Advanced Nutrition: Macronutrients, Micronutrients, and Metabolism

About Carolyn D. BerdanierLynnette A. Berdanier

Carolyn D. Berdanier PhD is a Professor Emerita of Nutrition at the University of Georgia inAthens GA. She earned her BS degree from the Pennsylvania State University University Park PAand MS and PhD degrees from Rutgers University Piscataway NJ. After a postdoctoral fellowshipyear with Dr. Paul Griminger at Rutgers she served as a research nutritionist at the USDA HumanNutrition Institute in Beltsville MD. At the same time she also served as an assistant professor ofnutrition at the University of Maryland. Following these appointments she moved to the Universityof Nebraska College of Medicine and then in 1977 moved to the University of Georgia where sheserved as the department head Foods and Nutrition for 11 years. She stepped down from this positionto resume full- time research and teaching with a special interest in diabetes. Her research hasbeen funded by a variety of funding agencies.Dr. Berdanier has authored more than 120 research articles contributed 40 chapters tomultiauthored books prepared 45 invited reviews for scientifi c journals and has edited/ coauthoredor sole authored 19 books. She has served on the editorial boards of the FASEB Journal theJournal of Nutrition Biochemistry Archives Nutrition Research and the International Journalof Diabetes Research . She also serves as an ad hoc reviewer for articles in her specialty for awide variety of scientifi c journals.Lynnette A. Berdanier is a lecturer in the Department of Biology at the University of North GeorgiaGainesville campus Gainesville GA. She teaches biology as well as anatomy and physiology andmedical microbiology. She earned her BS degree from the University of Nebraska Kearney NE andher MS degree in physiology from the University of Georgia Athens GA. She served as a lecturer atAthens Technical College and at North Georgia College in Dahlonega prior to moving to her currentposition at the University of North Georgia in Gainesville GA. She has authored several researcharticles and two books.