Robert Pellegrino

Assistant Professor at Texas A&M University

Research Expertise

Olfactory
Texture
Behavioral Psychology
Sensory Science
Food Science

Publications

COVID-19, smell and taste – how is COVID-19 different from other respiratory diseases?
Unknown Venue
2020
COVID-19 and the Chemical Senses: Supporting Players Take Center Stage
Neuron
2020
The best COVID-19 predictor is recent smell loss: a cross-sectional study
Unknown Venue
Habituation and adaptation to odors in humans
Physiology & Behavior
2017
Correction to International consensus statement on allergy and rhinology: Olfaction
International Forum of Allergy & Rhinology
2023
A follow-up on quantitative and qualitative olfactory dysfunction and other symptoms in patients recovering from COVID-19 smell loss
Rhinology journal
2022
Coronaviruses and the Chemical Senses: Past, Present, and Future
Chemical Senses
2020
Prevalence and correlates of parosmia and phantosmia among smell disorders
Chemical Senses
2021
Effectiveness of olfactory training on different severities of posttraumatic loss of smell
The Laryngoscope
2019
Time frequency analysis of olfactory induced EEG-power change
PLOS ONE
2017
Aversive textures and their role in food rejection
Journal of Texture Studies
2020
Global study of variability in olfactory sensitivity.
Behavioral Neuroscience
2020
SCENTinel 1.0 : Development of a Rapid Test to Screen for Smell Loss
Chemical Senses
2021
Dietary customs and food availability shape the preferences for basic tastes: A cross-cultural study among Polish, Tsimane' and Hadza societies
Appetite
2017
Olfactory function in patients with hyposmia compared to healthy subjects - An fMRI study
Rhinology journal
2016
Investigation of chemosensitivity during and after an acute cold
International Forum of Allergy & Rhinology
2016
Emerging Pattern of Post-COVID-19 Parosmia and Its Effect on Food Perception
Foods
2022
A review of motivational models for improving hand hygiene among an increasingly diverse food service workforce
Food Control
2015
Using Olfaction and Unpleasant Reminders to Reduce the Intention-behavior Gap in Hand Washing
Scientific Reports
2016
Hand washing and disgust response to handling different food stimuli between two different cultures
Food Research International
2015
The contribution of texture contrasts and combinations to food acceptance across cultures
Journal of Texture Studies
2019
Factors Associated with Relevant Olfactory Recovery After Olfactory Training: A retrospective study including 601 participants
Laryngo-Rhino-Otologie
2021
Bimodal odor processing with a trigeminal component at sub- and suprathreshold levels
Neuroscience
2017
Effects of background sound on consumers’ sensory discriminatory ability among foods
Food Quality and Preference
2015
Chemical complexity of odors increases reliability of olfactory threshold testing
Scientific Reports
2017
Post-traumatic olfactory loss and brain response beyond olfactory cortex
Scientific Reports
2021
Increasing incidence of parosmia and phantosmia in patients recovering from COVID-19 smell loss
Unknown Venue
2021
Continuous positive air pressure improves orthonasal olfactory function of patients with obstructive sleep apnea
Sleep Medicine
2017
Proof-of-concept: SCENTinel 1.1 rapidly discriminates COVID-19-related olfactory disorders
Chemical Senses
2023
Electro-Olfactograms in Humans in Response to Ortho- and Retronasal Chemosensory Stimulation
Chemosensory Perception
2016
Duality of Smell: Route-Dependent Effects on Olfactory Perception and Language
Chemical Senses
2021
Sensitivity to viscosity changes and subsequent estimates of satiety across different senses
Appetite
2019
Pyrfume: A window to the world’s olfactory data
Scientific Data
2024
Olfactory Performance Can Be Influenced by the Presentation Order, Background Noise, and Positive Concurrent Feedback
Chemical Senses
2016
Functional Connectivity of the Chemosenses: A Review
Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience
2022
Chemosensory function before and after multimodal treatment in chronic rhinosinusitis patients
The Laryngoscope
2017
Assortative mate preferences for height across short-term and long-term relationship contexts in a cross-cultural sample
Frontiers in Psychology
2022
Cultural determinants of food attitudes in anosmic patients
Appetite
2020
Validation study of a novel approach for assessment of retronasal olfactory function with combination of odor thresholds and identification
European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology
2021
Storage Time and Temperature on the Sensory Properties Broccoli
Foods
2019
Future Directions for Chemosensory Connectomes: Best Practices and Specific Challenges
Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience
2022
Pyrfume: A Window to the World’s Olfactory Data
Unknown Venue
2022
Improvements and Degradation to Spatial Tactile Acuity Among Blind and Deaf Individuals
Neuroscience
2020
