Student

Major Professor: Christine Stewart - Research Interests:

Major Professor: Carolyn Slupsky - Research Interests: Utilizing multi omics to determine mechanisms through which dietary fiber and bioactives interact with the host and microbiome to promote health.

Major Professor: John Newman - Research Interests: Precision nutrition and nutrimetabolomics. Working on mass spectrometry-based lipidomics and small-molecule quantitative analytical chemistry for dietary biomarker discovery.

Major Professor: Reina Engle-Stone - Research Interests:

Major Professor: Roberta Holt - Research Interests: Focuses on bioactive compounds in foods and their impact on cardiometabolic health. I am particularly interested in how these compounds influence metabolic biomarkers, modulate the absorption of essential minerals such as zinc, and affect gut microbiota metabolism

Major Professor: Carolyn Slupsky - Research Interests: The relationship between maternal metabolism and endocrine function during pregnancy and lactation. I am working to understand how metabolic and/or endocrine dysfunction during this critical period influences breastfeeding outcomes.

Major Professor: Patricia Oteiza & Marie Heffern - Research Interests:

Major Professor: Fawaz Haj - Research Interests: The effects of protein tyrosine phosphatase activity and inhibition on the development and progression of diabetic nephropathy.

Major Professor: Brian Bennett - Research Interests: Nutrigenomics, gut microbiome, and precision nutrition. Employing a systems genetics/multi-omics integrative approach to assess chronic metabolic disease development.

Major Professor: Debbie Fetter - Research Interests: Identifying barriers to behavior change related to healthy eating and physical activity. I aim to understand the psychological, social, and environmental factors that influence these behaviors and explore how certain interventions can help overcome these barriers.