Wayne State University

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Chair

Jen, Kai-Lin Catherine Title Professor & Chair  Office# 3009 Science Hall Research Area Diet-induced obesity and diabetes, as well as maternal and infant nutrition Phone (313) 577-2500 E-Mail ac1578@wayne.edu Web Site www.clas.wayne.edu/unit-inner.asp?UnitID=16&WebPageID=471&site=candle

Full-time Faculty

Brogan, Katie Title Lecturer  Office# 3003 Science Hall Phone E-Mail af5434@wayne.edu

Cabelof, Diane Title Assistant Professor  Office# 2018 Science Hall Research Area Elucidating mechanisms by which aging increases cancer risk, and how nutirition impacts these factors. Understanding how specific nutrients can prevent the initiation of DNA damage and improve the ability to repair DNA damage. Phone (313) 577-5978 E-Mail af2429@wayne.edu

Gupta, Smiti Title Assistant Professor  Office# 3027 Science Hall Research Area Nutrition, Cancer and Metabolomics Phone (313) 577-2941 E-Mail ad7373@wayne.edu Web Site www.clas.wayne.edu/gupta/

Heydari, Ahmad Title Professor  Office# 3025 Science Hall Research Area Nutrition Cancer also Graduate Officer for the Department Phone (313) 577-2459 E-Mail ad5692@wayne.edu Web Site 141.217.91.198/

Khosla, Pramod Title Associate Professor  Office# 3002 Science Hall Research Area Cholesterol and lipoprotein metabolism. Phone (313) 577-9055 E-Mail aa0987@wayne.edu Web Site sun2.science.wayne.edu/%7Epkhosla/

Reinhard, Tonia Title Senior Lecturer  Office# 3219.2 Science Hall Research Area Senior Lecturer in the Coordinated Program in Dietetics (http://dietitian.science.wayne.edu) and program director. Phone (313) 577-2963 E-Mail ac8577@wayne.edu

Width, Mary Title Senior Lecturer  Office# 3219.3 Science Hall Research Area Senior Lecturer in the Coordinated Program in Dietetics. Teaches and coordinates the supervised field experiences for the dietetic students. Phone (313) 577-4370 E-Mail ad7628@wayne.edu

Zhang, Yifan Title Assistant Professor  Office# 3016 Science Hall Research Area Food microbiology, molecular epidemiology, antimicrobial resistance Phone (313) 577-2998 E-Mail yifanzhang@wayne.edu Web Site www.clas.wayne.edu/yifanzhang/

Zhou, Kequan (Kevin) Title Assistant Professor  Office# 3219.4 Research Area Food & nutraceutical chemistry with particular emphasis on development of novel functional foods & bioactive components for obesity & type-2 diabetes Phone (313) 577-3444 E-Mail kzhou@wayne.edu

Part Time Faculty

Sloan, Carole Title Part-time Faculty  Office# 3009 Science Hall Research Area Teaching NFS 2030 web class Phone (313) 577-2500 E-Mail aw5748@wayne.edu

Professor Emeritus / Retired Faculty

Shelef, Leora Title Professor Emeritus  Office# 3016 Science Hall Research Area Foodborne pathogens (Salmonella, Listeria monocytogenes, Escherichia coli, Staphylococcus aureus) and their detections; antibacterial food additives. Phone (313) 577-2998 E-Mail lshelef@sun.science.wayne.edu

Staff

Hanserd, Patricia Title Budget (Acct Asst Sr) Office# 3009 Science Hall Phone (313) 577-5565 E-Mail ab2337@wayne.edu

Zebari, Debra Title Academic Services Officer II Office# 3009 Science Hall Research Area Ms. Zebari is the Undergraduate Advisor in the Department of Nutrition and Food Science Phone (313) 577-5566 E-Mail ab8207@wayne.edu

GTA / GRA

Bhargava, Kanika Title Graduate Teaching Assistant  Office# 3016 Science Hall Research Area GTA in Dr. Yifan Zhang's laboratory Phone (313) 577-2500 E-Mail dz9313@wayne.edu

Geamanu, Andreea Title Graduate Teaching Assistant  Office# 3027 Science Hall Research Area Ph.D student in Dr. Gupta's laboratory Phone (313) 577-2500 E-Mail ar5105@wayne.edu

Goja, Arvind Title Graduate Teaching Assistant  Office# 3027 Science Hall Research Area PhD student in Dr. Gupta's lab Phone (313) 577-2500 E-Mail aw9609@wayne.edu

Ji, Xiangming Title Graduate Teaching Assistant  Office# Room 3027 Science Hall Research Area GTA in Smiti Gupta's Laboratory Phone (313) 577-2500 E-Mail dt9889@wayne.edu

Kaur, Deepinder Title Graduate Teaching Assistant  Office# 3009 Science Hall Research Area PhD student in Dr. Khosla' s lab Phone (313) 577-2500 E-Mail au1990@wayne.edu

Khasawneh, Raweh Title Graduate Teaching Assistant  Office# 3025 Science Hall Research Area PhD student in Dr. Heydari's Lab Phone (313) 577-2500 E-Mail au9981@wayne.edu

Parasramka, Mansi Title Graduate Teaching Assistant  Office# 3025 Science Hall Research Area PhD student in Dr. Gupta's lab Phone E-Mail aw9624@wayne.edu

Pilling, Amanda Title Graduate Teaching Assistant  Office# 3025 Science Hall Research Area PhD student in Dr. Heydari's lab Phone E-Mail ar4777@wayne.edu

Rueda, Janice Title Graduate Teaching Assistant  Office# 3002 Science Hall Research Area PhD student in Dr. Khosla's lab Phone E-Mail an8059@wayne.edu

Saadat, Nadia Title Graduate Teaching Assistant  Office# 3027 Science Hall Research Area Ph.D. student in Dr. Gupta's laboratory Phone (313) 577-2500 E-Mail aw2490@wayne.edu