Faculty

Affiliated Faculty

The Agroecology Program brings together faculty affiliates from many disciplines and departments across campus. These faculty advise Agroecology students and participate in program governance. Click on the faculty names below to visit their websites.

Faculty Affiliates

wdt_ID	Name	Home Department	Interests	weblink
2	Brent Hueth	Agricultural and Applied Economics	contracting and organizations, agricultural markets, cooperatives, applied econometrics	https://uwcc.wisc.edu/staff/hueth-brent/
3	Paul Mitchell	Agricultural and Applied Economics	production economics, risk management, integrated pest management, sustainability	https://aae.wisc.edu/pdmitchell/
4	Randy Jackson	Plant and Agroecosystem Sciences	grassland ecology, landscape-level nutrient exchange, grazing, bioenergy systems	https://agronomy.wisc.edu/randy-jackson/
5	Chris Kucharik	Plant and Agroecosystem Sciences	cropping systems ecology, ecosystem modeling, climate change	https://agronomy.wisc.edu/christopher-kucharik/
7	Valentin Picasso	Plant and Agroecosystem Sciences	forage management, climate change, tropical grazing systems	https://agronomy.wisc.edu/valentin-picasso/
8	Mark Renz	Plant and Agroecosystem Sciences	invasive weed management and restoration, grazing	https://agronomy.wisc.edu/mark-renz/
9	Dave Stoltenberg	Plant and Agroecosystem Sciences	weed ecology and management, cropping systems, herbicide resistance	https://agronomy.wisc.edu/dave-stoltenberg/
10	Bill Tracy	Plant and Agroecosystem Sciences	sweet corn breeding and genetics, interaction between agriculture and society	https://agronomy.wisc.edu/bill-tracy/
11	Robert Anex	Biological Systems Engineering	bioprocess engineering, systems analysis, life-cycle assessment	https://bse.wisc.edu/staff/anex-rob/
12	Doug Reinemann	Biological Systems Engineering	bioenergy systems, renewable energy, integral thought and philosophy	https://bse.wisc.edu/staff/reinemann-douglas/
13	Anita Thompson	Biological Systems Engineering	hydrology; sediment, nutrient and pathogen transport; erosion management	https://bse.wisc.edu/staff/thompson-anita/
14	Samer Alatout	Community and Environmental Sociology	science and technology studies, territory studies, environmental policy	https://dces.wisc.edu/people/faculty/samer-alatout/
15	Michael Bell	Community and Environmental Sociology	sociology of nature, social inequality, integrated agricultural systems, agroecology	https://dces.wisc.edu/people/faculty/michael-bell/
16	Nan Enstad	Community and Environmental Sociology	history of food systems	https://history.wisc.edu/people/enstad-nan/
17	Noah Feinstein	Curriculum and Instruction	public engagement with science, sustainability education, climate change	https://ci.education.wisc.edu/ci/people/faculty/noah-feinstein
18	Michel Wattiaux	Dairy Science	international dairy sustainability, agricultural education	https://dysci.wisc.edu/michel-wattiaux/
19	Claudio Gratton	Entomology	landscape ecology, pollinators, agro-ecosystems, bioenergy	https://gratton.entomology.wisc.edu/people/claudio-gratton/
20	Christelle Guedot	Entomology	fruit crop entomology, pollinators, integrated pest management	http://labs.russell.wisc.edu/fruitcropentomology/christelle-guedot/
21	Russell Groves	Entomology	integrated pest management, vegetable production systems, applied insect ecology	https://entomology.wisc.edu/people/faculty/groves/
22	Shawn Steffan	Entomology	applied cranberry entomology, integrated pest management, ecology	http://labs.russell.wisc.edu/steffan/people-2/shawn-steffan-2/
23	Mutlu Ozdogon	Forest and Wildlife Ecology	remote sensing, hydrology, land use, land cover change	https://forestandwildlifeecology.wisc.edu/people/faculty-and-staff/mutlu-ozdogan/
24	Mark Rickenbach	Forest and Wildlife Ecology	public policy, social science, private forestry, multifunctional landscapes	https://forestandwildlifeecology.wisc.edu/people/faculty-and-staff/mark-rickenbach/
25	Adena Rissmann	Forest and Wildlife Ecology	resource policy, conservation planning and evaluation, ecosystem management	http://labs.russell.wisc.edu/rissman/dr-rissman/
26	Keisha Lindsay	Gender and Women's Studies and Political Science	feminist political theory, black feminist theory, black masculinities, and gender-based politics in the African diaspora	https://polisci.wisc.edu/staff/keisha-lindsay/
27	Holly Gibbs	Geography / Nelson Institute	tropical land use change and globalization, food security, climate change, conservation	http://www.gibbs-lab.com/holly-gibbs/
28	Claudia Calderon	Plant and Agroecosystem Sciences	agroecological sustainability and climate resilience; small-holder farms in Central America	https://horticulture.wisc.edu/directory/claudia-calderon/
29	Jed Colquhoun	Plant and Agroecosystem Sciences	applied weed ecology, vegetable production systems	https://horticulture.wisc.edu/directory/jed-colquhoun/
30	Julie Dawson	Plant and Agroecosystem Sciences	urban and regional food systems, small scale diversified farms, participatory research	https://dawson.horticulture.wisc.edu
32	Paul Zedler	Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies	ecology of shrublands, forests, and prairies; fire ecology; agricultural landscapes	http://faculty.nelson.wisc.edu/zedler/zedler.php
