Members

Membership in the Institute for Food, Nutrition, and Health (IFNH) is open to the faculty, staff, and students of Rutgers University who subscribe to the vision, mission, and core values of the institute.

Contact information for IFNH centers and administration can be found on the Contact page.

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Brandon Alderman, PHD
Associate Professor, Chair, DLS - Kinesiology And Health
School of Arts and Sciences
alderman@rutgers.edu
848-445-9336
Affiliation: IFNH Center for Human Nutrition, Exercise, and Metabolism
Research Interests: Psychophysiology, Cognitive Neuroscience, Clinical Interventions

Lauren Aleksunes, PHD, PharmD
Associate Professor, Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology
Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy and EOHSI
aleksunes@eohsi.rutgers.edu
848-445-5518
Affiliation: IFNH - Rutgers Center for Lipid Research
Research Interests: Membrane drug transporters

Hassana Alidou, PHD
Visiting Professor
hassanatou2@gmail.com
202-699-2196
Affiliation: IFNH Center for Agricultural Food Ecosystems (RUCAFE)
Research Interests: Education Policy, Multilingualism/Multiculturalism, Diplomacy, Gender and International Development/Women leadership and public policy

Ousseina Alidou, PHD
Professor, African, Middle Eastern, and South Asian Languages and Literatures
School of Arts and Sciences
oalidou@amesall.rutgers.edu
848-445-4301
Affiliation: IFNH Center for Agricultural Food Ecosystems (RUCAFE)
Research Interests: Linguistics, comparative cultural studies, literacy, women's and gender studies; African Muslim societies

Laura Amador
Administrative Assistant
School of Environmental and Biological Sciences
lamador@sebs.rutgers.edu
848-932-0253
Affiliation: IFNH Administration

Darrin Anderson
State Program Director, New Jersey Partnership for Healthy Kids and Associate Executive Director, New Jersey YMCA State Alliance
Associate Executive Director, New Jersey YMCA State Alliance
darrin.anderson@ymca.net
Affiliation: IFNH External Advisory Board

Tracy Anthony, PHD
Professor, Department of Nutritional Sciences
School of Environmental and Biological Sciences
tracy.anthony@rutgers.edu
848-932-6331
Affiliation: IFNH - Rutgers Center for Lipid Research; IFNH Center for Human Nutrition, Exercise, and Metabolism
Research Interests: Regulation of metabolism and proteostasis by changes in nutrient supply; metabolic and molecular responses to exercise

Ayana April-Sanders, PhD, MPH
Instructor, School of Public Health
aapril@sph.rutgers.edu
732-235-8574
Affiliation: IFNH Center for Nutrition, Microbiome, and Health
Research Interests: Early origins of cardiovascular and metabolic diseases and the role of the gut microbiome and diet on these pathways

Steve Armstrong
Independent Advisor, Food Law, and Regulation
armstrongs1952@gmail.com
Affiliation: IFNH External Advisory Board

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Gloria Bachman, MD, PHD
Professor, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences
Associate Dean of Women's Health; Director, Women's Health Institute
Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
bachmaga@rutgers.edu
732-354-8461
Affiliation: IFNH Center for Nutrition, Microbiome, and Health
Research Interests: Research is geared to women and their obstetrical health

Anne Barnhill, PHD
Assistant Professor, Medical Ethics & Health Policy, University of Pennsylvania
anne.barnhill@gmail.com
Affiliation: IFNH External Advisory Board

Emily Barrett, PHD
Department of Epidemiology
School of Public Health and EOHSI
emily.barrett@eohsi.rutgers.edu
848-445-0197
Affiliation: IFNH Center for Childhood Nutrition Research
Research Interests: Research interests: pregnancy, child development, environmental chemicals, psychosocial stressors, health and disease

Marsha Bates, PHD
Distinguished Professor, Vice Chair, Graduate Studies and Research, Department of Kinesiology and Health, Director, Cardiac Neuroscience Laboratory, Center of Alcohol Studies
School of Arts and Sciences
mebates@smithers.rutgers.edu
848-445-3559
Affiliation: IFNH Center for Human Nutrition, Exercise, and Metabolism
Research Interests: Effects of alcohol and drugs on cognition, cardiovascular processes, and the brain; bio-behavioral interventions

Tessa Bergsbaken, PHD
Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Institute for Infectious & Inflammatory Diseases
Rutgers New Jersey Medical School
t.bergsbaken@rutgers.edu
973-972-7933
Affiliation: IFNH Center for Nutrition, Microbiome, and Health
Research Interests: Examine the influence of the microbiome on the development of colorectal cancer

Nicholas Bello, PHD
Associate Professor, Department of Animal Sciences
School of Environmental and Biological Sciences
ntbello@rutgers.edu
732-932-2966
Affiliation: IFNH Center for Nutrition, Microbiome, and Health
Research Interests: Neural control of diet selection, eating disorders, dietary supplements for appetite control

Haskell Berman
Health Care Institute of NJ - Senior VP State Affairs
berman@hinj.org
Affiliation: IFNH External Advisory Board

Debashish Bhattacharya, PHD
Distinguished Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology
School of Environmental and Biological Sciences
d.bhattacharya@rutgers.edu
848-932-6218
Affiliation: IFNH Center for Nutrition, Microbiome, and Health
Research Interests: Molecular evolution and functional analysis of corals and algae

Moshmi Bhattacharya, PHD
Associate Professor, Department of Medicine
Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
moshmi.bhattacharya@rutgers.edu
732-235-5269
Affiliation: IFNH - Rutgers Center for Lipid Research
Research Interests: Regulation of lipid metabolism in non-alcholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD)

Martin Blaser, MD
Director, Center for Advanced Biotechnology and Medicine
Departments of Medicine and Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
martin.blaser@cabm.rutgers.edu
848-445-9834
Affiliation: IFNH Center for Nutrition, Microbiome, and Health
Research Interests: To conduct metabolic studies with IFNH personnel in animal models related to obesity, diabetes, and autoimmunity

Arend-Jan Both, PHD
Professor, Department of Environmental Sciences
School of Biological and Environmental Sciences
both@envsci.rutgers.edu
848-932-5730
Affiliation: IFNH Center for Agricultural Food Ecosystems (RUCAFE)
Research Interests: Controlled environment agriculture, horticultural engineering, plant lighting, agricultural energy systems

