Department Faculty & Staff List | South Dakota State University

Department Head

Vikram V. Mistry

David A. Thompson Endowed Department Head and Professor

Dairy and Food Science Department

College of Agriculture, Food & Environmental Sciences

Telephone number: 605-688-5731 Email

Faculty

Sanjeev Anand

Professor

Dairy and Food Science Department

Telephone number: 605-688-6648 Email
Jill Anderson

Associate Professor

Dairy and Food Science Department

Telephone number: 605-688-5486 Email
Howard Bonnemann

Lecturer

Dairy and Food Science Department

Telephone number: 605-688-5478 Email
Alvaro Garcia

SDSU Extension Agriculture and Natural Resources Program Director & Professor

Dairy and Food Science Department

SDSU Extension

Telephone number: 605-688-4940 Email
Srinivas Janaswamy

Assistant Professor

Dairy and Food Science Department

Telephone number: 605-688-6819 Email
Padmanaban Krishnan

Professor

Dairy and Food Science Department

Telephone number: 605-688-4040 Email
Sergio Martinez Monteagudo

Assistant Professor

Dairy and Food Science Department

Telephone number: 605-688-4118 Email
Lloyd Metzger

Professor-Alfred Chair

Dairy and Food Science Department

Telephone number: 605-688-5477 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

Secretary

Dairy and Food Science Department

Telephone number: 605-688-4116 Email
Jayne Raabe

Senior Secretary

Dairy and Food Science Department

Telephone number: 605-688-4117 Email
Melissa Schmitt

Asst Manager-Dairy Training & Research

Dairy and Food Science Department

Telephone number: 605-693-3215 Email
Raunak Shukla

Industrial Food Engineering Technologist

Dairy and Food Science Department

Telephone number: 605-688-4116 Email
Vijay Sundaram

Research Associate II

Dairy and Food Science Department

Telephone number: 605-688-6301 Email

Postdoctorates

Shouyun Cheng

Post Doctoral Research Associate

Dairy and Food Science Department

Telephone number: 605-688-4116 Email
Poonam Singha

Post Doctoral Research Associate

Dairy and Food Science Department

Telephone number: 605-690-6916 Email
Khrupa Vijayaragavan

Post Doctoral Research Associate

Dairy and Food Science Department

Telephone number: 605-688-4184 Email

Graduate Research Fellows

Patra Akaya

Graduate Research Fellow

Dairy and Food Science Department

Telephone number: 605-688-6081 Email
Muath Alessa

Graduate Research Fellow

Dairy and Food Science Department

Telephone number: 605-688-6081 Email
Lee Alexander

Graduate Research Fellow

Dairy and Food Science Department

Telephone number: 605-688-5481 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
Megan Huegli

Graduate Research Fellow

Dairy and Food Science Department

Telephone number: 605-688-5481 Email
Carl Kass

Graduate Research Fellow

Dairy and Food Science Department

Telephone number: 605-688-5481 Email
Collette Nyuydze

Graduate Research Fellow

Dairy and Food Science Department

Telephone number: 605-688-5481 Email
Bipin Rajpurohit

Graduate Research Fellow

Dairy and Food Science Department

Telephone number: 605-688-6081 Email
Natasha Scherber

Graduate Research Assistant

Dairy and Food Science Department

Telephone number: 605-688-5481 Email

Graduate Assistants

Brady Bury

Graduate Research Assistant

Dairy and Food Science Department

Telephone number: 605-688-6081 Email
Nathaly Carpinelli

Graduate Research Assistant

Dairy and Food Science Department

Telephone number: 605-688-4116 Email
Pratibha Chaudhary

Graduate Research Assistant

Dairy and Food Science Department

Telephone number: 605-688-5481 Email
Michaela Della

Graduate Research Assistant

Dairy and Food Science Department

Telephone number: 605-688-5481 Email
Tanvee Deshpande

Graduate Research Assistant

Dairy and Food Science Department

Telephone number: 605-688-6081 Email
Maryam Enteshari

Graduate Research Assistant

Dairy and Food Science Department

Telephone number: 605-688-5481 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: 605-688-5481 Email
Kara Konst

Graduate Research Assistant

Dairy and Food Science Department

Telephone number: 605-688-6081 Email
Rhea Lawrence

Graduate Research Assistant

Dairy and Food Science Department

Telephone number: 605-688-5481 Email
Beatrice Manu

Graduate Research Assistant

Dairy and Food Science Department

Telephone number: 605-688-5481 Email
Shayanti Minj

Graduate Research Assistant

Dairy and Food Science Department

Telephone number: 605-688-5481 Email
Achyut Mishra

Graduate Research Assistant

Dairy and Food Science Department

Telephone number: 605-688-5481 Email
Roshin Mohan

Graduate Research Assistant

Dairy and Food Science Department

Telephone number: 605-688-4116 Email
Neha Neha

Graduate Research Assistant

Dairy and Food Science Department

Telephone number: 605-688-5481 Email
Lydia Olagunju

Graduate Research Assistant

Dairy and Food Science Department

Telephone number: 605-688-5481 Email
Kaavya Rathnakumar

Graduate Research Assistant

Dairy and Food Science Department

Telephone number: 605-688-4116 Email
Fernanda Rosa

Graduate Research Assistant

Dairy and Food Science Department

Telephone number: 605-688-5481 Email
Chelsea Schossow

Graduate Research Assistant

Dairy and Food Science Department

Telephone number: 605-688-5481 Email
Nirosh Senevirathne

Graduate Research Assistant

Dairy and Food Science Department

Telephone number: 605-688-5481 Email
Aliza Sigdel

Graduate Research Assistant

Dairy and Food Science Department

Telephone number: 605-688-6081 Email
Jae Young Sim

Graduate Research Assistant

Dairy and Food Science Department

Telephone number: 605-688-5481 Email
Venkateswarlu Sunkesula

Graduate Research Assistant

Dairy and Food Science Department

Telephone number: 605-688-5481 Email
Pratishtha Verma

Graduate Research Assistant

Dairy and Food Science Department

Telephone number: 605-688-5481 Email
Hiral Vora

Graduate Research Assistant

Dairy and Food Science Department

Telephone number: 605-688-5481 Email
Cecilia Wanjuu

Graduate Research Assistant

Dairy and Food Science Department

Telephone number: 605-688-6081 Email
Most Farzana Yesmin

Graduate Research Assistant

Dairy and Food Science Department

Telephone number: 605-688-6081 Email

Retired Faculty

Robert J. Baer

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

Dairy and Food Science Department

Telephone number: 605-688-4117 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 J. 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