The NOURISH Team
Our team is developing a novel solution to the nation's food security crisis. We are an interdisciplinary team of scientists and collaborators combining scientific expertise in economic sociology, business and management, nutrition science, public health, food psychology, food systems, food science, urban and regional planning, geography, and sustainability science, with technical expertise in AI, data science, AI ontologies and geospatial modeling.NOURISH Leadership

Laura Schmidt
PI, UC San Francisco
Food & Nutrition Security

Amarnath Gupta
Co-PI, UC San Diego
AI & Knowledge Management

Hans Taparia
Co-PI, NYU
Business Innovation

Paul Watson, Jr.
Co-PI, Global ARC | Poverty & Stakeholder Engagement

Matthew Lange
Co-PI, IC-FOODS | Agriculture & AI Cyberinfrastructure

Tera Fazzino
Food Psychology
Expertise in Ultraprocessed Foods

Keith Pezzoli
Regional Planning & Sustainability
Community Development

Ilya Zaslavsky
Computer Science & Geography
Expertise in Spatial Information Systems

Laurie Jacobs
Poverty & Research Methods
Expertise in Social Research

Subhasis Dasgupta
Knowledge Graphs
Expertise in Data Integration

Leslie Gerstenfeld
Program Manager

Jon Stephens
Knowledge Graphs

Safikureshi Mondal
Data Management

Johnny Lei
Geographic Information Systems

Elaine Chi
Knowledge Graphs, Query Processing

James Roake
Research Assistant

Angelina Lopez
Research and Community Engagement Facilitator

Muna Bashir
Research Assistant

Emily Steliotes
Food Systems Research

Anuj Goenka
Geographic Information Systems

Haley Kawar
Education and Partnerships Facilitator

David Padilla
UX/UI