Graduate Faculty by Discipline

The department is staffed by faculty, instructors and/or research assistants representing the disciplines of breeding & genetics, food science, meat science, monogastric nutrition, ruminant nutrition and physiology. *Denotes graduate faculty that are certified to serve as the major professor for doctoral students.

Below is a list of faculty and instructors by discipline:

Breeding & Genetics || Food Science || Meat Science || Mongastric Nutrition || Ruminant Nutrition || Physiology

Breeding & Genetics

Name		Email
Rolf Megan*	Associate Professor	megrolf@ksu.edu
Mueller Maci	Assistant Professor	muellermaci@ksu.edu

Food Science

Name		Email
Getty, Kelly*	Associate Professor	kgetty@ksu.edu
Nutsch, Abbey	Associate Professor/FDSCI Teaching Coordinator	anutsch@ksu.edu
Phebus, Randy*	Professor	phebus@ksu.edu
Retzlaff, Deanna	Teaching Associate Professor	retzlaff@ksu.edu
Smith, Scott*	Professor/ Chair, Food Science Graduate Program	jsschem@ksu.edu
Trinetta, Valentina*	Associate Professor	vtrinetta@ksu.edu
Yucel, Umut*	Associate Professor	yucel@ksu.edu

Meat Science

Name		Email
Boyle, Liz*	Professor/Extension Specialist	lboyle@ksu.edu
Chao, Michael*	Associate Professor	mdchao@ksu.edu
O'Quinn, Travis*	Associate Professor	travisoquinn@ksu.edu
Vipham Jessie*	Associate Professor	jessiev@ksu.edu
Zumbaugh Morgan*	Assistant Professor	mdzumbaugh@ksu.edu

Mongastric Nutrition

Name		Email
Beyer, Scott*	Associate Professor/Extension Specialist	sbeyer@ksu.edu
DeRouchey, Joel*	Professor/State Extension Leader	jderouch@ksu.edu
Douthit, Teresa*	Professor	douthit@ksu.edu
Goodband, Bob*	University Distinguished Professor/Extension Specialist	goodband@ksu.edu
Jones, Cassie*	Professor/Teaching Coordinator	jonesc@ksu.edu
Tokach, Mike*	University Distinguished Professor/Research Coordinator	mtokach@ksu.edu
Woodworth, Jason*	Research Professor	jwoodworth@ksu.edu

Ruminant Nutrition

Name		Email
Blasi, Dale*	Professor/Extension Specialist	dblasi@ksu.edu
Brouk, Mike*	Professor/Extension Specialist	mbrouk@ksu.edu
Brown, Billy*	Assistant Professor	brownb@k-state.edu
Drouillard, Jim*	Professor	jdrouill@ksu.edu
Farney, Jaymelynn	Associate Professor / Extension Specialist	jkj@ksu.edu
Olson, K C*	Professor	kcolson@ksu.edu
Tarpoff, A.J.	Associate Professor/ Extension Veterinarian	tarpoff@ksu.edu
Thompson Logan*	Assistant Professor	thom94@k-state.edu
Titgemeyer, Evan*	Professor/ASI Graduate Program Director	etitgeme@ksu.edu
Waggoner, Justin	Professor/Extension Specialist	jwaggon@ksu.edu
Warner, Jason*	Assistant Professor/Extension Specialist	jasonwarner@k-state.edu

Physiology

Name		Email
Dias, Nicholas Wege*	Assistant Professor	diasnw@ksu.edu
Fike, Karol*	Teaching Professor	karol@ksu.edu
Gomez Leon Victor*	Assistant Professor/Extension Specialist	vgomezleon@ksu.edu
Grieger, David*	Professor	dgrieger@ksu.edu
Hulbert, Lindsey*	Associate Professor/Animal Behavior	lhulbert@ksu.edu
Johnson, Sandy	Professor/Extension Specialist	sandyj@ksu.edu
Kouba, Joann*	Associate Professor	jkouba@ksu.edu
Rozell, Tim*	Professor	trozell@ksu.edu