Graduate Faculty

Lili HeHead of Department, Professor, B.S., Zhejiang University, China, 2004; M.S., 2006; Ph.D., Missouri, 2009.

Hang Xiao, Graduate Program DirectorProfessor, B.E., Ocean University of China, 1996; Ph.D., Wisconsin, 2004.

Eric A. Decker, Professor Emeritus, B.S., Pennsylvania State, 1982; M.S., Washington State, 1985; Ph.D., Massachusetts at Amherst, 1988.

John Gibbons, Associate Professor, B.S., Keene State, 2005; Ph.D., Vanderbilt, 2012.

Lutz Grossmann, Assistant Professor, B.S. University of Hohenheim, Germany, 2012; M.S., 2015; Ph.D., 2019

Amanda Kinchla, Extension Professor, B.S., Massachusetts at Amherst, 1998; M.S., Rutgers, 2005.

Charmaine K.W. Koo, Lecturer, B.S., University of British Columbia, Canada, 2011; Ph.D. Massachusetts at Amherst, 2016.

Jiakai Lu, Assistant Professor, B.S., Shanghai Jiaotong University, China, 2008; M.S., Purdue, 2013; Ph.D., 2014.

D. Julian McClements, Distinguished Professor, B.S., Leeds, England, 1985; Ph.D., 1988.

Lynne McLandsborough, Professor, B.A., University of Miami, Ohio, 1986; M.S., Minnesota, 1989; Ph.D., 1993.

Matthew D. Moore, Associate Professor, B.S., Cornell, 2010; Ph.D., North Carolina State, 2016.

Alissa Nolden, Assistant Professor, B.S., Massachusetts at Amherst, 2011; M.S., Pennsylvania State, 2013; Ph.D., 2016.

Yeonhwa Park, F.J. Francis Endowed Chair, Professor, B.S., Seoul National University, Korea, 1988; M.S., 1990; Ph.D., Wisconsin, 1996.

David Sela, Associate Professor, B.S., New York at New Paltz, 2003; M.S., California at Davis, 2006; Ph.D. 2010.

Peiyi Shen, Lecturer, Undergraduate Program Director, B.S., Nanchang University, China, 2009; M.S., 2012; Ph.D., Massachusetts at Amherst, 2018.

Adjunct/Associate Faculty

Jeffrey DohertyAssistant Professor, Department of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, B.S., Massachusetts at Amherst, 1991; M.S., 1998; Ph.D., 2017.

John LupienAdjunct Professor, Department of Food Science. 

Siddhartha PurkayasthaVice President, Head of Scientific & Regulatory Affairs, Research Fellow, PureCircle/Ingredion, B.Tech., Indian Institute of Technology, Indian, 1980; M.S., University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, 1982; Ph.D., Massachusetts at Amherst, 1985; MBA, University of Illinois, Springfield, 1994.

Jeffrey SandersProduct Manager-Consumer Packaged Goods, Materials Science Division Schrodinger, Inc, B.S., Worcester Polytechnic Institute, 2007; Ph.D., Thomas Jefferson Medical College, 2013.

Daniell VollerPrincipal Scientist, Boston Beer Company, B.S., Massachusetts at Amherst, 2010; M.S., 2011; Ph.D., Oregon State University, 2016.

Faculty Emeriti

Ernest Buck, Professor Emeritus, 1990.

Fergus Clydesdale, Professor Emeritus, 2008.

Eric A. Decker, Professor Emeritus, 2025.

David Evans, Professor Emeritus, 1995.

Ronald G. Labbe, Professor Emeritus, 2018.

Raymond Mahoney, Professor Emeritus, 2013.

Wassef Nawar, Professor Emeritus, 1992.

Micha Peleg, Professor Emeritus, 2015.

Kalidas Shetty, Professor Emeritus, 2013.