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Food Research Institute Personnel

FRI alumni over the years.

2024	FRI Executive Committee Past and Present Members Amy Wong Andy Milkowski Chuck Czuprynski Chuck Kaspar Eric Johnson Jae-Hyuk Yu Jeff Sindelar Jeri Barak JP van Pijkeren Kathy Glass Laura Knoll Mark Cook Mike Pariza Nancy Keller
	FRI Affiliated Faculty Past and Present Members Anne Marie Singh Barb Ingham Bob Bush Brad Bolling Don Burr Dorte Dopfer Drew Hryckowian Federico Rey Ferencz Denes Garret Suen Johanna Elfenbein Keith Poulsen Rachel Klos Sabine Pellett Stacey Schultz-Cherry Steve Ingham Steve Ricke Tu Anh Huynh Vanessa Leone Veronika Somoza
	FRI Staff Past and Present Members Adam Borger Alice Halfen Ann Rosen Barbara Cochrane Bibhuti DasGupta Carol Steinhart Carole Ayres Carole Woychik Charles Czuprynski Cheryl Schutte Crescent Kringle Dorothy Gosting Ed Traisman Edwin "Mike" Foster Ellin Doyle Gail Dack Gene Hehl Heidi Trimner Houa Moua Jane Ricchio Jean Conrad Smith Jean Johnson Jean Sheffield John McAnelly John Nelson Kathy Duell Kathy Glass Kristin Schill Kurt Jensen Lindsey Jahn Lois Burke Loretta Erdahl Marcia Verhage Marlene Klaila Marsha Rogers Mary Anne Clark Mike Pariza Patricia A. Way Patricia Hepner Paula Craft Ralph Davis Rita Duell Ron Weiss Rosita O'Connor Sally Garbo Wedde Saragale Tucker Sheryl Felicijan Sue Reis Tamara Monsees Tiffany Funk Todd Bruns Venita Cleary Virginia Lease WC Frazier Wendy Bedale
2021	Sabine Pellett 2021-Current Dr. Pellett's lab focuses on the fundamental and applied aspects of Clostridium botulinum and botulinum neurotoxins. This lab was previously run by Eric Johnson from 1985–2021. Members Ali Soukup Alvaro Quinones Angelique Duerr Rayller Ann Larson Ann Sticha Anne Kerby Ariane Nara Becky Kaufman Beth Hammer Bill Tepp Brieana Gregg Bruce Micales Byron Brehm-Stecher Camille Rafucci Carl Malizio Carlos Erasun Echavarri Celia Ferreira Chase Fredrick Chelsea Miller Christina Pier Courtney Robinson David Kihm Dawn Granberg Don Schuman Eric Johnson Erin Baldwin Erin Biebesheimer Erin Nawrocki Fang Yun Lim Gil Hwan An Gregory Leyer Guangyun Lin Hiroyuki Nakano Jake Scherf Jennifer Kujak Jing Jiang Joan Harrod JoAnn Bultman Joe Spraker John Price Jonathan Palmer Julie Schmidt Hassler June Parreiras Kathy Glass Keng-Wei Chang Kevin Laurin Kristin Baggett Kristin Marshall Kristine Kaufman Kyle Leistikow Lih-ling Wang Lindsey McDonnell Lorraine Horn Lucas Schuette Maria Pilar Calo-Mata Marite Bradshaw Mark Jacobson Mary Whitmer Michael Goodnough Michele Ceizyk Miriam Guevara Molly Sneller Muhammad Syahmi Bin Bin Ahmad Hisham Myeong-Ae Yu Nancy Gass Otto Mozzer Pam Wilger Philipp Wiemann Polrit Viravathana Ranga Premaratne Regina Whitemarsh Renee Sandler Rosa Carrera-Rodriguez Sabine Pellett Sandra Patterson-Curtis Scott Bottoms Sean Dineen Sheryl Cole Shirly Bellevue Sirirat Rengpipat Sonal Gupta Stephanie Whittum Taylor Wahlig Tipparat Hongpattarakere Travis Wentz Virginia Hughey Wei-Jen Lin Wei-Ling Gu Wenyan Zhang William Schroeder Yong-Tai Zhou