Chemical, Electrical and Tactile Sensitivity Changes After Middle Ear Surgery
Annals of Otology, Rhinology & Laryngology
2020
Assessing Smart Glasses-based Foodservice Training: An Embodied Learning Theory Approach
Canadian Journal of Learning and Technology / La revue canadienne de l’apprentissage et de la technologie
2019
The effect of odor and color on chemical cooling
Food Quality and Preference
2019
Retronasal Habituation: Characterization and Impact on Flavor Perception Using Time-Intensity
Chemosensory Perception
2018
Mapping sweetness preference across the lifespan for culturally different societies
Journal of Environmental Psychology
2018
Olfactory training: perspective from people who were disturbed by their smell problems
European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology
2024
Demystifying wine expertise through the lens of imagination: Descriptions and imagery vividness across sensory modalities
Food Research International
2024
Discrimination of Complex Odor Mixtures: A Study Using Wine Aroma Models
Chemical Senses
2020
Electrophysiological investigation of associative and non‐associative memory odours
Flavour and Fragrance Journal
2019
Temporal Encoding During Unimodal and Bimodal Odor Processing in the Human Brain
Chemosensory Perception
2018
Automating chemosensory creativity assessment with large language models
Food Quality and Preference
2025
The Effect of Olfactory Disorder (and Other Chemosensory Disorders) on Perception, Acceptance, and Consumption of Food
Smell, Taste, Eat: The Role of the Chemical Senses in Eating Behaviour
2024
Subjective touch sensitivity leads to behavioral shifts in oral food texture sensitivity and awareness
Scientific Reports
2021
Decision letter for "Self‐reported taste and smell impairment among patients diagnosed with COVID‐19 in Brazil"
Unknown Venue
2021
High-Fidelity Tuning of Olfactory Mixture Distances in the Perceptual Space of Smell Through a Community Effort
Unknown Venue
2025
Consequences of gaining olfactory function after lifelong anosmia
Neurocase
2021
A quantitative framework for predicting odor intensity across molecule and mixtures
Unknown Venue
2025
The influence of condiment availability on cuisine selection
British Food Journal
2017
Assessing the Need for Non-Parametric Sample Size Calculations on Affective Sensory Judgments
Unknown Venue
2023
Beyond olfactory cortex – severity of post-traumatic olfactory loss is associated with response to odors in frontal-parietal-insular networks
Unknown Venue
2020
Physicochemical analysis of wheat flour fortified with vitamin A and three types of iron source and sensory analysis of bread using these flours
Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture
2013
The Role of the Flavor Supplier
Food Product Development
1991
Rediscovering Flavor
Unknown Venue
2026
Appetite
Rediscovering Flavor
2026
Smell Training
Rediscovering Flavor
2026
Experience of Food
Rediscovering Flavor
2026
Introduction to the Flavor System
Rediscovering Flavor
2026
Cooking and Compensation Strategies
Rediscovering Flavor
2026
How Smell Works
Rediscovering Flavor
2026
General Introduction to the Recipes
Rediscovering Flavor
2026
Smell Loss and Primer on Olfactory System
Rediscovering Flavor
2026
Clinical Evaluation and Treatment
Rediscovering Flavor
2026
Smell’s Prominent Role in Flavor Creation
Rediscovering Flavor
2026
The Recipes
Rediscovering Flavor
2026
Odor Sampling Bags Enable Reliable Delivery of Controlled Odor Concentrations
Unknown Venue
2026
Odors Smell Like Their Components: A Linear Framework for Predicting Olfactory Mixture Perception
Unknown Venue
2026
Response to Doty 2025, predicting odor from structure is useful
Chemical Senses
2026
Odor sampling bags enable reliable delivery of controlled odor concentrations
Chemical Senses
2026
Mice and humans evaluate odor stimulus strength using common psychophysical principles
Unknown Venue
2025
O SENTIDO DO CUIDADO DIANTE DO FENÔMENO DA MORTE EM IDOSOS A PARTIR DE UMA HERMENÊUTICA EM HEIDEGGER
Unknown Venue
2020
It takes two: intranasal trigeminal chemosensation and its role in odor processing
Chemical Senses
2025
Odor-intensity Coding in the Anterior Piriform Cortex
Chemical Senses
2005
Monorhinal and birhinal odor processing in humans: an fMRI investigation
Chemical Senses
2024

Education

University of Tennessee, Knoxville

Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Food Science and Technology / December, 2020

Technische Universität Dresden

Doctorate of Science, Otorhinolaryngology / December, 2017

University of Arkansas

Master of Science - MS, Food Science and Technology / December, 2015

Monell Chemical Senses Center

Postgraduate Degree, Neuroscience / January, 2026

Experience

Texas A&M University

Assistant Professor

Monell Chemical Senses Center

Postdoctoral Research Fellow / October, 2020January, 2026

Affiliated Scientist / February, 2026Present

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