Contact Information
(267) 519-4926
Jae Kwak
Research Associate
Education
Ph.D., Food Science; Rutgers University
Research Summary
My research focuses on: 1) identifying volatile compounds in mice and humans which constitute an individual’s “odorprint”, 2) investigating the effects of diet, stress and disease on body odors in mice and humans, and 3) investigating taste responses of mosquitoes to human sweat components.
Keywords
body odors, odorprint, volatile metabolic phenotypes, gas chromatography/mass spectrometry
Recent Publications
Kwak, J., Willse, A., Preti, G., Yamazaki, K., Beauchamp, G.K. (2010) In search of the chemical basis for MHC odourtypes. Proc Biol Sci, 277, 2417-2425.
Johnson, A.T., Khamis, S.M., Preti, G., Kwak, J., Gelperin, A. (2010) DNA-coated nanosensors for breath analysis. IEEE Sensors Journal, 10, 159-166.
Kwak, J., Opiekun, M.C., Matsumura, K., Preti, G., Yamazaki, K., Beauchamp, G.K. (2009). Major histocompatibility complex-regulated odortypes: Peptide-free urinary volatile signals. Physiology & Behavior, 96, 184-188.
Kwak, J., Willse, A., Matsumura, K., Curran Opiekun, M., Yi, W., Preti, G., Yamazaki, K., Beauchamp, G.K. (2008). Genetically-based olfactory signatures persist despite dietary variation. PLoS ONE, 3, e3591.