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The Food Industry Center



College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences

Faculty and Staff
Faculty

Jean Kinsey
Director, The Food Industry Center
Professor, Department of Applied Economics
317b Classroom Office Building
612-625-2744
jkinsey@umn.edu

Ben Senauer
Professor, Department of Applied Economics
332g 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 
332f 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
200 Dinnaken Office Building
612-624-2164
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
249f 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

Brian McCall
Professor, Industrial Relations Department
3-251 Carlson School of Management 
612-624-9521
bmccall@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
Executive Administrator
The Food Industry Center
317 Classroom Office Building
(612) 625-7019
ljore@umn.edu

Rand Park
Associate Development Officer
(612) 625-4210
rpark@umn.edu

Jon Seltzer
Consultant
Corporate Resource Inc.
(952) 926-4602
seltz004@umn.edu