Faculty Directory

Faculty members in the Department of Grain Science and Industry come from many different backgrounds and focus on a variety of disciplines.

Adjunct Faculty

Emeritus Faculty

Faculty		Area(s) of Specialization	Email
	Sajid Alavi Professor	Food engineering and specifically extrusion processing in food, pet food and feed applications, rheology, microstructure imaging, structure - texture relationships, advances on the interface of processing and nutrition, process sustainability, and use of AI and machine learning tools in processing	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
	Joseph Awika 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
	Subramanyam Bhadriraju University Distinguished Professor	Management of insects associated with stored grain; food and feed processing facilities using alternatives to pesticides	sbhadrir@ksu.edu
	Paul Blodgett Hal Ross Flour Mill Program/Project Manager	Milling assets and operations	pblodgett@ksu.edu
	Carlos Campabadal Instructor/ IGP Outreach Specialist	Grain quality, storage and processing and feed manufacturing engineering; Spanish language technical support	campa@ksu.edu
	Fran Churchill Professor of Practice NAMA Instructor	Technical flour milling and plant operations	fmchurchill@ksu.edu
	Aaron Clanton BNEF Instructor	Baking science, flour and ingredient functionality, product development, bakery operations	alclanton@ksu.edu
	Hulya Dogan 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
	Huseyin Dogan 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
	Elisa Karkle Assistant Professor	Baking science, nutrition, snack foods, product and ingredient development, shelf life extension and nutritional impact of sourdough	ekarkle@ksu.edu
	Yonghui Li 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	yonghui@ksu.edu
	Abbey Nutsch Teaching Professor/FDSCI Undergrad Teaching Coordinator	Food Science, Food Microbiology	anutsch@ksu.edu
	Chad Paulk 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	Food Microbiology, Online Education, Advising Nontraditional Student Populations	retzlaff@ksu.edu
	Kaliramesh Siliveru University Outstanding Scholar Associate Professor	Grain processing and milling, food safety, process modeling and simulation, particle technology, and materials handling.	kaliramesh@ksu.edu
	Yong-Cheng Shi Professor	Starch structure and functionality; physical, chemical, and genetic modifications of starch; enzymatic modifications of biopolymers; cereal starch digestibility; carbohydrate nutrition	ycshi@ksu.edu
	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	Technical Milling and Grain Processing, Specialty Grain Milling, Plant Operations	smt9999@ksu.edu
	Jason Watt Buhler Instructor of Milling	Technical Milling	jwatt1@ksu.edu