Department Faculty & Staff List | South Dakota State University

Department Head

Joseph Cassady

Department Head/Professor Animal Science, Interim Department Head Dairy and Food Science

Department of Animal Science

College of Agriculture, Food & Environmental Sciences

Dairy and Food Science Department

Telephone number: 605-688-5165 Email

Coordinators

Lane Speirs

Coordinator - Recruitment and Academic Services

Dairy and Food Science Department

Telephone number: 605-688-5482 Email

Faculty

Sanjeev Anand

Professor

Dairy and Food Science Department

Telephone number: 605-688-6648 Email
Howard Bonnemann

Lecturer

Dairy and Food Science Department

Telephone number: 605-688-5478 Email
Clifford Hall

Professor

Dairy and Food Science Department

Telephone number: 605-688-6233 Email
Srinivas Janaswamy

Assistant Professor

Dairy and Food Science Department

Telephone number: 605-688-6819 Email
Padmanaban Krishnan

Professor

Dairy and Food Science Department

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture & Plant Science

Telephone number: 605-688-4040 Email
Johan Osorio

Assistant Professor

Dairy and Food Science Department

Telephone number: 605-688-5490 Email
Maristela Rovai

Assistant Professor & SDSU Extension Dairy Specialist

Dairy and Food Science Department

SDSU Extension

Telephone number: 605-688-5488 Email

Staff

Steven Beckman

Manager, Institute of Dairy Ingredient Processing

Dairy and Food Science Department

Telephone number: 605-688-4184 Email
Curtis Braun

SDSU Extension Food Safety Field Specialist

Dairy and Food Science Department

SDSU Extension

Telephone number: 605-782-3290 Email
Tracey Erickson

SDSU Extension Dairy Field Specialist

Dairy and Food Science Department

SDSU Extension

Telephone number: 605-882-5140 Email
John Haberkorn

Manager-Davis Dairy Plant

Dairy and Food Science Department

Telephone number: 605-688-5480 Email
Akimoto Ichinomiya

Assistant Manager-Dairy Plant

Dairy and Food Science Department

Telephone number: 605-688-6473 Email
Peter Linke

Manager-Dairy Research & Training Facility

Dairy and Food Science Department

Telephone number: 605-693-3215 Email
Kristi Prunty

Senior Secretary

Dairy and Food Science Department

Telephone number: 605-688-4116 Email
Jayne Raabe

Program Assistant I

Dairy and Food Science Department

Telephone number: 605-688-4117 Email
Vijay Sundaram

Research Associate II

Dairy and Food Science Department

Telephone number: 605-688-6301 Email
Danielle Tews

Assistant Manager-Dairy Research & Training Facility

Dairy and Food Science Department

Telephone number: 605-688-4116 Email
Daniel Vander Plaats

Agricultural Foreman

Dairy and Food Science Department

Telephone number: 605-688-4116 Email

Research and Technical Staff

Bipin Rajpurohit

Research Associate I

Dairy and Food Science Department

Telephone number: 605-688-4116 Email

Postdoctorates

Serap Vatansever

Post Doctoral Research Associate

Dairy and Food Science Department

Telephone number: 605-688-4116 Email

Graduate Research Fellows

Hussain Al Naser

Graduate Research Fellow

Dairy and Food Science Department

Telephone number: 605-688-4116 Email
Raed Alayouni

Graduate Research Fellow

Dairy and Food Science Department

Telephone number: 605-688-4116 Email
Abdulmalik Albu Tuwaybah

Graduate Research Fellow

Dairy and Food Science Department

Telephone number: 605-688-4116 Email
Taghreed Almalki

Graduate Research Fellow

Dairy and Food Science Department

Telephone number: 605-688-4116 Email
Khalid Alsaleem

Graduate Research Fellow

Dairy and Food Science Department

Telephone number: 605-688-5481 Email
Mohamed Elfaruk

Graduate Research Fellow

Dairy and Food Science Department

Telephone number: 605-688-6081 Email
Carl Kass

Graduate Research Fellow

Dairy and Food Science Department

Telephone number: 605-688-5481 Email
Natasha Scherber

Graduate Research Fellow

Dairy and Food Science Department

Telephone number: 605-688-5481 Email
Suresh Sutariya

Graduate Research Fellow

Dairy and Food Science Department

Telephone number: 605-688-4116 Email

Graduate Assistants

Anjana Adhikari

Graduate Research Assistant

Dairy and Food Science Department

Telephone number: 605-688-4116 Email
Said Badshah

Graduate Research Assistant

Dairy and Food Science Department

Telephone number: 605-688-4116 Email
Sajal Bhattarai

Graduate Research Assistant

Dairy and Food Science Department

Telephone number: 605-688-4116 Email
Marcela Bulnes Lopez

Graduate Research Assistant

Dairy and Food Science Department

Telephone number: 605-688-4116 Email
Bhaswati Chowdhury

Graduate Research Assistant

Dairy and Food Science Department

Telephone number: 605-688-4116 Email
Prashant Dahal

Graduate Research Assistant

Dairy and Food Science Department

Telephone number: 605-688-4116 Email
Tainara de Abreu Michelotti

Graduate Research Assistant

Dairy and Food Science Department

Telephone number: 605-688-4116 Email
Kritika Gaba

Graduate Research Assistant

Dairy and Food Science Department

Telephone number: 605-688-4116 Email
Leyby Guifarro Rodriguez

Graduate Research Assistant

Dairy and Food Science Department

Telephone number: 605-688-4116 Email
Ahmed Hammam

Graduate Research Assistant

Dairy and Food Science Department

Telephone number: 605-688-4116 Email
Mominul Hoque

Graduate Research Assistant

Dairy and Food Science Department

Telephone number: 605-688-4116 Email
Sheetal Jha

Graduate Research Assistant

Dairy and Food Science Department

Telephone number: 605-688-4116 Email
Ratul Kalita

Graduate Research Assistant

Dairy and Food Science Department

Telephone number: 605-688-4116 Email
Sushmita Karki

Graduate Research Assistant

Dairy and Food Science Department

Telephone number: 605-688-4116 Email
Shayanti Minj

Graduate Research Assistant

Dairy and Food Science Department

Telephone number: 605-690-9896 Email
Anita Paz Lopez

Graduate Research Assistant

Dairy and Food Science Department

Telephone number: 605-688-4116 Email
Hiran Ranaweera

Graduate Research Assistant

Dairy and Food Science Department

Telephone number: 605-688-4116 Email
Miguel Suazo Medina

Graduate Research Assistant

Dairy and Food Science Department

Telephone number: 605-688-4116 Email

Retired Faculty

Robert Baer

Professor Emeritus. Years of Service at SDSU: November 1982 - May 2011

Dairy and Food Science Department

Telephone number: 605-688-4116 Email
David R. Henning

Associate Professor Emeritus. Years of Service at SDSU: August 1990–June 2006.

Dairy and Food Science Department

Telephone number: 605-688-4117 Email
John G. Parsons

Department Head and Professor Emeritus Parsons. Years of Service at SDSU: November 1968-July 2001.

Dairy and Food Science Department

Telephone number: 605-688-4117 Email
David Schingoethe

Distinguished Professor Emeritus Schingoethe Years of Service at SDSU: November 1969-May 2011.

Dairy and Food Science Department

Telephone number: 605-688-5483 Email