Major Professor: Peng Ji - Research Interests: Understanding how nutrition and micronutrient status influence neurodevelopment, metabolism, inflammation, and gut–brain interactions, with a focus on underlying cellular and molecular mechanisms.
Major Professor: Jennifer Falbe - Research Interests: Nutrition policy evaluation and design, integrating environmental sustainability into nutrition policy, epidemiology.
Major Professor: Fawaz Haj - Research Interests: Pharmaceutical and dietary treatments for steatotic liver disease and liver fibrosis to prevent or slow progression.
Major Professor: Angela Zivkovic - Research Interests: Investigating how nutrition shapes endocrine function, metabolic health, and longevity. I have a particular interest in how precision nutrition may benefit the vascular and hormonal pathways that influence women’s health across their lifespan.
Major Professor: Carolyn Slupsky - Research Interests: Effects of diet and genetic predisposition on maternal metabolism. Correlation between diet/metabolism and the gut-brain axis.
Major Professor: Fawaz Haj - Research Interests: Nutrigenomics, precision nutrition, and multi-omics approaches to understanding the molecular mechanisms underlying metabolism.
Major Professor: Guodong Zhang - Research Interests: My research focuses on the effects and mechanisms of bioactive lipids, as well as food and environmental contaminants, on gut microbiota and gut health.
Major Professor: Roberta Holt - Research Interests: Understanding the impact of dietary components and whole foods on cardiovascular outcomes and physiology. Specific interest in zinc absorption and phytic acid.
