Graduate Field Faculty Members
The following internationally recognized faculty—with a broad range of expertise in all facets of food science—are members of the graduate field. These faculty members represent four colleges and eleven departments within Cornell and serve as Committee Chairs for the students enrolled in the Field of Food Science and Technology. Emeritus faculty can only serve as co-chairs or minor members on students' committees.
Alireza Abbaspourrad
Yongkeun Joh Assistant Professor of Food Chemistry and Ingredient Technology | aa2347@cornell.edu
Department of Food Science
Concentration: food chemistry
Areas of Research: emulsification
Terry Acree
Professor | tea2@cornell.edu
Department of Food Science
Concentrations: food chemistry, sensory evaluation
Areas of Research: food and flavor chemistry, wine quality, analytical instrumentation
Sam Alcaine
Assistant Professor | sda23@cornell.edu
Department of Food Science
Concentrations: dairy science, food microbiology
Areas of Research: food safety, microbial fermentation, protective cultures enzymes, dairy microbiology, brewing
David M. Barbano
Professor | dmb37@cornell.edu
Department of Food Science
Concentrations: dairy science, food chemistry, food science [general]
Areas of Research: dairy science, cheese technology
Carl A. Batt
Liberty Hyde Bailey Professor | cab10@cornell.edu
Department of Food Science
Concentrations: food microbiology
Areas of Research: microbiology, genetic engineering of industrial microorganisms, biopolymers
Elizabeth Bihn
Senior Extension Associate | eab38@cornell.edu
Department of Food Science
Concentrations: food microbiology, food science [general], international food science
Areas of Research: fruit and vegetable microbial safety, Good Agricultural Practices (GAPs), produce safety training, curriculum development, focus group facilitation
Kathryn J. Boor
Dean of College of Agriculture and Life Sciences and Professor | kjb4@cornell.edu
Department of Food Science
Concentrations: dairy science, food microbiology, food science [general], international food science
Areas of Research: bacterial food safety, dairy product quality and safety
John W. Brady
Professor | jwb7@cornell.edu
Department of Food Science
Concentrations: food chemistry
Areas of Research: food chemistry, chemical attributes and functional properties of food macromolecules
Robin Dando
Associate Professor | rd426@cornell.edu
Department of Food Science
Concentrations: sensory evaluation
Areas of Research: sensory neuroscience, physiology, psychophysics, obesity research
Ashim K. Datta
Professor | akd1@cornell.edu
Department of Biological and Environmental Engineering
Concentrations: food engineering
Areas of Research: heat and mass transfer in food processing, microwave heating, freezing
Patrick Gibney
Assistant Professor | pag235@cornell.edu
Department of Food Science
Concentrations: molecular and cellular biology, microbiology, genetics, systems biology
Areas of Research: yeast biology, metabolic pathways
Raymond P. Glahn
Associate Professor | rpg3@cornell.edu
Department of Food Science and U.S. Plant, Soil, and Nutrition Laboratory
Concentrations: food chemistry, food science [general]
Areas of Research: bioavailability of trace minerals and micronutrients from crops and foods
Julie Goddard
Associate Professor | jmg26@cornell.edu
Department of Food Science
Concentrations: food chemistry, food science [general], food engineering, food microbiology
Areas of Research: active packaging, antimicrobial and nonfouling materials, biocatalytic materials
Susan Henry
Professor | sah42@cornell.edu
Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics
Concentrations: food microbiology
Areas of Research: genetic regulation of phospholipid metabolism in yeast, inositol metabolism, transcriptional regulation, phospholipid biochemistry
Jean B. Hunter
Associate Professor | jbh5@cornell.edu
Department of Agriculture and Biological Engineering
Concentrations: food engineering, food processing waste technology
Areas of Research: microbial and enzymatic process technology, bioseparations
Renata Ivanek
Associate Professor | ri25@cornell.edu
Department of Population Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences
Concentrations: dairy science, food microbiology, food science [general]
Areas of Research: epidemiology
Chang Y. Lee
Professor Emeritus | cyl1@cornell.edu
Department of Food Science
Concentrations: food chemistry, food science [general], international food science
Areas of Research: biochemistry, nutrients, phytochemicals and processing of fruits and vegetables
Xingen Lei
Professor | xl20@cornell.edu
