Researchers

Jennifer Auchtung

• ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, DEPARTMENT OF Food Science & Technology

jauchtung2@unl.edu

402-472-0134

Andy Benson

• Food for Health Presidential Chair and Director, Nebraska Food for Health Center
• Professor, Department of Food Science and Technology

abenson1@unl.edu

402-472-5637

Siddappa Byrareddy

• Associate Professor, University of Nebraska Medical Center

sid.byrareddy@unmc.edu

402-559-5416

Edgar Cahoon

• Director, Plant Science Innovation
• George W. Holmes Professor of Biochemistry

ecahoon2@unl.edu

402-472-5611

Jonathan B. Clayton

• Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, University of Nebraska-Omaha
• Member, Callitrichid Research Center
• Member, GreenViet Biodiversity Conservation Center
• Founder, Primate Microbiome Project

jclayton@unomaha.edu

402-554-6145

Edward Deehan

• Assistant Professor, Department of Food Science and Technology

edeehan2@unl.edu

(402) 472-5233

Samodha Fernando

• Professor, Animal Science
• Nebraska Center for the Prevention of Obesity Diseases

samodha@unl.edu

402-472-0518

Corrine Hanson

• M. Patricia and James. W. Leuschen Professor for Advancing Research in the Allied Health Professions, Medical Nutrition Education, University of Nebraska Medical Center

ckhanson@unmc.edu

402-559-3658

Robert Hutkins

• Khem Shahani Distinguished Professor of Food Science, Department of Food Science and Technology

hutkins@unl.edu

402-472-2820

David Hyten

• Haskins Professor in Plant Genetics and Associate Professor, Soybean Genetics/Genomics

david.hyten@unl.edu

402-472-3255

Jacques Izard

• Associate Professor, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

jizard@unmc.edu

402-836-9250

Kaustav Majumder

• Assistant Professor, Department of Food Science and Technology

kaustav.majumder@unl.edu

402-472-3510

Peter Mannon

• Professor of Medicine, University of Nebraska Medical Center
• Chief, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology
• Director, Frederic F. Paustian Inflammatory Bowel Disease Center
• Ruth and Bill Scott Endowed Presidential Chair of Internal Medicine

peter.mannon@unmc.edu

402-559-6209

Etsuko Moriyama

• Professor, School of Biological Sciences

emoriyama2@unl.edu

402-472-4979

Sathish Kumar Natarajan

• Associate Professor & Graduate Chair, Department of Nutrition & Health Sciences

snatarajan2@unl.edu

402-805-7520

Kurt Piepenbrink

• Assistant Professor, Department of Food Science and Technology

kurt.piepenbrink@unl.edu

402-472-6753

Jeffrey Price

• Research Assistant Professor, Department of Food Science & Technology
• Associate Director, Nebraska Gnotobiotic Mouse Program

jprice23@unl.edu

402-937-07-09

Amanda Ramer-Tait

• Maxcy Professor of Agriculture and Natural Resources Associate Professor, Department of Food Science & Technology
• Director, Nebraska Gnotobiotic Mouse Program

aramer-tait2@unl.edu

402-472-7293

Heather Rasmussen

• ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR, DEPARTMENT OF NUTRITION AND HEALTH SCIENCES
• DIRECTOR, DIETETIC INTERNSHIP

heather.rasmussen@unl.edu

402-413-6286

Devin Rose

• Professor, Departments of Agronomy and Horticulture and Food Science & Technology

drose3@unl.edu

402-472-2802

Jeffrey Salomon

• ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, PEDIATRICS
• ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, PHYSIOLOGY

jeffrey.salomon@unmc.edu

Derrick Samuelson

• ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, DEPARTMENT OF INTERNAL MEDICINE; University of Nebraska Medical Center

derrick.samuelson@unmc.edu

402-559-8834

James Schnable

• Center for Plant Science and Innovation
• Quantitative Life Sciences Initiative
• CHARLES O. GARDNER ENDOWED PROFESSOR, Department of Agronomy and Horticulture

schnable@unl.edu

402-472-4540

Hyun-Seob Song

• Associate Professor, Departments of Biological Systems Engineering and Food Science and Technology

hsong5@unl.edu

402-472-1036

Harkamal Walia

• Associate Professor, Department of Agronomy and Horticulture
• Robert B. Daugherty Water for Food Institute Fellow

hwalia2@unl.edu

402-472-1162

Yanbin Yin

• ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR, DEPARTMENT OF Food Science & Technology

yyin@unl.edu

402-472-4303