Current Students

Graduate Students

Leonie Kemmerling
Leonie Kemmerling

PhD Student

Food Science

Leonie Kemmerling
  • lk483 [at] cornell.edu
YeonJin Jung
YeonJin Jung

PhD Student

Food Science

YeonJin Jung
  • yj354 [at] cornell.edu
Caroline Renea Yates
Caroline Yates

PhD Student

Food Science

Caroline Yates
  • cry26 [at] cornell.edu
YihongDeng
Yihong Deng

PhD Student

Food Science

Yihong Deng
  • yd458 [at] cornell.edu
Hilal Samut
Hilal Samut

PhD Student

Food Science

Hilal Samut
  • hs2238 [at] cornell.edu
Joshua Housley
Joshua Housley

PhD Student

Food Science

Joshua Housley
  • jmh635 [at] cornell.edu
Zoe Wasserlauf
Zoe Wasserlauf

PhD Student

Food Science

Zoe Wasserlauf
  • zdw7 [at] cornell.edu
Tammy Walsky
Tamara (Tammy) Walsky

PhD Student

Food Science

Tamara (Tammy) Walsky
  • tw488 [at] cornell.edu
KailynHanke
Kailyn Hanke

PhD Student

Microbiology

Kailyn Hanke
  • kah357 [at] cornell.edu
SwetaDeb
Sweta Deb

MS Student

Food Science

Sweta Deb
  • sd2252 [at] cornell.edu
Ngozi Manukaji
Ngozi Manukaji

PhD Student

Food Science

Ngozi Manukaji
  • nfm33 [at] cornell.edu
WendyBollum
Wendy Bollum

PhD Student

Food Science

Wendy Bollum
  • wjb242 [at] cornell.edu
Fabiola Quintana-Perez
Fabiola Quintana-Pérez

MS Student

Food Science

Fabiola Quintana-Pérez
  • fmq3 [at] cornell.edu

Undergraduate Students

AlexisRapacioli
Alexis Rapacioli

Alexis joined the lab in June 2023. Through supporting MQIP graduate students, she acquires fundamental food microbiology, dairy science, and lab-based technical knowledge. Alexis is passionate about the intersection of agriculture and food safety within the New York State dairy conglomerate.

Rachel Fischer
Rachel Fischer

Rachel joined the lab in June 2025 as a summer intern. She is contributing to Tamara Walsky’s research on using agent-based models to predict risk-based setback distances for flooded agricultural fields. With a strong passion for food science and food safety, Rachel is excited to apply her interests to real-world challenges and expand her knowledge through her work this summer.

Carter Boone
Carter Boone

Carter joined the lab in fall 2025.

Alan Guo
Alan Guo

Alan joined the lab in Summer 2026.