Robert Kryger

Dr. Robert Kryger began teaching at Florida Polytechnic University in 2016.  He is an entrepreneurial scientist with a strong research background and experience in the development, management and sale of technically-focused small businesses.

A formally-trained physicist, Kryger began his career in fundamental and applied nuclear physics research with positions at the National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory at Michigan State University and Optical Coating Laboratory Inc. in California.

Pivoting interests, he moved to Lakeland, Florida, in 1995 joining a citrus flavor chemistry startup where he developed a strong background in food and flavor chemistry.  Following the sale of that company in 2001, he remained in the Lakeland area and started a number of small companies in the areas of food flavors, chemical processing, beverage products and medical devices.

His diverse research interests include citrus products, fruit flavors, food safety, molecular separation technologies, nuclear physics and measurement science. His research has resulted in a number of proprietary flavor processes and products as well as numerous scientific publications, presentations and two patents.

Outside of work, Kryger is an avid sailor and enthusiastic student of classical Greek.

Education

• Ph.D. in Physics, University of Notre Dame, 1991
• B.S. in Physics, Hope College, 1985

Expertise

• Citrus products
• Fruit flavors
• Food safety
• Molecular separation technologies
• Nuclear physics
• Measurement science

Professional Activities

• Professional Member, Institute of Food Technologists, 1995 – present
• Certified Food Scientist, Institute of Food Technologists, 2013 – present
• Member, American Chemical Society, 1995 – present
• Member, American Physical Society, 1985 – present
• Member, American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2000 – present

Select Publications

• A. Kryger. Volatility of Patulin in Apple Juice.  J. Agric. Food Chem.   49:4141 – 4143 (2001).
• A. Kryger. Florida Tangerine Peel Oil – The Changing Cultivar Landscape. Perfumer & Flavorist 27:22 – 27  (2002).
• E. Parish, D. Baum, R. Kryger, R. Goodrich and R. Baum. Fate of Salmonellae in Citrus Oil and Aqueous Aroma. J. Food Protection 66: 1704 – 1707 (2003).
• Robert A. Kryger. Role of Polymethoxylated Flavones in Citrus Flavor.  Natural Flavors and Fragrances – Chemistry, Analysis and Production, ed. Carl Frey and Russell Rouseff.  ACS Symposium Series 908, American Chemical Society, 2005.
• Kryger, R.A. “Regulatory Issues and Flavor Analysis”. In Goodner, K.L. and Rouseff, R.L. (eds.) Practical Analysis of Flavor and Fragrance Materials.  West Sussex, UK. J. Wiley & Sons, 2011. Pp 201-222.
• A. Kryger, A. Azhari, J. Brown, J. Caggiano, M. Hellström, J. H. Kelley, B. M. Sherrill, M. Steiner and M. Thoennessen. Upper Limit of the Lifetime of 16B.  Phys. Rev. C 53, 1971 (1996).
• A. Kryger, A. Azhari, M. Hellström, J. H. Kelley, T. Kubo, R. Pfaff, E. Ramakrishnan, B. M. Sherrill, M. Thoennessen, S. Yokoyama, R. J. Charity, J. Dempsey, A. Kirov, N. Robertson, D. G. Sarantites, L. G. Sobotka and J. A. Winger. Studies of Light Nuclei Beyond the Particle Driplines:  The Two-Proton Emitter 12O.  Nucl. Instr. Meth. B 99, 312 (1995).
• A. Kryger, A. Azhari, M. Hellström, J. H. Kelley, T. Kubo, R. Pfaff, E. Ramakrishnan, B. M. Sherrill, M. Thoennessen, S. Yokoyama, R. J. Charity, J. Dempsey, A. Kirov, N. Robertson, D. G. Sarantites, L. G. Sobotka and J. A. Winger. Ground State Two Proton Decay of 12O.  Phys. Rev. Lett. 74, 860 (1995).
• A. Kryger, A. Azhari, E. Ramakrishnan, M. Thoennessen and S. Yokoyama. Efficiency of a BaF2 Scintillator Detector for 15 – 150 MeV Neutrons.  Nucl. Instr. Meth. A 346, 544 (1994).
• A. Kryger, J. J. Kolata, W. Chung, S. Dixit, R. J. Tighe, J. J. Vega, P. A. DeYoung, C. Copi, J. Sarafa, G. P. Gilfoyle, and S. K. Sigworth. Two Particle Correlations from Neutron – Light Charged Particle Coincidences.  Phys. Rev. Lett. 65, 2118 (1990).