Shridhar Sathe

Shridhar Sathe (October 30, 1950 – April 4, 2019) was an Indian-born American scientist who was a distinguished professor of food science at Florida State University and who is widely cited as an authority on the role of proteins in food allergy science.[1] His research program was focused on identifying tree nut allergy proteins, developing antibody-based enzyme linked immunosorbent assays (ELISAs) for their detection and quantification, and identifying and characterizing epitopes in tree nut allergenic proteins.[2] Dr. Sathe served on USDA NRICGP and EPA FQPA review panels (among others,) several national committees of the Institute of Food Technologists (IFT), and was a frequently sought reviewer by scientific journals in food science and technology. He was an elected fellow of the IFT and also served on the editorial boards of Journal of Agriculture and Food Chemistry, Journal of Food Biochemistry, LWT-Food Science and Technology, Plant Foods for Human Nutrition, and Korean Food Science and Biotechnology.[3] In addition, he was a distinguished teaching professor and graduate advisor. Sathe also served as a pre-health advisor for undergraduate students.

Background

Shridhar Krishna Sathe was born in Pune, Maharashtra, India, to Krishna Sathe, a clerk, and Kumudini Sathe (nee Varna Damle,) a homemaker, on October 30, 1950. The oldest of three sons, Sathe split his time between his immediate family and a relative's house growing up. He became familiar with different types of foods and agriculture thanks to exposures to farm life in his childhood and youth. These early life exposures are likely to have contributed to his eventual career choice. He was in the top five percent of his high school class and a National Merit Scholar.

He obtained bachelor's degrees in chemistry and food technology, and a master's in food technology, all at the University of Bombay. The chemistry degree was earned under the auspices of the UDCT college (now Institute of Chemical Technology, or ICT.) He came to the US, and to Utah, in 1977; he earned his PhD from Utah State University in 1982. Although he initially planned on returning to India for a job, several colleagues and a postdoctoral mentor encouraged him to stay in the US, which he ultimately did. He served as a postdoc first at University of Arizona in Tucson, Arizona, and then at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana. He joined Florida State University (FSU) in 1988 and remained there the rest of his life. He was naturalized as a US citizen in 2000.

Legacy

He is survived by his wife of 35 years, Sandhya, and a daughter, Sonal, their only child. Sonal is completing a PhD in the department of human nutrition, foods, and exercise at Virginia Tech.

References
  1. "Shridhar Sathe Obituary - Tallahassee". Tallahassee Democrat. April 8, 2019 – via legacy.com.
  2. Food Allergy, Shridhar K. Sathe, Changqi Liu, and Valerie D. Zaffran, Annual Review of Food Science and Technology 2016 7:1, 191-220.
  3. "FSU mourns loss of Lawton Professor Shridhar K. Sathe". news.fsu.edu. April 5, 2019.


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