Meet the CBI Team

Leadership

Renee Threlfall

Renee Threlfall

Associate Professor, Food Science; Co-Director, CBI

Scott Lafontaine

Scott Lafontaine

Assistant Professor of Food Chemistry, Co-Director, CBI

Lafontaine Lab

Staff

Rahul Sen

Rahul Sen

Analytical chemistry and instrumentation (GC-MS/MS, HPLC-MS)

Heena Rani

Heena Rani

Cereal chemistry, malt quality, and metabolomics

Christian Schubert

Christian Schubert

Beer flavor stability, brewing quality, and starch chemistry

PhD Candidates

Bernardo Pontes Guimaraes

Bernardo Pontes Guimaraes

Rice malt optimization and quality

Andrew Maust

Andrew Maust

Non-alcoholic beer quality and safety optimization

Master’s Students

Matthew Aitkens

Matthew Aitkens

Rice extract optimization

Maddie Shults

Maddie Shults

Rice format stability and beverage flavor

Chijindu (Peace) Onwuchekwa

Chijindu (Peace) Onwuchekwa

Rice-based beverage innovation and sake research

Threlfall Lab

Staff

Jordan Slayden

Jordan Slayden

Project Manager Vitis x Muscadinia

Cindi Brownmiller

Cindi Brownmiller

Laboratory Technician

Master’s Students

Amanda Fleming

Amanda Fleming

Department of Food Science

Thesis: Strategies to Improve Grape and Wine Production in Non-Traditional Grape Growing Regions

Zachary Bean

Zachary Bean

Department of Food Science

Thesis: Using Biological Fermentations to Produce Low Alcohol Wine from Native and Hybrid Vitis Grapes

Contact Us

Center for Beverage Innovation, University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture

Dr. Renee Threlfall – rthrelf@uark.edu, 479-575-4677

Dr. Scott Lafontaine – scottla@uark.edu, 479-789-3292