Faculty
- Professor of Food Science
- Director for Education by Non-Traditional Delivery
- Chair of the Cocoa, Chocolate, and Confectionery Research Group
swamy@psu.edu
814-865-3004
- Meat Extension Specialist
- Assistant Professor - Animal Science
meatscience@psu.edu
814-867-2880
Areas of Expertise
- Processed Meats
- Food Safety
- Thermal Processing & Smoking
- Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point Systems
- Professor of Food Science
- Assistant Director of Food, Family & Health programs
klc13@psu.edu
814-867-4874
- Assistant Professor of Food Science
dwc30@psu.edu
814-863-2950
Areas of Expertise
- Human Gut Microbiome
- Carbohydrate Active Enzymes
- Dietary Fiber
- Resistant Starch
- Professor of Food Science;
- Undergraduate Program Coordinator
- Chair of the Ingredients as Materials Impact Group
coupland@psu.edu
814-865-2636
- Professor of Food Science
- Assistant Director of Food Safety & Quality Programs
- Food Safety Extension Specialist - Muscle Foods
- Chair of the Food Safety Impact Group
cnc3@psu.edu
814-865-8862
Areas of Expertise
- Food safety
- Food microbiology
- Foodborne pathogens
- Antimicrobials
- Edible films
- Spoilage
- Meat, poultry, seafood, muscle foods
- HACCP
- Sanitation
- Director of E. coli Reference Center
- Associate Professor of Food Science
egd100@psu.edu
814-867-0439
Areas of Expertise
- Microbiology
- Microbial pathogens
- Molecular microbiology
- Microbial genomics
- Food Safety
- Food Microbiology
- Associate Professor of Food Science
elias@psu.edu
814-865-5371
Areas of Expertise
- Food chemistry
- Enology
- Wine oxidation
- Hop chemistry
- Antioxidants
- Lipid oxidation
- Associate Professor of Food Science
- Division of Science, Berks College
- Department of Food Science, University Park
hxg7@psu.edu
610-396-6121
- Associate Professor of Food Science
fmh14@psu.edu
814-867-5689
Areas of Expertise
- Dairy Processing
- Food Rheology
- Food Engineering
- Associate Professor of Food Science
- Director, Sensory Evaluation Center
jeh40@psu.edu
814-863-7129
Areas of Expertise
- Sensory science
- Human psychophysics
- Taste biology
- Drug delivery systems
- Food choice
- Ingestive behavior
- Consumer acceptability
- Rasmussen Career Development Professor in Food Science
- Assistant Professor of Food Science
hxh83@psu.edu
814-863-5572
Areas of Expertise
- Sensory Science
- Flavor Chemistry & Flavor Biochemistry
- Trace Analysis
- Sensometrics
- Sensory-assisted Breeding
- Food Packaging
- Associate Research Professor
kek14@psu.edu
814-867-1379
Areas of Expertise
- Dairy Food Processing & Quality
- Dairy Food Safety
- Sensory Analysis of Dairy Products
- Dairy Foods Extension
- Artisanal Cheese
- Associate Professor, Department of Nutritional Sciences and Food Science
klk37@psu.edu
814-863-2915
Areas of Expertise
- Leveraging the food industry to improve child nutrition
- Improving the palatability of foods targeted at children
- Lester Earl and Veronica Casida Career Development Professor of Food Safety
- Assistant Professor of Food Science
jzk303@psu.edu
814-865-2883
Areas of Expertise
- Food Microbiology
- Food Safety
- Foodborne Pathogens [Campylobacter, Bacillus cereus group, Listeria, Salmonella]
- Antimicrobial Resistance
- Epidemiology
- Comparative, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics
- Metagenomics
- Professor of Food Science
lfl5@psu.edu
814-863-2298
Areas of Expertise
- Tracking Listeria monocytogenes in produce production and processing environments
- Food safety validation of mushroom growing, packing, and processing procedures
- Farm food safety (Good Agricultural Practices) training
- Hazards Analysis and Risk Based Preventive Controls training
- Non-thermal food processing
- Technical assistance to home and commercial food processors
- Associate Professor of Food Science
- Co-Director, Center for Plant and Mushroom Foods for Health
jdl134@psu.edu
814-865-5223
Areas of Expertise
- Cancer Prevention by Dietary Components
- Obesity and Inflammation Prevention by Dietary Components
- Food Toxicology
- Bioavailability and Biotransformation of Dietary Components
- Natural Products Chemistry
- Professor and Head of Food Science
Bob.Roberts@psu.edu
814-863-2959
Areas of Expertise
- Microbiology
- Dairy Products Processing
- Assistant Teaching Professor/Academic Advisor
cms578@psu.edu
814-863-6358
Areas of Expertise
- Student Interaction
- At-Risk Student Retention
- Student Perceptions in Online & Residential Educational Environments
- Assistant Professor of Food Science
jmw970@psu.edu
814-863-2956
Areas of Expertise
- Food microbiology
- Food safety
- Genomics of food-associated fungi (Mycotoxins)
- Evolutionary biology
- Toxicology
- Nutritional immunology
- Professor of Food Science
- Director of Graduate Studies
grz1@psu.edu
814-863-2960
Areas of Expertise
- Food process engineering
- Food materials science
- Biopolymers
- Chocolate and confectionery