2016	JP van Pijkeren 2016-Current Dr. van Pijkeren's lab works on gaining a better understanding how intestinal bacteria interact with their host and design and development of biotherapeutics to prevent or treat acute and chronic human diseases. Members Gautham Gaur Hailey Choi In Young Choi JeeHwan Oh Laura Alexander Mark Heggen Morgan Smith Saima Kalid Sierra Strebe Shenwei (Vivian) Zhang Sonali Mohapatra Sophie Rabens Theresa Astmann Tongbo Zhu Zhiying Wang
2009	Jeff Sindelar 2009-Current Dr. Sindelar's research focuses on the quality and sensory characteristics of processed meats, non-meat ingredient functionality, and intervention strategies to control pathogenic bacteria in meat products. Members Adam Bartling Alyssa Seitz Amanda King Blair Tilkens Colleen Crummy Ellen Schneider Heather Hunt Jesse Brookstein Jordan Hartley Jordan Nehls Matt Terns Megan McGough Nicole Baker Robby Weyker Russ McMinn Sara Irrizarry Rodriguez Steven Sheng William Shazer
2008	Laura Knoll 2008-Current A primary area of research in Dr. Knoll's lab centers on studying the host-pathogen interactions of the intracellular parasite Toxoplasma gondii. Members Amanda Payne Becky Procknow Bruno Martorelli Di Genova Charlotte Urban Emily Wilson Jonathan Szewczyk Kelly Pittman Kyle Boldon Lindsey Moser Lori Neal Lucy Abrams Nathan Teachout Patrick Cervantes Sarah Wilson William Olson Wynne Moss
	Chuck Czuprynski 2008-Current Dr. Czuprynski's lab is involved in a variety of projects involving Listeria and Salmonella, as well as other infectious agents and environmental toxins. Members Aisha Inuwa Alhaji N'jai Chris Kuckleburg Dagmara Kisiela Dave McClenahan Dhammika Atapattu Erica Behling-Kelly Fabio Leite Ismail Boukahil Joanne Tsarouha Jon Roll Jose Rivera Josely Figueiredo Karein Rodriguez Keith Poulsen Ken Brandenburg Kirty Wadhawan Kwadwo Owusu-Ofori Lewis Shi Luke Peterson Lyndsey Berryman Mary Haak-Frendscho Matt Sylte Nan Faith Nicole Aulik Raksha Tiwari Rebecca Matulle Robert Sahaghian Robin Kurtz Shawn Heidel Stella Winarto Steve Giles
	Jeri Barak 2008-Current Dr. Barak's lab studies the bacterial colonization of plants with a focus on the food safety of fresh produce. Members Amy Parr Grace Kwan James Luo Jessica Lund Jose Pablo Dundore-Arias Kim Cowles Lingyun Hao Megan Dixon Natalie Wieber Quinn Watson Ryan Bower Steven Molinarolo Tyler Engel Vicky Lason
2001	Nancy Keller 2001-Current Dr. Keller's research focus lies in genetically dissecting those aspects of mycotoxigenic fungi that render them potent pathogens and superb natural product machines. Members Ali Soukup Andy Wagner Ben Haefner Ben Knox Ben Korte Ben Otto Brandon Pfannenstiel Breanne Steffan Cris Carrera Carriel Dante Calise Dianiris Luciano-Rosario Erwin Berthier Fang Yun Lim Grant Nickles Greg Fischer Harrison Este Heidi Schoen Hilary Kleinert Hye-Won Seo Isabelle Ludwikoski Jacob Folz Jay Winans Jin Woo Bok Joanna Tannous Joe Spraker Jonathan Palmer Justin Eagan KaHoua Yang Katharyn Affeldt Kunlong Yang Mariana Silva Meareg Amare Mengyao Niu Mickey Drott Mila Elich Mira Amir Rawa Nandhitha Venkatesh Nayanna Mercado-Soto Nicholas Raffa Niraj Arval Nischala Nadig Philipp Wiemann Roberto Regalado Sachin Jain SungChul Park Taylor Schoen Tsokyi Choera Wenjie Wang Xingyu Luo Xixi Zhao
