Faculty Spotlights

Childhood ordeal shaped Schwan’s passion for food microbiology
She didn’t realize it at the time, but Carla Schwan’s passion for food microbiology began in a hospital bed in rural Brazil.

Ensuring a healthier next generation
Alex Anderson's research focuses on infant and maternal health as well as community and international interventions for nutrition and health

Claire de La Serre
Claire de La Serre investigates ingestive behavior, specifically how the gut communicates with the brain and the mechanisms that trigger overeating

Kim Skobba
Skobba went on to receive a master’s degree in design, housing and apparel from the University of Minnesota, then a Ph.D. while working in the non-profit housing sector

Margaret Caughy
Caughy spent her pre-teen years reading books on children with developmental disabilities and would tell anyone who asked that she wanted to be a child psychologist someday