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
| Name | wdt_ID | Home Department | Interests | weblink |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Mitchell | 3 | Agricultural and Applied Economics | production economics, risk management, integrated pest management, sustainability | https://aae.wisc.edu/pdmitchell/ |
| Randy Jackson | 4 | Plant and Agroecosystem Sciences | grassland ecology, landscape-level nutrient exchange, grazing, bioenergy systems | https://agronomy.wisc.edu/randy-jackson/ |
| Chris Kucharik | 5 | Plant and Agroecosystem Sciences | cropping systems ecology, ecosystem modeling, climate change | https://agronomy.wisc.edu/christopher-kucharik/ |
| Mark Renz | 8 | Plant and Agroecosystem Sciences | invasive weed management and restoration, grazing | https://agronomy.wisc.edu/mark-renz/ |
| Bill Tracy | 10 | Plant and Agroecosystem Sciences | sweet corn breeding and genetics, interaction between agriculture and society | https://agronomy.wisc.edu/bill-tracy/ |
| Robert Anex | 11 | Biological Systems Engineering | bioprocess engineering, systems analysis, life-cycle assessment | https://bse.wisc.edu/staff/anex-rob/ |
| Doug Reinemann | 12 | Biological Systems Engineering | bioenergy systems, renewable energy, integral thought and philosophy | https://bse.wisc.edu/staff/reinemann-douglas/ |
| Anita Thompson | 13 | Biological Systems Engineering | hydrology; sediment, nutrient and pathogen transport; erosion management | https://bse.wisc.edu/staff/thompson-anita/ |
| Samer Alatout | 14 | Community and Environmental Sociology | science and technology studies, territory studies, environmental policy | https://dces.wisc.edu/people/faculty/samer-alatout/ |
| Michael Bell | 15 | Community and Environmental Sociology | sociology of nature, social inequality, integrated agricultural systems, agroecology | https://dces.wisc.edu/people/faculty/michael-bell/ |
| Nan Enstad | 16 | Community and Environmental Sociology | history of food systems | https://history.wisc.edu/people/enstad-nan/ |
| Noah Feinstein | 17 | Curriculum and Instruction | public engagement with science, sustainability education, climate change | https://ci.education.wisc.edu/ci/people/faculty/noah-feinstein |
| Claudio Gratton | 19 | Entomology | landscape ecology, pollinators, agro-ecosystems, bioenergy | https://gratton.entomology.wisc.edu/people/claudio-gratton/ |
| Christelle Guedot | 20 | Entomology | fruit crop entomology, pollinators, integrated pest management | http://labs.russell.wisc.edu/fruitcropentomology/christelle-guedot/ |
| Russell Groves | 21 | Entomology | integrated pest management, vegetable production systems, applied insect ecology | https://entomology.wisc.edu/people/faculty/groves/ |
| Shawn Steffan | 22 | Entomology | applied cranberry entomology, integrated pest management, ecology | http://labs.russell.wisc.edu/steffan/people-2/shawn-steffan-2/ |
| Mutlu Ozdogon | 23 | Forest and Wildlife Ecology | remote sensing, hydrology, land use, land cover change | https://forestandwildlifeecology.wisc.edu/people/faculty-and-staff/mutlu-ozdogan/ |
| Mark Rickenbach | 24 | Forest and Wildlife Ecology | public policy, social science, private forestry, multifunctional landscapes | https://forestandwildlifeecology.wisc.edu/people/faculty-and-staff/mark-rickenbach/ |
| Adena Rissmann | 25 | Forest and Wildlife Ecology | resource policy, conservation planning and evaluation, ecosystem management | http://labs.russell.wisc.edu/rissman/dr-rissman/ |
| Keisha Lindsay | 26 | 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/ |
| Holly Gibbs | 27 | Geography / Nelson Institute | tropical land use change and globalization, food security, climate change, conservation | http://www.gibbs-lab.com/holly-gibbs/ |
| Claudia Calderon | 28 | Plant and Agroecosystem Sciences | agroecological sustainability and climate resilience; small-holder farms in Central America | https://horticulture.wisc.edu/directory/claudia-calderon/ |
| Jed Colquhoun | 29 | Plant and Agroecosystem Sciences | applied weed ecology, vegetable production systems | https://horticulture.wisc.edu/directory/jed-colquhoun/ |
| Julie Dawson | 30 | Plant and Agroecosystem Sciences | urban and regional food systems, small scale diversified farms, participatory research | https://dawson.horticulture.wisc.edu |
| David Bart | 33 | Planning and Landscape Architecture | ecological restoration, human role in environmental change | https://dpla.wisc.edu/staff/david-bart/ |
| Ken Genskow | 35 | 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/ |
| Alfonso Morales | 36 | Planning and Landscape Architecture | food systems, public marketplaces, and street vendors, and their role in economic development | https://dpla.wisc.edu/staff/alfonso-morales/ |
