Researchers in the Department of Food Science working in the area of Food-Based Solutions for Enhanced Health.
- Assistant Professor of Food Science
Areas of Expertise
- Human Gut Microbiome
- Carbohydrate Active Enzymes
- Dietary Fiber
- Resistant Starch
- Professor and Associate Head of Food Science
Areas of Expertise
- Food chemistry
- Enology
- Wine oxidation
- Hop chemistry
- Antioxidants
- Lipid oxidation
- Email elias@psu.edu
- Office 814-865-5371
- Professor of Food Science
- Director, Sensory Evaluation Center
Areas of Expertise
- Sensory science
- Human psychophysics
- Taste biology
- Drug delivery systems
- Food choice
- Ingestive behavior
- Consumer acceptability
- Email jeh40@psu.edu
- Office 814-863-7129
- Pronouns He/him
- Professor, Department of Nutritional Sciences and Food Science
Areas of Expertise
- Leveraging the food industry to improve child nutrition
- Improving the palatability of foods targeted at children
- Assistant Research Professor
- Professor of Food Science
- Co-Director, Center for Plant and Mushroom Foods for Health
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
- Assistant Professor of Food Science
Areas of Expertise
- Food microbiology
- Food safety
- Genomics of food-associated fungi (Mycotoxins)
- Evolutionary biology
- Toxicology
- Nutritional immunology
- Email jmw970@psu.edu
- Office 814-863-2956
- Pronouns She/Her
- Distinguished Professor of Food Science
- Director of Graduate Studies
Areas of Expertise
- Food process engineering
- Food materials science
- Biopolymers
- Chocolate and confectionery