2000	Jae-Hyuk Yu 2000-Current Dr. Yu's research centers on enhancing food quality and safety by reducing the chance of fungal growth, dissemination, infestation, and toxin production in food and feeds. Members Ahmad Alshannaq Dasol Choi Dasol Im Dylan Braun Ellie Mueller Erin Ostrem Eva Leiter Fahad Alkhayyat Gi-Suk Kown Guiping Yang HanHwee Lyu Harrison Moon Heesoo Park Hyung-Tae Choi Irene Ahou Kouadio Jae-Hyung Mah Jeong-Ah Seo Jin-Hwan Kwak Jong Sang Kim Jong-Li Kim Joseph Skarlupka Julia Martien Jung-Soo Kang K.Casey Jeong Kap-Hoon Han Keegan Anderson Kelsey Phillips Klaus Lovendahl Kwang-Soo Shin Li Tao Long Wang Margaret Reiter Mi-Kyung Lee Min Ni Min Sun Kim Ming-Yueh Wu Na Gao Nak-Jung Kwon Nicholas Rogall Pan Jiao Peng Xiao Qing Kong Ryan Jansen Sara Rierson Shawn Laursen Soyoung Han Tae-Won Kim Tae-Young Nam Tawfiq Alsulami Tim Kim Wanping Chen Wanseok Lee Won Bae Jeon Xingrui Fan Xiuyan Zhang Yajun Guan Yeon-Soo Kim Yoon Chul Choi Youngmi Kim Zengran Liu Zhanming Hou
1994	Mark Cook 1994-Current Dr. Cook's lab researches host target strategies to replace antibiotics in animal agriculture, in addition to studying valuable byproducts in the animal slaughter industry. Members Alan Higbee Beth Drake Dan Butz Danielle Devoney Daria Jerome Dave Trott Elizabeth Bobeck Guangming Li Jennifer Roberts Jordan Sand Leah Whigham Mingder Yang Natalie DiNicola Rahim Aydin Shane Heubner Vanessa Leone Venelin Zhekov Kounev Wendy Clark
1992	Chuck Kaspar 1992-Current Dr. Kaspar's research focuses on E. coli O157:H7, stress-response systems, pre-harvest food safety, and molecular and physiological mechanisms of acid tolerance. Members Adam Borger AJ Stasic Alan Degnan Anne Cheville Bradley Gietman Carmen Buchrieser Chorng-Ming Cheng Clayton Hiemke David Baumler Dongjin Park Eliot Stanton Erik Myers Erin Baldwin Gerald Martell Ian Rasch Irfan Erol Jack Schere Jarred Godfrey Jeffrey Bose Jeffrey Byrd Joe Pendleton Josh Lensmire Judy Hudock Karen Arnold Kathy Bartlett Kwang-Cheol Jeong Leslie Garland Matt Shere Megan Shiroda Min-Young Kang Nancy Faith Osamu Hiki Robert Stackhouse Sang-Ho Choi Sophie Gouveia Susan Ansay Taylor Wahlig Thomas Grys Torin Evans Zachary Pratt Brigitte Honderich Flannery
1989	Amy Wong 1989-2013 Dr. Wong conducted research on identifying enterotoxins from Staphylococcus aureus and Bacillus cereus as well as biofilm formation and control in food processing environments. Members Adelyn Allchin Agnes Denes AJ Stasic Alisa King Amy Ronner Anton Muljadi Baiyan Dong Benjamin Henkle Bingming Chen Bridget Farrell Christophe Fermanian Christopher Safranski Dale Ripley David Helke Douglas Beecher Edward Rabotski Eileen Somers Emilia Ghelardi Fu Chen Grace Wang Hongquan Jiang Jean Schoeni Jihun Kang John Humphries Jonathan Szweczyk Kahoua Yang Katherine Edge Kathleen Sindt Kevin Brunner Keyla Guadalupe Lai Thao Laiken Warren Lena Horsley Lori Turnock Matthew Ship Merike Seaman Mirka Morales Irizarry Pamela Wilger-Meurett Ratih Dewanti Robert Behling Robert Stackhouse Rosa Rodriguez Scott O'Brien Sean Leighton Shirin Khalili Suwicha Thaenthanee Trace Borchardt Tuula Pirhonen Tzu-Pi Huang Woojun Park Yi-Cheng Su Yi-Huang Hsueh Yingying Wang Yulin Wang Yusheng Cao Zachary Pratt
