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Title
Doctoral Candidate in Nutritional Sciences
Office Location
Food Sciences Building, 65 Dudley Road, Room 305, New Brunswick, NJ 08901
Email
ech58@sebs.rutgers.edu

Emily Hanselman

Graduate Student

Emily Hanselman completed her bachelors of science in molecular biology at Grove City College. She received her masters of science in human nutrition at Columbia University and obtained her RDN through Montclair State University. Emily worked for 5 years as a registered dietitian nutritionist in both inpatient and outpatient settings and became a board certified specialist in pediatric nutrition. She returned to graduate school to pursue a Ph.D. in nutritional sciences at Rutgers University, and she is working in the laboratory of Dr. Paul Breslin where she is studying sweet taste pathways, glucose metabolism and neural signaling underlying eating behavior and reward. Emily enjoys mentoring undergraduates, especially supporting DEI in research as a mentor through the RISE program at Rutgers. She serves on the School of Graduate Studies DEI advisory committee and is the co-president of Supporting Parents and Caregivers at Rutgers, a graduate student organization that provides community and advocacy for student parents.

Publications

  • Oral Signals of Short and Long Chain Fatty Acids: Parallel Taste Pathways to Identify Microbes and Triglycerides, Hanselman EC*, Amado NJ*, Breslin PAS, 2021 Jan 19

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  • Ribonucleotides differentially modulate oral glutamate detection thresholds, Amado NJ, Hanselman EC, Harmon CP, Deng D, Alarcon SM, Sharples AA, Breslin PAS, Chemical Senses, December 2023 (in press)

  • Enhancing the Taste Metabolic Signal of Glucose Increases Licking in Rats and Liking in Humans (Abstract), Hanselman EC, Leonardo LK, Bello NT, Breslin PAS, Curr Dev Nutr, 2023 July

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  • Taste Sensitivity to a Caloric Sweetener Varies With Menstrual Cycle Hormones (Abstract), Sywanycz S, Breslin PAS, Hanselman, EC, Curr Dev Nutr, 2023 July

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  • The taste of fermentation: Propionic acid is judged more pleasant than other short chain fatty acids (Abstract), Hanselman EC, Breslin PAS. , Curr Dev Nutr. 2021 Jun; 5:585

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  • Microbiome Associations With Vitamin B12 Status in Adults (Abstract), Rittman M, Wu G, Green T, Hanselman E, Zhao L, Miller J, Lam, Y, Curr Dev Nutr. 2023 July

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Awards & Distinctions

  • 2023 Don Tucker Memorial Award, Association for Chemoreception Sciences
  • American Society for Nutrition (ASN), Mars, Inc. Predoctoral Fellowship, 2022
  • NExT Metabolism Pilot Grant Award, 2022, Rutgers University
  • Rutgers School of Graduate Studies Travel Award, 2022
  • Association for Chemoreception Sciences 2022 conference Travel Award
  • Graduate Research in Interdisciplinary Biosciences (GRIB) 2022 Third Place Poster
  • Rutgers NEFS 2021 Virtual Poster Session, top 5 finalist for graduate student posters
  • Rosen Scholarship, Rutgers University, 2020
  • Rutgers SEBS 2017 Dean’s Excellence Fellowship
  • Rutgers Kappa Omicron Nu National Honor Society for the Human Sciences

Courses

  • General Biology 115
  • General Biology 116
  • Experimental Foods
  • Orientation to Clinical Nutrition (Emily created this course.)