33	David Bart	Planning and Landscape Architecture	ecological restoration, human role in environmental change	https://dpla.wisc.edu/staff/david-bart/
35	Ken Genskow	Planning and Landscape Architecture	environmental planning and policy, watershed planning, and collaborative and participatory approaches to resource management	https://dpla.wisc.edu/staff/ken-genskow/
36	Alfonso Morales	Planning and Landscape Architecture	food systems, public marketplaces, and street vendors, and their role in economic development	https://dpla.wisc.edu/staff/alfonso-morales/
37	Ann MacGuidwin	Plant Pathology	sustainable management of nematodes in potato production	http://labs.russell.wisc.edu/macguidwinlab/people/
38	Erin Silva	Plant Pathology	organic agricultural production, including vegetables, row crops, and pastures	http://www.uworganic.wisc.edu/home/about-people/primary-investigator/
39	Francisco Arriaga	Soil Science	applied soil physics, soil and water management, soil conservation	https://soils.wisc.edu/people/faculty/arriaga/
40	Phillip Barak	Soil Science	soil chemistry and plant nutrition	https://www.soils.wisc.edu/facstaff/barak/
41	Matt Ruark	Soil Science	soil fertility and nutrient management, nutrient cycling, climate change, agroecosystems	https://soils.wisc.edu/people/faculty/ruark/
42	Steve Ventura - Retired	Soil Science	geographic information systems, urban agriculture, bioenergy, land tenure	https://soils.wisc.edu/people/faculty/ventura/
43	Thea Whitman	Soil Science	soil ecology, soil microbiology, terrestrial carbon biogeochemistry, climate change	https://whitmanlab.soils.wisc.edu
44	Jennifer Gaddis	Civil Society and Community Studies Department	food justice in urban communities and food sovereignty in Native communities	https://sohe.wisc.edu/staff/jennifer-gaddis/
45	Anna Gade	Nelson Institute	Environmental Humanities, Islamic Studies, and the academic study of religion and ethics	https://sites.google.com/a/wisc.edu/amgade/
46	Zac Freedman	Soil Science	soil biogeochemistry, ecology, and microbiology and sustainability	https://freedmanlab.soils.wisc.edu/
47	Shelby Ellison	Plant and Agroecosystem Sciences	Plant genetics and genomics, plant domestication, germplasm characterization and improvement of alternative crops with an emphasis in hemp	https://alternativecrops.wiscweb.wisc.edu/
48	Eric Booth	Plant and Agroecosystem Sciences	water quality, flooding, wetlands, ecosystem modeling, climate change	https://www.ericbooth.org/
49	Erika Marin-Spiotta	Geography	soil biogeochemistry; carbon cycling; agroecosystems; Caribbean and Latin America; land-use change	https://marinspiotta.wordpress.com/
50	Sean Schoville	Entomology	population and landscape genetics, pesticide resistance, pest evolution, rapid environmental change, conservation genetics	https://molecularecology.russell.wisc.edu/
51	Xia Zhu-Barker	Soil Science	Soils and biogeochemistry, isotopes, land management, climate change, environmental sustainability, dairy systems	https://zhubarkerlab.soils.wisc.edu/
52	Margaret Kalcic	Biological Systems Engineering	Watershed modeling, agricultural hydrology, water quality, geospatial analysis, human dimensions of watershed management	https://bse.wisc.edu/staff/kalcic-margaret/
53	Sarah Adcock	Animal & Dairy Sciences	farm animal welfare, applied animal behavior, insect farming	https://andysci.wisc.edu/directory/sarah-adcock/
54	Leslie Holland	Department of Plant Pathology	applied fruit crop pathology, fungal disease complexes, integrated disease management	https://fcpp.plantpath.wisc.edu/
55	Steven Hall	Plant and Agroecosystem Sciences	water quality, soil health, climate change mitigation, biogeochemistry	https://agwater.cals.wisc.edu
56	Edna Ely-Ledesma	Department of Planning and Landscape Architecture	city design, planning, public spaces, markets, hybrid space, incrementalism and human geography	https://dpla.wisc.edu/staff/ledesma-edna/
57	Yi Wang	Plant and Agroecosystem Sciences	sustainable vegetable production	https://uwveggies.wiscweb.wisc.edu/
58	Gregg Sanford	Soil Science	Cropping Systems, Soil Carbon, Ecological Intensification, Long-term Experiments
59	Ankur Desai	Dept of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences	land-atmosphere interactions, agricultural meteorology, climate change, eddy covariance flux towers, carbon cycle, water cycle, nature-based climate solutions	https://flux.aos.wisc.edu
60	Jingyi Huang	Soil and Environmental Sciences	remote sensing, proximal soil sensing, machine learning, soil physics, soil process modeling, soil-vegetation-atmosphere interaction	https://soilsensingmonitoring.soils.wisc.edu/
61	Michaela Hoffelmeyer	Department of Community and Environmental Sociology	gender, sexuality, and labor	https://dces.wisc.edu/directory/michaela-hoffelmeyer/
62	Kata Beilin	Department of Spanish and Portuguese	Indigenous agri-cultures in Latin America, Milpa Maya, Meliponi-cultures, environmental conflicts	https://www.beilin.space http://mayalandlisteningtothebees.com
63	Harkirat Kaur	Plant and Agroecosystem Sciences	grain and silage corn production, short corn management, biotic and abiotic corn stressors, climate change.
64	Rebecca Smith	Plant and Agroecosystem Sciences	Plant cell wall engineering, cell wall digestibility, dairy sustainability, bioenergy crops for biofuel and bioproduct production
	Name	Home Department	Interests	weblink