The collaboration with University of Rhode Island was established when Noer Kasanah, PhD was awarded Fulbright Visiting Scholar in 2019. Research collaboration was conducted with Prof. David Rowlwey (Department of Biomedical and Pharmaceutical science, College of Pharmacy) on marine natural products as antivibrio. Research collaboration was also initiated with Prof. Martha Gomez-Chiarri (Department of Fisheries, Animal and Veterinary Sciences) and Prof. David R. Nelson (Department of Cell and Molecular Biology) to study probiotic.