Fall 2025
Seminar Series will be held on Fridays from 11:30 am-12:30 pm in Jones 219. Refreshments will be served from 10:45 am. The seminar may be joined virtually via this Webex link. There are more options to join down below.
| Date | Speaker and Topic |
| Aug 29 | Graduate Student Orientation |
| Sept 5 | No Seminar |
| Sept 12 | Dr. Anuj Purohit, CEO of Atlas, Inc., (former Post-Doctoral Fellow of UConn NUSC): Food Science, Entrepreneurship, and Beyond |
| Sept 19 | Dr. Emily Howard, Nutrition Physiologist, Military Nutrition Division, US Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine: Fueling the Fight: Overcoming the Metabolic and Performance Costs of Energy Deficits During Cold-Weather Military Training |
| Sept 26 | Dr. Jaeeun Lee, UConn NUSC Post-Doctoral Fellow: NAD⁺ Precursors as Modulators of Mitochondrial Stress and Inflammation in the Liver. |
| Oct 3 | Dr. Abdulkerim Eroglu, Assistant Professor, North Carolina State University: Understanding the roles of carotenoids in mediating host-microbe interactions within the mammalian gut |
| Oct 10 | Emily Radican, UConn NUSC Graduate Student: Magnetic Field: Harnessing innovative technology to target pathogenic bacteria and enhance food safety in agricultural production |
| Oct 17 | Nathan Jordan, UConn NUSC Graduate Student: Diet and Food Allergy: Cross Talk between Preservatives, T Cells, and Mast Cells |
| Oct 24 | Ruiqi Wang, UConn NUSC Graduate Student: Food protein-based Pickering emulsions: Applications in food packaging |
| Oct 31 | Dr. Gowthaman Uthaman, Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology, UMass Medical School: Immune Mechanisms Regulating Allergy |
| Nov 7 | Dr. Cangliang Shen, Professor/Extension Specialist, Davis College, Animal and Nutritional Sciences, West Virginia University: Applying integrated research and extension approaches to improve microbial safety of locally processed fresh produce and poultry products |
| Nov 14 | Xiran Chen, NUSC Graduate Student, Master’s Thesis Defense: Improving Food Access and Nutritional Equity through Integrated Food Assistance Models and GIS-Based Tools in Low-Income Communities |
| Nov 21 | Dr. Courtney Millar, Assistant Scientist, The Marcus Institute for Aging Research, Harvard Medical School: Dietary interventions targeting pathways relevant to geriatric conditions in older adults |
| Nov 28 | No Seminar |
| Dec 5 | Hayoung Woo, NUSC Graduate Student: TBD |
Webex Information:
Join from the meeting link
https://uconn-cmr.webex.com/uconn-cmr/j.php?MTID=m03c83c374e234eb5a6de8779536f52a4
Join by meeting number
Meeting number (access code): 2633 612 6898
Meeting password: NUSC