Faculty

Professor He is the Head of the Food Science department

Professor Clydesdale specializes in science policy/regulation

Dr. Decker specializes in lipid oxidation, antioxidant protection of foods and the health implications of bioactive lipids.

Dr. Christina DiMarco-Crook is the lecturer of FS150

Director of our One-Year Professional MS Program

Professor Gibbons specializes in genomics and food safety

Professor Grossmann is the director of the Honors Program of the Food Science department

Professor Kinchla specializes in product development and food science outreach education

Lecturer

Professor Lu specializes in food process engineering and rheology

Professor McClements specializes in food emulsions, biopolymers and colloids, nanotechnology, structural design, plant based foods, and ultra-processed foods

Professor McLandsborough is the Director of the Center for Agriculture, Food, and the Environment (CAFE)

Professor Moore specializes in food microbiology and foodborne viruses

Professor Nolden specializes in sensory evaluation

Professor Park specializes in the study of obesity and aging

Professor Sela specializes in infant nutrition

Dr. Peiyi Shen is a lecturer at UMass Amherst

Dr. Steffens is the lecturer of FS265/266

Professor Wu specializes in functional foods and precision nutrition

Professor Xiao studies how foods and the gut microbiome work together to influence human health, and how we can design better foods to promote human health.