People

Director

Keith Vorst
- Director, Polymer and Food Protection Consortium
- Associate Professor
kvorst@iastate.edu

Faculty

Greg Curtzwiler
- Assistant Professor
gregc@iastate.edu
Paulo Fortes-Da-Silva
- Adjunct Assistant Professor
paulo@iastate.edu
Cicero Pola
- Assistant Professor
cicerocp@iastate.edu

Staff

Cody Bunning
- Research Technician III
cbunning@iastate.edu
Mark Early
- Pre-Doctoral Research Associate
mearly@iastate.edu
Katie Updegraff
- Program Specialist I
- Project Manager
kmu@iastate.edu
Amy Vorst
- Program Assistant III
avorst@iastate.edu

Postdoctoral Researchers

Faranak Beigmohammadi
- Postdoc Research Associate
faranakb@iastate.edu

Graduate Students

Shahnaz Mukta
- Graduate Assistant
shahnazm@iastate.edu
Mita Munshi
- Doctoral Student
- Graduate Research Assistant
mmunshi@iastate.edu
Tien Pham
- Doctoral Student
- Graduate Research Assistant
tvpham35@iastate.edu
Khairun Tumu
- Doctoral Student
- Graduate Research Assistant
kntumu@iastate.edu

Recent Graduates

Cristine Ignacio
- Recent Ph.D. Recipient
- Former Graduate Research Assistant
mignacio@iastate.edu
Rebecca Mort
- Recent Ph.D. Recipient
- Former Graduate Research Assistant
rjmort@iastate.edu
Victor Sanfins Cecon
- Recent Ph.D. Recipient
- Former Graduate Research Assistant
vscecon@iastate.edu