Researchers

Jennifer Auchtung

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, DEPARTMENT OF Food Science & Technology

jauchtung2@unl.edu

402-472-0134

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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

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Siddappa Byrareddy

Associate Professor, University of Nebraska Medical Center

sid.byrareddy@unmc.edu

402-559-5416

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Edgar Cahoon

Director, Plant Science Innovation

George W. Holmes Professor of Biochemistry

ecahoon2@unl.edu

402-472-5611

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Jennifer Clarke

Director of the Quantitative Life Sciences Initiative

Professor, Department of Statistics

jclarke3@unl.edu

402-472-2512

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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

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Tom Clemente

Eugene W. Price Distinguished Professor of Biotechnology, Center for Plant Science and Innovation

Professor, Department of Agronomy and Horticulture

tclemente1@unl.edu

402-472-1428

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Samodha Fernando

Professor, Animal Science

Nebraska Center for the Prevention of Obesity Diseases

samodha@unl.edu

402-472-0518

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Jeffrey A. French

Varner Professor of Neuroscience and Psychology

Director: Callitrichid Research Center, University of Nebraska at Omaha

jfrench@unomaha.edu

402-554-2558

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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

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Robert Hutkins

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

hutkins@unl.edu

402-472-2820

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David Hyten

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

david.hyten@unl.edu

402-472-3255

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Jacques Izard

Clinical Research Director, Nebraska Food for Health Center

Associate Professor, Department of Food Science & Technology

jizard@unl.edu

402-472-3068

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Stephen Kachman

Investigator, Nebraska Gateway to Nutrigenomics

Professor and BORC Biostatistics Coordinator, Department of Statistics

steve.kachman@unl.edu

402-472-7302

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Tricia LeVan

Director, Facility for Mutation of Methylation Analysis

Associate Professor, Department of Epidemiology , University of Nebraska Medical Center

tlevan@unmc.edu

402-559-3985

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Kaustav Majumder

Assistant Professor, Department of Food Science and Technology

kaustav.majumder@unl.edu

402-472-3510

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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

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Etsuko Moriyama

Professor, School of Biological Sciences

emoriyama2@unl.edu

402-472-4979

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Robert Norgren

Professor, Department of Genetics, Cell Biology and Anatomy at the University of Nebraska Medical Center

rnorgren@unmc.edu

402-559-8891

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Kurt Piepenbrink

Assistant Professor, Department of Food Science and Technology

kurt.piepenbrink@unl.edu

402-472-6753

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Amanda Ramer-Tait

Harold and Esther Edgerton Associate Professor of Immunology and Microbiology, Department of Food Science & Technology

Director, Nebraska Gnotobiotic Mouse Program

aramer-tait2@unl.edu

402-472-7293

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Heather Rasmussen

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR, DEPARTMENT OF NUTRITION AND HEALTH SCIENCES

DIRECTOR, DIETETIC INTERNSHIP

heather.rasmussen@unl.edu

402-413-6286

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Devin Rose

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

drose3@unl.edu

402-472-2802

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Derrick Samuelson

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

derrick.samuelson@unmc.edu

402-559-8834

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James Schnable

Center for Plant Science and Innovation

Quantitative Life Sciences Initiative

Assistant Professor, Department of Agronomy and Horticulture

schnable@unl.edu

402-472-4540

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Hyun-Seob Song

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

hsong5@unl.edu

402-472-1036

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Harkamal Walia

Associate Professor, Department of Agronomy and Horticulture

Robert B. Daugherty Water for Food Institute Fellow

hwalia2@unl.edu

402-472-1162

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Yanbin Yin

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR, DEPARTMENT OF Food Science & Technology

yyin@unl.edu

402-472-4303

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Jennifer Auchtung ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, DEPARTMENT OF Food Science & Technology

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

Siddappa Byrareddy Associate Professor, University of Nebraska Medical Center

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

Jennifer Clarke Director of the Quantitative Life Sciences Initiative Professor, Department of Statistics

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

Tom Clemente Eugene W. Price Distinguished Professor of Biotechnology, Center for Plant Science and Innovation Professor, Department of Agronomy and Horticulture

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

Jeffrey A. French Varner Professor of Neuroscience and Psychology Director: Callitrichid Research Center, University of Nebraska at Omaha

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

Robert Hutkins Khem Shahani Distinguished Professor of Food Science, Department of Food Science and Technology

David Hyten Haskins Professor in Plant Genetics and Associate Professor, Soybean Genetics/Genomics

Jacques Izard Clinical Research Director, Nebraska Food for Health Center Associate Professor, Department of Food Science & Technology

Stephen Kachman Investigator, Nebraska Gateway to Nutrigenomics Professor and BORC Biostatistics Coordinator, Department of Statistics

Tricia LeVan Director, Facility for Mutation of Methylation Analysis Associate Professor, Department of Epidemiology , University of Nebraska Medical Center

Kaustav Majumder Assistant Professor, Department of Food Science and Technology

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

Etsuko Moriyama Professor, School of Biological Sciences

Robert Norgren Professor, Department of Genetics, Cell Biology and Anatomy at the University of Nebraska Medical Center

Kurt Piepenbrink Assistant Professor, Department of Food Science and Technology

Amanda Ramer-Tait Harold and Esther Edgerton Associate Professor of Immunology and Microbiology, Department of Food Science & Technology Director, Nebraska Gnotobiotic Mouse Program

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

Devin Rose Professor, Departments of Agronomy and Horticulture and Food Science & Technology

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

James Schnable Center for Plant Science and Innovation Quantitative Life Sciences Initiative Assistant Professor, Department of Agronomy and Horticulture

Hyun-Seob Song Associate Professor, Departments of Biological Systems Engineering and Food Science and Technology

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

Yanbin Yin ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR, DEPARTMENT OF Food Science & Technology