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Marlene Schwartz, Ph.D.

Director, Rudd Center for Food Policy and Health (Principal Investigator); Professor, Department of Human Development and Family SciencesUniversity of Connecticut

Dr. Schwartz specializes in school wellness and nutrition programs, and food insecurity.

Natalie Munro, Ph.D.

Professor of AnthropologyUniversity of Connecticut

Professor Munro focuses on the origin of feasting and animal domestication, and the transition from foraging to farming in human evolution

Charles Yarish, Ph.D.

Professor Emeritus, Department of Ecology & Evolutionary BiologyUniversity of Connecticut

Dr. Yarish is an expert in marine macroalgae, coastal management, and commercial uses for seaweed for food, nutraceuticals, and biofuels.

Sarah DeYoung

Associate Professor, Sociology & Criminal JusticeUniversity of Delaware

Prof. DeYoung's expertise is in maternal and child health in crisis and disaster settings, with a focus on infant feeding in emergencies.

Pamela Ruegg

David J. Ellis Chair in Antimicrobial ResistanceMichigan State University

Pamela Ruegg's research helps dairy farmers maintain healthy cattle and use antimicrobials economically and responsibly.

Amir AghaKouchak

Professor of Civil & Environmental EngineeringUC Irvine

Amir AghaKouchak studies how climate change and variability influence extreme events (flood/drought/heatwaves) and compound hazards.

Isaac Larsen

Associate Professor of Earth, Geographic, and Climate SciencesUniversity of Massachusetts Amherst

Geoscientist Isaac Larsen has made groundbreaking discoveries about the rate, extent and causes of soil erosion in the American Midwest.

Clem Clay

Director of Extension Agriculture ProgramUniversity of Massachusetts Amherst

Clem Clay oversees professionals serving the agriculture, forestry, fruit-growing and commercial horticulture industries in Massachusetts.

Edda L. Fields-Black

Associate ProfessorCarnegie Mellon University

Dr. Fields-Black is a specialist in the trans-national of West African farmers and enslaved laborers on rice plantations.

Giacomo Negro

Asa Griggs Candler Professor of Organization & Management and Professor of Sociology (by courtesy); Associate Dean for Culture & CommunityEmory University, Goizueta Business School