Dr. Rafael Jimenez-Flores joins the department this spring as the JT ‘Stubby’ Endowed Chair in Dairy Foods. Prior to Ohio State, Dr. Jimenez-Flores was a Professor of Dairy Science at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo. In addition to teaching and research, he will be reaching out to the dairy industry in Ohio to strengthen the connections to our dairy alumni and to members of the dairy foods industry.