NHS Faculty and Staff

Faculty
Staff
Adjunct Faculty
Courtesy Faculty
Temporary Lecturers

Ajai V. Ammachathram Program Director, Associate Professor, Food and Beverage Extension Specialist, and Global Engagement Coordinator

Tomasz Bednarski Assistant Professor

Donnia Behrends Extension Educator, SNAP-Ed and EFNEP

Weiwen Chai Associate Professor

Virginia Chaidez Associate Professor

Jean Ann Fischer Human Sciences Program Leader, Associate Extension Educator, and Nutrition Education Program Director

Lisa Franzen-Castle Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs, Professor, and Extension Nutrition Specialist

Amanda Higgins Assistant Professor of Practice in Athletic Training, Coordinator of Clinical Education

Sarah Hortman Assistant Professor of Practice

Mary Ann Johnson J.S. Tinstman Professor, Department Chair

Georgia Jones Associate Professor, Extension Food Specialist

Megan S. Kelley Assistant Professor

Vernetta Kosalka Assistant Professor of Practice

Kristin Malek Assistant Professor, Event Management Extension Specialist

Regis Moreau Associate Professor

Sathish Kumar Natarajan Assistant Professor

Dennis Perkey Associate Professor of Practice, Athletic Training Program Director

Heather Rasmussen Associate Professor, Professional Studies in Dietetics Program Director

Natalie Sehi Extension Educator

Sunil Sukumaran Assistant Professor of Molecular Genetics

Shinya Takahashi Associate Professor of Practice, Assistant Department Chair

Ivan J. Vechetti Jr. Assistant Professor of Extracellular Vesicles

Yongjun Wang Research Assistant Professor

Vanessa Wielenga Associate Extension Educator

Linda Young Professor of Practice

Jiujiu Yu Assistant Professor

Sabine Zempleni Assistant Professor of Practice

Janos Zempleni Willa Cather Professor of Molecular Nutrition and Director of the Nebraska Center for the Prevention of Obesity Diseases

Amy Brown Administrative Associate

MeLissa Butler Project Manager, Nebraska Collegiate Prevention Alliance

Antoinette Caudillo Project Manager, Nebraska Collegiate Prevention Alliance

Anthony Delaney Research Technologist II

Morgan Harris Graduate Student Coordinator

Megan Hopkins Project Director, Nebraska Collegiate Prevention Alliance

Umidjon Iskandarov Research Technologist I

Joan Kunzman Administrative Support Associate, HRTM

Melinda Nolan Office Associate

Kayla VanNess Student Services Associate

John Wang Senior Research Associate

Shuying Zhang Research Technologist II

Dr. Dimitrios Tsoukas, M.D., M.Sc.

Dimitrios Tsoukas CV

The UNL Athletic Training Program is excited to provide UNL Athletic Training Students the opportunity to experience an international, interprofessional educational experience as part of their educational journey. As an adjunct instructor for the UNL Athletic Training Program, Dr. Tsoukas will provide annual video lectures with Q and A sessions as a part of the Medical Aspects of Athletic Training Course. Along with Athletic Training Director Dr. Dennis Perkey, students who travel to Greece as part of the Greek Influence on Nutrition and Sports Medicine Study Abroad Program will have the opportunity to meet with Dr. Tsoukas and experience a live lecture as part of the study abroad curriculum.

Dr. Tsoukas is a Sports Orthopedic Surgeon from Athens, Greece and Director of the Minimally Invasive Orthopedic and Sports Medicine Surgery Clinic at the Athens Medical Center in Athens, Greece. He is an internationally published author, a regularly invited speaker at international sports medicine conferences, a member of the Board of Sports Medicine Association of Greece, and an Editorial Board Member of the Orthopedic Research and Physiotherapy Journal.

Dr. Tsoukas has also served as the doctor-in-charge for the Greek National Male and Female Volleyball teams, the Greek Boxing Federation, and the AEK Greek Professional Basketball Team. His clinical research and surgical interests include the inflammatory response post-exercise, the use of PRP injections, and stem cells in the physically active with a focus on sport injury prevention.