Family and Consumer Sciences Contributing Faculty

Ahn

♦ Insook Ahn | Assistant professor

Expertise:
Apparel Design, Product Development, Pattern making
Interdisciplinary Collaboration Areas:

  • Value-added Agribusiness & Ag SupplyChain Entrepreneurship

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♦ Kelley Coffeen | Assistant College Professor

Expertise:
Recipe Development and Food Writing, Chile Recipe Development, Mexican/Southern Border Culinary Recipe Development
Interdisciplinary Collaboration Areas:

  • Agriculture and Culinary Tourism
Delgado

♦ Efren Delgado | Assistant Professor

Expertise:
Food Chemistry, functional foods and food processing
Interdisciplinary Collaboration Areas:

  • Food processing
  • Food Safety
  • Food Security
  • Hemp Industrialization
  • Nutraceutical and Functional Foods
  • Value-added Agribusiness & Ag Supply Chain Entrepreneurship
Sergio Martinez - Monteagudo

♦ Sergio Martinez-Monteagudo | Assistant Professor

Expertise:
Value-added, extraction of bioactive compounds, chemical modifications, technology development
Interdisciplinary Collaboration Areas:

  • Valorization of Agricultural byproduct streams
  • Food, Agriculture and Natural Resources Policy
  • Food Safety
  • Food Security
  • Nutraceutical and Functional Foods
  • Value-added Agribusiness & Ag Supply Chain Entrepreneurship
Marin

♦ Merranda Romero Marin | Associate Professor

Expertise:
Evidence-base treatment of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Resilience, Psychological Aspects of Poverty, Multicultural Training when working with Diverse Populations, Childhood Obesity
Interdisciplinary Collaboration Areas:

  • Childhood Obesity
  • Food Security
  • Psychosocial Aspects of Food
Luis Sabillon

♦ Luis Sabillon Galeas | Assistant Professor of Microbial Food Safety

Expertise:
Food Safety Microbiology, Molds and Mycotoxins , Post-harvest storage and processing of cereal grains and Processing of wheat-based products
Interdisciplinary Collaboration Areas:

  • Food Bioprocessing
  • Adapting to Climate Variability
  • Food Safety
  • Food Security
  • Hemp Industrialization
  • Science & Agriculture Literacy and Consumer Education
  • Sustainable Water Systems