Grace Brannigan, PHD
Associate Professor, Department of Physics/CCIB
Rutgers University-Camden
grace.brannigan@rutgers.edu
856-225-6780
Affiliation: IFNH - Rutgers Center for Lipid Research
Research Interests: Computational biophysics of the central nervous system

Paul Breslin, PHD
Professor, Department of Nutritional Sciences
School of Environmental and Biological Sciences
pasb@sebs.rutgers.edu
848-932-6080
Affiliation: IFNH Center for Nutrition, Microbiome, and Health; IFNH Center for Human Nutrition, Exercise, and Metabolism
Research Interests: Oral perception, flavor, and their genetic bases; the role of chemical senses on regulatory physiology and metabolism

Jennifer Buckman, PHD
Associate Professor, DLS - Kinesiology And Health
School of Arts and Sciences
jbuckman@rutgers.edu
732-445-0793
Affiliation: IFNH Center for Human Nutrition, Exercise, and Metabolism
Research Interests: Automatic physiological processes that support maladaptive lifestyle choices, such as drinking more than intended

Christoph Buettner, MD, PHD
Professor and Chancellor Scholar, Department of Medicine
Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
cb1116@rutgers.edu
914-439-8447
Affiliation: IFNH - Rutgers Center for Lipid Research; IFNH Center for Human Nutrition, Exercise, and Metabolism; IFNH Center for Nutrition, Microbiome, and Health
Research Interests: Explore the role of nutrient on adipose tissue function and brain inflammation and the unexpected role of the microbiome in this brain adipose

Jill Bush-Wallace, PHD
Associate Professor, Department of Health & Exercise Science
TCNJ School of Nursing, Health, and Exercise Science
wallacej@tcnj.edu
609-771-3034
Affiliation: IFNH Center for Human Nutrition, Exercise, and Metabolism

Carol Byrd-Bredbenner, PHD, RD, FAND
Professor, Department of Nutritional Sciences
School of Environmental and Biological Sciences
bredbenner@sebs.rutgers.edu
848-932-0965
Affiliation: IFNH Center for Childhood Nutrition Research
Research Interests: Nutrition education and health promotion with the goal of effecting behavior changes that prevent negative outcomes and promote healthy lifestyles

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Sara Campbell, PHD, FACSM
Associate Professor, Department of Kinesiology and Health
School of Arts and Sciences
saracamp@kines.rutgers.edu
848-932-7036
Affiliation: IFNH - Rutgers Center for Lipid Research; IFNH Center for Nutrition, Microbiome, and Health; IFNH Center for Human Nutrition, Exercise, and Metabolism
Research Interests: Obesity and gut microbiome, dietary fat and intestinal integrity, exercise, omega-3s and inflammation

George Carman, PHD
Board of Governors Professor and Distinguished Professor, Department of Food Science
School of Environmental and Biological Sciences
gcarman@rutgers.edu
848-932-0267
Affiliation: Director, IFNH - Rutgers Center for Lipid Research
Research Interests: Regulation of lipid metabolism

Shishir Chundawat, PHD
Assistant Professor, Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering
Rutgers School of Engineering
shishir.chundawat@rutgers.edu
848-445-3678
Affiliation: IFNH Center for Nutrition, Microbiome, and Health
Research Interests: Biosynthesis, deconstruction, and characterization of glycans, glycoconjugates, and glycan-enriched biomaterials for bioenergy, advanced biomanufacturing, and healthcare related applications

Mei Chung, MPH, PHD
Associate Professor of Public Health and Community Medicine
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Clinical and Preventive Nutrition Sciences, School of Health Professions, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Tufts University, School of Medicine
mei_chun.chung@tufts.edu
617-636-2966
Affiliation: IFNH Center for Nutrition, Microbiome, and Health

Wendie Cohick, PHD
SEBS Dean of Research and Graduate Education, NJAES Director of Research
Professor, Dept Animal Sciences
School of Environmental and Biological Sciences
cohick@njaes.rutgers.edu
848-932-3777
Affiliation: Interim Director of IFNH, IFNH Leadership Advisory Board

Erin Comollo
Program Coordinator Admin
erin.comollo@rutgers.edu
Affiliation: IFNH Center for Childhood Nutrition Research
Research Interests: Children's nutrition education, food and culinary literacy, and physical activity

Paul Copeland, PHD
Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
paul.copeland@rutgers.edu
732-235-4670
Affiliation: IFNH Center for Nutrition, Microbiome, and Health
Research Interests: Study of the molecular basis for the dietary requirement for selenium

Carla Cugini, PHD
Assistant Professor, Department of Oral Biology
Rutgers School of Dental Medicine
carla.cugini@rutgers.edu
973-972-1931
Affiliation: IFNH Center for Nutrition, Microbiome, and Health
Research Interests: Molecular mechanisms that govern the in vivo inter- and intra-species interactions of key Gram negative pathobionts within the plaque biofilm

Cara Cuite, PHD
Assistant Professor, Department of Human Ecology
School of Environmental and Biological Sciences
cuite@rutgers.edu
848-932-4544
Affiliation: IFNH Center for Childhood Nutrition Research; IFNH Center for Agricultural Food Ecosystems (RUCAFE)
Research Interests: Community food security, risk communication and public perceptions of food-related issues, including food safety and genetically engineered foods

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Karen D'Alonzo, PHD, RN, APN-c, FAAN
Division of Nursing Science
School of Nursing
kdalonzo@sn.rutgers.edu
848-932-0879
Affiliation: IFNH Center for Childhood Nutrition Research
Research Interests: Cardiovascular risk reduction among diverse groups of women using community based participatory research (CBPR) methods

Anthony Delli Paoli, PHD
Assistant Professor, DLS - Kinesiology And Health
School of Arts and Sciences
a.dellipaoli@rutgers.edu
848-932-7063
Affiliation: IFNH Center for Human Nutrition, Exercise, and Metabolism
Research Interests: Psychosocial dynamics of interpersonal relationships in young people

Katie Devine, PHD, MPH
Assistant Professor, Medical Oncology
Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey
katie.devine@rutgers.edu
732-235-7549
Affiliation: IFNH Center for Human Nutrition, Exercise, and Metabolism
Research Interests: Pediatric, adolescent, and young adult cancer survivorship; Using mobile health ("mHealth") technology to promote healthy behaviors

Rong Di, PHD
Associate Research Professor, Department of Plant Biology
School of Environmental and Biological Sciences
di@sebs.rutgers.edu
848-932-6350
Affiliation: IFNH Center for Nutrition, Microbiome, and Health
Research Interests: Using C. elegans platform to screen and study plant-based natural products for their beneficial effects on diabetes, obesity, cancer and Alzheimer's disease