Department of Animal Science
Concentrations: food science [general], international food science
Areas of Research: genetic engineering, overexpression, application of hydrolytic enzymes phytase and protease to improve human and animal nutrition, environmental pollution of low-quality foods and feed
Rui Hai Liu
Professor | rl23@cornell.edu
Department of Food Science
Concentrations: food chemistry, food science [general]
Areas of Research: lipid chemistry, phytochemicals, functional foods, diet and cancer, toxicology
Anna Katharine Mansfield
Associate Professor | akm87@cornell.edu
Department of Food Science
Concentrations: enology, sensory evaluation
Areas of Research: enological viability of new grape cultivars, processing parameters in quality wine production, characterization of regional typicity in wine, wine phenols
John March
Associate Professor | jcm224@cornell.edu
Department of Biological and Environmental Engineering
Concentrations: food engineering, food science [general]
Areas of Research: signal and metabolic engineering, synthetic biology, food engineering, novel drug delivery systems, intestinal ecol
Dennis D. Miller
Professor Emeritus | ddm2@cornell.edu
Department of Food Science
Concentrations: food chemistry, food science [general]
Areas of Research: iron bioavailability, iron fortification of foods
Carmen I. Moraru
Professor and Chair | cim24@cornell.edu
Department of Food Science
Concentrations: dairy science, food engineering, food science [general]
Areas of Research: dairy foods processing, food safety engineering, membrane filtration, physical properties of foods, food nanotechnology
Motoko Mukai
Assistant Professor | mm2295@cornell.edu
Department of Food Science
Concentrations: food chemistry
Areas of Research: endocrine disrupting compounds in food, environmental and reproductive toxicology
Sam Nugen
Associate Professor/ Director of Graduate Studies | srn6@cornell.edu
Department of Food Science
Concentrations: food microbiology, food science [general]
Areas of Research: rapid detection of pathogens, biosensors, lateral flow assays, bacteriophages, sample preparation
Olga Padilla-Zakour
Professor | oip1@cornell.edu
Department of Food Science
Concentrations: food chemistry, food engineering, food processing waste technology
Areas of Research: food engineering, food chemistry
Joe M. Regenstein
Professor Emeritus | jmr9@cornell.edu
Department of Food Science
Concentrations: food chemistry, food processing waste technology, food science [general], international food science
Areas of Research: poultry, fish, and egg quality, protein functionality, kosher, halal, composting
Syed S. H. Rizvi
Professor | ssr3@cornell.edu
Department of Food Science
Concentrations: food engineering, food science [general], international food science
Areas of Research: food processing, engineering, bioseparation, extrusion
Gavin L. Sacks
Professor and Associate Chair | gls9@cornell.edu
Department of Food Science
Concentrations: enology, food chemistry
Areas of Research: wine and grape flavor chemistry, instrumentation/methods development in isotope and molecular mass spectrometry
Elad Tako
Associate Professor | et79@cornell.edu
Department of Food Science
Concentrations: food science general, food chemistry, international food science
Areas of Research: mineral bioavailabilty in standard and fortified food crops, iron and zinc intestinal absorption
Lorin D. Warnick
Dean | ldw3@cornell.edu
Department of Population Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences
Concentrations: food microbiology
Areas of Research: epidemiology of infections and antimicrobial resistance in Salmonella and other zoonotic enteric bacteria in dairy cattle, detection and transmission of Salmonella in animal populations, resistance to antimicrobial drugs
Christopher B. Watkins
Professor | cbw3@cornell.edu
Department of Horticulture
Concentrations: food microbiology
Areas of Research: postharvest science research with a major focus on apple fruit including development and conduct of harvest maturity management, postharvest handling, and storage technology from both basic and applied aspects
Martin Wiedmann
Gellert Family Professor in Food Safety | mw16@cornell.edu
Department of Food Science
Concentrations: dairy science, food microbiology, food science [general], international food science
Areas of Research: food microbiology, dairy science, food science
Randy W. Worobo
Professor | rww8@cornell.edu
Department of Food Science
Concentrations: food microbiology
Areas of Research: food microbiology, antimicrobial peptides, genetic engineering of microorganisms, biopreservation