Researchers in the Department of Food Science working in the area of Sensory and Consumer Science, Food Choice, and Eating Behavior.

  • Instructor

Areas of Expertise

  • Sensory Science
  • Descriptive Analysis
  • Consumer Behavior
  • Product Guidance
  • Focus Group Moderating
  • Assistant Professor of Rural Sociology
  • Research Associate, Rock Ethics Institute

Areas of Expertise

  • Environmental sociology
  • Food and agricultural ethics
  • Science, knowledge, and technology
  • Culture and consumption
  • Social psychology
  • Animals and society
  • Qualitative research methods
  • 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
  • Rasmussen Career Development Professor in Food Science
  • Associate Professor of Food Science
  • Program Chair, Graduate Certificate Sensory & Consumer Science

Areas of Expertise

  • Sensory & Consumer Science
  • Flavor Chemistry & Flavor Biochemistry
  • Sensometrics
  • Sensory-assisted Breeding
  • Trace Analysis
  • Food Packaging
  • 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
  • Affiliate and Adjunct Researcher of Food Science
  • Sr. Manager, User Research, The Kroger Company