{"id":154,"date":"2023-11-14T08:26:58","date_gmt":"2023-11-14T16:26:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/live-usc-dornsife.pantheonsite.io\/grayson-jaggers-phd\/?page_id=154"},"modified":"2026-04-13T09:14:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T16:14:11","slug":"homepage","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/grayson-jaggers-phd\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--rich-text \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--rich-text\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n      \n<div class=\"f--field f--wysiwyg\">\n\n    \n  <h3><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-168 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/live-usc-dornsife.pantheonsite.io\/grayson-jaggers-phd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/303\/2023\/11\/0K6A2934-214x300.jpg\" alt=\"Grayson Jaggers\" width=\"214\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/grayson-jaggers-phd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/303\/2023\/11\/0K6A2934-214x300.jpg 214w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/grayson-jaggers-phd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/303\/2023\/11\/0K6A2934-731x1024.jpg 731w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/grayson-jaggers-phd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/303\/2023\/11\/0K6A2934-768x1075.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/grayson-jaggers-phd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/303\/2023\/11\/0K6A2934-500x700.jpg 500w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/grayson-jaggers-phd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/303\/2023\/11\/0K6A2934-900x1260.jpg 900w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/grayson-jaggers-phd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/303\/2023\/11\/0K6A2934.jpg 975w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 214px) 100vw, 214px\" \/><\/h3>\n<p>I have been a member of the Department of Biological Science&#8217;s teaching faculty since 2014. Since that time, I have created an upper-division elective course called Nutritional Biochemistry (BISC 438) and a GE course called the Biology of Food (BISC 115). I am also a laboratory instructor for Molecular Biology (BISC 320) and one of the instructors of record for Biochemistry (BISC 330).<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Education<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>PhD in Nutritional Biology &#8211; University of California Davis (2014)<br \/>\nB.S. in Biological Sciences &#8211; University of California Davis (2006)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n      \n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--link-list \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--link-list\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n      <div class=\"header-container\">\n\n                  \n<div class=\"f--field f--section-title\">\n\n    \n  <h2>\n          Syllabi\n      <\/h2>\n\n\n<\/div>\n                <\/div>\n  \n      <div class=\"links-container\">\n\n                        \n        \n          \n            <div class=\"column\">\n                <ul>\n                                                                  <li>\n                                \n<div class=\"f--field f--link\">\n\n    \n    \n  \n<a \n  class=\"link\"\n  href= \/grayson-jaggers-phd\/bisc-115\/\n  target=\"_blank\"  aria-label=\"Read more about BISC 115 - 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