RECIPES Fellows Program
About
The RECIPES Network sponsors collaborative research opportunities for early-career faculty and researchers (within 5 years of receiving a Ph.D. or equivalent terminal degree at submission deadline) from all domains and disciplines actively enrolled in, or formally affiliated with, a US-based institution.
Participant stipends and access to RECIPES resources help expand Fellows’ research communities while offering RECIPES members exposure to new research, experiences, and perspectives. Fellows conduct research in areas complementary to RECIPES goals and identify explicit ways that scholars can advance their research agendas, professional development in their disciplines, and leadership at their home institutions.
Meet the 2025 Cohort
We are excited to introduce four outstanding new Fellows joining RECIPES in our mission to advance food waste research and sustainable solutions!
Dr. Trishnee Bhurosy | Assistant Professor, University of Vermont
Dr. Bhurosy’s research focuses on transforming dining hall food waste into meals for on-campus food pantries, specifically for students of color and international students. Read more about her research on cancer patients and food insecurity here.
Dr. Joshua Merced | Assistant Teaching Professor, Northern Arizona University
Dr. Merced is investigating sustainable waste management at farmers markets and exploring strategies like compostable packaging, waste storing, and community education.
Dr. Rosemarie Santa Gonzáles | Postdoctoral Fellow, Georgia Institute of Technology
Dr. Santa is optimizing logistics operations in food cooperatives and co-developing solutions with farmers from Native American Nations and Hmong communities.
Dr. Sofia Perez-Guzman | Assistant Professor, Georgia Institute of Technology
Dr. Perez-Guzman is exploring scalable redistribution frameworks for surplus food using urban freight networks to deliver fresh food to underserved communities.
Meet the 2024 Fellows
Dr. Joe F Bozeman III, Ph.D., CEM | Assistant Professor of Civil & Environmental Engineering | Public Policy Social Equity & Environmental Engineering Lab (SEEEL) | Georgia Institute of Technology
Dr. Bozeman worked to integrate systemic equity principles across the U.S. food system to create system-wide resiliency and opportunity. In his paper, he and his co-authors concluded that systemic equity can be achieved through distributive, recognitional, and procedural applications.
Dr. Janie Moore, Ph.D. | Assistant professor of Biological and agricultural engineering at texas a&m university
Dr. Moore explored how Atmospheric Cold Plasma technology can be wielded to recover higher value from food and food byproducts that might otherwise be wasted or go to less valuable uses.
Dr. Adam simpson, ph.d. | assistant professor of civil & environmental engineering | The simpson lab | food, environment, water & people at the university of southern california
Dr. Simpson explored whether ready-to-eat vegetables found in food deserts and other low food access neighborhoods contain more 3-chlorotyrosine, 3,5-dichlorotyrosine, and 9,10-chlorohydrins (chemicals that pose health risks) than produce sold predominantly in wealthy metropolitan areas.
RECIPES Fellows Program Leadership
Dr. Monica Cox, PhD
Distinguished Professor of Engineering Education, The Ohio State University
Dr. Brian Roe, PhD
Associate Chair, Fred N. VanBuren Professor of Farm Management, The Ohio State University
Winifred Opoku
Graduate Research Associate & PhD Student, The Ohio State University