Nutrition, Dietetics, and Food Science

Associate Professor
Phone: 801-422-4666
Room: S-131 ESC
gene_ahlborn@byu.edu

Emphasis: Dairy products and gluten-free bakery products.

Pre-requisites: Desire to learn and willingness to try anything.

Assosiate Professor
Phone: (801) 422-0015
Room: S-219 ESC
sarah_bellini@byu.edu

Emphasis: Pediatric Nutrition, Malnutrition, Nutrition Education, and Clinical Nutrition.

Pre-requisites: Dietetics or Nutritional Science Major

Professor
Phone: (801) 422-6670
Room: S-129 ESC
Michael_dunn@byu.edu

Emphasis: Various, including evaluation of food stability during processing and storage and development of novel foods.

Pre-requisites: Chem 105, 106, 107

Associate Professor
Phone: 801-422-7588
Room: S-245 ESC
chad_hancock@byu.edu

Emphasis: Energy Metabolism; Muscle Function; Mitochondria Function

Pre-requisites: None Listed

Associate Professor
Phone: (801) 422-9290
Room: S-133 ESC
laura_jefferies@byu.edu

Emphasis: Sensory analysis techniques, consumer research, dairy research, and food processing


Pre-requisites: Preference given to Food Science students

Assistant Professor
Phone: 801-422-6671
Room: S-249 ESC
jason_kenealey@byu.edu

Emphasis: Identify natural compounds with chemotherapeutic activity, elucidate the molecular mechanism of these compounds, and determine the structural elements in the molecule that confer the anti-cancer activity

Pre-requisites: None Listed

Professor
Phone: (801) 422-6874
Room: S141 ESC
lecheminant@byu.edu

Emphasis: Obesity, Prevention of Chronic Disease

Pre-requisites: None Listed

Assistant Professor
Phone: (801) 422-6672
Room: S-231 ESC
emily_patten@byu.edu

Emphasis: Dietetics Management; Leadership; Education

Pre-requisites: Dietetics Major

Professor
Phone: (801) 422-6675
Room: S-135 ESC
oscar_pike@byu.edu

Emphasis: Food Shelf-life Assessment and Long-term Storage Preservation

Pre-requisites: Chem 105, 106, 107; NDFS 250, 251

Associate Professor
Phone: (801) 422-6855
Room: S-233 ESC
rickelle_richards@byu.edu

Emphasis: Community nutrition, with special interest among populations with low-income.

Pre-requisites: None Listed

Assistant Professor
Phone: (801) 422-6676
Room: S-235 ESC
nathan_stokes@byu.edu

Emphasis: School Breakfast, Foodservice Management, Student Operated Restaurants, and Food Insecurity Amongst College Student

Pre-requisites: None listed

Associate Professor
Phone: 801-422-9082
Room: S-243 ESC
jeffery_tessem@byu.edu

Emphasis: Delineating the molecular pathways that increase beta cell proliferation, enhance glucose-stimulated insulin secretion, and protect against beta cell death

Pre-requisites: None Listed

Phone: 801-422-3758
Room: S-127 ESC
shintaro_pang@byu.edu

Emphasis: Raman spectroscopy applications for food and agricultural produce; Rapid food analysis of biological and chemical components including probiotics, proteins, carbohydrates, lipids, and micronutrients as well as contaminants such as pathogens, mycotoxins and micro-/nano-plastics.

Pre-requisites: Motivated and results-driven; Preference given to sophomores and juniors pursuing a science or engineering degree.