{"id":14,"date":"2026-08-05T19:18:10","date_gmt":"2026-08-05T19:18:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reu.ches.ua.edu\/?page_id=14"},"modified":"2026-08-10T16:29:01","modified_gmt":"2026-08-10T16:29:01","slug":"principal-investigators","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/reu.ches.ua.edu\/?page_id=14","title":{"rendered":"Principal Investigators"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile is-vertically-aligned-top\" style=\"grid-template-columns:24% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/reu.ches.ua.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Kong-Headshot-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/reu.ches.ua.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Kong-Headshot-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/reu.ches.ua.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Kong-Headshot-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/reu.ches.ua.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Kong-Headshot-768x1151.jpg 768w, https:\/\/reu.ches.ua.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Kong-Headshot-1025x1536.jpg 1025w, https:\/\/reu.ches.ua.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Kong-Headshot-1366x2048.jpg 1366w, https:\/\/reu.ches.ua.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Kong-Headshot.jpg 1579w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content is-layout-flow\"><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Lingyan Kong, PhD<\/h2><p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Associate Professor, Department of Human Nutrition, Hospitality and Sport Management<\/p><p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Academic Chair, College of Human Environmental Sciences<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Research Areas: Food Science, Carbohydrate Polymers, Encapsulation of Bioactives<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Email: <a href=\"mailto:lingyan.kong@ua.edu\">lingyan.kong@ua.edu<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text has-media-on-the-right is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:auto 24%\"><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content is-layout-flow\"><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Linda Knol, PhD, RDN<\/strong><\/h2><p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Professor, Department of Human Nutrition, Hospitality and Sport Management<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Research Areas: Community Nutrition, Mindful Eating, Food Insecurity<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Email: <a href=\"mailto:lknol@ches.ua.edu\">lknol@ches.ua.edu<\/a><\/p><\/div><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"401\" height=\"556\" src=\"https:\/\/reu.ches.ua.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1702046_BH_108_Lindy_Knol-e1726867613553-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-65 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/reu.ches.ua.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1702046_BH_108_Lindy_Knol-e1726867613553-1.jpg 401w, https:\/\/reu.ches.ua.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1702046_BH_108_Lindy_Knol-e1726867613553-1-216x300.jpg 216w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 401px) 100vw, 401px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:24% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"209\" height=\"293\" src=\"https:\/\/reu.ches.ua.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/ltan-research_orig.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-66 size-full\"\/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content is-layout-flow\"><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Libo Tan, PhD<\/h2><p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Associate Professor, Department of Human Nutrition, Hospitality and Sport Management<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Research Areas: Nutritional Biochemistry, Micronutrients, Carotenoids, Neonatal Development and Metabolism<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Email: <a href=\"mailto:lingyan.kong@ua.edu\"><\/a><a href=\"mailto:ltan@ches.ua.edu\">ltan@ches.ua.edu<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text has-media-on-the-right is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:auto 24%\"><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content is-layout-flow\"><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Joy W. Douglas, PhD, RDN, CSG, LD<\/h2><p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Associate Professor, Department of Human Nutrition, Hospitality and Sport Management<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Research Areas: Clinical Nutrition, Gerontological Nutrition, Dementia Care, Brain Injury<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Email: <a href=\"mailto:lingyan.kong@ua.edu\"><\/a><a href=\"mailto:ltan@ches.ua.edu\"><\/a><a href=\"mailto:jdouglas@ches.ua.edu\">jdouglas@ches.ua.edu<\/a><\/p><\/div><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"393\" height=\"557\" src=\"https:\/\/reu.ches.ua.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1708052_MW_071_joy_douglas-e1725047919500.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-67 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/reu.ches.ua.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1708052_MW_071_joy_douglas-e1725047919500.jpg 393w, https:\/\/reu.ches.ua.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1708052_MW_071_joy_douglas-e1725047919500-212x300.jpg 212w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 393px) 100vw, 393px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lingyan Kong, PhD Associate Professor, Department of Human Nutrition, Hospitality and Sport Management Academic Chair, College of Human Environmental Sciences Research Areas: Food Science, Carbohydrate Polymers, Encapsulation of Bioactives Email: lingyan.kong@ua.edu Linda Knol, PhD, RDN Professor, Department of Human Nutrition, Hospitality and Sport Management Research Areas: Community Nutrition, Mindful Eating, Food Insecurity Email: lknol@ches.ua.edu Libo [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":7,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"hero_blocks":"","sidebar_menu":"","sidebar":false,"hero":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-14","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/reu.ches.ua.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/14","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/reu.ches.ua.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/reu.ches.ua.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reu.ches.ua.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reu.ches.ua.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=14"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/reu.ches.ua.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/14\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":145,"href":"https:\/\/reu.ches.ua.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/14\/revisions\/145"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reu.ches.ua.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/reu.ches.ua.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}