Huck Kitchen Cabinet

Huck Kitchen Cabinet

This informal group of thought leaders in life sciences research at Penn State meets monthly to advise the Huck director and Executive Team on policy, opportunities, and benchmarking. Members serve voluntarily and are appointed by the Huck director. Suggestions and inquiries about membership are welcome and should be sent to the Huck’s director.

Jason Rasgon

Professor of Entomology and Disease Epidemiology

John Hayes

Professor of Food Science; Director, Sensory Evaluation Center

Erin Connolly

Professor and Head of Plant Science

Benay Gürsoy Toykoç

Associate Professor of Architecture

Travis Flohr

Assistant Professor of Landscape Architecture

Guy Townsend

Associate Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Anthony Robinson

Associate Professor of Geography

Justin Pritchard

Huck Early Career Entrepreneurial Professorship; Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering;

Dipanjan Pan

Huck Chair Professor in Nanomedicine; Professor of Material Science and Engineering; Professor of Nuclear Engineering

Gustavo Nader

Dorothy Foher and J. Lloyd Huck Chair in Molecular, Cellular and Integrative Physiology, Professor of Kinesiology

Vishal Singh

Associate Professor of Nutritional Physiology and Microbiome

Orfeu Buxton

Elizabeth Fenton Susman Professor of Biobehavioral Health

Justin Silverman

Assistant Professor of Information Sciences and Technology

Vasant Honavar

Huck Chair in Biomedical Data Sciences and AI; Professor and Edward Frymoyer Chair of Information Sciences and Technology

Denise Solomon

Head and Liberal Arts Professor of Communication Arts and Sciences

George Perry

Professor of Anthropology and Biology

Michael Axtell

Professor of Biology; Louis and Hedwig Sternberg Chair in Plant Biology

Amie Boal

Professor of Chemistry and of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Teh-hui Kao

Distinguished Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Erika Swift

Executive Director, Center for Medical Innovation; Professor of Practice, Penn State College of Medicine and Penn State Harrisburg; Co-Lead for Workforce Development, Clinical and Translational Science Institute

Katherine Freeman

Evan Pugh University Professor

Mehrdad Mahdavi

Dorothy Quiggle Career Development Assistant Professor

Donna M. Fick

Elouise Ross Eberly Professor; Director of the Tressa Nese and Helen Diskevich Center of Geriatric Nursing Excellence

Kimberly Van Haitsma

Professor; Associate Director, Tressa Nese and Helen Diskevich Center of Geriatric Nursing Excellence; Director, PPCLSC

Micah Clark

Research Professor & Senior Scientist for Autonomy, AI, and Cognitive Science, Applied Research Laboratory