	John Luchansky 1989-1998 Dr. Luchansky's research focused on molecular typing for epidemiological studies, biopreservatives, and Bifidobacterium. Members Ahmed Yousef Alan Degnan Andrea Piva Beatrice Cauvin Bilig Bater Chorng-Ming Cheng David dePasquale Giacomo Biagi Harry Lee Heidi Uljas Jianchi Chen Joe Meyer Kartika Harsono Keizo Arihara Kim Zinski Magaly Tulane Marcelo Bonnet Alvarenga Miguel Prieto Moonsil Lee Nancy Faith Nathalie LeCoutour Nelly Parniere Nurliza Buyong Patricia Howard Paul Park Roland Brosch-Buchrieser Shantini Gamage Shu-Jean Tsai Wen He
1985	Kathy Glass and Kristin Schill 1985-Current Dr. Glass, Dr. Schill (who joined FRI in 2020), and the FRI Applied Food Safety Lab focus on the development of safe, low-acid refrigerated and shelf-stable foods, processed meat products, and process cheese. Members Abby Dabson Adam Bartling Amanda Skarlupka Ann Sticha Anna Spensley Ashley Chung Blair Tilkens Brad Leitch Brandon Wanless Christopher Safranski Colin Clancy Dana Billing Dawn Granberg Tessmer Dawn Preston Dawn Waidanz Pickett Di Wang Emily Merry Emma Baar Erin Baldwin Erin Biebesheimer Garrett Kau Harneel Kaur Jeff Veesenmeyer Jie Yin Lim Jodi Loeffelholz McDermott Jon Letko Jordan Olson Jordan Sabez Katie Kennedy Katie Osterbauer Katina Fisher Kori Scherer Kristine Zierke Lindsey McDonnell Lucas Schuette Makala Bach Max Golden Megan Wagner Melissa Bohn Merike Seaman Ming Mu Morrad Fadel Nicole Hardy Pat Eimerman Persephone Valentine Quinn Huibregtse Singer Rachael Colpaert Rebecca Kalscheuer Rebecca McBrady Gau Regina Whitemarsh Rob Rassel Roxanne VonTayson Russ McMinn Sarah Engstrom Scott Wyman Shanna Sticka Staci Eickert Richardson Subash Shrestha Vanessa Villasenor
1980	Mike Doyle 1980-1991 Dr. Doyle's research focused on food microbiology and bacterial foodborne pathogens, including E. coli O157:H7, Salmonella, Campylobacter jejuni, and Listeria monocytogenes. Members Alan Junkins Anna Lammerding Carol Luker Chorng-Ming Cheng Chris Fischer Dana Wiseman David Thomas Debra Roman Frank Wadzinski Frederick Kittell Gail Daly Heidi Hoff Jaana Junttila Jean Guggisberg Jean Schoeni Jennifer Johnson Joan Harrod Joanne Gould John Beery John Pfister Johnna Schink Julia Shimaoka Kathy Glass Kevin Brunner Kim Zinski Kristin Marshall Louise Meske Manju God Mary Hugdahl Mi Sun Kim Ming Chang Nancy Bains Nisha Padhye (Kulkarnie) Nobumasa Tanaka Pam Wilger Patrick Ford Paul Koidis Pavlos Koidis Ratih Dawanti Risini Weeratna Roger Fons Sue Anderson Hough Sulekha Chaudhuri Susan Kovats Suyun Yang Tim Harried Timothy Tibbetts Vikas Padhye Zhao Tong
1978	Steve Taylor 1978-1986 Dr. Taylor's research focused on food allergies. Members Alison Behling Anne Herian David Lyons Diane Baxter Eileen Somers Jane Wenzel John Beery Julia Chow Hui Julie Nordlee Marci Wendland Medani Al-Arabi Michael Broderick Nancy Higley Sheila Lyons Susan A. Stancil Sumner Virginia Scott Yi-cheng Su
