About Us


RECIPES is a research network bringing together over 40 researchers and 15 institutions connected with organizations working across the food system to advance the science needed to make our wasteful food system sustainable, equitable, and resilient. Launched on October 1, 2021, the first five years of our work is supported through NSF grant 2115405

Researcher Map
American University
  • Sauleh Siddiqui
  • Annie Claus
  • Garrett Graddy-Lovelace
  • Malini Ranganathan
  • Anastasia Snelling
  • Jessica Gephart
  • Kiho Kim
  • Tambra Stevenson
University of California, Davis
  • Alissa Kendall
  • Ned Spang
  • Susan Verba
Illinois Institute of Technology
  • Weslynne Ashton
Duke University
  • Norbert Wilson
Maryland Institute College of Art
  • Lee Davis
Morgan State University
  • Celeste Chavis
  • Mansoureh Jeihani
  • Young-Jae Lee
  • Jessye Talley
World Wildlife Fund
  • Pete Pearson
Rochester Institute of Technology
  • Callie Babbitt
  • Tom Trabold
  • Nathan Eddingsaas
  • Todd Pagano
  • Christy Tyler
  • Kaitlin Stack Whitney
Ohio State University
  • Brian Roe
  • Monica Cox
  • Yongyang Cai
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
  • Megan Konar
  • Melissa Prescott
Johns Hopkins University
  • Roni Neff
  • Meg Burke
  • Nicole Labruto
Pennington Biomedical Research Center
  • John Apolzan
  • Corby Martin
Texas A&M University
  • Xin (Shane) Li
University at Albany State University of New York
  • Christine Bozlak
  • Beth Feingold
  • Akiko Hosler
  • Xiaobo Romeiko
Purdue University
  • Brenna Ellison
Participating Institutions & Organizations
Regions of Study

Map based on Co-PI Konar’s work on food flows supported by NSF Grants: ACI-1639529, EAR-1534544, CBET-1844773. Cite as: Lin, X., Ruess, P. J., Marston, L., & Konar, M. (2019). Food flows between counties in the United StatesEnvironmental Research Letters14(8), 084011.

Researchers

John Apolzan

Assistant Professor-Research,
Pennington Biomedical Research Center

Weslynne Ashton

Associate Professor,
Illinois Institute of Technology

Sarah Irvine Belson

Professor,
American University

Kristine Beran

RECIPES Fellow and Professorial Lecturer,
American University

Christine Bozlak

Associate Professor,
University at Albany State University of New York

Meg Burke

Community of Practice Manager,
Johns Hopkins University

Yongyang Cai

Associate Professor,
Ohio State University

Annie Claus

Associate Professor,
American University

Monica Cox

Professor,
Ohio State University

Lee Davis

Co-Director of Center for Social Design,
Maryland Institute College of Art

Nathan Eddingsaas

Associate Professor,
Rochester Institute of Technology

Brenna Ellison

Associate Professor,
Purdue University

Steffanie Espat

Co-Design Lead, Center for Social Design
Maryland Institute College of Art

Beth Feingold

Associate Professor,
University at Albany State University of New York

Jessica Gephart

Assistant Professor,
American University

Garrett Graddy-Lovelace

Associate Professor,
American University

Pepsi Holmquist

Assistant Professor,
Rochester Institute of Technology

Darby Hoover
Darby Hoover

Senior Resource Specialist,
Natural Resources Defense Council

Akiko Hosler

Associate Professor,
University at Albany State University of New York

Hannah Jardine

Instructional Designer,
American University

Mansoureh Jeihani

Professor,
Morgan State University

Alissa Kendall

Professor,
University of California, Davis

Kiho Kim

Professor,
American University

Megan Konar

Associate Professor,
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Nicole Labruto

Assistant Research Professor,
Johns Hopkins University

Young-Jae Lee

Professor,
Morgan State University

Xin (Shane) Li

Professor,
Texas A&M University

Corby Martin

Professor,
Pennington Biomedical Research Center

Robin McClave

Program Director,
Healthy Schools, Healthy Communities

Todd Pagano

Associate Dean,
Rochester Institute of Technology

Pete Pearson

Senior Director, Food Loss and Waste,
World Wildlife Fund

Melissa Pflugh Prescott

Assistant Professor,
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Malini Ranganathan

Associate Professor,
American University

Xiaobo Romeiko

Associate Professor,
University at Albany State University of New York

Maura Shea

Associate Professor,
Illinois Institute of Technology

Sauleh Siddiqui

Associate Professor,
American University

Ned Spang

Associate Professor,
University of California, Davis

Anastasia Snelling

Professor,
American University

Kaitlin Stack Whitney

Assistant Professor,
Rochester Institute of Technology

Tambra Stevenson

PhD Student and founder of WANDA,
American University

Jessye Talley

Assistant Professor,
Morgan State University

Christy Tyler

Professor,
Rochester Institute of Technology

Tom Trabold

Professor,
Rochester Institute of Technology

Susan Verba

Professor, UC Davis
Director, Center for Design in the Public Interest

Norbert Wilson

Professor of Food, Economics, and Policy
Duke University

postgraduate and postdoctoral fellows

Diana Rodriguez Alberto

Postdoctoral Fellow,
Rochester Institute of Technology

Kaitlyn Harper

Postdoctoral Fellow,
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

Sarah Kakadellis

Postdoctoral Fellow,
University of California, Davis

Tiruwork Tibebu

Postdoctoral Fellow,
American University

Past Collaborators

Advisory Board

Amy Bachman

Director of Procurement and Sustainability,
DC Central Kitchen

Jessica Fanzo

Professor, The Columbia Climate School
Director, Food for Humanity Initiative

Katy Hart

Chief of Staff and Operations Manager,
ReFED

Jim Jones

Distinguished Professor Emeritus,
Agricultural and Biological Engineering Department at the University of Florida

Richard Rushforth

Assistant Research Professor,
School of Informatics, Computing, and Cyber Systems, Northern Arizona University