Program Directors

Seth Bordenstein

Director of the One Health Microbiome Center; Huck Chair in Microbiome Sciences; Professor of Biology and Entomology

• srb6251@psu.edu

Jasna Kovac

Lester Earl and Veronica Casida Career Development Professor of Food Safety; Associate Professor of Food Science

• 814-865-2883
• jzk303@psu.edu

Grace Deitzler

Research Project Manager

• gfd5230@psu.edu

Trainees

Erika Biernbaum

Food Science Graduate Student

• enb5283@psu.edu

Paula Blanco Ortiz

Graduate Student

• prb5359@psu.edu

Yara Cavalcante Vieira

Graduate Student

• ycv5044@psu.edu

Shane Connolly

Graduate Student

• stc5395@psu.edu

Katie Culhane

Biomedical Sciences Graduate Student

• kculhane@pennstatehealth.psu.edu 

Jie Feng

Food Science Graduate Student

• jxf433@psu.edu

Natalie Ford

Graduate Student

• nef5181@psu.edu

Jessica Gaydos

Biomedical Sciences Graduate Student

• jee5055@psu.edu

Talon Jost

Graduate Student

• tpj5244@psu.edu

Mackenna Yount

Food Science Graduate Student

• mpy5101@psu.edu

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