Tag agriculture

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, plant and agroecosystem sciences
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
Professor, plant and agroecosystem sciences; 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


Daniel Schaefer
emeritus professor in the UW–Madison Department of Animal Sciences
Expert on beef cattle production systems, meat quality and fermentation in rumenon

Andrew Milkowski
Adjunct professor, animal sciences, muscle biology laboratory
Expert on meat processing, foodborne illness, diet and health