Meet our faculty experts
Assistant Professor
Psychology
Focus areas
Factors shaping Black girls’ mental health and wellness, Participatory action research, Impact of spaces that support Black girls’ development
Professor
Psychology
Focus areas
Affect and cognition, Cognitive health across the lifespan, Understanding emotions as distinct tools intended to help us
Associate Professor
Nutritional Sciences
Focus areas
Micronutrient-gene, Micronutrient-macronutrient, Micronutrient-disease
Assistant Professor
Nutritional Sciences
Focus areas
Mitochondrial disease, Metabolic disease, Obesity
Associate Professor
Director of Undergraduate Studies, Fiber Science and Apparel Design
Human Centered Design
Focus areas
Digitalization in the apparel industry, 3D body scan data + apparel simulation, 3D digital technologies
Professor
Director, Bronfenbrenner Center for Translational Research
Nutritional Sciences, Bronfenbrenner Center for Translational Research
Focus areas
maternal child nutrition, physical activity, community-engaged research
Andre Bensadoun Associate Professor
Nutritional Sciences
Focus areas
Adipose tissue biology, Systemic metabolism
Professor
Psychology
Focus areas
Cognitive development in children, Cognitive processes and aging
Professor
Director, Purpose Science and innovation Exchange
Psychology
Focus areas
Purpose in life, Racial identification
Senior Associate Dean for Undergraduate Affairs
Professor
Psychology, Cornell Human Ecology
Focus areas
Infant cognitive development + early word learning, Interaction between language and thought, Parental beliefs of young children's learning
Assistant Professor
Nutritional Sciences
Focus areas
Eating behavior, Sensory science, Obesity, Satiation and energy intake
Mibs Martin Follett Professor in Human Ecology
Psychology
Focus areas
Comparative cognitive neuroscience, Neurochemistry attention + learning, role of acetylcholine, Cholinergic hypothesis of age-related changes in cognition
Elizabeth Lee Vincent Professor
Human Centered Design, Psychology
Focus areas
Children's environments (e.g. schools, housing), Environment of childhood poverty, Development of environmental attitudes/behaviors in children
Associate Professor
Nutritional Sciences
Focus areas
Mitochondrial one-carbon metabolism, Erythritol as a biomarker
Assistant Professor in Social and Behavioral Science in Nutrition
Nutritional Sciences
Focus areas
Community-based interventions to promote nutrition security, Local agriculture and food insecurity, Urban food environments
Professor of Epidemiology and Nutrition
Nutritional Sciences
Focus areas
Epidemiology, One-carbon metabolism, Maternal and child nutrition
Associate Professor
Nutritional Sciences
Focus areas
Global nutrition (maternal and infant), Food systems, Nutritional and environmental determinants, Public health interventions and policy
Assistant Professor
Nutritional Sciences
Focus areas
Molecular regulation of human milk production, Human milk composition
Assistant Professor
Psychology
Focus areas
Behavioral ecology of mind-body-environment dynamics, Affordances and neural sensitivity, Community-partnered neuroscience
Lau Family Associate Professor
Director of Graduate Studies, Fiber Science and Apparel Design
Human Centered Design
Focus areas
Anthropological studies of style and fashion, History and curatorial practice of dress and textiles, Native American textiles and regalia
Jean and Douglas McLean Professor
Human Centered Design
Focus areas
Intersection of design + robotics + psychology, Robot “living rooms” interacting/adapting with inhabitants, Robots that improve community, learning and health
Lois and Mel Tukman Associate Professor
Psychology
Focus areas
Politics and health, Social impacts of government actions, Peoples adaptations to sudden changes
H.E. Babcock Professor of Food and Nutrition Economics and Policy
Nutritional Sciences
Focus areas
Food security, Early life nutrition, Poverty
Assistant Professor
Psychology
Focus areas
Development of social identity, Social identity interventions, Mental health and well-being
Professor
Human Centered Design
Focus areas
Practice + approaches to creating optimal work + learning, Research methodology for post-occupancy evaluation (POE), Sustainable and resilience building practices in US + Asia
Associate Professor
Nutritional Sciences
Focus areas
Host-microbe interactions, Infant nutrition, Sphingolipids
Associate Professor
Human Centered Design
Focus areas
Wayfinding + spatial cognition using VR + simulation, Predictive design tools evaluating human responses to design, Human-environment interaction: built and virtual environment
Associate Professor
Human Centered Design
Focus areas
Wearable technology and on-skin interfaces, Designing skins across scales, Social perceptions towards on-body technologies
Division Director
Schleifer Family Professor
Nutritional Sciences
Focus areas
Lipid metabolism, Molecular response to fasting, Precision nutrition
Associate Professor
Associate Dean for CHE in NYC
Nutritional Sciences
Focus areas
