Faculty
Dr. Curtis Weller
Department Head
Professor
FIC 23
402 472 9337
cweller1@unl.edu
Area of research: Food Engineering
Dr. Jennifer Auchtung
Assistant Professor
FIC 263
jauchtung2@unl.edu
Area of Research: Microbiology
Dr. Thomas Auchtung
Research Assistant Professor
FIC 257
tauchtung2@unl.edu
Area of Research: Microbiology
Dr. Joe Baumert
Director FARRP
Associate Professor
FIC 282
402 472 3070
jbaumert2@unl.edu
Area of research: Food Allergens
Dr. Andrew Benson
Director Nebraska Food for Health Center
Professor
FIC 115
402 472 5637
abenson1@unl.edu
Area of research: Microbiology
Dr. Andreia Bianchini
Associate Professor
FIC 248
402 472 3114
abianchini2@unl.edu
Area of research: Mycotoxins/Food Safety
Dr. Byron Chaves
Assistant Professor
FIC 255
402 472 2196
byron.chaves-elizondo@unl.edu
Area of research: Food Microbiology/Food Safety
Applied Food Safety Lab
Dr. Deniz Ciftci
Assistant Professor of Practice
FIC 213
402 472 2767
deniz.ciftci@unl.edu
Area of Research: Bioresource and Food Engineering
Dr. Ozan Ciftci
Associate Professor
FIC 264
402 472 5686
ciftci@unl.edu
Area of Research: Food engineering, Food Lipids, Supercritical Fluid Technology, Bioavailability, 3D Food Printing
Dr. Jennifer Clarke
Professor
FIC 253
402 472 2512
jclarke3@unl.edu
Area of research: Bioinformatics
Dr. Mary-Grace Danao
Research Associate Professor
FIC 244
402 472 1595
mdanao2@unl.edu
Area of Research: Food Processing
Dr. Melanie Downs
Assistant Professor
FIC 283
402 472 5423
mdowns2@unl.edu
Area of research: Food Proteins
Dr. Richard Goodman
Research Professor
FIC 261
402 472 0452
rgoodman2@unl.edu
Area of research: Allergens
Dr. Heather Hallen-Adams
Assistant Professor of Practice
FIC 252
402 472 2825
hhallen-adams2@unl.edu
Area of research: Molds & Mycotoxins
Dr. Terry Howell Jr.
FPC Executive Director
Research Professor
FIC 226
402 472 2142
terry.howell@unl.edu
Area of research: Food Engineering
Dr. Robert Hutkins
Professor
FIC 258
402 472 2820
rhutkins1@unl.edu
Area of research: Biotechnology
Dr. Jacques Izard
Associate Professor
FIC 254
402 472 3068
jizard@unl.edu
Area of Research: Microbiology
Dr. David Jackson
Vice Provost
Professor
VARH 145
402 472 0075
djackson@nebraska.edu
Area of research: Corn Processing/Products; Starch Chemistry
Dr. Philip Johnson
Assistant Professor
FIC 266
402 472 2278
philip.johnson@unl.edu
Area of research: Food Allergens
Dr. Jooyeoun Jung
Assistant Professor of Practice
FIC 251
402 472 2767
jjung9@unl.edu
Area of research: Food Packaging/Processing
Dr. Mei Lu
Assistant Professor of Practice
FIC 249
402 405 8468
mlu4@unl.edu
Area of Research: Food Allergens and Food Chemistry
Dr. Kaustav Majumder
Assistant Professor
FIC 256
402 472 3510
kaustav.majumder@unl.edu
Area of research: Food Proteins
Dr. Bismarck Martinez
Assistant Professor of Scholarly Service
FIC 259
402 405 9440
bmartineztellez2@unl.edu
Area of research: Food Microbiology & Safety
Dr. Yulie Meneses
Research Assistant Professor
FIC 270
402 472 2182
yuliemeneses@unl.edu
Area of Research: Food Processing
Dr. Charles Nwaizu
Assistant Professor of Practice
FIC 249
531 777 3833
cnwaizu2@unl.edu
Area of Research: Food Engineering
Dr. Dongjin Park
Assistant Professor of Practice
FIC 249
262 336 8148
djpark@unl.edu
Area of Research: Food Microbiology
Dr. Kurt Piepenbrink
Assistant Professor
FIC 262
402 472 6753
kpiepenbrink2@unl.edu
Area of Research: GI Biology
Dr. Amanda Ramer-Tait
Associate Professor
FIC 260
402 472 7293
aramer-tait2@unl.edu
Area of research: Microbiology and Immunology
Dr. Devin Rose
Associate Professor
FIC 268
402 472 2802
drose3@unl.edu
Area of research: Grains/Legumes
Dr. Hyun-Seob Song
Associate Professor
FIC 267
402 416 1413
hsong5@unl.edu
Area of research: Metabolic & Microbiome Modeling
Dr. Jayne Stratton
Research Associate Professor
FIC 246
402 472 2829
jstratton1@unl.edu
Area of research: Food Microbiology
Dr. Rossana Villa Rojas
Assistant Professor of Practice
FIC 249
402 310 1817
rvillarojas2@unl.edu
Area of research: Food Engineering/Food Safety
Dr. Bing Wang
Assistant Professor
FIC 250
402 472 2517
bing.wang@unl.edu
Area of research: Risk Analysis
Dr. Randy Wehling
Professor
Academic Program Coordinator
FIC 272
402 472 2857
rwehling1@unl.edu
Area of research: Food Analysis
Dr. Mark Wilkins
Director Industrial Agricultural Products Center
Professor
FIC 267
402 472 8250
mwilkins3@unl.edu
Area of research: Food Processing
Dr. Changmou Xu
Research Assistant Professor
FIC 242
402 472 4635
cxu13@unl.edu
Area of research: Functional Foods
Dr. Yanbin Yin
Associate Professor
FIC 253
402 472 4303
yyin@unl.edu
Area of research: Genomics and Bioinformatics
Staff
Chris Ebbers
3+1 UNL-NWAFU Success Navigator
472-8398
cebbers3@unl.edu
Sharisa Heier
Assistant to the Department Head
472-2905
sheier3@unl.edu
Justin Lewis
Communications, Design, and Computer Support
472-2766
justin.lewis@unl.edu
Julie McManamey
Graduate Program Coordinator
472-5301
julie.mcmanamey@unl.edu
Makenna Pardee
Administrative Associate to Dr. John Rupnow
472-5791
mpardee2@unl.edu
Angie Ratekin
Teaching Lab Coordinator
472-0753
aratekin2@unl.edu
Sara Roberts
Undergraduate Program Coordinator
472-2843
sroberts14@unl.edu