Joseph Dixon, PHD
Associate Professor, Department of Nutritional Sciences
School of Environmental and Biological Sciences
dixon@sebs.rutgers.edu
848-932-9039
Affiliation: IFNH - Rutgers Center for Lipid Research
Research Interests: Lipoprotein metabolism, lipid metabolism in diabetes and obesity

Linda Doherty
President & CEO of the New Jersey Food Council (NJFC)
ldoherty@njfoodcouncil.com
Affiliation: IFNH External Advisory Board

Maria Gloria Dominguez-Bello, PHD
Professor, Departments of Biochemistry and Microbiology and of Anthropology
School of Environmental and Biological Sciences
mg.dominguez-bello@rutgers.edu
848-932-3500
Affiliation: IFNH Center for Childhood Nutrition Research; IFNH Center for Nutrition, Microbiome, and Health
Research Interests: Microbiome assembly in early life, perturbations; microbiome degradation in urbanites; microbiome conservation

David Donlon
General Manager, Rutgers Dining Services
Rutgers Dining Services
dave.donlon@dining.rutgers.edu
848-932-1932
Affiliation: Services: Dining Services

Shauna Downs, PHD
Assistant Professor, Department of Health Systems & Policy
School of Public Health
sd1801@spg.rutgers.edu
848-932-8055
Affiliation: IFNH Center for Childhood Nutrition Research; IFNH Center for Agricultural Food Ecosystems (RUCAFE)
Research Interests: Food system interventions to improve diets, characterizing food environments in low- and middle-income countries, climate and nutrition

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Sara Elnakib, PHD, MPH, RDN
Chair, Department of Family & Community Health Sciences
Rutgers New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station
elnakib@njaes.rutgers.edu
973-305-5746
Affiliation: IFNH Center for Childhood Nutrition Research
Research Interests: Food insecurity and improving food access; food waste in institutional settings; how to leverage behavioral economics to reduce food waste

Abdelfattah El Ouaamari, PHD
Assistant Professor, Child Health Institute of New Jersey
Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences
abdelfattah.elouaamari@rutgers.edu
732-235-8460
Affiliation: IFNH Center for Human Nutrition, Exercise, and Metabolism
Research Interests: Neurobiology of Energy Balance; Islet beta-cell regeneration; Insulin secretion; Diabetes

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Stylianos Fakas, PHD
Assistant Professor, Department of Food and Animal Sciences
Alabama A&M University
stylianos.fakas@aamu.edu
256-372-4168
Affiliation: IFNH - Rutgers Center for Lipid Research
Research Interests: Regulation of lipid synthesis and biofuels

Jeanne Ferrante, MD, MPH
Professor, Family Medicine and Community Health
Director, New Jersey Primary Care Research Network
Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
ferranjm@rwjms.rutgers.edu
848-932-5252
Affiliation: IFNH Center for Nutrition, Microbiome, and Health
Research Interests: Influence of gut microbiome on obesity, diabetes, cardiovascular disease, cancer

Ronaldo Ferraris, PHD
Professor, Department of Pharmacology, Physiology and Neurosceince
Rutgers Medical School
ferraris@njms.rutgers.edu
973-972-4519
Affiliation: IFNH Center for Nutrition, Microbiome, and Health
Research Interests: Role of differentiation in modulating plasticity of epithelial cells; fructose metabolism & obesity

Nurgul Fitzgerald, PHD
Associate Professor, Department of Nutritional Sciences
School of Environmental and Biological Sciences
nurgul.fitzgerald@rutgers.edu
848-932-0981
Affiliation: IFNH Center for Childhood Nutrition Research
Research Interests: Culinary Medicine, community nutrition, chronic disease prevention and health promotion, diabetes

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Jason Geary, PHD
Dean - Mason Gross School of the Arts
jgeary@mgsa.rutgers.edu
Affiliation: IFNH Leadership Advisory Board

Saum Ghodoussipour, MD
Assistant Professor of Surgery, Urologic Oncology
Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey
Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
saum.ghodoussipour@rutgers.edu
732-235-7701
Affiliation: IFNH Center for Nutrition, Microbiome, and Health
Research Interests: Role of the microbiome in predicting response to cancer treatments and outcomes after surgery

Peter Gillies, PHD
Emeritus Professor, Department of Nutritional Sciences; Founding Director, NJIFNH
pgillies@scarletmail.rutgers.edu
Affiliation: IFNH External Advisory Board; Rutgers Center for Lipid Research

Robert Goodman, PHD
University Professor
School of Environmental and Biological Sciences
robert.goodman@rutgers.edu
848-932-3248
Affiliation: IFNH Center for Nutrition, Microbiome, and Health
Research Interests: Microbial ecology, environmental sustainability, virology

Ramu Govindasamy, PHD
Professor, Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics
School of Environmental and Biological Sciences
govind@sebs.rutgers.edu
848-932-9192
Affiliation: IFNH Center for Agricultural Food Ecosystems (RUCAFE)
Research Interests: Agribusiness and agricultural, ethnic produce, value-added products, organic and local produce, agritourism, food hubs, value chain analysis

Michael Gower, MBA
Executive Vice President - Chief Financial Officer, University Treasurer
Rutgers University
michael.gower@rutgers.edu
848-932-4300
Affiliation: IFNH Leadership Advisory Board

Barth Grant, PHD
Professor, DLS - Molecular Biology and BioChemistry
School of Arts and Sciences
barth.grant@rutgers.edu
848-445-7339
Affiliation: IFNH - Rutgers Center for Lipid Research
Research Interests: Membrane trafficking in the endosomal system

Christopher Gunning, BS, RDN
Nutritionist, Rutgers Health Services/IFNH
School of Environmental and Biological Sciences
cgunning@rutgers.edu
848-932-3684
Affiliation: IFNH Center for Childhood Nutrition Research
Research Interests: Nutritional habits and behaviors of college students; the intersection of technology and health to improve and promote wellness; and food literacy in children

Grace Guo, PHD
Associate Professor, Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology
Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy and EOHSI
guo@eohsi.rutgers.edu
848-445-8186
Affiliation: IFNH - Rutgers Center for Lipid Research
Research Interests: Bile acid receptors

Jessie Yanxiang Guo, PHD
Associate Professor, Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey
yanxiang@cinj.rutgers.edu
732-235-9657
Affiliation: IFNH Center for Nutrition, Microbiome, and Health
Research Interests: Relationship between gut microbiome and lung tumorigenesis

