Principal Investigators

A number of Principal Investigators oversee their research at the Richardson Centre for Functional Foods and Nurtaceuticals. For information pertaining to specific research projects, post doctoral fellows and graduate students; please refer to Principal Investigator's webpage.

In addition to investigators listed, the Richardson Centre for Functional Foods and Nutraceuticals collaborates extensivly with faculty from the departments of Agriculture, Food Science, Human Ecology, Phamacy and Medicine.

Over 70 past and present graduate students conduct research through the centre.


 Peter Jones, Ph.D.  Lipid Metabolism
 Curtis Rempel, Ph.D.  Business Development 
 Trust Beta, Ph.D.  Cereal Grains and Antioxidants
 Gary Fulcher, Ph.D.  Grain Chemistry and Processing
 James Friel, Ph.D.  Human Milk Bioactives
 Usha Thiyam, Ph.D.  Minor Components of Edible Oil Processing
 Harold Aukema, Ph.D.  Nutrition and the Kidney
 Denis Krause, Ph.D.  Metagenomics of Rumen Microorganisms
 Harry Sapirstein,Ph.D.  Grain Chemistry and Processing
 Rotimi Aluko, Ph.D.  Protein Chemistry                                                
 James D. House, Ph.D   Human Nutrition
 Nancy Ames, Ph.D  Cereal Chemistry (Barley, Oats and Wheat)
 Peter Eck, Ph.D
 Nutrigenomics
 Scott Harding, Ph.D.   Stable Isotopes, Mass Spectrometry and Metabolism
 Semone Myrie, Ph.D