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Student Chapters

Discover the global reach of the science of food community by connecting with a student chapter. With an IFTSA Chapter, you can make connections with the local food industry, demonstrate your food science expertise to elementary school students, participate in competitions, and forge lasting friendships. Locate your chapter below and reach out now to explore opportunities for involvement.

International Student Chapters

Escuela Superior Politécnica del Litoral
President: Leslie Justine Burgos Solís
Advisor: Denisse Yuliana Yagual Ormaza

Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey Campus Querétaro
President: Carlos Antonio Torres Canto
Advisor: Rubén Zárraga Alcántar

McGill University

Middle East Technical University (Turkey)
President: Tuğba Ulucan
Advisor: Mecit Halil Öztop

Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey Campus Monterrey
President: Andrea Sofía Zermeño Frías
Advisor: Viridiana Alejandra Tejada Ortigoza

Universidad San Ignacio de Loyola – USIL

Universidad San Francisco de Quito – USFQ
President: Andrea Lissbeth Garzon Rivera
Advisor: Lucia Ramirez

University of Alberta
President: Hasna Azis
Advisor: Marleny Saldaña

University of British Columbia
President: Eloise Paniak
Advisor: Patricia Hingston

University of Guelph
President: Sebastian Reggeti-Marquez
Advisor: Loong-Tak Lim

University of Manitoba
President: Zainab Husain
Advisor: Nandika Bandara

Stellenbosch University
President: Madison Beley
Advisor: Gunnar Sigge

U.S. Student Chapters

Alabama A&M University
President: Kaleb Jackson
Advisor: Lamin Kassama

Brigham Young University
President: Sabrina Siu
Advisor: Laura Jefferies

California Polytechnic State University, Pomona (Cal Poly Pomona)
President: Alexander Gomez
Advisor: Xu Yang

California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo (Cal Poly SLO)
President: Kelly Benner
Advisor: Samir Amin

California State University, Fresno
President: Paige Mercer
Advisor: Erin Dormedy

California State University, Long Beach

California State University, Northridge

Chapman University
President: Celina Garcia
Advisor: Rosalee Hellberg

Clemson University

Cornell University
President: Matthew Livingston
Advisor: Christopher Loss

Delaware Valley University

Florida A&M University
President: Neriah Lee
Advisor: Anthony Ananga

Illinois Institute of Technology
President: Allie Marcus
Advisor: Amandeep Sandhu

Iowa State University
President: Anvay Sane
Advisor: Kathrine Gilbert

Kansas State University
President: Griffin Cummings
Advisor: Karen Blakeslee

Louisiana State University
President: Neelam Sharma
Advisor: Joan King

Michigan State University
President: Jonas Ahonen
Advisor: Jeffrey Swada

Mississippi State University
President: Zoe Molloy
Advisor: Courtney Crist

North Carolina State University
President: Kaira Sidhwa
Advisor: Paige Luck

North Dakota State University
President: Hailey Messmer
Advisor: Anuradha Vegi

Oklahoma State University

Oregon State University
President: Alexa Webb and Molly Hagen
Advisor: Cole Cerrato

Purdue University
President: Samuel Weber
Advisor: Hanyu Chen

Rutgers University
President: Christopher Wippich
Advisor: George Carman

San Jose State University
President: Alexander Tran
Advisor: Alex Feng

South Dakota State University
President: Grant McMillan
Advisor: Steven Beckman

Texas A&M University
President: Kade Gorman
Advisor: Rebecca Buckley

Texas Tech University
President: Genesis Flores
Advisor: Leslie Thompson

The Ohio State University
President: Amanda Adams
Advisor: Mary Kay Folk Pohlschneider

The Pennsylvania State University
President: Katie Rupert
Advisor: Josephine Wee

Tuskegee University
President: Cayden Bowe
Advisor: Adelia Covell-Benjamin

University of Arizona
President: Hoang Nguyen (Nguyen) Dang
Advisor: Yonarki Garcia Varela

University of Arkansas
President: Cason Frisby
Advisor: Morgan Denzer

University of California, Davis
President: Jonah Messinger
Advisor: Bwalya Lungu

University of Central Oklahoma
President: Anagha Bindu
Advisor: Kanika Bhargava

University of Connecticut

University of Delaware
President: Alexandra Falcone
Advisor: Kali-Kniel

University of Florida
President: Marisa Maas
Advisor: Herschel Johnson

University of Georgia

University of Idaho/Washington State University
President: Lauren Crisostomo
Advisor: Adam Quinn

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
President: Alysha Haverkos
Advisor: Sihui Ma

University of Kentucky
President: Audrey Wirasakti
Advisor: Rachel Schendel

University of Maine
President: Samantha Barker
Advisor: Jennifer Perry

University of Maryland
President: Kiara Andino
Advisor: Abani Pradhan

University of Massachusetts Amherst
President: Madeline Murphy
Advisor: Matthew Moore

University of Minnesota
President: Scarlet Valarezo
Advisor: George Annor

University of Missouri-Columbia
President: Sophia Sapp
Advisor: Andrew Clarke

University of Nebraska-Lincoln
President: Elijah Wald
Advisor: Byron Chaves

University of Puerto Rico Mayagüez Campus
President: Camila Lamberty
Advisor: Maria Plaza

University of Tennessee Knoxville
President: Gabby Adkins
Advisor: Vermont Dia Grants

University of Wisconsin-Madison
President: Sophia Delgado
Advisor: Rich Hartel

Utah State University
President: Taelie Kennedy
Advisor: Bob Ward

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
President: Brian Singewald
Advisor: Brian Wiersema

Wayne State University

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