The Department of Food and Animal Sciences has faculty with split teaching and research appointments. Faculty members primarily utilize the summer term to compose publications, seek funding and conduct research. To see individual faculty member's area of expertise please view the attached doc file.
If you wish to contact individual faculty members concerning potential research collaborations please visit our Faculty Members page to view the various areas of interest listed under each faculty member's name.
If you wish to view the equipment available for potential collaborations and the capabilities of the Department please view this PDF file.
A calendar containing select RFAs may be accessed by clicking the following link.
CALENDAR
If you wish to have an RFA added to the listing please contact Dr. Josh Herring.
Currently funded research projects for faculty in the Department include:
HPL-Based Ethics Education for Life Science and Engineering. Collins, J., Cebert, E., Fraser, R. and Verghese, M. NSF. $399,990. 2011 (3 years)
Enhancing recruitment and retention in Animal Science to build capacity in Pre-Veterinary Medicine at AAMU. Abdelrahim, G., Correa, J., and Vizcarra, J. USDA. $149,916. 2011 (3 years)
Strengthening the Small Ruminant Extension Program at Alabama A&M University. Correa, J., Leite-Browning, M., and Spencer, R. USDA. $223,068. 2011 (2 years)
Building Abilities of Students, Faculty and Alabama A&M University through Workshops in Food & Animal Science. Herring, J., Abdelrahim, G., Banerjee, P., Boateng, J., Verghese, M., and Vizcarra, J. USDA. $148,519. 2011 (3 years)
A National Food Safety Education Program: building a multidisciplinary food safety training pipeline from K-12 to graduate school. Wiedmann, M., Verghese, M., Ramirez, A., Olikver, H., and Roberts, A. AFRI. $1,963,436. 2011 (3 years)
Undergraduate Research and Mentoring in Biological Sciences (URM). Sharma, Moss, Kantety, Vizcarra, Banerjee, Wang. NSF. $1,000,000. 2010 (5 years)
Enhancement in Minority Participation in Functional food product development in food science programs. Verghese, M, Boateng, J., Herring, J., Banerjee, P. and Walker, L. USDA. 2010. $149,976 (3 years)
Enhancement of minority student participation in food safety. Banerjee, P., Verghese, M., Bhunia, A., Okafor, F. and Kantety, R. USDA. $149,838. 2008 (3 years)
Advancing Food Science in Pre-Post secondary education. Verghese, M., Boateng, J., Herring, J., and Walker, L. USDA. $199,987. 2008 (3 years)