Associate Professor of Global Nutrition, Food Science and Human Nutrition department
Contact
Phone:352.294.3706
Email: jandrade2@ufl.edu
Primary RESEARCH Area
Human Nutrition
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Agriculture and food and nutrition security programs, food fortification, low-cost, point-of-use diagnostic tools for assessment, quality of food aid products, and service, experiential learning education programs
ABOUT
Honors and Awards
- Team Award for Excellence as member of Soybean Innovation Lab, 2020, College of ACES, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Educator Award, North American Colleges and Teachers of Agriculture (NACTA), 2018
- Faculty Award for Excellence in Teaching (College), College of ACES, 2018
- Team Award for Excellence as member of Integrating Gender and Nutrition within Agricultural Extension Services (INGENAES), 2018, College of ACES
- Diamond Awardee, 110th Diamond Celebration, Department of Nutrition Science, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, 2016
- FASEB MARC Travel Award to attend EB Meeting 2011, Washington DC
- Included in List of Teachers at UIUC Ranked as Excellent by their Students for FSHN 595: Nutrition for Food Scientists (Role: Instructor 50%.), 2011, 2012, 2014
- Included in List of Teachers at UIUC Ranked as Excellent by their Students for FSHN 220: Principles of Nutrition (Role: Instructor 100%), 2012, 2014, 2016
- Supplement Research Practicum sponsored by NIH-ODS, 2009
- The Norma H. Compton Outstanding Doctoral Student Award, College of Consumer and Family Sciences, Purdue University, 2005
- Purdue LeaderShape Institute Alumni, 2004
- Gamma Sigma Delta, Member Chapter Purdue University, 2003
- PRONACA S.A. Fellowship, 1999
- Student Assistant Award, Escuela Agrícola Panamericana, Zamorano University, 1997
- Gamma Sigma Delta, Member Chapter Escuela Agrícola Panamericana, Zamorano University, 1997
- Dean’s Honors student, Escuela Agrícola Panamericana, Zamorano University, 1996‐1998
- Zamorano Dotal Fund Scholarship, Escuela Agrícola Panamericana, Zamorano University, 1997‐1998
EDUCATION
- Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, IL
- Ph.D., 2005, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
- B.S., 1999, Agricultural Sciences, minor in Food Technology, Escuela Agricola Panamericana – Zamorano University, Honduras