People

Faculty

Jianghong Meng, DVM, MPVM, Ph.D. Director (301) 405-8382 jmeng@umd.edu	Debabrata Biswas, Ph.D. Professor, UM - Department of Animal and Avian Sciences, CFS3 (301) 405-3791 dbiswas@umd.edu	Zhao (Jack) Chen Ph.D. Assistant Research Scientist (301) 405-7260 zhchen29@umd.edu
Magaly Toro, Ph.D., DVM, MSc. Associate Research Professor - Laboratory Director (301) 450-9470 mtoroiba@umd.edu	Shirley Micallef, Ph.D. Professor, UM - Department of Plant Science and Landscape Architecture, CFS3 301-405-4369 smicall@umd.edu	Eric Owusu, Ph.D. Postdoctoral Associate, Risk Analysis and Impact Evaluation Program 301-405-9113 esowusu@umd.edu
Abani K. Pradhan, Ph.D. Professor and Director of Graduate Program UM - Department of Nutrition and Food Science, CFS3 (301) 405-4502 akp@umd.edu

Ryan Blaustein, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Department of Nutrition and Food Science 301-405-1399 rblauste@umd.edu	Macarena Farcuh, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Horticulture, Department of Plant Science and Landscape Architecture 301-405-1323 mfarcuh@umd.edu	Mostafa Ghanem, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Veterinary Medicine 301 314-6830 mghanem@umd.edu
Xiaoli Nan, Ph.D. Director, UMD Center for Health and Risk Communication 301-405-0640 nan@umd.edu	Rob Patro, Ph. D. Assistant Professor, CMSC/UMIACS/CMNS (301) 405-7269 ude.dmu.sc@bor	Mihai Pop, Ph.D. Director, Institute for Advanced Computer Studies (UMIACS) 301-405-7245 umiacs.umd.edu
Nadine Sahyoun, Ph.D., R.D. Professor, NFSC (301) 405-8774 nsahyoun@umd.edu	Amy R. Sapkota, Ph.D. Professor, Applied Environmental Health (MIAEH) 301-405-1772 ars@umd.edu	Jiuzhou "John" Song , Ph.D. Professor, ANSC (301) 405-5943 songj88@umd.edu
Tao, Yang, Ph.D. Professor, BIEN (301) 405-1189 ytao@umd.edu	Rohan V. Tikekar, Ph.D Associate Professor and Extension Specialist, NFSC 301-405-4509 rtikekar@umd.edu	Paul Turner, Ph.D Associate Professor, Applied Environmental Health (MIAEH) 301-405-6583 pturner3@umd.edu
Zhengguo Xiao, Ph.D Associate Professor, ANSC (301) 405-6258 xiao0028@umd.edu	Liangli (Lucy) Yu, Ph.D. Professor, NFSC (301) 405-0761 lyu5@umd.edu	Xiaoping Zhu DVM, PhD Associate Dean and Department Chairman, Veterinary Medicine (301) 314-6814 xzhu1@umd.edu

Judy Cooper Coordinator - International Training Programs (301) 405-1696 jkcooper@umd.edu	Jocelyn Esparza-Baltazar Administrative Assistant II (301) 405-2444 jesparza@umd.edu	Mary Grimley Fiscal and Administrative Coordinator (301) 405-8434 grimleym@umd.edu
Brandon Herring IT Programmer I (301) 314-6825 bherring@umd.edu	Gregory Lyon IT Programmer II (301) 314-6825 glyon@umd.edu	Erica Mudd Coordinator (301) 405-1784 elmudd@umd.edu
Aidan Novak IT Programmer I (301) 314-6825 anovak12@umd.edu	David Pan IT Systems Programmer (301) 405-8353 dpan@umd.edu	Vernora (Nora) Petty Assistant to the Director (301) 405-8382 vpetty@umd.edu
Timothy Shaffer IT Systems Analyst (301) 314-6806 tshaffer@umd.edu	Joshua Spencer Program Coordinator (301) 405-7646 spencer3@umd.edu

John Callahan, Ph.D.
Associate Director of JIFSAN
240-402-2039
john.callahan@cfsan.fda.gov

Eric Olson, Ph.D.
FDA Liason for JIFSAN
240-402-1674
Eric.Olson@fda.hhs.gov

Kelly M. Randolph, D.V.M, M.P.H.
JIFSAN Project Officer
240-402-1188
Kelly.WilliamsRandolph@fda.hhs.gov