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Jake Vander Zanden
Associate professor, zoology, Center for Limnology
Aquatic ecologist, limnologist, conservation biologist

Katherine (Kathy) Cramer
Natalie C. Holton Chair of L& S; Virginia Sapiro Professor of Political Science
Expert on public opinion, political discussion, perceptions of the economy, rural/urban divide, civic engagement, political participation

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

David Mickelson
Emeritus professor, geology and geophysics
Expert on glacial deposits and shoreline processes

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Michael Knetter
Senior advisor of investments and business development, Wisconsin Foundation and Alumni Association
Expert on macroeconomics, international finance, fiscal and monetary policy, higher education funding and philanthropy

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
John Magnuson
Professor emeritus, zoology and limnology
Aquatic ecologist and limnologist, trained in fish and fisheries ecology, taught ecology of fishes and limnology

Steve Ackerman
Professor, atmospheric and oceanic sciences; director, Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies
Expert on satellite meteorology and climatology, weather, atmospheric optics

Ken Albrecht
Professor, plant and agroecosystem sciences, environmental studies
Expert on forage/pasture management and cropping systems

Calvin DeWitt
Professor, Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies
Expert on land stewardship, purchased development rights, local government environmental policy, wetland ecology, environmental stewardship, faith-based stewardship
Wren Singer
Associate Vice Provost, Academic and Career Success
Expert on the transitions in and out of college and the undergraduate academic experience.

David Hart
Senior Scientst, UW Sea Grant Institute
Expert on geospatial technologies, coastal management, and urban and regional planning

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

John Witte
Professor, political science and public affairs
Expert on education policy, tax and budget policy, and state and local government

Jack Mitchell
Emeritus professor, journalism and mass communication
Public broadcasting, not-for-profit media, media ethics