Faculty

We encourage graduate students to get acquainted with Nutrition Graduate Program faculty who share your research interests. Please note that many are not housed within the Department of Nutrition.

Graduate Faculty (NUT)
Amilton de Mello
Amilton de Mello
Associate Professor
(775) 784-6648
ademello@unr.edu
FA 103C
2954
Graduate Faculty (NUT)
Brad Ferguson
Brad Ferguson
Associate Professor | Interim Department Chair of Nutrition
(775) 784-6278
bferguson@unr.edu
HMS 154
2954
Graduate Faculty (NUT)
Steven Frese
Steven Frese
Associate Professor
(775) 784-6449
sfrese@unr.edu
FA 217
2954
Graduate Faculty (NUT)
Michelle Granner
Michelle Granner, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
(775) 682-7101
mgranner@unr.edu
EBB 10
2954
Graduate Faculty (NUT)
Justine Habibian
Justine Habibian
Teaching Assistant Professor | Dietetics Graduate Program Director
(775) 784-6644
jhabibian@unr.edu
SFB
2954
Graduate Faculty (NUT)
Angeline Jeyakumar
Angeline Jeyakumar
Assistant Professor | Extension Specialist
(775) 336-0275
ajeyakumar@unr.edu
Extension, Washoe County Office
2954
Graduate Faculty (NUT)
Heidi Kratsch
Heidi Kratsch
Professor | Extension Specialist
(775) 784-4848
hkratsch@unr.edu
Extension, Washoe County Office
2954
Graduate Faculty (NUT)
Anne Lindsay
Anne Lindsay
Professor, Public Health and Exercise Science Specialist
(702) 940-5434
alindsay@unr.edu
8050 Paradise Road, Suite 100, Las Vegas, Nevada 89123
2954
Graduate Faculty (NUT)
Cynthia Corley Mastick
Cynthia Corley Mastick
Associate Professor
(775) 784-1155
cmastick@unr.edu
FA 311E (Lab: FA 315)
2954
Graduate Faculty (NUT)
Dennis Mathew
Dennis Mathew
Associate Biology Department Chair, Professor
(775) 784-6052
dennismathew@unr.edu
FA 311C
2954
Graduate Faculty (NUT)
Chenin Nickel
Chenin Nickel
Research Assistant Professor
(775) 682-5562
ctreftz@unr.edu
2954
Graduate Faculty (NUT)
Chris Pritsos
Chris Pritsos
Associate Dean of Research, Director of the Experiment Station
(775) 784-1601
pritsos@unr.edu
FA 210
2954
Graduate Faculty (NUT)
Bob Ryan
Bob Ryan
Professor
(775) 682-7332
robertryan@unr.edu
HMS 146a
2954
Graduate Faculty (NUT)
Silvia Stan
Silvia Stan
Research Associate Professor
(775) 682-8246
sstan@unr.edu
HMS 150B
2954
Graduate Faculty (NUT)
David St-Jules
David St-Jules
Associate Professor | Nutritional Science Graduate Program Director
(775) 682-6635
stjules@unr.edu
SFB 110
2954
Graduate Faculty (NUT)
Mike Teglas
Mike Teglas, DVM
Professor | Department Chair of Agriculture, Veterinary & Rangeland Sciences
(775) 784-1004
mteglas@unr.edu
FA 105
2954
Graduate Faculty (NUT)
Ann Weber
Ann Weber, Ph.D., MPH
Associate Professor
(775) 682-7089
annweber@unr.edu
SMS Room 113
2954
Graduate Faculty (NUT)
Barrett Welch
Barrett Welch, Ph.D., MPH
Assistant Professor, Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Environmental Health
barrettw@unr.edu
2954
Graduate Faculty (NUT)
Wei Yang
Wei Yang, Ph.D., M.D.
Senior Associate Dean, Foundation Professor Director, Interdisciplinary Graduate Program of Environmental Sciences and Health
(775) 682-7094
weiyang@unr.edu
EBB 16
2954

Meet our program directors

Graduate Program Directors
Justine Habibian
Justine Habibian
Teaching Assistant Professor | Dietetics Graduate Program Director
(775) 784-6644
jhabibian@unr.edu
8641
Graduate Program Directors
David St-Jules
David St-Jules
Associate Professor | Nutritional Science Graduate Program Director
(775) 682-6635
stjules@unr.edu
8641