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Max Haggblom, PHD
Distinguished Professor, Chair-Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology
School of Environmental and Biological Sciences
haggblom@rutgers.edu
848-932-5646
Affiliation: IFNH Center for Nutrition, Microbiome, and Health
Research Interests: Bioexploration, cultivation and eco-physiological characterization of novel bacteria. 'Unusual appetites' of microbes that metabolize toxic environmental pollutants

Gil-Soo Han, PHD
Research Assistant Professor, Department of Food Science
School of Environmental and Biological Sciences
gshan@rutgers.edu
848-932-5402
Affiliation: IFNH - Rutgers Center for Lipid Research
Research Interests: Regulation of lipid synthesis

Payton Harmon
PhD Candidate, Graduate Program in Nutritional Sciences
School of Environmental and Biological Sciences
payton.harmon@rutgers.edu
978-944-8484
Affiliation: IFNH Center for Childhood Nutrition Research
Research Interests: Role of amino acid ingestion in strengthening gut health and immunity in children with gastroenteritis.

Alexandria Hast, PHD, RDN
Sr. Nutrition Manager, Nutrition and Health Sciences
Campbell Soup Company
alexandria_hast@campbells.com
856-342-3650
Affiliation: IFNH External Advisory Board

Arash Hatefi, PHD
Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmaceutics
Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey
ahatefi@pharmacy.rutgers.edu
848-445-6366
Affiliation: IFNH Center for Nutrition, Microbiome, and Health
Research Interests: Cell-based targeted therapy of cancer; vector development for targeted gene transfer

Daniel Hoffman, PHD
Professor, Department of Nutritional Sciences
School of Environmental and Biological Sciences
dhoffman@sebs.rutgers.edu
848-932-0272
Affiliation: Director, IFNH Center for Childhood Nutrition Research; IFNH Center for Human Nutrition, Exercise, and Metabolism; IFNH Center for Nutrition, Microbiome, and Health; IFNH Center for Agricultural Food Ecosystems (RUCAFE)
Research Interests: Energy metabolism and body composition, human growth, international nutrition, and economic development

Qingrong Huang, PHD
Professor, Department of Food Science
School of Environmental and Biological Sciences
qhuang@sebs.rutgers.edu
848-932-7193
Affiliation: IFNH Center for Nutrition, Microbiome, and Health
Research Interests: Food nanotechnology and biopolymers

Juana Hutchinson-Colas, PHD, MD
Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences
Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
hutchij2@rutgers.edu
732-986-2668
Affiliation: IFNH Center for Nutrition, Microbiome, and Health, IFNH Center for Human Nutrition, Exercise, and Metabolism
Research Interests: Urinary microbiome and effects on lower urinary tract symptoms

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Kouichi Ito, PHD
Associate Professor, Department of Neurology
Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
itoko@rwjms.rutgers.edu
732-235-5482
Affiliation: IFNH Center for Nutrition, Microbiome, and Health
Research Interests: Multiple Sclerosis, Neuroimmunology, Autoimmune disease, Immune tolerance, Neurodegeneration, Mucosal Immunology

Enver Izgu, PHD
Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology
School of Arts and Sciences
ec.izgu@rutgers.edu
848-445-4361
Affiliation: IFNH - Rutgers Center for Lipid Research
Research Interests: Design, synthesis, and systems biochemistry of nucleic acids and lipids

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Laurie Joseph, PHD
Assistant Research Professor, Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology
Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy and EOHSI
lbjoseph@pharmacy.rutgers.edu
848-445-1644
Affiliation: IFNH - Rutgers Center for Lipid Research
Research Interests: Mechanism of skin injury and repair

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Leonid Kagan, PHD
Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmaceutics
Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey
lkagan@pharmacy.rutgers.edu
848-445-6365
Affiliation: IFNH Center for Nutrition, Microbiome, and Health
Research Interests: PKPD modeling and simulation, pharmacometrics, population and physiologically-based modeling, disease progression, obesity, pain

Lee Kerkhof, PHD
Professor, Department of Marine and Coastal Sciences
School of Environmental and Biological Sciences
lkerkhof@rutgers.edu
848-932-3419
Affiliation: IFNH Center for Nutrition, Microbiome, and Health
Research Interests: Use of nucleic-acid based analyses to determine which microbes (prokaryotic, archaeal, and eukaryotic) are present/active in complex samples

Keerthana Kesavarapu, PHD
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology
Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
kk1132@rwjms.rutgers.edu
678-469-0425
Affiliation: IFNH Center for Nutrition, Microbiome, and Health
Research Interests: We are a multi-disciplinary team with a collaborative research program aimed at providing personalized and innovative care for patients with obesity

Eric Klein, PHD
Assistant Professor, Department of Biology
Rutgers University-Camden
eric.a.klein@rutgers.edu
856-225-6335
Affiliation: IFNH - Rutgers Center for Lipid Research
Research Interests: Role of lipids in bacterial cell morphology

Peter Kokkinos, PHD
Professor, DLS - Kinesiology And Health
School of Arts and Sciences
peter.kokkinos@rutgers.edu
848-932-7028
Affiliation: IFNH Center for Human Nutrition, Exercise, and Metabolism
Research Interests: Cardiorespiratory fitness, Cardiometabolic disease, Aging

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Susan Lawrence, PHD
Professor of Political Science and Interim Co-Executive Dean, School of Arts and Sciences
School of Arts and Sciences
slawrence@sas.rutgers.edu
Affiliation: IFNH Leadership Advisory Board

Laura Lawson, PHD
Executive Dean, School of Environmental and Biological Sciences
School of Environmental and Biological Sciences
sebsdean@sebs.rutgers.edu
848-932-3600
Affiliation: IFNH Leadership Advisory Board (Chair); IFNH External Advisory Board

Gwenyth Lee, PHD
Assistant Professor, Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology
Global Health Institute
gwenyth.lee@globalhealth.rutgers.edu
859-537-4913
Affiliation: IFNH Center for Human Nutrition, Exercise, and Metabolism
Research Interests: Early child diets, food choice, food insecurity; gut function, the gut microbiome, and child growth

Dafna Lemish, PHD
Interim Dean, School of Communication and Information
Distinguished Professor of Journalism and Media Studies
School of Communication and Information
dafna.lemish@rutgers.edu
Affiliation: IFNH Leadership Advisory Board

