Students & Staff

Staff

Cathy Blood

Events Coordinator
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Bruno Costa

Postdoctoral Research Associate
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Tonia Green

Research Intern
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Brasathe Jeganathan

Postdoctoral Research Associate
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Shweta Suri

Postdoctoral Research Associate
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Laboratory Alumni

• Katarzyna Skrzypczak – Post Doctorate 2022 – 2023, Research Topic: Pulse proteins
• Ewa Pietrysiak – Post Doctorate 2019 – 2021, Research Topic: Food processing and food safety
• Bon-Jae Gu – Post Doctorate, Research Topic: Extrusion Processing
• Nattapon Kaisangsri – Exchange Ph. D. Student from Thailand
• Peter Gray – Technical Staff – Retired
• Ilce ‘Gaby’ Medina-Meza – Post Doctorate 2014-2016 Research Topic: Thermal Processing of Foods. Assistant Professor, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI LinkedIn
• Bhim Thapa – PhD student at Washington State University
• Isuru Wijesekara – Post Doctorate 2014-2015. Current Position: Assistant Professor, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka
• Angelina Zack – Lab technician 2021-2022

Graduate Students

Josh Bernin

Current PhD Student. Expected date of graduation: December 2026.
Project: Product development and extrusion cooking.

Emily Clement

Current PhD Student. Expected date of graduation: December 2028
Project:

Elizabeth Nalbandian

Current PhD Student. Expected date of graduation: December 2025.
Project:

Preston Watanabe

Current Master’s Student – The expected date of graduation is Spring 2025.
Project:

Aniket

Current PhD Student. Expected date of graduation: December 2027.
Project: Enhancing the functionality of plant proteins through fractionation and modification, and their extrusion processing for innovative applications.

Graduates

• Caleb Wagner, PhD – Graduated: July 2024, Current Position: Senior Product and Process Development Engineer at Mars Petcare LinkedIn
• Jana Richter, PhD – Graduated December 2023 LinkedIn
• Gabriely Soncin Alfaro, MS – Graduated July 2023
• Mahvash Rezaey, MS – Graduated July 2023
• Marina L Ikuse, MS – Graduated: May 2023, Current Position: LinkedIn
• Lovepreet Singh, MS – Graduated December 2023 LinkedIn
• Debomitra Dey, PhD – Graduated May 2022. Current position:  Advanced Application Scientist at Anton Paar USA LinkedIn
• Halle Choi, MS – Graduated May 2022 LinkedIn
• Pichmony Ek, PhD – Graduated: December 2021.  Current position:  Faculty of Chemical and Food Engineering, Institute of Technology of Cambodia, Phnom Penh, Cambodia. LinkedIn
• Kejia Gu, MS – Graduated December 2021 Current Position: Flavor Analyst at IFF LinkedIn
• Irene Rangira, MS – Graduated May 2020.  Ph.D. student in Canada. LinkedIn
• Ewa Pietrysiak, PhD – Graduated July 2019, Current Position: Director of Marketing/Innovation: USA Dry Pea & Lentil Council LinkedIn
• Elvis Baidoo, MS – Graduated May 2019
• Yujing Zhu, MS Graduated May 2019 LinkedIn
• Bon-Jae Gu, PhD – Graduated in December 2019 Current Position: Assistant Professor, Kongju National University, South Korea LinkedIn
• Gaurav Dhumal, MS – Graduated: December 2017, Current Position: Senior Scientise at ICL Food Specialties LinkedIn
• Siyuan Wang, PhD – Graduated: December 2017, Current Position: Research Scientist at Chi Forest LinkedIn
• Ryan Kowalski, PhD – Graduated: May 2017, Current Position: Process Specialist at Hill’s Pet Nutrition LinkedIn
• Nancy D. Asen, MS – Graduated: May 2017, Current Position: Graduate Student, Canada LinkedIn
• Maria Dian Pratiwi Masli, MS – Graduated: May 2017, Current Position: Product Development Scientist, Jakarata, Indonesia LinkedIn
• Nicole Aluwi, MS – Graduated: May 2016, Current Position: Principal Food Scientist at Schwan’s Company LinkedIn
• Chongjun Li, MS – Graduated: May 2016, Current Position: Senior Food Technologist at Trident Seafoods LinkedIn
• Sravya Kallu, MS – Graduated: August 2015, Current Position: Engineering Manager, Beyond Meat LinkedIn
• Trent Millin, MS – Graduated: July 2014, Current Position: Product Development/QA Manager, Valley Processing Inc., Sunnyside, WA

