Faculty Directory

Faculty

Area(s) of Expertise Email
said alavi Sajid Alavi

Professor

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

salavi@ksu.edu

Guy Allen

 

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

Awika Joseph Awika

Department Head

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

awika@ksu.edu

Subi 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 Paul Blodgett

Hal Ross Flour Mill Program/Project Manager

Milling assets and operations

pblodgett@ksu.edu

Carlos headshot Carlos Campabadal

Instructor/ IGP Outreach Specialist

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

campa@ksu.edu

fran churchill Fran Churchill

Professor of Practice

NAMA Instructor

Technical flour milling and plant operations

fmchurchill@ksu.edu

Aaron Aaron Clanton

BNEF Instructor

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

alclanton@ksu.edu

Hulya headshot 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 Headshot 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

Karkle Headshot

 

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 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

chad paulk 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

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

kali Kaliramesh Siliveru

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

kaliramesh@ksu.edu

Shi Headshot 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

shawn theile

 

Shawn Thiele

IGP Associate Director

Flour Milling and Grain Processing Curriculum Manager

Grain processing and milling; milling technology; plant operations

smt9999@ksu.edu

jason watt Jason Watt

Buhler Instructor of Milling

Technical Milling

jwatt1@ksu.edu