Thomas Leustek, PHD
Dean of Academic Programs
School of Environmental and Biological Sciences
leustek@sebs.rutgers.edu
908-451-3266
Affiliation: IFNH Center for Agricultural Food Ecosystems (RUCAFE)
Research Interests: Plant sulfur and intermediary metabolism, mineral nutrition, nutrient sensing, and metabolic engineering

Ronald Levine, Esq
IFNH External Advisory Board (Chair), General Counsel, Herrick, Feinstein LLP
rlevine@herrick.com
609-452-3801
Affiliation: IFNH External Advisory Board (Chair); IFNH Legal Scholar in Residence

Nolan Lewin
Director, Food Innovation Center
New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station
nl95@njaes.rutgers.edu
732-445-6130
Affiliation: IFNH Center for Agricultural Food Ecosystems (RUCAFE)
Research Interests: Food and beverage business development in the state and the surrounding region - domestic and international companies

Hong Li, PHD
Associate Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Rutgers NJ Medical School
liho2@njms.rutgers.edu
973-972-8396
Affiliation: IFNH - Rutgers Center for Lipid Research
Research Interests: Regulation of signal transduction and lipid metabolism by reactive oxygen and nitrogen species

Kwan Lui
Founder, at Sunrice Global Chef Academy, Singapore
kwanlui@at-sunrice.edu.sg
Affiliation: IFNH External Advisory Board

Kevin Lyons, PHD
Associate Professor, Rutgers Business School
klyons@business.rutgers.edu
973-353-3347
Affiliation: IFNH Center for Agricultural Food Ecosystems (RUCAFE)
Research Interests: Developing and integrating global environmental, social, economic, ethical criteria and data into supply chain/procurement systems and processes; supply chain archeology

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Steven Malin, PHD, FACSM
Associate Professor, Department of Kinesiology and Health
School of Arts and Sciences
steven.malin@rutgers.edu
848-932-9525
Affiliation: IFNH Center for Human Nutrition, Exercise, and Metabolism, IFNH - Rutgers Center for Lipid Research
Research Interests: Insulin Resistance, cardiovascular risk, obesity, type 2 diabetes, exercise, nutrition, pharmacology and bariatric surgery.

Jennifer Manuola
Executive Director Child Development Centers
Department of Psychology
School of Arts and Sciences
jennifer.manuola@rutgers.edu
848-932-8881
Affiliation: IFNH Center for Nutrition, Microbiome, and Health

Francesca Maresca, PHD, CHES
Director, Health Outreach, Promotion, and Education (H.O.P.E.)
Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy
francesca.maresca@rutgers.edu
848-932-1965
Affiliation: Services: Health Services
Research Interests: Sexual and reproductive health, LGBTQI+ health, mental and emotional wellness, suicide prevention and general wellbeing for college students.

Charles Martin, PHD
Emeritus Professor, Department of Cell Biology and Neuroscience
School of Arts and Sciences
charles.martin@rutgers.edu
732-445-1633
Affiliation: IFNH - Rutgers Center for Lipid Research
Research Interests: Regulation of fatty acid desaturation, modification, and elongation

James Masschaele, PHD
Professor of History and Interim Co-Executive Dean, School of Arts and Sciences
School of Arts and Sciences
massch@sas.rutgers.edu
848-932-7923
Affiliation: IFNH Leadership Advisory Board

Amy Mathys, BS
Business Specialist
School of Environmental and Biological Sciences
mathys@sebs.rutgers.edu
848-932-3675
Affiliation: IFNH Administration

Kenneth H. McKeever, PHD, FACSM, FAPS
Professor, Department of Animal Sciences
School of Environmental and Biological Sciences
mckeever@sebs.rutgers.edu
732-932-9390
Affiliation: IFNH Center for Human Nutrition, Exercise, and Metabolism
Research Interests: Comparative exercise physiology with focus on the integrative response to acute exercise and the adaptive response to training

John McLaughlin, PHD
Assistant Research Professor, Department of Plant Biology
School of Environmental and Biological Sciences
mclaughj@rutgers.edu
848-932-6274
Affiliation: IFNH - Rutgers Center for Lipid Research
Research Interests: Plant-fungal interaction studies involving antifungal proteins, exosomes, and chloroplast UPR

Paul Meers, PHD
Instructor, Department of Plant Biology
School of Environmental and Biological Sciences
paul.meers@rutgers.edu
848-932-6230
Affiliation: IFNH - Rutgers Center for Lipid Research
Research Interests: Membrane dynamics, drug delivery/transfection technologies, nanotechnology, biofilms, spectroscopic assays and imaging technologies, biofuels

Salvador Mena, PHD
Vice Chancellor, Student Affairs
Rutgers Student Affairs
sm1647@echo.rutgers.edu
848-932-8576
Affiliation: IFNH Leadership Advisory Board

Richard Mendelsohn, PHD
Distinquished Professor, Department of Chemistry
Newark College of Arts and Sciences
mendelso@rutgers.edu
973-353-5613
Affiliation: IFNH - Rutgers Center for Lipid Research
Research Interests: Biophysics of membrane lipid interactions

Emily Merchant
Program Coordinator, Department of Plant Biology
evr.merchant@rutgers.edu
Affiliation: IFNH Center for Agricultural Food Ecosystems (RUCAFE)
Research Interests: Addressing barriers households face to consume healthy foods

Dominique Michaud, ScD
Professor of Public Health and Community Medicine
Tufts University, School of Medicine
dominique.michaud@tufts.edu
617-636-0482
Affiliation: IFNH Center for Nutrition, Microbiome, and Health

Joshua Miller, PHD
Professor, Chair-Department of Nutritional Sciences
School of Environmental and Biological Sciences
joshua.miller@rutgers.edu
848-932-5428
Affiliation: IFNH Center for Nutrition, Microbiome, and Health; One Nutrition Program; IFNH Center for Agricultural Food Ecosystems (RUCAFE)
Research Interests: B vitamins (folate, B12, B6, B2), homocysteine, and one-carbon metabolism; vitamin D; cognitive function in older adults; microbiome

Tamara Minko, PHD
Distinquished Professor, Chair-Department of Pharmaceutics
Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy and EOHSI
minko@pharmacy.rutgers.edu
848-445-6348
Affiliation: IFNH Center for Nutrition, Microbiome, and Health

Barbara Mintz
System Senior VP, Healthy Living & Community Engagement at RWJ Barnabas Health
Barbara.Mintz@rwjbh.org
Affiliation: IFNH External Advisory Board