1976	Mike Pariza 1976-2008 Dr. Pariza researched chemical carcinogenesis and discovered that conjugated linoleic acid inhibited cancer. Members Abhijit Banerjee Armin Gruter Asit Datta Ayumu Nagahara Babu Antharavally Bal Ram Singh Bibhuti DasGupta Christine Bellas Daniel Omilianowsky David Ritter Debra Gayda Debra Kraus Dennis Ruane Douglas Beecher Eileen Rosenow Eileen Somers Gilbert Boissonneault Gino Saccone Gulshan Anand Hania Benjamin Heewon Yang Jan Leibhart Janice Kaye Jayne Storkson Jeffrey Abresch Jennifer Kujak Jill Snowdon Jodi McDermott John Foley John Sword Juan Gimenez Jung-Sook Seo Karen Albright Kathy Glass Katsutoshi Sugimoto Kihwa Kang Kim Zinski Kisun Lee Kuan Sheng Linda Loretz Liwen Dong M Olarae Giger Malathi Srinivasan Mary Evenson Mary Hugdahl Mary Woody Mee Ree Kim Michael Dekleva Monica Bares Nan Faith Nan Hofer Nancy Holland Nancy Worley Nina Mattarella Peter Tallas Prabakaran Sakthivel Richard Lomneth Robert Dietrich Samy Ashoor Shigehiro Kataoka So-Hee Kim Sou Fei Chin Thomas McIlraith Todd Gugino Tong Lin Venugopal Sathyamoorthy Virginia Garcia Walter Hargraves Wei Lu William Bonorden William Tepp Xiaofang Xu Xiaoyun Yang Yeong Ha Yeonhwa Park Zu Yun Cai
1972	Ed Schantz 1972-1982 Dr. Schantz conducted research and continued his meticulous methods for producing the finest preparations of botulinum toxin. Members Ann Woolford Eileen Somers Jennifer Rodriguez John Molinaro Margy Woodburn Nancy Shoptaugh VE Ghazarossian
1967	Charles Duncan 1967-1977 Dr. Duncan's research focused on Clostridium perfringens food poisoning. Members Craig Christenson Eileen Maher Eileen Somers Elena Campos Elizabeth Rokos George Enders Gretchen King Hari-Sen Naik James McDonel Julian Rood Jun Sakurai Leslie Pratt Lily Chen M. Olarae Giger Mark Griffiths Paul Traci Raymond Stark Reidar Skjelkvaale Robert Reich Ronald Labbe Russell Wilkinson Stephen Buxser Tadataka Taniguti Valerie Mihelc Virginia Scott William Frieben
1966	Elmer Marth 1966-1990 Dr. Marth organized and maintained a major research program in food microbiology, including studies on food spoilage, food fermentations, and foodborne diseases. His lab studied foodborne pathogens such as Staphylococcus aureus, Salmonella, enteropathogenic Escherichia coli, and Listeria monocytogenes. Members A Ahmed Ahmed Yousef Anjan Reddy Antonieta Gaddi Angeles Blanca Gaddi Calanog Brook Ellis CC Chou CN Shih CO Emeh Dana Wiseman David Holman DC Kulshrestha Demetrius Papageorgiou Eileen Rosenow Elliot Ryser Fathy El-Gazzar Gary Alderman George Torrey Geraldine Farrell Gulam Rusul H Gunduz HA Khalaf HS Park Hye K. Choi J Bahk J Howley J Rutzinski Jack Maegli Jaerim Bahk Jane Wenzel Jeffrey Kornacki JH Meilinger JL Middleton Joe Frank Jonathan Frey JW Maegli Kamal Kamaly Kathleen Knutson Kathleen R Meier Lana Weckbach Laura Pearson M Moustafa Mahmoud Buazzi Margaret Halpin Maria Finol Maribeth Cousin MC Goel Michael Liewen Michelle Schaack Moustafa El-Shenawy MP Doyle Noraini Khalid Normah Ahamad PC Shelley Rhona Applebaum Robert Brackett Roger Packard Ronald Case Seham Farrag SM El-Gendy Souzan El-Kest Stephen Verkuilen Susan Koenig Tarun Bhowmik TE Minor Terry Thompson TL Thompson William Hamann Yehia Hefnawy
	Dorothy Strong 1966-1970 Dr. Strong directed research on foodborne disease agents, including salmonellae, staphylococci, and Clostridium perfringens. Members Audrey VandenBorn Charles Duncan Edith Foster Elizabeth Meisegeier Jill Werdann Linda Hartsell Fisher Natalia Parkovich Sue Reed
