Monica Contestabile

…first social science editor at Nature Research. She has handled original research and review articles across the entire breadth of social sciences, and interdisciplinary articles integrating natural and social science…

Leah Valdes (Entomology)

Social Bees and Disease: Bumble Bee Sociality Affects the Distribution of Disease in Diverse Pollinator Communities Advisor: Scott McArt Bees provide essential pollination services to terrestrial ecosystems, therefore their decline…

Strategic Advisory Support and Decision Framework Development of Natural Climate Solutions

This project will help decision-makers choose Natural Climate Solutions (NCS) that can cut greenhouse gases from farms, forests, and other working lands. It will focus on practices in cool, moist…

Jesse Rodenbiker

…fish, which includes both domestic aquaculture and catch from distant water fishing (DWF) fleets. With global fisheries overfished at a rate of 85 percent of global fishing stocks, China’s role…

Raina Plowright

…public health practice and meaningful policy. Plowright’s holistic and multi-level approach is best exemplified by the Bat One Health Research Group, for which she serves as Principal Investigator. Her systematic…

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Edward Buckler

…and archaeology. His group’s research uses genomic, computational, and field approaches to dissect complex traits and accelerate breeding in maize, sorghum, cassava, and a wide range of other crops. While…

Amanda Rodewald

…conservation biology, participatory science, and social science to address conservation challenges in working landscapes within temperate and tropical regions. Prior to joining Cornell in 2013, Amanda spent 13 years as…

Advancing Integrated Biorefineries for Sustainable Food and Fuel Systems

Sustainably meeting increasing demands for food, clean water, and green energy is critical to reversing climatic damage. A team of researchers envisions a new approach: an integrated biorefinery that adapts…

Margaret O’Connell

…Themes: Reducing Climate Risks, Advancing One Health Realizing a Just Transition through Ojibwe Gikendaasowin and the Food-Energy-Water-Health Nexus There is an urgent need to decarbonize energy and transportation sectors to…