Tag agriculture
Adrian Treves
Professor of environmental studies
Open Science, coexistence between people and wildlife worldwide, especially wolves, bears and big cats. Constitutional and public trust protections for the environment.
Dominique Brossard
Professor and Chair, Department of Life Sciences Communication
Expert on media, science and policy; science and social media; public understanding of science; risk communication; science and fake news
Stanley Temple
Professor emeritus, forest and wildlife ecology, environmental studies
Expert on birds, wildlife, endangered species, wildlife conservation, biodiversity, conservation biology, ecology and Aldo Leopold
Timothy Donohue
Professor, bacteriology; director, Wisconsin Energy Institute
Expert on biofuels and bio-based renewable energy technologies
Douglas Reinemann
Professor and CALS Associate Dean for Outreach and Extension
Expert on rural energy, energy sustainability (renewable and bio-energy), milking, stray voltage
Richard Lindroth
Vilas Distinguished Achievement Professor Emeritus, Dept. Entomology
Expertise in ecological effects of climate change, insect pests of deciduous forests, general ecology, science denialism and science communication.
William Tracy
Professor, plant and agroecosystem sciences
Sweet corn breeding and genetics, disease and insect resistance, quality, germination, cold tolerance, genetics of morphology and development
Paul Mitchell
Director of the Renk Agribusiness Institute; Associate professor, agricultural and applied economics
Expert on the economics of crop production and crop risk management
Randall Jackson
Professor, plant and agroecosystem sciences, Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies
Expert on community and ecosystem ecology in grasslands managed for grazing and/or prairie
Chris Kucharik
Professor, plant and agroecosystem sciences and Nelson Institute Center for Sustainability and the Global Environment
Expert on agroecosystems, agroclimatology, soil carbon sequestration, ecological modeling, water resources, climate change, and extreme weather
Phillip Pellitteri
Faculty associate, entomology
Expert in insect identification and insect and tick biology
Brent McCown
Professor emeritus, horticulture; associated faculty, Nelson Institute and Center for Integrated Agricultural Systems
Propagation, breeding, growth and production of woody perennial horticultural crops including fruits and ornamentals (shrubs and trees)
Warren Porter
Professor, zoology
Expert on climate change effects on animals, subtle biological effects of pesticides and early detection of infection
Ken Albrecht
Professor, plant and agroecosystem sciences, environmental studies
Expert on forage/pasture management and cropping systems
Paul Williams
Professor emeritus, plant pathology; director, Wisconsin Fast Plants Program and Rapid Cycling Brassica Collection
Use of special plants as teaching vehicles in school and college, and in plants for research.
Caitilyn Allen
Professor, plant pathology; science adviser to dean of International Studies
Expert on plant diseases caused by bacteria, tropical plant diseases, genetic engineering for plant disease control, women in science issues
Natalia de Leon
Professor, plant and agroecosystem sciences, Nelson Institute Center for Sustainability and the Global Environment
Expert on plant breeding and quantitative genetics
Jeri Barak
Assistant professor, plant pathology
Expert on human bacterial pathogens in association with plants, Salmonella enterica lifestyle outside a warm-blooded host
Charles Czuprynski
Professor, pathobiological sciences; director, Food Research Institute
Expert on host defense against microbial infection and on foodborne disease