	Bob Deibel 1966-1976 Dr. Deibel researched food pathogens such as Listeria, Clostridium botulinum, and Staphylococcus aureus, uncovering new means for protecting the food supply. He made several landmark discoveries important to the safe production of processed meats. Members Alan Erickson Anita Clemetson Annika Toffer Weber Atvar Dhillon Charlotte Miller Cliff Mintz David Sedlock Diane Brown Hugh Trenk James Bacus John Ericksen Joseph Abalaka Joseph Ambrozaitis Larry Koupel Linda Bunnell LS Barber Nancy Jaquith Ned Barden Patrick Konkel Philip Chase Robert Metcalf Russell Julseth Steven Goodfellow VG Bowen Konkel Vicki Wesen Victor Lachica Virginia Porter William Sperber
	John Geopfert 1966-1977 Dr. Geopfert worked on Salmonella, Bacillus cereus growth limits and pathogenic mechanisms, and food poisoning. Members Amy Lee Wong Ann Woolford Bonita Glatz Charles Dega CS Subramanian Daniel Krueger David Miller Debbie Parker Donald Beebe Donald Schneider Elizabeth Mann Gail Mitchell Harriet Rappoport Helo Suik HS Park HU Kim IK Iskander KCC Chung Linda Fischer Martha Kleinhammer Rosalie Biggie Ruthann Large Hicks Sara Gould William Spira
	E. Michael Foster 1966-1987 Dr. Foster's food microbiology research included studies on vacuum packaging and plastic films to extend shelf life of refrigerated, ready-to-eat meat products. He was an international authority on the use of sodium nitrite to prevent botulism and spoilage. Members Anne Herian Asit Datta Bal Ram Singh Carol Luker Cathy Kuo David Jackson Eileen Somers Emily Sheldon Wall Hania Benjamin Jan Leibhardt Jayne Storkson Jean Guggisberg John Foley Juan Gimenez Karen Albright Louise Meske Mary Woody Michael Dekleva Nan Hofer Grimm Nancy Reichert Nancy Worley Nobumasa Tanaka Paul Lewandoski Peter Tallas Robert Smith Somnath Bandyopadhyay Sue Gates Sue Mullins Susan Kovats Venugopal Sathyamoorthy Walter Hargraves Yeong Ha
1963	Fun Sun Chu 1963-2000 Dr. Chu's research focused on the development of methods to purify enterotoxins. Members Andrew Pogosyan Anne Herian Biing-Hui Liu Brian Loeffler Cathy Liang Changhao Lu Cheng-Rui Wang Chi-Cheng Chang Chris Maragos Curtis Frye Daniel Butz Elizabeth Crary Feng Yih Yu Fu-mei Wu Gregory Griffin Guang-shi Zhang Guo Hong Feng Guo-yu Li Gwen Goretsas Hanne Christensen Hongdi Liu Hon-Peng Lau Hugh Trenk I Noh Ikuko Ueno Iris Lin J. Lin Jae-Hyuk Yu James Olson Jean-Marc Fremy Jim Pestka Joe Shebuski Joungjoa Park Kenneth Green Kuo-Hui Hsu Kwok Mak Lillian Shih Mary Butz Mary Evenson Mary Woody Melanie Maas Nancy Woychik Norberto Lisker Ossama El-Nakib Paul Still Paula Souik Peria Leung Piera Sun Pramod Gaur Qisui Lin Rachel Lee Ru-dong Wei Samy Ashoor Seunghee Jeon Shu Wen Li Stephen Bennett Sungsoo Lee Susan Hefle Titan Fan Vincent Tsiagbe Wai-Kit Nip Wanjun Yu Wenjuan Hu William Bischoff William Harder Xuan Huang Yaguan Li Yao Hong Song Yi-chun Xu
1962	Dean Cliver 1962-1995 Dr. Cliver's lab mainly focused on the study of foodborne viruses. Members Amy Ronner Angela Maiello Ann Reiser Barbara Seigal Beverly Heinz Beverly M. Thompson Bruce Donohoe Carol Luker David Engeseth Deborah Hass Donald Schneider Emilio Lopez-Sabater Eunice Ladeinde Folaranmi Alofe Genevieve Panon Gisia Parag Hakan Kuleasan Jack Handley James Hamilton James Luebke Jean Grindrod Jean Jensen Kostenbader Jill Snowdon John Herrmann Jon Lewis Karen Borg Kenneth Green Kenneth Kostenbader Kevin Parks Marchel Goldsby-Hill Margaret Westphal Maria Perez Mary Woody Maureen Plzak Miguel Vallenas Ming Qi Deng Ming-Yi Deng Nancy Dreckschmidt Nese Ak Nurliza Buyong Paul Park Ren-hui Wu Richard Salo Robert Anders Rose Wagner Herrmann Ruth Newman Sandra Wolens Sophie Gouveia Susan Stramer Tadesse Mariam Theodore McKenna Vijaya Khandavilli Wendy Schell Wieslaw Orlowski Zheko Kounev
