Professional Master of Science in Food Safety Degree Program

Faculty and Staff Contact and Information

Administration Faculty

Julie Funk, Program Director
funkj@msu.edu
Ph: (517) 884-2081

Edward C. Mather, Education Director (Professor Emeritus)
mather@cvm.msu.edu
Ph: (517) 884-2012

Administrative Staff

Kristie Denbrock, Consortium Coordinator
kristied@msu.edu
Ph: (517) 884-2078

Peggy Trommater, Administrative Assistant I
trommat2@cvm.msu.edu
Ph: (517) 884-2083

Trent Wakenight, Consortium Coordinator
wakenigh@cvm.msu.edu
Ph: (517) 884-2079

Course Faculty

James Averill
Pre-Harvest Food Safety (VM 817)
averillj@msu.edu

Paul Bartlett
Foodborne Disease Epidemiology (VM 831 Sec 730)
Food Safety disease Control (VM 832)
Food Protection and Defense (VM/CJ 821)
bartlett@cvm.msu.edu

Gleyn Bledsoe
Pre-Harvest Food Safety (VM 817)
gleyn@wsu.edu

Christine Bruhn
Food Irradiation (VM 816)

David Closs
Food Protection and Defense (VM/CJ 821)
closs@msu.edu

Paul Coe
Pre-Harvest Food Safety (VM 817)
coe@cvm.msu.edu

Kyle Dahl
PreHarvest Food Safety (VM 816)
kyle.dahl@ttu.edu

Henry Delincee
Food Irradiation (VM 816)

Kristie Denbrock
Food Protection and Defence (VM/CJ 821)
kristied@msu.edu

Dieter Ehiermann
Food Irradiation (VM 816)

Neal D. Fortin
International Food Laws and Regulations (ANR 810)
U.S. Food Laws and Regulations (ANR 811)
Food Protection and Defense (VM/CJ 821)
fortinne@msu.edu

Julie Funk
Introduction to Food Safety and Professtional Development (VM 810)
Special Studies in Food Safety ( VM 813)
Applied Projects (VM 815)
Research Methods in Food Safety (VM 830)
funkj@msu.edu

Dan Grooms
Pre-Harvest Food Safety (VM 817)
Food Protection and Defense (VM/CJ 821)
groomsd@msu.edu

Albert Hafner
U.S. Food Laws and Regulations (ANR 811)

Guy Hallman
U.S. Food Laws and Regulations (ANR 811)

P. Vincent Hegarty
U.S. Food Laws and Regulations (ANR 811)
vhegarty@msu.edu

Larry Judge
U.S. Food Laws and Regulations (ANR 811)
Lawrence.H.Judge@aphis.usda.gov

Roy Klaviter
Evolution and Ecology of Foodborne Pathogens (VM811)
ecklav@worldnet.att.net

Paisan Loaharanu
Food Irradiation (VM 816)

William Marler
Food Irradiation (VM 816)
bmarler@marlerclark.com

Gordon Meriwether
Food Protection and Defense (VM/CJ 821)
gmeriwether@uriahgroup.com

Teresa Y. Morishita
Food Irradiation (VM 816)
Morishita.1@osu.edu

Wes Osburn
Food Irradiation (VM 816)
osburmw@msu.edu

Margaret Patterson
Food Irradiation (VM 816)

Wilson Rumbeiha
Food Safety Toxicology (VM 812)
rumbeiha@msu.edu

A. Mahdi Saeed
Public Health Impact of Foodborne Pathogens (LCS/EPI 830)
saeeda@msu.edu

Phil Schertzing
Food Protection and Defense (VM/CJ 821)
schertzi@msu.edu

William Schwartz
Food Protection and Defense (VM/CJ 821)
william.schwartz@orvalkent.com

David Smith
Food Irradiation (VM 816)
dsmith8@unl.edu

John Spink
Special Topics in Food Safety - Product Protection/Anti-Counterfeit Strategy (VM 813)
spinkj@msu.edu

Trent Wakenight
Food Irradiation (VM 816)
wakenigh@msu.edu