Prabhas Moghe, PHD
Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs
Rutgers University
moghe@soe.rutgers.edu
908-230-0147
Affiliation: IFNH Leadership Advisory Board

Christopher Molloy, PHD, RPH
University Professor
Rutgers Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy
chris.molloy@rutgers.edu
848-445-2675
Affiliation: IFNH Center for Nutrition, Microbiome, and Health
Research Interests: Translational application of microbiome research to create novel human diagnostics and therapeutics

Xenia Morin, PHD
Associate Teaching Professor, Department of Plant Biology
School of Environmental and Biological Sciences
xenia.morin@rutgers.edu
848-932-3502
Affiliation: IFNH Center for Agricultural Food Ecosystems (RUCAFE)
Research Interests: Indoor cultivation, food waste, food systems and education

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Joseph Nickels, PHD
Director, Rutgers Institute of Metabolic Disorders
School of Environmental and Biological Sciences
jnickels@venenumbiodesign.com
609-786-2870
Affiliation: IFNH - Rutgers Center for Lipid Research
Research Interests: Drug discovery for treating fatty liver disease

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Pinkin Panchal, RD, MS
Assistant Teaching Professor and ISPP Coordinator
School of Environmental and Biological Sciences
pinkin.panchal@rutgers.edu
848-932-0938
Affiliation: IFNH Center for Human Nutrition, Exercise, and Metabolism
Research Interests: Innovations in education and teaching related to nutrition and dietetics and impact of nutrition education programs in medical education

Zhiping Pang, MD, PHD
Associate Professor
Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
pangzh@rwjms.rutgers.edu
732-235-8074
Affiliation: IFNH Center for Childhood Nutrition Research, IFNH Center for Nutrition, Microbiome, and Health, IFNH Center for Human Nutrition, Exercise, and Metabolism
Research Interests: Central nervous mechanism of glucose like peptide 1 in control of energy homeostasis.

Apostolos Pappas, PHD
Adjunct Professor, Department of Food Science
School of Environmental and Biological Sciences
Apappas@its.jnj.com
908-874-1827
Affiliation: IFNH - Rutgers Center for Lipid Research
Research Interests: Lipid metabolism in skin cells; sebocyte and subcutaneous preadipocyte differentiation; ceramide synthesis in keratinocytes

Jonathan Pearson
Executive Director, Corporate Social Responsibility, Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey
Jonathan_Pearson@horizonblue.com
Affiliation: IFNH External Advisory Board

Peggy Policastro, PHD, RDN
Nutritionist, Rutgers Dining Services
School of Environmental and Biological Sciences
peggyp@rutgers.edu
848-932-5447
Affiliation: IFNH Center for Nutrition, Microbiome, and Health; Culinary Health Program; IFNH Center for Agricultural Food Ecosystems (RUCAFE)
Research Interests: Food literacy in school aged children, dietary patterns of college students, and in behavioral economics

Nikolaos Pyrsopoulos, MD, PhD, MBA, FACP, AGAF, FAASLD, FRCP
Professor of Medicine and Chief of Gastroenterology & Hepatology
Rutgers NJ Medical School
pyrsopni@njms.rutgers.edu
973-972-5252
Affiliation: IFNH Center for Nutrition, Microbiome, and Health
Research Interests: Gastroenterology and Hepatology

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Loredana Quadro, PHD
Professor, Department of Food Science
School of Environmental and Biological Sciences
lquadro@sebs.rutgers.edu
848-932-5491
Affiliation: IFNH - Rutgers Center for Lipid Research; IFNH Center for Nutrition, Microbiome, and Health; IFNH Center for Childhood Nutrition Research
Research Interests: Maternal-fetal metabolism of vitamin A and its carotenoid precursor beta-carotene; microbiome of vitamin A deficiency

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Arnold Rabson, M.D.
Laura Gallagher Chair of Developmental Biology and Director
Director, Child Health Institute of New Jersey
rabsonab@rwjms.rutgers.edu
732-235-9523
Affiliation: IFNH Leadership Advisory Board

Sally Radovick, M.D.
Professor, Department of Pediatrics
Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
The Child Health Institute of NJ
sr1123@rwjms.rutgers.edu
732-235-9524
Affiliation: IFNH Center for Nutrition, Microbiome, and Health
Research Interests: Control of growth and pubertal development of children and reproductive function

Victoria Ramenzoni, PHD
Assistant Professor, Department of Human Ecology
School of Environmental and Biological Sciences
victoria.ramenzoni@rutgers.edu
706-621-8452
Affiliation: IFNH Center for Childhood Nutrition Research, IFNH Center for Agricultural Food Ecosystems (RUCAFE)
Research Interests: Assessing the energetic and nutritional trade-offs of rural fishing households and their ecological determinants

Salome Rao, PHD, RD
Assistant Teaching Professor
School of Environmental and Biological Sciences
sprao@sebs.rutgers.edu
848-932-0249
Affiliation: IFNH Center for Human Nutrition, Exercise, and Metabolism
Research Interests: Agriculture, Food Innovation and Food Security; Clinical Nutrition

Ilya Raskin, PHD
Distinguished Professor, Department of Plant Biology
School of Environmental and Biological Sciences
raskin@rutgers.edu
732-794-5600
Affiliation: IFNH Center for Nutrition, Microbiome, and Health; IFNH Center for Human Nutrition, Exercise, and Metabolism; IFNH Center for Agricultural Food Ecosystems (RUCAFE)
Research Interests: Effects of natural products on human health, metabolism and microbiome

Mark Robson, PHD
Professor, Department of Plant Biology
School of Environmental and Biological Sciences
mark.robson@rutgers.edu
848-932-6276
Affiliation: IFNH Center for Agricultural Food Ecosystems (RUCAFE)
Research Interests: Health risks associated with global food production; risk assessment associated with agricultural chemicals; global food security

Troy Roepke, PHD
Assistant Professor, Department of Animal Sciences
School of Environmental and Biological Sciences
ta.roepke@rutgers.edu
848-932-9454
Affiliation: IFNH Center for Nutrition, Microbiome, and Health; IFNH - Rutgers Center for Lipid Research
Research Interests: Interactions of steroids, high-fat diets, and endocrine disruptors on metabolism

Diana Roopchand, PHD
Assistant Professor, Department of Food Science
School of Environmental and Biological Sciences
diana.roopchand@rutgers.edu
848-932-0248
Affiliation: IFNH Center for Nutrition, Microbiome, and Health
Research Interests: Dietary phytochemicals and bacteria involved in chronic disease prevention

