Todd Robert Klaenhammer (October 30, 1951 – March 6, 2021) was an American food scientist and microbiologist who spent his 40-year career at North Carolina State University researching lactic acid bacteria.
During his summer breaks he worked as a gas station clerk and as mail carrier for the United States Postal Service.
[2] Todd R. Klaenhammer accepted a position as assistant professor at North Carolina State University in 1978, working with Marvin L.
[2] He was later promoted to a named professorship, the William Neal Reynolds Distinguished Professor of Food Science, Microbiology, and Genetics.
[4] He was the founding editor of the Annual Review of Food Science and Technology in 2010 and remained co-editor with Michael P. Doyle through 2015.