Kansas State University

Professor 

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

salavi@ksu.edu

 Associate Professor

Pet food processing; pet food nutrition

grains@k-state.edu

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

 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

Interim Department Head

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

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

Associate Professor

Undergraduate Programs Chair and Teaching Coordinator 

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

cpaulk@ksu.edu

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

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

Jim and Carol Brown Professor in Feed Technology 

Feed safety; quality assurance; feed processing technologies

crstark@ksu.edu

University Distinguished Professor

Biological material process engineering; thermal and rheological behavior and functional properties of plant polymeric materials and ingredients; bio-based adhesives; biodegradable resins 

IGP Associate Director

Flour Milling and Grain Processing Curriculum Manager 

Grain processing and milling; milling technology; plant operations

Buhler Instructor of Milling

Technical Milling

jwatt1@ksu.edu

 Associate Professor 

 Graduate Program Director 

Bioprocessing and fermentation; applied biochemistry and metabolic engineering; biomaterial technology 

yzheng@ksu.edu