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Harini Sampath, PHD
Associate Professor, Department of Nutritional Sciences
School of Environmental and Biological Sciences
harini.sampath@rutgers.edu
848-932-0266
Affiliation: IFNH - Rutgers Center for Lipid Research; IFNH Center for Nutrition, Microbiome, and Health
Research Interests: Lipid metabolism; mitochondrial function; oxidative stress; metabolic syndrome

Donald Schaffner, PHD
Distinguished Professor, Department of Food Science
School of Environmental and Biological Sciences
don.schaffner@rutgers.edu
848-932-5411
Affiliation: IFNH Center for Nutrition, Microbiome, and Health
Research Interests: Predictive food microbiology and quantitative microbial risk assessment

Stephen Schneider, M.D.
Department of Medicine
Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences
steve.schneide@gmail.com
Affiliation: IFNH Center for Human Nutrition, Exercise, and Metabolism
Research Interests: Diabetes, endocrinology, obesity and exercise

Oscar Schofield, PHD
Distinguished Professor, Department of Marine and Coastal Sciences
School of Environmental and Biological Sciences
oscar@marine.rutgers.edu
732-586-3077
Affiliation: IFNH Center for Agricultural Food Ecosystems (RUCAFE)
Research Interests: Collaborating on unifying food messaging between marine and terrestrial food systems

Ethan Schoolman, PHD
Assistant Professor, Department of Human Ecology
School of Environmental and Biological Sciences
ethan.schoolman@rutgers.edu
848-932-9232
Affiliation: IFNH Center for Agricultural Food Ecosystems (RUCAFE)
Research Interests: Local and alternative food systems; climate-smart agriculture; environmental justice; environmental sociology; ethical consumption

Dena Seidel, MA
Visiting Scholar, Department of Plant Biology
School of Environmental and Biological Sciences
denaseidel@gmail.com
908-421-6245
Affiliation: IFNH Center for Agricultural Food Ecosystems (RUCAFE)
Research Interests: Science Communication, Ethnographic and Documentary Filmmaking, Anthropology of Pacific Islands, Indigenous Knowledge, Pride Based Pro-Environmental Behavior Change, Sustainable Development Goals

Ankit Shah, M.D.
Assistant Professor, RWJMS
Rutgers NJ Medical School
ashah386@rwjms.rutgers.edu
732-235-7219
Affiliation: IFNH Center for Human Nutrition, Exercise, and Metabolism
Research Interests: Type 2 diabetes, metabolomics, gluconeogenesis, obesity

Sue Shapses, PHD
Professor, Department of Nutritional Sciences
School of Environmental and Biological Sciences
shapses@rutgers.edu
848-932-9403
Affiliation: Director, IFNH Center for Human Nutrition, Exercise, and Metabolism; IFNH - Rutgers Center for Lipid Research; IFNH Center for Nutrition, Microbiome, and Health
Research Interests: Energy metabolism, bone health, body composition and obesity; nutritional and endocrine factors contributing to chronic disease

Igor Shmarakov, PHD
Assistant Professor, Department of Animal Sciences
School of Environmental and Biological Sciences
ishmarakov@sebs.rutgers.edu
848-932-5617
Affiliation: IFNH - Rutgers Center for Lipid Research
Research Interests: Molecular and cellular physiology of retinoids in health and disease

Jennifer Shukaitis, MPH
Senior Program Coordinator. Department of Family & Community Health Sciences
Rutgers New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station
shukjen@rutgers.edu
848-932-3718
Affiliation: IFNH Center for Childhood Nutrition Research

Labros Sidossis, PHD
Distinguished Professor, Department of Kinesiology and Health
School of Arts and Sciences
lsidossis@kines.rutgers.edu
848-932-9525
Affiliation: IFNH - Rutgers Center for Lipid Research; IFNH Center for Human Nutrition, Exercise, and Metabolism
Research Interests: Healthy lifestyle, body weight regulation, adipocyte metabolism

James Simon, PHD
Distinguished Professor, Department of Plant Biology
School of Environmental and Biological Sciences
jimsimon@rutgers.edu
848-932-6239
Affiliation: Director, IFNH Center for Agricultural Food Ecosystems (RUCAFE); IFNH Center for Childhood Nutrition Research
Research Interests: Agricultural food ecosystems, plant breeding, natural products chemistry, linking horticulture with nutrition, health & medicine, bioanalysis and bioavailability of foods

Elizabeth Snyder, PHD
Assistant Professor, Department of Animal Science
School of Environmental and Biological Sciences
elizabeth.snyder@rutgers.edu
848-932-6377
Affiliation: IFNH Center for Human Nutrition, Exercise, and Metabolism
Research Interests: Male germ cell-specific RNA binding proteins and their influence on RNA regulation, in particular translation

Andrea Spaeth, PHD
Assistant Professor, DLS - Kinesiology And Health
School of Arts and Sciences
andrea.spaeth@rutgers.edu
848-932-0271
Affiliation: IFNH Center for Human Nutrition, Exercise, and Metabolism
Research Interests: Sleep, Weight Regulation, Metabolism

Marissa Staffen
County Agent, Department of 4-H Youth Development
Rutgers New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station
marissa.staffen@rutgers.edu
415-218-7403
Affiliation: IFNH Center for Childhood Nutrition Research, IFNH Center for Agricultural Food Ecosystems (RUCAFE)
Research Interests: How to empower youth to be change agents in their communities (environment and food)

Susan Stephenson Martin, MS
Director, WIC
NJMS-Pediatrics-WIC Program, Rutgers Newark
s.s.martin@rutgers.edu
732-932-8253
Affiliation: IFNH Center for Childhood Nutrition Research

Judith Storch, PHD
Distinquished Professor, Department of Nutritional Sciences
School of Environmental and Biological Sciences
storch@sebs.rutgers.edu
848-932-1689
Affiliation: IFNH - Rutgers Center for Lipid Research; IFNH Center for Nutrition, Microbiome, and Health
Research Interests: Cellular lipid transport, structure and function of fatty acid-binding proteins

Brian Strom, MD, MPH
Chancellor-RBHS
Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences
chancellor@rbhs.rutgers.edu
848-972-4400
Affiliation: IFNH Leadership Advisory Board

