Associate Professor of Global Nutrition, Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition
Mailing Address: 572 Newell Dr, FSHN Building, Room 208, P.O. Box 110370, Gainesville, FL 32611-0370
Email: jandrade2@ufl.edu
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
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
Publications
Awards
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