Team Members

Principle Investigator

Jiajia Chen Profile Page
Jiajia Chen
Associate Professor, Food Science

Current Members

Arjun Ghimire Profile Page
Arjun Ghimire
Graduate Teaching Assistant, Food Science
Md Raihanul Haque Profile Page
Md Raihanul Haque
Grad Research Assistant, Food Science
Sahar Saadatvarnousefaderani Profile Page
Sahar Saadatvarnousefaderani
Grad Research Assistant, Food Science

Students Achivements

  • Arjun Ghimire, 2024 IMPI R.F. Schiffmann Memorial Scholarship
  • Ran Yang, 2022 UT Graduate School Senate Excellence in Graduate Research
  • Kartik Verma, 2022 UT Graduate School Student-Faculty Research Award
  • Renee Abernathy, Sean Moran & Keely Sage, BESS senior design, 2022 second place in UTK undergraduate design competition
  • Fernando Canterero, 2021 UT Graduate School Student-Faculty Research Award
  • Arjun Ghimire, 2021-2025 Herbert College of Agriculture Graduate Fellowship
  • Ran Yang, 2021 5th Annual State-Wide Competition IFT Volunteer Section, 2nd place of the Oral Presentation
  • Ran Yang, 2021 Spring Graduate School One-Time Fellowship Award
  • Ran Yang, 2021 IFT Product Development session Graduate Student Presentation Winner
  • Ran Yang, 2021 IMPI Graduate Student Presentation Winner
  • Benjamin Cruz & Colby Alan, BESS senior design, third place in the 2021 American Society of Agriculture and Biological Engineers (ASABE) AGCO National Student Design Competition
  • Ran Yang, 2020 UT Graduate School Student-Faculty Research Award