2016–2017 New Faculty awards: National Excellence in Distance Education, American Distance Education Consortium (ADEC), 2004.
Susan Harris-Broomfield
West Central Research and Extension Center. M.L.S., Fort Hays State University, 2015; B.S., University of Nebraska at Kearney, 1988. Hometown: McCook, NE. Area of focus: Health, wellness, and safety.
Kristen Houska
Nutrition and Health Sciences. M.S., University of Nebraska–Lincoln, 2014; B.S., University of Nebraska–Lincoln, 2009. Hometown: Broken Bow, NE. Area of focus: Nutrition school enrichment and school wellness policy.
Reka Howard
Statistics. Ph.D., Iowa State University, 2016; M.S., Iowa State University, 2008; B.S., Iowa State University, 2006. Hometown: Ames, IA. Area of focus: Statistics, plant breeding, genomic selection. Representative publications: Coauthored “Parametric and Nonparametric Statistical Methods for Genomic Selection of Traits with Additive and Epistatic Genetic Architectures,” G3 4, 2014. Representative awards: Research Excellence Award, Iowa State University, 2015; C. R. Weber Award of Excellence in Plant Science, Iowa State University, 2015.
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Jayne Hutton
Nebraska Extension. J.D., Creighton School of Law, 1994; B.F.A., University of Nebraska– Lincoln, 1986; B.S., University of Nebraska at Omaha, 1992. Hometown: Bellevue, NE. Area of focus: Law, communications and marketing.
Jacques Izard
Food Science and Technology. Ph.D., AixMarseille University, 1996. Area of focus: The biology of microbiomes in context of their host with a focus on the role of human digestive tract microbiota in health and disease, and its impact on host homeostasis. Representative publications: Coauthored “Fecal Microbiome in Epidemiologic Studies,” Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers and Prevention, 2016; Metagenomics for Microbiology, Elsevier/Academic Press, 2015. Representative grants: Dietary Sulfur, the Gut Microbiome, and Colorectal Cancer, National Cancer Institute ($3,630,964), 2016-2021; Microbiomes in Human Pancreatic Cancer, National Cancer Institute ($2,571,933), 2013-2016. Representative awards: Ronald J. Gibbons Award for Excellence in Basic Science Research, The Forsyth Institute, 2013.
Mark Kaemingk
School of Natural Resources. Ph.D., South Dakota State University, 2013; M.S., Central Michigan University, 2009; B.S., South