Graduate Students

Title Degree Areas of Interest Advisor
Loren Avalos M.S. Zata Vickers
Allison Bailey Ph.D. Daniel Gallaher
Aysegul Aysha Baltaci Ph.D.
  • Public health nutrition
  • Community nutrition
  • Diet and activity related behaviors among diverse families and their children
  • Latino father and adolescent nutrition and activity education
  • Cooking demonstrations
 Marla Reicks
Yara Benavides Ph.D.

Characterization of undesirable aroma compounds along different extraction processes from pea flour to pea protein extract.

 Dr. Gary Reineccius
Radhika Bharathi Ph.D.
  • Applied Food Science & Product Development
  • Food Chemistry
  • Carbohydrate Chemistry, Technology and Processing
  • Starch Chemistry and Technology
  • Sustainable Food Systems
  • Food Processing Operations
  • Science communication for food science and nutrition
  • Food Quality & Regulation
 Dr. George Annor
Prince Boakye Ph.D.
  • Food Chemistry
  • Product Development
  • Food Processing
  • Food Carbohydrates
  • Modeling and Optimization using Response Surface Methodology
  • Lipid Chemistry
  • Data Science/Analysis
  • Food Sustainability
 George Annor
Meredith Bonde M.S. Len Marquart
Theresa Bushman Ph.D. Xiaoli Chen
Drew Carter Ph.D.
  • Cellular Agriculture
  • Microbiomes
  • Science Communication
Yuni Choi Ph.D.

Nutritional Epidemiology (dietary pattern and chronic disease development)

 Dr.David Jacobs
Dr. Nicole Larson
Estephany Cortes Ortega M.S.
  • Microbiology
  • Food Chemistry
  • Quality in Food
  • Research and Development

 

 Steven Bowden
Jessica Dryke M.S. Len Marquart
Laura Eckhardt M.S. Pam Ismail
Megan Edelman M.S.
  • Dietary fiber and the gut microbiome
  • Human milk oligosaccharides (HMOs) and gut microbiome modulation
  • Maternal and pediatric nutrition
 Joanne Slavin
Abbey Foglesong M.S. Carrie Earthman
Allie Fons M.S.

Mineral metabolism in Chronic Kidney Disease.

 Dr. Kathleen Hill Gallant
Staci Gallahue M.S. Len Marquart
Ashley Gelhaus M.S.
  • Eating Disorders
  • Exercise
  • Intuitive Eating
  • Gut Microbiome
 Dr. Scott Crow
Cole Guggisberg Ph.D. Moon-Suhn Ryu
Yue Guo Ph.D. Chi Chen
Gretchen Gustafson M.S.
  • New Product Development
  • Food Processing & Engineering
  • Cold Plasma Technology
 Dr. Kumar Mallikarjunan
Eleanore Hansen M.S.
  • Food Safety
  • Food Regulations
  • Food Microbiology
  • Toxicology and Epidemiology
 Steve Bowden
Laura Hooper Ph.D.

Weight stigma experienced during adolescence and young adulthood: associations with disordered eating and weight-related health risk behaviors.

 Dianne Neumark-Sztainer, PhD, MPH, RD
Holly Husband M.S.
  • Plant-based protein
  • Protein chemistry
  • Ingredient chemistry
  • Food applications
 Pam Ismail
Azzairia Jackson M.S. Marla Reicks
Hannah Johnson M.S.
  • Microbiome
  • Prebiotics/Probiotics
  • Maternal/Infant Nutrition
  • Clinical Nutrition
  • Nutrition Support
 Daniel Gallaher
Nigel Kang M.S.
  • Novel Food Proteins
  • Food Trends and Innovation
  • Food Application and Product Development
  • Sustainability and Food Waste Reduction
 Pam Ismail
Dilpreet Kaur
  • Dairy Science Food Chemistry
  • Product development
  • Continuous Improvement/ Lean six sigma
 Dr. Schoenfuss & Dr. Kumar
Brooke Kerscher M.S.
  • Eating Disorders
  • Chronic Kidney Disease
  • Adolescent Nutrition
 Kathleen Hill Gallant
Juyoung Kim Ph.D. Dr. Moon-Suhn Ryu
Sara Kleba Ph.D. Zata Vickers
Sara Kleba Ph.D.
Riley Larson M.S. JoAnne Salvin
Derek Lin Ph.D. Xiaoli Chen
Te Yueh Lin Ph.D.
  • Obesity and aging
  • Inflammation
  • Extracellular vesicles
  • miRNAs
 Xiaoli Chen
Leslie Loehr M.S. Pam Ismail
Qingqing Mao Ph.D.
  • Nutrition
  • Dietetics
  • Metabolomics
 Chi Chen
Abbie Masciangelo M.S. Marla Reicks
Kenzie McClintic M.S.
  • Alternative protein R and D
  • Sensory and Product Development
  • Extrusion/Processing
  • Sustainability
 Job Ubbink and. Zata Vickers
Devon McDonald M.S.

Flavor Chemistry of Plant Protein.

 Gary Reineccius
Zahra Moazzami M.S.

Fuel utilization in brown fat.

 Dr. Hai-Bin Ruan
Vaidehi Narkar M.S. B. Pam Ismail
Brittany Noble M.S.
  • Polyphenolics and cancer prevention
  • Eating disorders
  • Integrating nutrition in primary care
 Dan Gallaher
Akua Okyere Ph.D.
Akua Okyere Ph.D.
  • Food Chemistry
  • Starch Chemistry
  • Plasma Science
  • Food Quality and Safety
  • Sensory Science
  • Product Development and Sustainability
 George Annor
Sonali Raghunath Ph.D.
  • Food Proteins
  • Engineering/ Processing
  • Dairy Chemistry
  • Product Developement
  • Studying the effect of pulsed electric field processing and cold plasma treatments on milk derived protein concentrates (MPC and MCC)
 Kumar Mallikarjunan, Tonya Schoenfuss
Madeleine Salisbury M.S.
  • obesity
  • eating behaviors
 Shalamar Sibley
Kendal Schmitz Ph.D.

Mineral metabolism in Chronic Kidney Disease.

 Dr. Kathleen Hill Gallant
Allie Schneider M.S. Pam Ismail
Rebekah Schulz M.S. Joanne Slavin
Lei Shan Ted Labuza
Rachel Stark M.S. Daniel Gallaher
Rui Su M.S.
  • Biochemistry
  • Metabolomics 
 Chi Chen
Chrissy Tingle M.S. Job Ubbink
Chrissy Tingle M.S. Job Ubbink
Maheshwari Viragi M.S. Steven Bowden
Jacob Vitt M.S. Steven Bowden
Xiaohan Wu M.S. Gary Reineccius
Brigitta Yaputri M.S.
  • Plant protein modification & application
  • Food research & development (innovation)
  • Food waste management/utilization
  • Nutrition and health
 Pam Ismail
Jiayi Alice Zhang M.S. David Smith
Junwei Zhang Ph.D. Chi Chen