Tag agriculture
Adrian Treves
Professor of environmental studies
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
Peter (Pete) Nowak
Professor emeritus, Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies
Expert in the complex relations between Wisconsin agriculture and soil and water resources
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, Dept. Entomology
Expertise in ecological effects of climate change, insect pests of deciduous forests, general ecology
William Tracy
Professor and chair, agronomy
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
Associate professor, agronomy, agroecology program, Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies
Expert on community and ecosystem ecology in grasslands managed for grazing and/or prairie
Chris Kucharik
Professor, agronomy 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
Claudio Gratton
Associate professor, entomology
Expert on arthropod food web ecology at the landscape scale
Phillip Pellitteri
Faculty associate, entomology
Expert in insect identification and insect and tick biology
Brent McCown
Professor, 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, agronomy, agroecology, 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.
Carrie Laboski
Associate professor, soil science and civil and environmental engineering
Expert on economically and environmentally sustainable soil fertility/nutrient management programs for field and forage crops
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
Assistant professor, agronomy, and Nelson Institute Center for Sustainability and the Global Environment (SAGE)
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
Dörte Döpfer
Assistant professor, veterinary medicine, food animal medicine
Expert in veterinary epidemiology of infectious diseases with a focus on food safety, applied mathematical modeling and interdisciplinary communication
Nigel Cook
Clinical associate professor, head of Food Animal Production Medicine
Expert in dairy cattle lameness, dairy facility design, dairy cow well-being, mastitis and milk quality
Amy Charkowski
Associate professor, plant pathology; administrative director, Wisconsin Seed Potato Program
Expert on soft rot bacteria, seed potato production and potato pathogen detection
Joe Lauer
Professor, agronomy
Expert on corn production, transgenic crops and cropping systems in the Midwest U.S.
Bruce Jones
Professor emeritus, agricultural and applied economics
Expert on agricultural finance, farm management and agricultural capital markets
Shawn Conley
Associate professor, agronomy; soybean and wheat extension specialist
Direct research and extension program for Wisconsin growers of soybeans, small grains and seeds
Brian Gould
Professor emeritus, agricultural and applied economics
Expert on dairy marketing, dairy price risk management, applied econometrics, and the determinants of food purchase behavior
Randy Shaver
Professor, dairy science; dairy nutritionist, UW-Extension
Expert in dairy cattle nutrition, forages, grains and byproduct feeds for dairy cows
Kent Weigel
Professor and chair, dairy science
Expert on genetic selection and genomics of dairy cattle
Scott Sanford
Senior outreach specialist, biological systems engineering
Expert on energy conservation for agricultural enterprises, renewable energy, biomass energy
Michel Wattiaux
Professor, dairy science
Expert in link between nutrition and environmental impact of dairy cattle, scholarship of teaching and learning, international dairy agriculture
Richard Amasino
Professor, biochemistry; member, Genome Center of Wisconsin
Expert in plant biochemistry, bioenergy, regulation of flowering, and genetically modified organisms (GMO).
Alfonso Morales
Associate professor, urban and regional planning
Expert on public markets, entrepreneurship and business formation, urban agriculture
Steph Tai
Professor, law school
I study the interaction between scientific research and environmental law and food safety regulation.
Sheila McGuirk
Professor, medical sciences, veterinary medicine
Expert on integrating diagnostic, therapeutic and preventative strategies and tools into dairy herds to improve health, welfare and productivity
