)

Birkhold, K.G. Maciorowski and S.C. Ricke. 1998. Texas survey shows consumers remain wary of irradiation. Poultry & Egg Marketing Nov./Dec. 22-23. (4, 6, 7)

Ricke, S.C. 2001. Alternatives to antibiotics. pp. 58-62, In 26th Annual Poultry Service Industry Workshop, The Banff Centre, Banff, Alberta, Canada. (2, 4, 5, 6, 7)

Ricke, S.C. 2001. The state of maturity of the probiotics industry. pp. 64-67, In 26th Annual

Poultry Service Industry Workshop, The Banff Centre, Banff, Alberta, Canada. (2, 4, 5, 6, 7)

Ricke, S.C. 2005. Assessing availability: Non-invasive evaluation of nutrient bioavailability, PetFood Industry 47: 6, 8, and 10. (2, 5)

Park, S.H., S.C. Ricke and H.-Y. Kim. 2012. Insight into foodborne Salmonella. Research Collection of Institute of Life Sciences & Resources Kyung Hee University, Yongin, Korea, 31: 10-14. (4, 6, 7)

Park, S.H., S.C. Ricke and H.-Y. Kim. 2012. Bacteriophage: Alternatives for control of foodborne pathogens. Research Collection of Institute of Life Sciences & Resources Kyung Hee University, Yongin, Korea, 31: 15-19. (4, 6, 7)

Alali, W., P. Crandall, K. Gibson, D. Jaroni, G. Kostandini, S. Ricke, L. Trimble, S. Angioloni, and M. L. Davis. 2012. From food safety to economics: Processing your chickens for market. APPPA Grit Nov/Dec Issue 72: 6-8, 10. (3, 4, 5, 6, 7)

Ricke, S.C. 2014. Salmonella control from farm to fork. Food Science and Technology. 28: 27-29. (4, 6, 7)

Baker, C.A., and S.C. Ricke. 2015. Biofilms, processing equipment, and efficacy of sanitization. Food Safety & Quality 22: 28-29. (4, 6, 7)

Baker, C.A., S. H. Park, and S.C. Ricke. 2015. Salmonella poultry detection methods, advances. WATT Poultry USA 16: 30-32, 34-35. (1, 4, 6, 7)

Ricke, S.C. 2016. The future of livestock nutrition and alternatives to antibiotics. 77th Minnesota Nutrition Conference Proceedings, pp. 37-45. (2, 4, 5, 6, 7)

Ricke, S.C. 2021. The Meat Science and Animal Biologics Discovery Food Safety Program at the University of Wisconsin. Food Safety Magazine. Oct./Nov. 2021.

Selected Posters and Research Presentations

Brown, J.A., D.K. Dittoe, J. E. Corban, S. Raman, and S.C. Ricke. 2023. Impact of phage therapy and lairage on Salmonella and cecal microbiota of broilers during in vitro incubation.
International Congress of Meat Science and Technology, Padova, Italy, August 20-25. (1,3,7).

Olson, E.G., S.C. Ricke, and H. Mantovani. 2023. Effect of deaminase inhibitor on Campylobacter and cecal microbiota supplements with peptides. International Congress of Meat Science and Technology, Padova, Italy. August 20-25. (1,3,7)

Olson, E.G., D. K. Dittoe, C. Chatman, E. Majumder, and S.C. Ricke. 2023. Peptide structures on cecal microbiota inoculated with Campylobacter jejuni. International Assoc. Food Prot. Annual Meeting, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, July 16th
-19th. (1,3,7).

Brown, J.A. and S.C. Ricke. 2023. Quantitative and qualitative Salmonella biomapping of
commercial pork harvest facilities. AMSA 76th Reciprocal Meat Conference. Minneapolis, MN.
June 26th. (1,3,7).

Chatman, C., D. Dittoe, L. Wythe, S. Ricke, and E. Majumder. 2023. Effects of polyethylene microplastics and Salmonella enterica Typhimurium co-exposure in ceca of broiler chickens. Society of Toxicology, Nashville, TN, Mar. 19-23. (1,3,7)

Tarcin, A.A., D.K. Dittoe, S.A. Tolba, V.A. Leone, and S.C. Ricke. 2023. Conventional and aviary-style housing drive unique feather microbiota diversity and composition in laying hens. International Poultry Scientific Forum, Atlanta, GA, Jan. 23-24. (1,3,5,7)

Olson., E., D.K. Dittoe, and S.C. Ricke. 2022. Molecular characterization of the interaction between Campylobacter and cecal microbiota in the presence or absence of different forms of casein in vitro. Poultry Science Association Meeting, San Antonio, TX, July 11th – 14th. (1, 3, 5, 7) 

Brown, J.A., D.K. Dittoe, D.R. Korver, P.M. Rubinelli, S. Park, Z.G. Lawless, D.R. Thompson, and S.C. Ricke. 2022. Effect of yeast-derived prebiotics on the intestinal microbiota of roosters. Poultry Science Association Meeting, San Antonio, TX, July 11th – 14th. (1, 3, 5, 7)  

