{"id":88,"date":"2017-01-12T00:11:30","date_gmt":"2017-01-12T00:11:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogschapman.wpenginepowered.com\/undergraduate-excellence\/2017\/01\/12\/profiles-natalie-tom\/"},"modified":"2026-07-20T06:23:35","modified_gmt":"2026-07-20T06:23:35","slug":"profiles-natalie-tom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/undergraduate-excellence\/2017\/01\/12\/profiles-natalie-tom\/","title":{"rendered":"Profiles: Natalie Tom"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><figure id=\"attachment_168\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-168\" style=\"width: 120px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-168 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/undergraduate-excellence\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/78\/2016\/10\/natalie-headshot-sized.png\" alt=\"natalie-headshot-sized\" width=\"120\" height=\"150\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-168\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><br \/>\n Natalie Tom<\/figcaption><\/figure>&#xD;<br \/>\n&#xD;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Natalie Tom (&#x2019;17) wants you to leave your burgers in the fridge for as long as possible. That&#x2019;s why she spent last summer researching the possibility of extending the shelf life of beef patties with the use of mushrooms. &#xA0;She was able to dedicate her time and energy towards her research through the Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (<\/span><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.chapman.edu\/research-and-institutions\/office-undergraduate-research-creative-activity\/funding-opportunities\/surf-program.aspx\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">SURF<\/span><\/a><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">) hosted by<\/span><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.chapman.edu\/research-and-institutions\/office-undergraduate-research-creative-activity\/index.aspx\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">OURCA.<\/span><\/a><br \/>\n&#xD;<br \/>\n&#xD;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">SURF is OURCA&#x2019;s most intensive and comprehensive funding opportunity. Every summer, it supports a group of undergraduate students who are pursuing individual research and creative activity under the guidance of faculty mentors who teach at Chapman University full-time.<\/span><br \/>\n&#xD;<br \/>\n&#xD;<br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_188\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-188\" style=\"width: 343px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-188\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/undergraduate-excellence\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/78\/2017\/01\/natalie.jpg\" width=\"343\" height=\"228\" alt=\"natalie\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/undergraduate-excellence\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/78\/2017\/01\/natalie.jpg 800w, https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/undergraduate-excellence\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/78\/2017\/01\/natalie-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/undergraduate-excellence\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/78\/2017\/01\/natalie-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 343px) 100vw, 343px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-188\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><br \/>\n Natalie Tom with faculty mentor, Dr. Lilian Were<\/figcaption><\/figure>&#xD;<br \/>\n&#xD;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">As a fellow, Natalie was paid to work alongside her mentor, Dr. Lillian Were of the Food Science program&#xA0;for ten weeks this past summer. In addition to conducting her own research, Natalie gathered with fifteen other fellows from a variety of disciplines, ranging from Economics to Theater to Film to Biology, for professional development workshops and faculty research seminars every week.<\/span><br \/>\n&#xD;<br \/>\n&#xD;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">As Natalie says, most experiment time are spent in &#x201C;preparation.&#x201D; To analyze whether or not mushrooms could extend the shelf life of beef patties, Natalie had to hand wash 20 pounds of mushrooms, blanch them, dry them over 24-48 hours, grind them, and then mix them with the beef. The process took&#xA0;two or three days per sample, before testing could even begin. While this could sound tedious, it&#x2019;s the hands on aspect that attracted her to science after shadowing an accountant in high school and realized she didn&#8217;t want to spend her days behind a computer. Food science allows her to tap into her creativity, plus, as she said with a smile, &#x201C;Food scientists usually get to eat what they make.&#x201D;<\/span><br \/>\n&#xD;<br \/>\n&#xD;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-169\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/undergraduate-excellence\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/78\/2016\/10\/unspecifiedGL3WJUQX.jpg\" alt=\"unspecifiedgl3wjuqx\" width=\"208\" height=\"313\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/undergraduate-excellence\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/78\/2016\/10\/unspecifiedGL3WJUQX.jpg 533w, https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/undergraduate-excellence\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/78\/2016\/10\/unspecifiedGL3WJUQX-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 208px) 100vw, 208px\" \/><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Natalie plans to continue her experiments through this academic year and&#xA0;will jump into the Food Science graduate program as part of the 4+1 plan. She&#x2019;s applying the skills she learned through SURF, after &#x201C;becoming a stronger, more intellectual&#x201D; researcher. She&#8217;s now &#x201C;better at time management, and getting through barriers.&#8221; In thinking about graduate school and her future, she added, &#8220;Anything I do now won&#x2019;t be as difficult after SURF. Eight-hours day won&#x2019;t be anything.&#x201D; &#xA0;Ideally, she&#8217;d like to become a food scientist for Disney once she completes her degrees.<\/span><br \/>\n&#xD;<br \/>\n&#xD;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">&#xD;<br \/>\nIn addition to working hard in the lab, Natalie also serves as an<\/span><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.chapman.edu\/research-and-institutions\/office-undergraduate-research-creative-activity\/about\/ambassadors.aspx\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">OURCA Ambassador<\/span><\/a><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, bringing the numerous research and funding opportunities to other undergraduates on campus! 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