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Paul Takhistov, PHD
Associate Professor, Department of Food Science
School of Environmental and Biological Sciences
paul.takhistov@rutgers.edu
848-932-5478
Affiliation: IFNH Center for Nutrition, Microbiome, and Health
Research Interests: Engineering: Development of microfluidic devices and biosensors for microorganisms detection, non-thermal pathogens inactivation; nanotechnology in food processing, packaging and control

Meredith Taylor, MA, MPH
Research Associate, Landscape Architecture
meredith.taylor@rutgers.edu
848-932-9337
Affiliation: IFNH Center for Agricultural Food Ecosystems (RUCAFE)
Research Interests: Urban agriculture and community-based food systems; environmental justice and social-determinants of health

Alvaro Toledo, PHD
Assistant Professor, Department of Entomology, Center of Vector Biology
School of Environmental and Biological Sciences
alvaro.toledo@rutgers.edu
Affiliation: IFNH - Rutgers Center for Lipid Research
Research Interests: Membrane lipid domains in vector-borne pathogens

Nilgun Tumer, PHD
Distinquished Professor, Department of Plant Biology
School of Environmental and Biological Sciences
tumer@sebs.rutgers.edu
848-932-6359
Affiliation: IFNH - Rutgers Center for Lipid Research
Research Interests: Role of lipid signaling in trichothecene mycotoxin-mediated oxidative stress

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Claudia Urdanivia, MA
4-H Sr. Program Coordinator, Department of 4-H Youth Development
Rutgers New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station
cru1@njaes.rutgers.edu
862-571-1159
Affiliation: IFNH Center for Agricultural Food Ecosystems (RUCAFE)
Research Interests: Nutrition-sensitive local and global interventions on increasing crop diversity and improving food security.

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Michael Verzi, PHD
Assistant Professor, Department of Genetics
School of Arts and Sciences
verzi@dls.rutgers.edu
848-445-9578
Affiliation: IFNH - Rutgers Center for Lipid Research
Research Interests: Transcription factors contributing to intestinal health and disease

Marina Vineis, RDN
Nutrition Specialist, Rutgers Dining Services
School of Environmental and Biological Sciences
marina.vineis@rutgers.edu
848-932-7222
Affiliation: Services: Dining Services
Research Interests: Nutrition Specialist for Rutgers Dining Services; college and university student food insecurity

Erin Vogel, PHD
Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology and Center for Human Evolutionary Studies
School of Environmental and Biological Sciences
erin.vogel@rutgers.edu
732-932-9277
Affiliation: IFNH Center for Nutrition, Microbiome, and Health
Research Interests: Studies on how environmental variation in habitat nutrient availability influences wild orangutan energetics and health

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Jenny Wang, PHD
Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology and Cognitive Science
School of Arts and Sciences
jinjing.jenny.wang@rutgers.edu
Affiliation: IFNH Center for Childhood Nutrition Research
Research Interests: Infant and child development; Perceptual and cognitive development; Numerical cognition; Intuitive theories

Malcolm Watford, D Phil
Professor, Department of Nutritional Sciences
School of Environmental and Biological Sciences
watford@sebs.rutgers.edu
848-932-6263
Affiliation: IFNH - Rutgers Center for Lipid Research
Research Interests: Role of amino acids in de novo fatty acid synthesis and glyceroneogenesis in adipocytes and mammary epithelial cells

Carey Williams, PHD
Associate Professor, Department of Animal Sciences
School of Environmental and Biological Sciences
carey.williams@rutgers.edu
908-692-1962
Affiliation: IFNH Center for Human Nutrition, Exercise, and Metabolism
Research Interests: Equine nutrition; grazing systems impact on pasture vegetation, farm economics effects on performance

Kerri Wilson
Director, Off-Campus Living and Community Partnerships and Campus Wellness
Rutgers Student Affairs
k.willson@rutgers.edu
848-932-5500
Affiliation: Student Affairs

Fredric Wondisford, PHD
Professor, Chairman of Medicine and Chancellor Scholar
Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
few11@rwjms.rutgers.edu
732-235-7201
Affiliation: IFNH Center for Nutrition, Microbiome, and Health
Research Interests: Regulation of gene expression by nuclear thyroid hormone receptors and control of hepatic glucose production (HGP) in health and disease

John Worobey, PHD
Professor, Department of Nutritional Sciences
School of Environmental and Biological Sciences
worobey@sebs.rutgers.edu
848-932-0937
Affiliation: IFNH Center for Childhood Nutrition Research
Research Interests: Infant nutrition and behavior, children's diet and activity, disordered eating

Guojun Wu, PHD
Research Associate, Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology
School of Environmental and Biological Sciences
gary.guojun.wu@rutgers.edu
848-932-6394
Affiliation: IFNH Center for Nutrition, Microbiome, and Health
Research Interests: The gut microbiome and human health; mining high-throughput sequencing

Qing-Li Wu, PHD
Associate Professor, Department of Plant Biology
School of Environmental and Biological Sciences
qlwu@sebs.rutgers.edu
848-932-6238
Affiliation: IFNH Center for Nutrition, Microbiome, and Health
Research Interests: Natural Products Chemistry related to pharmaceutics, nutrition and food science

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Chaoyang Xue, PHD
Associate Professor, Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics
Rutgers New Jersey Medical School
xuech@njms.rutgers.edu
973-854-3218
Affiliation: IFNH - Rutgers Center for Lipid Research
Research Interests: Inositol acquisition and utilization during host-pathogen interactions and their impact on fungal pathogenesis

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Danyue Zhao, PHD
Post Doc Associate, Department of Plant Biology
School of Environmental and Biological Sciences
daisydy.zhao@rutgers.edu
848-932-6251
Affiliation: IFNH Center for Nutrition, Microbiome, and Health
Research Interests: Elucidating the mechanisms on how dietary polyphenols help boost health and reduce risks of degenerative diseases, and their interactions with gut microbiota

Liping Zhao, PHD
Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology
School of Environmental and Biological Sciences
liping.zhao@rutgers.edu
848-932-5675
Affiliation: Director, IFNH Center for Nutrition, Microbiome, and Health
Research Interests: Developing guild-based analysis for mining microbiome data; elucidating the role of gut microbiota in human metabolic diseases; developing gut microbiota-targeted interventions for metabolic diseases

Naisi Zhao, MHS, DrPH Candidate
Tufts University, School of Medicine
naisi.zhao@tufts.edu
443-854-2618
Affiliation: IFNH Center for Nutrition, Microbiome, and Health