Dittoe, D.K., C. Miller, and S.C. Ricke. 2022. Determining the microbiota composition of poultry litter during an extended downtime between flocks. Poultry Science Association Meeting, San Antonio, TX, July 11th – 14th. (1, 3, 5, 7) 

Dittoe, D.K., M.H.A. Rivera, M.P. Thompson, M.P. Looper, T. Looper, K.P. McDorman, S.C. Briggs, and S.C. Ricke. 2022. Consequences of different shipping methods on the poultry ceca microbiota. Poultry Science Association Meeting, San Antonio, TX, July 11th – 14th. (1, 3, 5) 

Dittoe, D.K., J.A. Brown, C.B. Austin, K.B. Mikkelson, B. Hughes, and S.C. Ricke. 2022.  Effectiveness of peracetic acid as a short-duration antimicrobial spray to mitigate Salmonella spp. and Campylobacter jejuni while not disrupting the microbiota of inoculated poultry thighs. AMSA 75th Reciprocal Meat Conference. Des Moines, IA, June 12th. (1, 3, 7) 

Chatman, C., D. Dittoe, L. Wythe, S. Ricke and E. Majumder. 2022. Towards predictive toxicology model for co-exposure to polyethylene microplastics and Salmonella Typhimurium in ceca of broiler chickens. American Society for Microbiology, Washington DC.  June 9-13th. (1, 5, 7) 

Bodie, A.R., D.K. Dittoe, S.F. Applegate, T.P. Stephens, and S.C. Ricke. 2022. Quantification of Campylobacter jejuni, coli, and lari in poultry post-chill whole bird carcass rinses utilizing shortened enrichment time and PCR. International Poultry Scientific Forum, Atlanta, GA, Jan. 24-25. (1, 3, 7) 

Austin, C., M. Golden, J.J. Sindelar, S. Ricke and K. Glass. 2021.  Inhibition of Clostridium perfringens during cooling of model uncured poultry products using combinations of lactate, diacetate, and propionate. International Assoc. Food Prot. Annual Meeting, Phoenix, AZ, July 18th-21st. (7) 

Bodie A.R., D.K. Dittoe, S. Applegate, T.P. Stephens, and S.C. Ricke. 2021. Quantification of Campylobacter jejuni in poultry processing rinses utilizing shortened enrichment times and RT-PCR. International Assoc. Food Prot. Annual Meeting, Phoenix, AZ, July 18th-21st. (7) 

Selected Other Publications: Edited Books

Ricke, S.C. and F.T. Jones (Eds), 2010. Perspectives on Food Safety Issues of Food Animal Derived Foods, University of Arkansas Press, Fayetteville, AR, 362 pp.

Callaway, T.R. and S.C. Ricke (Eds.), 2023. Direct Fed Microbials/Prebiotics for Animals:
Science and Mechanisms of Action, 2nd Edition. Springer Science, New York, NY, 348 pp.

Kwon, Y.M. and S.C. Ricke (Eds), 2011. High-Throughput Next Generation Sequencing: Methods and Applications. Methods in Molecular Microbiology 733 – Springer Protocols, Humana Press, New York, NY 308 pp.

Pandey, A., C. Larroche, S.C. Ricke, C.-G. Dussap, and E. Gnansounou (Eds.). Biofuels: Alternative Feedstocks and Conversion Processes, First Edition. Academic Press, Elsevier, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. 629 pp.

Ricke, S.C., E.J. Van Loo, M.G. Johnson and C.A. O’Bryan (Eds.), 2012. Organic Meat Production and Processing. Wiley Scientific/IFT, New York, NY 444 pp.

Callaway, T.R. and S.C. Ricke (Eds.), 2012. Direct Fed Microbials/Prebiotics for Animals: Science and Mechanisms of Action, Springer Science, New York, NY, 206 pp.

Ricke, S.C., J.R. Donaldson, and C.A. Phillips (Eds.) 2015. Food Safety: Emerging Issues, Technologies and Systems. Academic Press, Elsevier, Inc., Oxford, UK, 449 pp.

Ricke, S.C. and R.K. Gast (Eds.). 2016. Producing Safe Eggs-The Microbial Ecology of Salmonella. Elsevier, Inc., San Diego, CA. 436 pp.

Ricke, S.C. (Ed.) 2017. Achieving Sustainable Production of Poultry Meat- Volume 1 Safety, Quality and Sustainability. Burleigh Dodd Publishing, Cambridge, UK. 480 pp.

Ricke, S.C., G.G. Atungulu, H. Park, and C.E. Rainwater (Eds.) 2017. Food and Feed Safety Systems and Analysis. Elsevier Inc., San Diego, CA 406 pp.

Venkitanarayanan, K., S. Thakur, and S.C. Ricke (Eds.) 2019. Food Safety in Poultry Meat Production, Springer Science, New York, NY. 301 pp.

