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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

Claudio Gratton

Professor of entomology

Expert on arthropod food web ecology at the landscape scale

Michael Knetter

CEO, UW Foundation

Expert on macroeconomics, international finance, fiscal and monetary policy, higher education funding and philanthropy

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

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