| Erin Silva | 38 | Plant Pathology | organic agricultural production, including vegetables, row crops, and pastures | http://www.uworganic.wisc.edu/home/about-people/primary-investigator/ |
| Francisco Arriaga | 39 | Soil and Environmental Sciences | applied soil physics, soil and water management, soil conservation | https://soils.wisc.edu/people/faculty/arriaga/ |
| Phillip Barak | 40 | Soil and Environmental Sciences | soil chemistry and plant nutrition | https://www.soils.wisc.edu/facstaff/barak/ |
| Matt Ruark | 41 | Soil and Environmental Sciences | soil fertility and nutrient management, nutrient cycling, climate change, agroecosystems | https://soils.wisc.edu/people/faculty/ruark/ |
| Jennifer Gaddis | 44 | Civil Society and Community Studies Department | food justice in urban communities and food sovereignty in Native communities | https://sohe.wisc.edu/staff/jennifer-gaddis/ |
| Anna Gade | 45 | Nelson Institute | Environmental Humanities, Islamic Studies, and the academic study of religion and ethics | https://sites.google.com/a/wisc.edu/amgade/ |
| Zac Freedman | 46 | Soil and Environmental Sciences | soil biogeochemistry, ecology, and microbiology and sustainability | https://freedmanlab.soils.wisc.edu/ |
| Shelby Ellison | 47 | 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/ |
| Eric Booth | 48 | Plant and Agroecosystem Sciences | water quality, flooding, wetlands, ecosystem modeling, climate change | https://www.ericbooth.org/ |
| Erika Marin-Spiotta | 49 | Geography | soil biogeochemistry; carbon cycling; agroecosystems; Caribbean and Latin America; land-use change | https://marinspiotta.wordpress.com/ |
| Sean Schoville | 50 | Entomology | population and landscape genetics, pesticide resistance, pest evolution, rapid environmental change, conservation genetics | https://molecularecology.russell.wisc.edu/ |
| Xia Zhu-Barker | 51 | Soil and Environmental Sciences | Soils and biogeochemistry, isotopes, land management, climate change, environmental sustainability, dairy systems | https://zhubarkerlab.soils.wisc.edu/ |
| Margaret Kalcic | 52 | Biological Systems Engineering | Watershed modeling, agricultural hydrology, water quality, geospatial analysis, human dimensions of watershed management | https://bse.wisc.edu/staff/kalcic-margaret/ |
| Sarah Adcock | 53 | Animal & Dairy Sciences | farm animal welfare, applied animal behavior, insect farming | https://andysci.wisc.edu/directory/sarah-adcock/ |
| Leslie Holland | 54 | Plant Pathology | applied fruit crop pathology, fungal disease complexes, integrated disease management | https://fcpp.plantpath.wisc.edu/ |
| Steven Hall | 55 | Plant and Agroecosystem Sciences | water quality, soil health, climate change mitigation, biogeochemistry | https://agwater.cals.wisc.edu |
| Edna Ely-Ledesma | 56 | Planning and Landscape Architecture | city design, planning, public spaces, markets, hybrid space, incrementalism and human geography | https://dpla.wisc.edu/staff/ledesma-edna/ |
| Yi Wang | 57 | Plant and Agroecosystem Sciences | sustainable vegetable production | https://uwveggies.wiscweb.wisc.edu/ |
| Gregg Sanford | 58 | Soil and Environmental Sciences | Cropping Systems, Soil Carbon, Ecological Intensification, Long-term Experiments | |
| Ankur Desai | 59 | 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 |
| Jingyi Huang | 60 | 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/ |
| Michaela Hoffelmeyer | 61 | Community and Environmental Sociology | gender, sexuality, and labor | https://dces.wisc.edu/directory/michaela-hoffelmeyer/ |
| Kata Beilin | 62 | Spanish and Portuguese | Indigenous agri-cultures in Latin America, Milpa Maya, Meliponi-cultures, environmental conflicts | https://www.beilin.space http://mayalandlisteningtothebees.com |
| Harkirat Kaur | 63 | Plant and Agroecosystem Sciences | grain and silage corn production, short corn management, biotic and abiotic corn stressors, climate change. | |
| Rebecca Smith | 64 | Plant and Agroecosystem Sciences | Plant cell wall engineering, cell wall digestibility, dairy sustainability, bioenergy crops for biofuel and bioproduct production | |
| Jeff Hadachek | 65 | Agricultural and Applied Economics | water economics, conservation practice adoption, climate change economics, agricultural markets, and economic resilience | https://aae.wisc.edu/faculty/hadachek/ |
| Sarah Castle | 66 | Forest and Wildlife Ecology | agroforestry, multifunctional landscapes, natural climate solutions, policy, monitoring and evaluation, and remote sensing | https://castlelab.cals.wisc.edu/ |
| Sarah Kezar | 67 | Plant and Agroecosystem Sciences | applied weed ecology, weed biology and climate interactions, and integrated weed management in row crop systems | https://pasdept.wisc.edu/directory/sarah-kezar/ |
| Name | Home Department | Interests | weblink |