People
Gary Acuff
Emeritus Professor & AgriLife Research Faculty Fellow
Mohammed Alam
Head, Fats and Oils Program-
Jenna Anding
Associate Dept Head for Extension, Professor and Extension Specialist -
Karen Beathard
Senior Lecturer & Didactic Program Director -
Mary “Mickey” Bielamowicz
Regents Fellow, Professor & Nutrition Specialist Emerita (Retired) 
Alejandro (Alex) Castillo
Associate Professor-
Robert Chapkin
Allen Endowed Chair in Nutrition & Chronic Disease Prevention, Distinguished Professor, University Faculty Fellow, Regents Fellow & AgriLife Senior Faculty Fellow -
Richard Clough
Head, Extraction & Protein Technologies Program -
Roderick Dashwood
Center for Epigenetics & Disease Prevention 
Sapna Chitlapilly Dass
Assistant Professor, Microbial Ecology and Microbiome Interactions
Kristin de Ruiter
Senior Administrative Coordinator I-
Delbert Gatlin
Professor & Associate Department Head for Research and Graduate Programs 
Kerri Gehring
Professor, Presidential Impact Fellow, Meat Science-
Karen Geismar
Lecturer, Dietetic Internship Director -
Mike Greenwood
Clinical Professor & Research Associate -
Kerri Harris
Associate Professor, Meat Science & HACCP Coordinator 
Tim Herrman
Professor, State Chemist and Director of the Office of the Texas State Chemist
Brittany Howell-Colon
Program Coordinator I-
Jun-yuan Ji
Associate Professor 
Bradley Johnston
Associate Professor; Director – NutriRECS research programCenteq Building A, Office 110L
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Jimmy T. Keeton
Department Head, AgriLife Fellow, Emeritus Professor & Chair of IFS (Retired) -
Richard Kreider
Professor and Department Head, Health and Kinesiology -
Karen Kubena
Professor, Director of Nutrition Honors Program -
Joanne Lupton
Distinguished Professor, Regents Professor, University Faculty Fellow and William W Allen Endowed Chair in Nutrition (Retired) 
Paula G. Maldonado
Senior Business Administrator I-
David N. McMurray
Regents Professor, Department of Microbial and Molecular Pathogenesis 
Rosana Moreira, P.E.
Professor, Assistant Department Head & Graduate Coordinator
Elsa A. Murano
Professor, Director of Borlaug Institute, President Emerita-
Elsa Murano
Professor and Associate Vice Chancellor for Strategic Initiatives, Texas A&M AgriLife; President Emerita -
Mian Nadeem Riaz
Professor, Nutrition and Food Science, Director of Process Engineering Research & Development Center -
Bhimanagouda S. Patil
Interim Department Head, Professor & Director of the Vegetable and Fruit Improvement Center 
Suresh Pillai
Professor and Associate Department Head-
Suresh Pillai
Professor & TAES Faculty Fellow Director National Center for Electron Beam Food Research 
Mian Nadeem Riaz
Instructional Associate Professor and Associate Department Head-
Steven Riechman
Associate Professor, Health and Kinesiology -
Sharon Robinson
Associate Professor & Extension Nutrition Specialist (Retired) -
Lloyd W. Rooney
Emeritus Regents Professor and Faculty Fellow 
Joseph Sharkey
Professor Director, Texas Healthy Aging Research Network (TxHAN) Director, Program for Research Nutrition and Health Disparities Health Promotion and Community Health Sciences
Virender Sharma
Professor, Director of the Program on Environmental and Sustainability-
Susanne Talcott
Associate Professor 
Matthew Taylor
Associate Professor, Meat Science-
David Threadgill
Distinguished Professor -
Guoyao Wu
Distinguished Professor, Animal Nutrition; University Faculty Fellow, & AgriLife Research Faculty Fellow -
Kurt Zhang
Associate Professor; Director of Rigor & Reproducibility Core
