| Faculty
Jean Kinsey
Director, The Food Industry Center
Professor, Department of Applied Economics
317 Classroom Office Building
(612) 625-2744
jkinsey@umn.edu
Ben Senauer
Professor, Department of Applied Economics
332 Classroom Office Building
(612) 625-5724
bsenauer@umn.edu Hamid Mohtadi
Adjunct Professor, University of Minnesota Department of Applied Economics
Professor, University of Wisconsin Department of Economics
332 Classroom Office Building
(612) 625-8241
mohta001@umn.edu
Elaine Asp
Professor Emeritus, Food Science & Nutrition Department
225 Food Science and Nutrition Building
easp@umn.edu
Avner Ben-Ner
Professor, Carlson Industrial Relations Center
3-300 Carlson School of Management
(612) 624-0867
benne001@umn.edu
John Budd
Professor, Carlson Industrial Relations Center
3-300 Carlson School of Management
(612) 624-0357
jbudd@umn.edu
Frank Busta
Director Emeritus and Senior Science Advisor
National Center for Food Protection and Defense
Professor Emeritus, Food Science and Nutrition Department
144 Veterinary Science Building
fbusta@umn.edu
Liz Davis
Associate Professor, Department of Applied Economics
317 Classroom Office Building
(612) 625-3772
edavis@umn.edu
Vernon Eidman
Professor, Department of Applied Economics
231 Classroom Office Building
(612) 625-0231
eidma001@umn.edu
Michael Houston
Associate Dean, Carlson School of Management
Professor, Marketing/Logistics Management
3-171 Carlson School of Management
(612) 625-2075
mhouston@csom.umn.edu
George John
Professor, Marketing/Logistics Management
3-201 Carlson School of Management Building
(612) 624-6841
johnx001@umn.edu
Robert King
Professor and Department Head, Department of Applied Economics
249 Classroom Office Building
(612) 625-0231
rking@umn.edu
Ted Labuza
Professor, Food Science and Nutrition
136 Andrew Boss Laboratory Meat Science Building
(612) 624-9701
tplabuza@umn.edu
Alfie Marcus
Professor, Strategic Management/Organization
3-430 Carlson School of Management
(612) 624-2812
amarcus@csom.umn.edu
Akshay Rao
Professor, Marketing/Logistics Management
3-211 Carlson School of Management
(612) 624-8049
arao@csom.umn.edu
Marla Reicks
Professor, Food Science and Nutrition Department
162 Food Science and Nutrition Building
(612) 624-4735
mreicks@umn.edu
K.K. Sinha
Professor, Operations and Management Science
3-227 Carlson School of Management
(612) 624-7058
ksinha@csom.umn.edu
Zata Vickers
Professor, Food Science and Nutrition
140 Food Science and Nutrition Building
(612) 624-2257
zvickers@umn.edu
Staff
Dennis Degeneffe
Research Fellow
The Food Industry Center
317 Classroom Office Building
(612) 624-4746
ddegenef@umn.edu
Koel Ghosh
Research Associate
The Food Industry Center
337 Classroom Office Building
(612) 625-6232
ghosh023@umn.edu
Lisa Jore
Associate Program Director
The Food Industry Center
317 Classroom Office Building
(612) 625-7019
ljore@umn.edu
Jon Seltzer
Consultant
Corporate Resource Inc.
(952) 926-4602
seltz004@umn.edu | 
