The Center provides an organization where some of the nation's leading dairy research scientists can interact and apply their varied expertise in basic and applied fields toward dairy research in microbiology/cultures, biochemistry/enzymes, chemistry/preservatives/flavor, and engineering/processing.

Jonathan C. Allen, NCSU, Nutritional Biochemistry, Milk Proteins

Christopher R. Daubert, NCSU, Rheology

MaryAnne Drake, NCSU, Dairy Processing, Sensory, Microbiology

E. Allen Foegeding, NCSU, Protein Functionality, Rheology

Todd Klaenhammer, SDFRC Director, NCSU, Microbial Genetics, Lactic Acid Bacteria

Rama Nannapaneni, Mississippi State University