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 are supported through NSF award #2115405

Postgraduate and Postdoctoral Fellows

Researcher Map

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 States. Environmental Research Letters, 14(8), 084011.

Researchers

Network Coordination Team

Sauleh Siddiqui

Director, RECIPES, Professor, American University

Co-Director, RECIPES, Professor, Rochester Institute of Technology

Co-Director, RECIPES, Interim Associate Dean, Morgan State University

Matthew Hartings

Co-Director, RECIPES, Associate Professor, American University

Co-Director, RECIPES, Professor, Johns Hopkins University

Co-Director, RECIPES, Van Buren Professor, Ohio State University

Program Manager, American University

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Assistant Professor-Research, Pennington Biomedical Research Center

Weslynne Ashton

Associate Professor, Illinois Institute of Technology

Sarah Irvine Belson

Professor, American University

RECIPES Fellow and Professional Lecturer, American University

Trishnee Bhurosy

RECIPES Fellow and Assistant Professor, University of Vermont

RECIPES Fellow and Assistant Professor, Georgia Institute of Technology

Christine Bozlak

Associate Professor, University at Albany State University of New York

Community of Practice Manager, Johns Hopkins University

Associate Professor, Ohio State University

Assistant Professor, American University

Professor, Ohio State University

Research Manager, Duke Sanford World Food Policy Center

Co-Executive Director, Center for Creative Impact, Maryland Institute College of Art

Nathan Eddingsaas

Associate Professor, Rochester Institute of Technology

Evaluation Coordinator, Healthy Schools, Healthy Communities

Associate Professor, Purdue University

Steffanie Espat

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

Associate Professor, University at Albany State University of New York

Jessica Gephart

Assistant Professor, University of Washington

Garrett Graddy-Lovelace

Associate Professor, American University

Assistant Scientist, Johns Hopkins University

Pepsi Holmquist

Assistant Professor, Rochester Institute of Technology

Darby Hoover

Senior Resource Specialist, Natural Resources Defense Council

Associate Professor, University at Albany State University of New York

Teaching & Learning Specialist, American University

Professor, University of California, Davis

Associate Professor, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Assistant Research Professor, Johns Hopkins University

Professor, Morgan State University

Professor, Texas A&M University

Professor, Pennington Biomedical Research Center

Program Director, Healthy Schools, Healthy Communities

RECIPES Fellow and Assistant Teaching Professor, Northern Arizona University

RECIPES Fellow and Assistant Professor, Texas A&M University

Alex Nichols-Vinueza

Director, Food Loss & Waste, World Wildlife Fund

Associate Dean, Rochester Institute of Technology

Senior Director, Food Loss and Waste, World Wildlife Fund

Sofia Perez-Guzman

RECIPES Fellow and Assistant Professor, Georgia Institute of Technology

Melissa Pflugh Prescott

Assistant Professor, Case Western Reserve University

Malini Ranganathan

Associate Professor, American University

Associate Professor, University at Albany State University of New York

Rosemarie Santa

RECIPES Fellow and Postdoctoral Fellow, Georgia Institute of Technology

Associate Professor, Illinois Institute of Technology

Sauleh Siddiqui

Director, RECIPES, Professor, American University

RECIPES Fellow and Assistant Professor, University of Southern California

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

Assistant Professor, Morgan State University

Antoaneta Tileva

Professorial Lecturer, American University

Professor, Rochester Institute of Technology

Professor, Rochester Institute of Technology

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

Research Scientist, Morgan State University

Professor, Duke University

STAFF

Susana Birdsong

Grants & Contracts Manager,
American University

Research Data Associate,
American University

Designer and Illustrator

Grants & Contracts Manager,
American University

POSTGRADUATE AND POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWS

Diana Rodriguez Alberto

Postdoctoral Fellow, Rochester Institute of Technology

Sarah Kakadellis

Postdoctoral Fellow, University of California, Davis

Hossain Mohiuddin

Morgan State University

STUDENTS

Rochester Institute of Technology

Mariana Torres Arroyo

University at Albany State University of New York

Michael Awotoye

Morgan State University

Johns Hopkins University

Kristina Chomiak

Rochester Institute of Technology

Michael Chukwurah

Morgan State University

Margarita Cozzan

Johns Hopkins University

American University

American University

American University

American University

Carisse Geronimo

University of California, Davis

Ximena Gonzalez Revilla

Duke University

Madelaine Harris

Rochester Institute of Technology

American University

Livingston High School

Ohio State University

Shreya Jyotishi

American University

Morgan State University

Yulia Lamoureaux

University of California, Davis

American University

Ohio State University

University of California, Davis

Rochester Institute of Technology

American University

American University

Rochester Institute of Technology

Nicholas Miwornunyuie

Morgan State University

University at Albany State University of New York

Srivasa Pranathy Mutcherla

Illinois Institute of Technology

American University

American University

Ohio State University

Rochester Institute of Technology

Catherine Rowen

Rochester Institute of Technology

Amelia Rowniewski

American University

Gabriela Sarmiento

Johns Hopkins University

Illinois Institute of Technology

Celeste Tejada-Manrique

American University

American University

Malcolm Williams

American University

Maryland Institute College of Art

PAST COLLABORATORS

Vidisha Agarwalla

Maryland Institute College of Art

American University

Elisa Alarcon Marin

Maryland Institute College of Art

Brooke Bahn

University of California, Davis

Maryland Institute College of Art

American University

Dipthi Dinesh

Maryland Institute College of Art

Estela Duhart

Maryland Institute College of Art

Liana Sofia Garcia

American University

Professor, American University

Rochester Institute of Technology

Duke University

Tiruwork Tibebu

Postdoctoral Fellow, American University

Maddie Tlachac

Rochester Institute of Technology

Hannah VanWagner

American University

Rodhy Vixamar

Rochester Institute of Technology

Lauren Walter

Rochester Institute of Technology

Maryland Institute College of Art

American University

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