Faculty

Center for Food Safety Faculty


Francisco Diez-Gonzalez
Francisco Diez-Gonzalez Director and Professor
Center for Food Safety
Xiangyu Deng
Xiangyu Deng Professor
Center for Food Safety
Govindaraj Dev Kumar
Govindaraj Dev Kumar Associate Professor
Center for Food Safety
Malak A. Esseili
Malak A. Esseili Assistant Professor
Center for Food Safety
Issmat I Kassem
Issmat I Kassem Assistant Professor
Center for Food Safety
Ynes Rosa Ortega
Ynes Rosa Ortega Associate Professor
Center for Food Safety

Larry Beuchat

Professor Emeritus
Center for Food Safety

lbeuchat@uga.edu

770-412-4740

UGA Courtesy Faculty


Animal & Dairy Science
Laurel Dunn Associate Professor and Extension Coordinator
Food Science & Technology
Faith Critzer Interim Department Head and Professor
Food Science & Technology
Mussie Habteselassie Professor of Soil Microbiology
Crop & Soil Sciences
Yen-Con Hung Koehler-Ayres Professor
Food Science & Technology

Lingling Liu

University of Georgia
College of Engineering
Assistant Professor
Office Phone: 706-542-4018
Email: linglliu@uga.edu

Abhinav Mishra Graduate Coordinator and Associate Professor
Food Science & Technology

Ramaraja Ramasamy

University of Georgia
Franklin College
Dept. Chemistry
Professor
Office Phone: (706) 542-4101
Email: rama@uga.edu

Carla Luisa Schwan Assistant Professor
Family & Consumer Sciences

Nikki Shariat

University of Georgia
Dept. of Population Health
Assistant Professor
Office Phone: (706) 542-7368
Email: nikki.shariat@uga.edu

Manpreet Singh Professor
Food Science & Technology

Christine Szymanski

University of Georgia
Dept. of Microbiology
Professor
Office Phone: (706) 542-4439
Email: cszymans@uga.edu

Harshavardhan Thippareddi Associate Dean for Research, John Bekkers Professor in Poultry Science
Office of the Associate Dean for Research Poultry Science

Jia-Sheng Wang

University of Georgia
Public Health
Dept. Environmental Health Science
Professor, Department head
Office Phone: (706) 542-7121
Email: jswang@uga.edu

Yiping Zhao

University of Georgia
Dept. Physics and Astronomy
Professor, Director Nanoscale Science and Engineering Center
Office Phone: (706) 542-7792
Email: zhaoy@physast.uga.edu

Adjunct Faculty


Jennifer Cannon

Ph.D., University of North Carolina
Email: flb8@cdc.gov

Lee Katz

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Enteric Diseases Laboratory Branch
Bioinformatician 
Email: gzu2@cdc.gov

Juan S. Leon

Emory University
Hubert Department of Global Health
Rollins School of Public Health
Associate Professor
Email: juan.leon@emory.edu

Arthur Liang

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Senior Advisor for Food Safety
Dept. Food Safety Office
Former Director
Email: Apl@cdc.gov

Michael J. Rothrock Jr.

United States Department of Agriculture
Egg Safety & Quality Research 
Dept. Microbiology
Office Phone: (706) 546-3072
Email: michael.rothrock@ars.usda.gov

Jorge Vidal

University of Mississippi Medical Center
Microbiology and Immunology
Associate Professor
Office Phone:(601) 984-1711
Email: jvidal@umc.edu