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Kenjin is a doctoral candidate interested in the design of food environments and its role in promoting transitions to healthier, more sustainable diets. In addition to his position  within the Department of Human-Centered Design, he also serves as the Co-Chair of Research and Education for the Menus of Change University Research Collaborative (MCURC).

Kenjin received his master's degree from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and, prior to joining the College of Human

Jordan Deskins is a first-year Ph.D. student in Nutritional Sciences at Cornell University, working with Dr. Shibani Ghosh. She earned her M.P.H. with a concentration in food systems from Cornell and a B.A. in International Studies and Spanish from Case Western Reserve University. During her M.P.H., she worked with the International Potato Center in Peru, conducting farmer surveys on potato crop diversity in Andean farming communities. Her research examines the pathways linking climate adaptation in

Charlotte Liu is an M.S. student in Nutrition at Cornell University, working with Dr. Joeva Barrow. She earned her undergraduate degree in Chemistry from The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, where she developed an interdisciplinary interest in nutritional biochemistry and metabolic disease. Her research interests focus on the molecular regulation of energy metabolism, particularly how mitochondrial function, lipid metabolism, and brown adipose tissue thermogenesis influence whole-body metabolic health. Charlotte hopes to combine molecular and

Yining Hou is an M.S. student in Nutrition, working with Dr. Joeva Barrow. Yining earned degrees in Food Science and Technology from Jiangnan University and Food Technology (Honors) from Massey University in 2026. Her research interests include nutritional interventions for obesity and metabolic diseases and understanding how nutritional signals influence metabolic pathways. In Dr. Barrow’s lab, Yining studies how circulating cell-free RNA changes in response to cold exposure and rewarming and how specific circulating RNA

Sophie is an MS student in Nutrition and is completing the combined dietetic internship program. She earned an AS in Biology from Tompkins Cortland Community College before transferring to Cornell to finish a BS in Nutrition. Her research interests center around folate, one carbon metabolism, and their implications on neurodegenerative diseases. Sophie is looking forward to a career as a registered dietitian where she can further work to prevent disease conditions through nutrition.