Faculty Directory

Professor

Food engineering; extrusion processing of food and feed; rheology; food microstructure imaging and structure texture relationships

salavi@ksu.edu

Guy Allen

Senior Agricultural Economist

Grain Marketing and Risk Management Curriculum Manager

Agribusiness - domestic & international; commodity trading and risk management; supply chain logistics and commodity analysis; new business development

guyhallen@ksu.edu

Department Head

Cereal science, Carbohydrate
chemistry, Polyphenol-food polymer interactions,
Bioactive compounds chemistry, International food
and Nutrition security research.

awika@ksu.edu

Karen Blakeslee

Extension Associate

Food Science for Extension Agents
Coordinator of the Rapid Response Center
Co-Director of the Kansas Value Added Foods Lab

kblakesl@ksu.edu

University Distinguished Professor

Management of insects associated with stored grain; food and feed processing facilities using alternatives to pesticides

Hal Ross Flour Mill Program/Project Manager

Milling assets and operations

pblodgett@ksu.edu

Instructor/ IGP Outreach Specialist

Grain quality, storage and processing and feed manufacturing engineering; Spanish language technical support

campa@ksu.edu

Professor of Practice

NAMA Instructor

Technical flour milling and plant operations

fmchurchill@ksu.edu

BNEF Instructor

Baking science, flour and ingredient functionality, product development, bakery operations

alclanton@ksu.edu

Ross Endowed Professor

Food engineering; grain processing and milling; biopolymer science; fundamental and empirical rheology; physical, mechanical, thermo-mechanical and microstructural characterization; structure-texture relationships; food processing; extrusion; mathematical modeling and process optimization

dogan@ksu.edu

Professor of Practice

Process flow diagram for grain operations, power distribution and management on grain processing facilities, flour and feed technology, 2D and 3D plant design with AutoCAD

hdogan@ksu.edu

Kelly Getty

Associate Professor/Extension Specialist

Food Processing
Product Development
Food Safety

kgetty@ksu.edu

Assistant Professor

Baking science, nutrition, snack foods, product and ingredient development, shelf life extension and nutritional impact of sourdough

ekarkle@ksu.edu

Associate Professor

Wheat Quality Lab Director

Baking science and chemistry; cereal and grain chemistry; protein chemistry and applications; functional cereal foods; protein-based nano-assemblies; bioactive compounds and peptides

Abbey Nutsch

Teaching Professor/FDSCI Undergrad Teaching Coordinator

Food microbiology

anutsch@ksu.edu

Associate Professor

Undergraduate Programs Chair and Teaching Coordinator

Feed processing technologies; monogastric nutrition; quality assurance and feed safety

cpaulk@ksu.edu

Julia Guazzelli Pezzali

Assistant Professor
Pet Food Program Director

Pet food processing technologies, nutritional impacts of processing, pet food quality, functional foods, companion animal nutrition and metabolism, protein metabolism

jpezzali@ksu.edu

Deanna Retzlaff

Teaching Professor

Assessment of Advising
Online Education
Technology Mediated Training Materials

retzlaff@ksu.edu

Associate Professor

Grain processing and milling; process modeling and simulation; particle technology and materials handling; physical, chemical, and surface properties and their correlation in food and feed materials

Professor

Starch structure and functionality; physical, chemical, and genetic modifications of starch; enzymatic modifications of biopolymers; cereal starch digestibility; carbohydrate nutrition

Scott Smith

Professor

Chair, Food Science Graduate Program

Food chemistry and toxicology

jsschem@ksu.edu

Shawn Thiele

IGP Associate Director

Flour Milling and Grain Processing Specialist

Grain processing and milling; milling technology; plant operations

Buhler Instructor of Milling

Technical Milling

jwatt1@ksu.edu