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The Brew Believer Leading UMD’s Fermentation Lab

/ 24 November 2025 /

Tom Flores (B.S. '92, biochemistry) started out as a young home brewer. After decades in the business, he's showing University of Maryland students that the craft isn't all about beer. 

Now a lecturer in the Department of Nutrition and Food Science and the Department of Plant Science and Landscape Architecture, he works in UMD's Fermentation Science Laboratory, sharing the fundamentals of a field that spans cheese to kimchi to kefir. 

Read more about Tom's career and journey.

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