David Dallas

David Dallas is an Associate Professor at Oregon State University, affiliated with the School of Nutrition and Public Health and the Department of Food Science and Technology. He leads the Dallas Lab, focusing on milk bioactives in human and animal milk to improve infant and adult health. His work emphasizes protein digestion, peptide release, and processing impacts on bioactivity.

He holds the Endowed Director position of the Moore Family Center for Whole Grain Foods, Nutrition and Preventive Health. Dallas has collaborated with institutions like Oregon Health & Sciences University and industry partners such as Bobbie Labs. His research spans preterm infant nutrition, adult digestive health, and milk processing techniques like high-pressure pasteurization.

Key achievements include developing peptidomics methods to identify bioactive peptides and guiding industry on preserving milk components. Awards include the Gerber Foundation Award (2025) and OSLER Fellowship (2024). His lab offers analytical services in proteomics, digestion modeling, and functional assays. Dallas mentors over 20 students, including PhD candidates like Md Atikur Rahman and Jillien Zukaitis.

Current projects include optimizing donor milk processing for preterm infants and studying whey proteins' effects on adult microbiomes. He has published extensively in journals like LWT and Journal of Functional Foods, with a focus on protein survival, bioactivity, and digestion dynamics.