UARPP Personnel
Program personnel represent engineering, cereal science, sensory evaluation, and plant physiology capabilities. The integrated nature of the rice industry’s research needs has necessitated our multidisciplinary, systematic approach to research.
UARPP
Dept. of Food Science
2650 N. Young Ave.
Fayetteville, AR 72704
Phone (479) 575-2841
Fax (479) 575-6936
Key Faculty Personnel
Dr. Griffiths Atungulu
Associate Professor & Director of UA Rice Processing Program
Grain Processing Engineering
Department of Food Science
atungulu@uark.edu
Dr. Jean-Francois Meullenet
Professor & Director of the Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station
jfmeull@uark.edu
Dr. Andy Mauromoustakos
Professor
Agricultural Statistics
amauro@uark.edu
Dr. Han-Seok Seo
Professor
Sensory Science
Department of Food Science
hanseok@uark.edu
Dr. Andy Mauromoustakos
Professor
Agricultural Statistics
amauro@uark.edu
Dr. Han-Seok Seo
Associate Professor
Sensory Science
Department of Food Science
hanseok@uark.edu
Dr. Terry Siebenmorgen
1957-2020
Distinguished Professor & Founder
UA Rice Processing Program
Dr. Ya-Jane Wang
Professor
Carbohydrate Chemistry
Department of Food Science
yjwang@uark.edu
Dr. Mahfuzur Rahman
Assistant Professor
Grain-based Ingredients Processing
Department of Food Science
mahfuz@uark.edu
Dr. Mahfuzur Rahman
Assistant Professor
Grain-based Ingredients Processing
Department of Food Science
mahfuz@uark.edu
Current Inter-Institution Collaborators
Dr. Paul Counce
Professor
Rice Physiology
Department of Crop, Soil & Environmental Sciences
pcounce@uark.edu
Dr. Jarrod Hardke
Rice Extension Agronomist
Rice Research & Extension Center
Stuttgart, AR
jhardke@uada.edu
Research Personnel
Tricia Moore
Program Coordinator
tm128@uark.edu
Annegret Jannasch
Post Doctoral Fellow
ajannasc@uark.edu
Kaushik Luthra
Post-Doctoral Fellow
kluthra@uark.edu
Justin Siebenmorgen
Lab Manager
jwsieben@uark.edu
Graduate Students
Evans Ameyaw Owusu
Ph.D. Student
eameyawo@uark.edu
Faith Ouma
Ph.D. Student
fachieng@uark.edu
Samuel Olaoni
Ph.D. Student
soolaoni@uark.edu
Anne Okeyo
Ph.D. Student
aaokeyo@uark.edu