Current Undergraduate Students

• Christine Chen, Summer 2024 to date. Senior. Food Science. WSU. 
• Tyler Arlington, Summer 2024 to date. Junior. Food Science. WSU. 
• Steven Verner, Summer 2024 to date. Senior. Food Science. WSU. 
• Kimberly Baxley, Spring 2024 to date. Junior. Food Science. WSU. 
• Oscar Wise, Spring 2024 to date. Freshman. Food Science. WSU. 
• Lauren Crisostomo, Fall 2023 to date. Freshman. Food Science. WSU. 
• Natalie Christine Camerino, Fall 2022 to date. Senior. Food Science. WSU. 
• Saskia Steltman, Spring 2023 to date. Junior. Food Science. WSU. 
• Macie Ann Loutherback, Spring 2023 to date. Junior. Food Science. Univ. of Idaho. 
• Jessica Landis, Fall 2022 to date. Junior. Food Science. WSU. 

Undergraduate Student Alumni

• Margaret McGlothern, Spring 2021 to Spring 2024. Senior. Food Science. WSU. 
• Hallie Janae Simpson, Spring 2023 to Fall 2023. Senior. Food Science. WSU. 
• Daun Park, Summer 2023. Junior. Pullman High School. 
• Bradley Stephen Lubeck, Fall 2019 to Spring 2023. Food Science. WSU. 
• Breana Downs, Summer 2022. Junior. Biology. Pacific Lutheran University. 
• Marek Alexander Fitos-Link, Fall 2022. Freshman. Food Science. WSU. 
• Luuvan Nguyen Hoang, Spring 2019 to Spring 2022. Senior. Food Science. WSU. 
• Elizabeth Bitar Nalbandian, Fall 2019 to Summer 2022. Senior. Food Science. WSU. 
• Alissa Marie Jilk, Fall 2020 to Spring 2021. Junior. Ag. Ed.. WSU. 
• Elea Joy Van Weerdhuizen, Fall 2019 to Spring 2021. Junior. Ag. Ed.. WSU. 
• Marina L Ikuse, Spring 2019 to Spring 2021. Senior. Food Science. WSU. 
• James Lawrence, Fall 2019 to Spring 2020. Senior. Food Science. WSU. 
• August Scellick Wavra, Summer 2019 to Spring 2020. Senior. Food Science. WSU. 
• Ivy Klopher. Summer 2018 to Summer 2020. Senior. Food Science. WSU. 
• Preston Watanabe. Fall 2017 to Fall 2019. Junior. Food Science. WSU.
• Lauren Rose Rooney. Summer 2019 to Spring 2020. Food Science. WSU.   
• Rebeca Velasquez Morales. Summer 2019 to Fall 2019. Food Science. WSU.   
• Christopher Kerr. 2019. School of Chemical Engineering, WSU.
• Julianne Kummer. 2019. Food Science, WSU.   
• Greg Housley. 2018. Food Science, WSU. 
• Katy Lobeda. 2018. Food Science, Virginia Tech. 
• Lyssa Blood. 2018. Electrical Engineering, Gonzaga University.    
• Cristen Frieszell. 2018. Food Science, WSU. 
• John Johnson. 2018. Food Science, WSU. 
• Serena Ranney. 2018. Food Science, WSU. 
• Jacob Hause. 2018. Food Science, WSU. 
• Victoria Wilk. 2017. Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY.
• Arjun Dangi. 2017. Mechanical Engineering, WSU.
• Henry Campbell. 2017. Food Science, WSU. 
• Puspita Hamijoyo, 2017. Food Science, WSU. 
• Arianne W. Kreger.  2017. Food Science, WSU. 
• Oscar R. Ulloa. 2017. Food Science, WSU. 
• Kristen Sparkman.  2016. Food Science, WSU. 
• Chongjun Li. 2015. Food Science, WSU.   
• Jacob Blaylock. 2015. Food Science, WSU.