Pandey, A., C. Larroche, C.-G. Dussap, E. Gnansounou, S.K. Khanal, and S. Ricke. (Eds.) 2019. Biofuels: Alternative Feedstocks and Conversion Processes for the Production of Liquid and Gaseous Biofuels. Second Edition. Academic Press, Elsevier, London, UK. 867 pp.

Ricke, S.C., S.H. Park, and M.L. Davis. (Eds.) Microbial Transposon Mutagenesis: Protocols and Applications. Methods and Applications. Humana Press. Springer Science, New York, NY 183 pp.

Ricke, S.C. (Ed.) 2020. Improving Gut Health in Poultry. Burleigh Dodd Publishing, Cambridge, UK. 522 pp. 

Editor-in-Chief for Bioresource Technology, 2003-2010.

Editor-Bioresource Technology, 1996-2002.

Editor–Special issue in Anaerobe Volume 15, Number 1-2 Feb./Apr., 2009: Foodborne and Gastrointestinal Pathogen Ecology and Control in the Intestinal Tract.

Section Editor-Poultry Science: Processing, Products, and Food Safety (2011-2016).

Section Editor, Symposium: Current and Future Prospects for Induced Molting in Layer Hens, Poultry Science, 2002 Annual Meeting.

Section Editor, Symposium: Current applications, future prospects, and alternatives for the use of antimicrobials in poultry production, Poultry Science, 2002 Annual Meeting.

Associate Editor, Poultry Science-Environment and Health Section, 2000-2002.

Editorial board, Journal of Applied Poultry Research, 1998-2008.

Editorial board, Bioresource Technology, 1995

Editorial board, Journal of Food Protection, 1996-2001.

Editorial board, Journal of Rapid Methods and Automation in Microbiology, 1998-2009.

Editorial board, Journal of Food Safety, 2010-2018.

Appointed Faculty Senator, Texas A&M University, 1998.

Elected Faculty Senator, Texas A&M University, 1998-2001.

FDA Science Board-advisory subcommittee for the Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition: Subchairman-Antimicrobial Resistance and Tolerance Panel, 1999.

Poultry Science Program Committee Extension/Instruction Section Chair, 2004 Annual Meeting.

Co-chair, Current and Future Prospects for Natural and Organic Poultry, Poultry Science Association Annual Meeting, Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada, July 20, 2008.

Co-chair, Planning Committee for American Dairy Science Association 16th DISCOVER Conference on Direct Fed Microbials/Prebiotics for Animals, 2009

Member of the Institute of Medicine of the National Academies Committee on Review of Use of Process Indicators in FSIS Public Health Risk-Based Inspection System, 2008-2009.

Member of the National Research Council of the National Academies Standing Committee on Use of Public Health Data in FSIS Food Safety Programs, 2008-2010.

Member of the United Egg Producers Food Safety Scientific Advisory Council, 2010-Present.

Co-Founder and President-Elect of newly created Arkansas Association for Food Protection (AAFP) – Branch affiliate of the International Association of Food Protection (IAFP), 2009-2010.

President – AAFP, 2010-2011.

Academic Director – AAFP, 2012-2020.

Chairman – Long Ranging Planning Committee for Poultry Science Association Publications, 2016-2018.

Committee Member for the Poultry Science Association National Chicken Council Broiler Research Award

Member of American Meat Science Association – 2023 Reciprocal Meeting Planning
Committee

National Feed Ingredients Scholarship, 1982.

Distinguished Fellow, 19th International Workshop on Rapid Methods and Automation in Microbiology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, 1999.

Poultry Science Association National Research Award, 1999.

Alumnus Fellow, 20th Anniversary Gala Workshop on Rapid Methods and Automation in Microbiology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, 2000.

Texas Agricultural Experiment Station (TAES) 2002 Faculty Fellow

Donald “Buddy” Wray Endowed Chair for Food Safety, University of Arkansas, 2005 – 2020.

American Egg Board Research Award, Poultry Science Association -2006.

Department of Food Science – University of Arkansas Outstanding Research Award-2010

Division of Agriculture – University of Arkansas John White Outstanding Research Award-2012

International Scholar, Kyung Hee University, Suwon, South Korea, 2013

Arkansas Association for Food Protection Fellow Award – 2015

American Society for Microbiology Distinguished Lecturer, 2015-2017

William C. Frazier Lecture Memorial Lectureship in Food Microbiology, Univ. of Wisconsin Food Research Institute, May 17, 2017

Poultry Science Association Fellow Award-2017

International Association for Food Protection Fellow Award – 2019

Poultry Science Association Evonik Award for Achievement in Poultry Science – 2019

University of Wisconsin – College of Agricultural and Life Sciences Distinguished Alumnus Award – 2019

Poultry Science Association National Chicken Council Broiler Research Award -2020

University of Illinois College of Agricultural, Consumer, & Environmental Sciences Alumni Career Achievement Award – 2022

US Poultry Distinguished Poultry Industry Career Award, Poultry Science Association – 2023