He has a teaching and research appointment in Meat Science with a specific focus on value added meat processing. His outreach efforts include assisting the meat and poultry industry with processing systems troubleshooting and conducting value added processed meat workshops. His teaching interests include value added processing, food safety, quality assurance and team problem solving. He has gained international experience through conducting educational programs and collaborative research in Mexico, South Korea, Canada and Europe and has served on military deployments to the Middle East. Dr. Osburn received both his BSc. and MSc. degrees from Texas A&M University and his Ph.D from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.