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
Maria Shaposhnikov
Maria Shaposhnikov

MS Student

Food Science

Maria Shaposhnikov
  • mms452 [at] cornell.edu
Hilal Samut
Hilal Samut

PhD Student

Food Science

Hilal Samut
  • hs2238 [at] cornell.edu
Bella
Bella Chueh

MS Student

Food Science

Bella Chueh
  • wc526 [at] cornell.edu
Jun Su
Jun Su

PhD Student

Food Science

Jun Su
  • js3248 [at] cornell.edu
Brad Yang
Brad Yang

PhD Student

Food Science

Brad Yang
  • ly276 [at] cornell.edu
Tammy Walsky
Tamara (Tammy) Walsky

PhD Student

Food Science

Tamara (Tammy) Walsky
  • tw488 [at] cornell.edu
Anna Schumann
Anna Schumann

PhD Student

Microbiology

Anna Schumann
  • as2635 [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.

AbbyGase
Abby Gase

Abby joined the lab in October 2022. She assists various lab members on research projects. Abby is expanding her interests in food safety and quality control while learning good laboratory skills. 

LucasRael
Lucas Rael

Lucas joined the lab in May 2024. He assists lab members with MQIP research projects. Lucas is expanding his interests in food microbiology by learning new laboratory techniques and exploring dairy safety.

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.

KateMorgan
Kate Morgan

Kate joined the lab in summer 2025. Her research project is about gas-producing bacteria that cause cheese blowing defects.

Carter Boone
Carter Boone

Carter joined the lab in fall 2025.