Yamunadevi Puraikalan

Associate Professor
Borra College of Health Sciences
Nutrition Sciences

Yamunadevi Puraikalan is an Associate Professor in the department of Nutrition Science. She is particularly interested in developing a healthy food product that utilizes value-based products and reduces food waste. In her opinion, supplementing the community with these food products can reduce the risk of metabolic diseases. Her passions include developing healthy products that can be highly beneficial to society. Due to the fact that children are the future of the nation, she intends to target them specifically as a target population. She has 14 years of teaching experience and three years of clinical experience. Before coming to Dominican University, she taught Master's level courses at a university in India and mentored more than 17 dissertations. Her teaching experience in the nutrition major ranges from 100 to 400 level courses.

Education
Ph.D. in Foods and Nutrition, Vellalar College for Women, Bharathiar University, India, 2015
Master of Philosophy in Foods and Nutrition, Women’s Christian College, India, 2009
Master of Science in Foods and Nutrition, Ethiraj College for Women, India, 2008
Bachelor of Science in Nutrition Food Service Management and Dietetics, Ethiraj College for Women, India, 2006
Research Interests

Food product development, Clinical Nutrition, and Community Nutrition

Certificates and Licensures
Registered Dietitian Nutritionist (RDN), Commission on Dietetic Registration, 2017
Certificate of completion- Online Teaching Essentials 1: Getting Started, 2023
Certificate of completion- Low carbohydrate eating patterns for health: Friend or Foe?, 2023
Certificate of completion- Understanding food waste: Opportunities for impact, 2022
Certificate of completion- Use of Prebiotics and Probiotics in infants, 2021
Selected Publications

Puraikalan, Y. & Laton, A, (2023). Nutritional value of red-fleshed and skinned pitaya (Hylocereus polyrhizus) species. International Journal of Home Science, 9(3), 271-275. ISSN: 2395-7476. Retrieved from Nutritional value of red-fleshed and skinned pitaya (Hylocereus polyrhizus) species | International Journal of Home Science (homesciencejournal.com). 

Puraikalan, Y. & Scott, M. (2023). Sunflower Seeds (Helianthus Annuus) and Health Benefits: A Review. Recent Progress in Nutrition, 3(3), 1-5. 010. doi:10.21926/rpn.2303010. Retrieved from [PDF] Sunflower Seeds (Helianthus Annuus) and Health Benefits: A Review | Semantic Scholar.  

Puraikalan Y. (2018). Characterization of Proximate, Phytochemical and Antioxidant Analysis of Banana (Musa Sapientum) peels/skins and Objective evaluation of ready to eat/cook product made with banana peels. Current Research in Nutrition and Food Science, 6(2). ISSN: 2347-467X, Online ISSN: 2322–0007. Retrieved from https://dx.doi.org/10.12944/CRNFSJ.6.2.13. 

Puraikalan Y. (2018). Obesity: Perceptions of body image and obesity among cross culture: A Review. Obesity Research Open Journal, 5(1), 1-4. e1-e2. ISSN: 2377-8385. doi: 10.17140/OROJ-5-133. Retrieved from Perceptions-of-Body-Image-and-Obesity-among-Cross-Culture-A-Review-OROJ-5-133.pdf (openventio.org). 

Puraikalan, Y. & Natarajan, S. (2016). Proximate analysis and Objective evaluation of recipe made with sunflower meal. International Journal of Science and Research (IJSR), 5(11), 609-612. ISSN (Online): 2319-7064, Impact Factor (2015): 6.391, Index Copernicus Value 2013: 6.14. Retrieved from Proximate Analysis and Objective Evaluation of Recipe Made with Sunflower Meal (ijsr.net). 

Selected Presentations
Cassandra Hansen and Yamunadevi Puraikalan, Nutrition Education and Awareness of Nutrition Labels Across Cultures: Synchronous, Asynchronous, and In-Person. SI Expo, Dominican University, 2023
Mahnoor Saghir and Yamunadevi Puraikalan, Dietary Trends and Lifestyle Changes During COVID-19, URSCI Expo and Global Learning Symposium, Dominican University, 2022
Geneva Capp and Yamunadevi Puraikalan, Development and Objective Evaluation of Functional Muffin using Broccoli Stalk Flour, URSCI Expo and Global Learning Symposium, Dominican University, 2021
Lucille Benoit and Yamunadevi Puraikalan, Applications of Whey in Orange Juice Based Beverages, URSCI Expo and Global Learning Symposium, Dominican University, 2019
Morganne Schmidt and Yamunadevi Puraikalan, Development and Objective evaluation of Buckwheat incorporated Sugar Cookies, URSCI Expo and Global Learning Symposium, Dominican University, 2018
Selected Conferences
Chicago Section IFT Annual Supplier’s Night, 2016-2023
Food and Nutrition Conference & Expo, Virtual, 2022
Food & Nutrition Conference & Expo, 2017
International Conference on Quality Enhancement in Higher Education beyond Cognition, Tamilnadu Open University, India, 2013
National Symposium on Food and Nutrition Security, Women’s Christian College, India, 2009
National Conference organized by NSI & ISPEN, Chennai, 2008
Awards and Grants
Awarded Dominican University Summer Stipend, 2017
Junior Research Fellowships, University Grants Commission, India, 2011
Awarded Dr. Jubilee S. Prathap Kumar Prize for securing the highest mark in dissertation in Master of Philosophy, 2009
Awarded Dorothy Pearson Endowment Prize for securing the highest scores in the final total for course work in Master of Philosophy, 2009

 

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