UVM Nutrition & Food Sciences

NFS welcomed two new Food Science faculty to the department this fall, Fatemeh Zare, PhD and Aamir Iqbal, PhD, with areas of expertise including food processing, food product development and food engineering.

To learn more about our newest scientists check out their profiles on our faculty page.

Nutrition and Food Science Faculty | The University of Vermont Our faculty are engaged in focused significant science in a wide range of key contemporary topics: From Dietetics and Nutritional Genomics, to Food Security and Food Science.

NFS is seeking to hire a Clinical Assistant/Associate Professor in Dietetics. Details on the UVM jobs site:

Clinical Assistant/Associate Professor-Dietetics Please carefully review the details of this position below. To apply for the position, please click the Apply for this Job button (or see the Special Instructions below if no button appears).

Dr. Paul Kindstedt, NFS emeritus, discusses cheese with Vox.

The real reason cheese is yellow Cheese is yellow, milk is white. What’s going on here?

Nutrition and Food Sciences is seeking a TT Assistant Professor in Food Science. For more information and to apply go to on the UVM Jobs Site.

Assistant Professor Officers of Instruction - Tenure Track

Taylor Swift’s Impact on Fans’ Body Image Attitudes Mostly Positive First study on the health effects of Taylor Swift’s celebrity finds an overall positive influence on fans’ attitudes on body image and disordered eating. Taylor Swift’s past struggles with body image, disordered eating, and body objectification have had an overall...

Nutrition and Food Sciences Faculty Member Trishnee Bhurosy Trishnee Bhurosy, Ph.D., started experimenting in the kitchen at the age of eight, paving the way for a successful career in nutrition. Born and raised in Mauritius, an island located southeast of Madagascar in the Indian Ocean, Bhurosy was inspired by nutrition research and completed her...

NFS Associate Professor Meredith Niles' study:

Study: For Rural States, Gardening Helped Prevent Hunger During COVID New research on rural New Englanders shows that gardening, hunting, fishing and other HWFP activities are important tools for maintaining food security through extreme events, such as pandemics or climate change events. University of Vermont and University of Maine researchers...

Study led by NFS Associate Professor Meredith Niles:

Study: For Rural States, Gardening Helped Prevent Hunger During COVID New research on rural New Englanders shows that gardening, hunting, fishing and other HWFP activities are important tools for maintaining food security through extreme events, such as pandemics or climate change events. University of Vermont and University of Maine researchers...

NFS is seeking a NTT Lecturer in Food, Nutrition and Society. Job posting on UVM Jobs site.

Lecturer Officers of Instruction - Non-Tenure Track

Pope Receives Prelock Award for Exceptional Online Instruction UVM Nutrition and Food Sciences Associate Professor Lizzy Pope asks her students to embody bile, triglycerides, or hydrochloric acid. Then they learn about fat digestion as part of a musical which utilizes multiple pop songs...