1950	Hiroshi Sugiyama 1950-1989 Dr. Sugiyama and his lab were pioneers in botulinum neurotoxin research, including its purification and biochemistry as well as discovering its dichain structure and mode of activation. Members A Norberg A Reisner Ajaib Singh Akio Nakane Alison Behling Ann Wallace Arbiento Purwo B Porter Bibhuti DasGupta C Yang Camila Bloch Carol Clausen Carol Wells Cathy Chen Kuo Chellathai Jayabaskaran Chris Randall Colleen Movroydis Daniel Berman Daniel Mills Debra Roman Dee Lacy Don Burr E Gasper E Seppanen Edward Krysinski Erin Martin Eunheuy Kang Gary Alderman Genevieve Gogat George Brown Gretchen King I Ohishi J Sromek Jack Soucheck James Minnich Jami Prather Jan Hobbs Janet Deffner Joan Harrod Juan Gimenez K Mizutani K Yang Kandee Rutledge Kathryn Anastasio Keiji Oguma Kyung-Hee Kim L Verhoeven Lee-Jan Chen Kuo Linda MacArthur Lisa Laabs Lloyd Moberg Marsha Betley Martin Kepper Mary Whitmer Michael Goodnough Michael Weickert Michael Woller Nancy Gass Nancy Mohr, BS Nancy Thompson Peter Cheung Richard Grossenbach Richard Heimsch Richard Mahsem Robert Smith Ruth Wolberg S Brenner Sarah Bland Satya Bhattacharyya Steven Messer Thomas Frantz Virginia Scott Wendy Rach William MacMillan Y Furukawa Yinchun Wang
1946	Merlin Bergdoll 1946-1988 Dr. Bergdoll was internationally recognized as a leading researcher in staphylococcal enterotoxins that cause food poisoning, identifying the first seven known enterotoxins. He also performed pioneering research on toxic shock syndrome. Members Abraham Asprec Alba Noleto Amy Lee Wong Barbara Crass Barbara Miller Boniface Aliu Catherine Chang Cheng-hsien Wu Chi-Cheng Chung Christina Gibbs Concordia Borja Cyrus Mahnke Daniel Butz Deborah Parker Debra Roman Donald Beebe Donna Conaway Douglas Harbrecht Elizabeth Crary Ellen Fanning Esperanza Gomez-Lucia Gabriela Keller Gerard Stelma Gerhard Kunstmann Giok Khoe Heng-Chi Chang Hideo Igarashi IY Huang Janet Spitz Jean Aschenbach Jinq Sung Joyce Czop Karl Weiss Kay Osterhoff Kelli Stahlnecker Lucy Hu Marcia Christensen Maria Garcia Marilyn Ribbe Marsha Betley Mary Evenson Mary Jo Ketterhagen Meenakshi Razdan Milica Radosavljevic Nancy Fanning Nancy Goodyear Nancy Thompson Nighat Kokan Piera Sun Raoul Reiser Robert Freed Roberta Allen Ruth Robbins Samuel Faparusi Sara Gould Shu-Mei Huang Vera Lau Zachariasz Jozefczyk Zuorong Lei

About FRI

Food Research Institute Personnel

FRI Executive Committee

FRI Affiliated Faculty

FRI Staff

Sabine Pellett

JP van Pijkeren

Jeff Sindelar

Laura Knoll

Chuck Czuprynski

Jeri Barak

Nancy Keller

Jae-Hyuk Yu

Mark Cook

Chuck Kaspar

Amy Wong

John Luchansky

Kathy Glass and Kristin Schill

Mike Doyle

Steve Taylor

Mike Pariza

Ed Schantz

Charles Duncan

Elmer Marth

Dorothy Strong

Bob Deibel

John Geopfert

E. Michael Foster

Fun Sun Chu

Dean Cliver

Hiroshi Sugiyama

Merlin Bergdoll