Graduate Faculty by Discipline

The department is staffed by faculty, instructors and/or research assistants representing the disciplines of breeding & genetics, food science, meat science, monogastric nutrition, ruminant nutrition and physiology. *Denotes graduate faculty that are certified to serve as the major professor for doctoral students.

Below is a list of faculty and instructors by discipline:

Breeding & Genetics || Food Science || Meat Science || Mongastric Nutrition || Ruminant Nutrition || Physiology

Breeding & Genetics

Name		Email
Bormann, Jennifer	Professor	jbormann@ksu.edu
Rolf, Megan*	Associate Professor	megrolf@ksu.edu
Weaber, Bob*	Professor / Extension Specialist	bweaber@ksu.edu

Food Science

Name		Email
Amamcharla, Jayendra*	Professor	jayendra@ksu.edu
Getty, Kelly*	Associate Professor	kgetty@ksu.edu
Gragg, Sara*	Associate Professor	saragragg@ksu.edu
Nutsch, Abbey	Associate Professor	anutsch@ksu.edu
Phebus, Randy*	Professor	phebus@ksu.edu
Retzlaff, Deanna	Teaching Associate Professor	retzlaff@ksu.edu
Schmidt, Karen*	Professor/Chair Food Science Undergraduate Program	kschmidt@ksu.edu
Smith, Scott*	Professor/ Chair, Food Science Graduate Program	jsschem@ksu.edu
Trinetta, Valentina*	Assistant Professor	vtrinetta@ksu.edu
Vipham, Jessie*	Assistant Professor	jessiev@ksu.edu
Yucel, Umut*	Assistant Professor	yucel@ksu.edu

Meat Science

Name		Email
Boyle, Liz*	Professor/Extension Specialist	lboyle@ksu.edu
Chao, Michael*	Assistant Professor	mdchao@ksu.edu
Houser, Terry*	Associate Professor	houser@ksu.edu
O'Quinn, Travis*	Associate Professor	travisoquinn@ksu.edu
Schaake, Scott	Associate Professor	simmi@ksu.edu

Mongastric Nutrition

Name		Email
Beyer, Scott*	Associate Professor	sbeyer@ksu.edu
DeRouchey, Joel*	Professor/State Extension Leader	jderouch@ksu.edu
Douthit, Teresa*	Professor	douthit@ksu.edu
Goodband, Bob*	Professor/Extension Specialist	goodband@ksu.edu
Jones, Cassie*	Associate Professor	jonesc@ksu.edu
Lattimer, James*	Assistant Professor	jlattimer@ksu.edu
Nelssen, Jim*	Professor/Extension Specialist	jnelssen@ksu.edu
Stark, Charles*	Professor, Feed Safety	crstark@ksu.edu
Tokach, Mike*	University Distinguished Professor	mtokach@ksu.edu
Woodworth, Jason*	Research Professor	jwoodworth@ksu.edu

Ruminant Nutrition

Name		Email
Blasi, Dale*	Professor/Extension Specialist	dblasi@ksu.edu
Bradford, Barry*	Professor	bbradfor@ksu.edu
Brouk, Mike*	Professor/Extension Specialist	mbrouk@ksu.edu
Crane, Alison*	Assistant Professor / Extension Specialist	arcrane@ksu.edu
Drouillard, Jim*	Professor	jdrouill@ksu.edu
Farney, Jaymelynn	Associate Professor / Extension Specialist	jkj@ksu.edu
Mamedova, Laman	Research Associate Professor	mamedova@ksu.edu
Olson, K C*	Professor	kcolson@ksu.edu
Tarpoff, A.J.	Assistant Professor/ Extension Specialist	tarpoff@ksu.edu
Titgemeyer, Evan*	Professor/Research Coordinator	etitgeme@ksu.edu
Waggoner, Justin	Professor/Extension Specialist	jwaggon@ksu.edu

Physiology

Name		Email
Fike, Karol*	Teaching Associate Professor	karol@ksu.edu
Grieger, David*	Professor	dgrieger@ksu.edu
Hulbert, Lindsey*	Assistant Professor/Animal Behavior	lhulbert@ksu.edu
Jaeger, John	Professor/Beef Cattle Scientist	jrjaeger@ksu.edu
Johnson, Sandy	Professor/Extension Specialist	sandyj@ksu.edu
Kouba, Joann	Associate Professor	jkouba@ksu.edu
Mendonca, Luis*	Associate Professor/Extension Specialist	mendonca@ksu.edu
Odde, Ken	Professor	kenodde@ksu.edu
Rozell, Tim*	Professor	trozell@ksu.edu
Stevenson, Jeff*	Professor	jss@ksu.edu