Dr. Susanne U. Mertens-Talcott is a Professor at Texas A&M University. She received her B.S./M.S. in Nutrition from the University of Bonn, Germany in 1998 and her Ph.D. in Food Science and Nutrition from the University of Florida in 2004. She then conducted postdoctoral research at the University of Florida in 2006. She received the ASN Mary Swartz Rose Young Investigator Award from the American Society for Nutrition in 2009. Dr. Susanne Talcott’s research focuses on translational pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of botanical compounds and their physiological metabolites related to inflammation, cancer prevention, and intestinal health with a focus on human clinical trials.