Sustainable Food Systems
This research area applies advanced and innovative approaches to solve critical and emerging issues across the food systems supply chain. Our work ranges from improved breeding technologies and metabolic engineering to precision on-farm practices and management, all aimed at producing enough food, fuel, fiber and pharmaceuticals for the world's growing population. We work from the molecular to the farm scale to ensure a safe, reliable, and sustainable supply of food, raw materials, and value-added products while minimizing harmful impacts on society and environment.
Areas of interest
- Byproduct Use and Management
- Biosensors
- Cyberbiosecurity
- Food Safety Engineering
- Plant Synthetic Biology
- Bioenergy
- Metabolic Engineering
- Irrigation and Water Management
- Climate Change
- Impacts and Adaptation Nonpoint Source Pollution
- Food Supply Chain Waste Management
- Precision Agriculture
Faculty
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Bio ItemFeras Batarseh , bio
Associate Professor: Artificial Intelligence Assurance, Intelligent Water Systems, Cyberbiosecurity, Context and Causality, AI for Agricultural Policy
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Bio ItemBrian Benham , bio
Professor and Extension Specialist: Watershed management, nonpoint source pollution assessment and control, household drinking water quality
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Bio ItemAbhilash Chandel , bio
Assistant Professor: Precision Agriculture
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Bio ItemJuhong Chen , bio
Assistant Professor: Food Safety Engineering; Biosensors and Bioinstrumentation
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Bio ItemAnna Duraj-Thatte , bio
Assistant Professor: Engineered Living Materials, Synthetic Biology, Biomaterials, Therapeutics
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Bio ItemZachary Easton , bio
H.E. and Elizabeth F. Alphin Professor of Agriculture and Life Sciences and Extension Specialist: Hydrology and water quality, best management practices, modeling
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Bio ItemHaibo Huang , bio
Associate Professor: Food Processing, Fermentation Engineering, Process Simulation, and Economic Analysis
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Bio ItemJactone Ogejo, P.E. , bio
Associate Professor and Extension Specialist: Animal manure and other organic bioresidues management and utilization; characterization and mitigation of aerial pollutants from sources in animal feeding operations
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Bio ItemJulie Shortridge , bio
Associate Professor and Extension Specialist: Water resources engineering and management; Climate change impacts and adaptation; Risk and decision analysis in water systems
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Bio ItemVenkat Sridhar, P.E. , bio
Associate Professor: River basin modeling, climate impacts on hydrology and water resources, water and energy budgets, land-atmosphere interaction
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Bio ItemZhiwu (Drew) Wang, P.E. , bio
Associate Professor: Bioenergy/bioproduct; water/wastewater treatment; nutrient removal/recovery; upscaled bioprocessing
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Bio ItemClay Wright , bio
Assistant Professor: Plant Synthetic Biology