Nutrition and health equity, Adolescents, Community-based interventions
Joint Professor
Nutritional Sciences
Focus areas
Sustainable animal agriculture, Food security, Environmental protection
Assistant Professor
Human Centered Design
Focus areas
Accessible interactive technologies, Human-computer interaction, Design innovation – bridging art, technology and UX
Assistant Professor
Human Centered Design
Focus areas
Design for Indigenous empowerment, Transformational design for societal + environmental change, Intercultural design knowledge
Evalyn Edwards Milman Assistant Professor in Child Development
Human Centered Design
Focus areas
children's environments, participatory research & design, behavior mapping
Janet and Gordon Lankton Professor of Developmental Psychology
Professor of Gerontology in Medicine
Psychology
Focus areas
Age-related differences in health decision-making, Lifespan personality and social cognition, Cultural perspectives on aging
Professor
Nutritional Sciences
Focus areas
Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), Ovarian morphology and follicle development, Nutritional and metabolic regulation of ovulation
Janet and Gordon Lankton Professor
Nutritional Sciences
Focus areas
Precision nutrition, Global health, Point-of-care diagnostics
Professor
Nutritional Sciences
Focus areas
Maternal/fetal nutrition, Vitamin D + iron, Gut microbiome
Nancy Schlegel Meinig Associate Professor of Maternal and Child Nutrition
Nutritional Sciences
Focus areas
Health equity/racism, Food and nutrition security, Social and structural determinants
Professor
Psychology
Focus areas
Aging and health, affective dynamics, social connection, resilience and adaptation, biological embedding, lifespan development
Vincent V.C. Woo Professor
Human Centered Design
Focus areas
Activewear and protective clothing, Smart wearable interface, Ethics of design and fashion
Courtesy Professor
Nutritional Sciences
Focus areas
nutritional epidemiology, global policy, international nutrition
Hazel E. Reed Professor
Professor of Gerontology in Medicine
Psychology
Focus areas
Aging and the life course, Sociology of the family, Intervention research
Assistant Professor
Nutritional Sciences
Focus areas
Precision nutrition, Gut microbiota and metabolic health, Oral microbiota and pathologies
James Jamison Professor
Nutritional Sciences
Focus areas
Translational reprogramming, Nutrient stress response, mRNA epigenetics
Assistant Professor
Human Centered Design
Focus areas
Self-definition + consumption for marginalized groups, Feminist theory + Black geography, Racism + representation in relation to beauty + identity
Professor
Psychology
Focus areas
Judgement and decision making; risk and rationality, False memory, Fuzzy Trace Theory, Cognitive, developmental and social neuroscience
Professor
Psychology
Focus areas
Mental health, Well-being after depression + related
Professor
Nutritional Sciences
Focus areas
Global health, Nutrition + economics in developing countries, Global food policy
Courtesy Professor
Nutritional Sciences
Focus areas
Muscle metabolism, Mitochondria, Exercise, Brown Fat + Nutrition
Assistant Professor
Human Centered Design
Focus areas
Tailoring fibers (spinning) for practical applications, Optically responsive fabrics, Immersion electrospinning
Professor
Psychology
Focus areas
Adaptive intelligence, Transformational giftedness, Creativity, wisdom, ethics, leadership and emotion
Associate Professor
Psychology
Focus areas
Statistics, Causal inference, Missing data
Associate Professor
Human Centered Design
Focus areas
Nanofibers and nanotextiles, Medical textiles and drug delivery, Water treatment, food packaging
Assistant Professor
Nutritional Sciences
Focus areas
Nutrition and metabolism in DNA damage, Cancer and aging, Targeted treatments for DNA damage
Lois and Mel Tukman Assistant Professor
Nutritional Sciences
Focus areas
Brain-body interactions that govern metabolic regulation
Assistant Professor
Psychology
Focus areas
Emotion and relationship contributions to health, Caregiving and neurodegenerative diseases, dementia, Positive interpersonal processes and wellbeing, resilience
Senior Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Education
Professor
Human Centered Design, Cornell Human Ecology
Focus areas
Environmental psychology, Effects of the built and natural environment on human health, Environmental design + policy impacts on consumption + reuse
Associate Professor, Director of Graduate Studies in Design + Environmental Analysis
Human Centered Design
Focus areas
Experience-driven design, Design for emotion, subjective well-being + behavior change, Product design + development
Professor
Human Centered Design
Focus areas
Human-computer interaction in virtual environments, Large-scale interface/interaction design, Interior design
Associate Professor
Human Centered Design
Focus areas
User-centered design in healthcare, Systems approach, Healthcare entrepreneurship
Assistant Director of Communications
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