The Diversified Agroecosystems Research Cluster uses ecological and systems analysis perspectives for integrated research on sustainable food systems that can feed the world while cooling the planet, protecting biodiversity, and promoting food sovereignty. Our network brings together leading researchers worldwide to create novel, next-generation, grassroots generated and open-data food systems assessment strategies from citizen science to remote sensing.
| Name | Role | Research Interests |
|---|---|---|
| Carrillo, Juli | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | Plant-insect interactions; Agroecology; Invasive species; evolution; Ecology; community ecology; Environmental Change; Plant evolution; Population Ecology; Agroecology, Community Ecology, Ecology, Environmental Change, Evolution, Invasive species, Plant Evolution, Plant-insect interactions, Population Ecology |
| Castellarin, Simone | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | Crop physiology; Fruit ripening; Secondary metabolism; Environmental stresses; Viticulture; Crop physiology, Fruit ripening, Secondary metabolism, Environmental stresses, Viticulture |
| Chan, Kai | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | Human Ecology; Ecology and Quality of the Environment; Social and Cultural Factors of Environmental Protection; Applied Ethics; Values and Lifestyles; Sustainable Development; conservation finance; Conservation science; cultural ecosystem services; Ecosystem services; environmental assessment; environmental values; incentive programs; payments for ecosystem services; resilience; social-ecological systems; sustainability science; Human Ecology, Ecology and Quality of the Environment, Social and Cultural Factors of Environmental Protection, Applied Ethics, Values and Lifestyles, Sustainable Development, Conservation finance, Conservation science, Cultural ecosystem services, Ecosystem services, Environmental assessment, Environmental values, Incentive programs, Payments for ecosystem services, Resilience, Social-ecological systems, Sustainability science |
| Foster, Leonard | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | Agriculture; antigen presentation; Bioinformatics; Biological and Biochemical Mechanisms; Biotechnology; Cell Signaling and Infectious and Immune Diseases; Honey bees; host-pathogen interactions; Immune System; Microbiology; Proteomics; Systems Biology; Agriculture, Antigen presentation, Bioinformatics, Biological and Biochemical Mechanisms, Biotechnology, Cell Signaling and Infectious and Immune Diseases, Honey bees, Host-pathogen interactions, Immune System, Microbiology, Proteomics, Systems biology |
| Johnson, James | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | diabetes, hormones, cell biology, signal transduction, apoptosis or programmed cell death, heart failure, heart disease, calcium signalling, pancreatic cancer, obesity, longevity, imaging, Causes of type 1 and type 2 diabetes at a molecular level discovery of genes and associated gene networks linked to diabetes risk and by known risk factors that predispose individuals to diabetes |
| Johnson, Mark | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | Agriculture; Biogeochemistry; Carbon cycle; Climate Changes and Impacts; data science; Ecohydrology; Ecology and Quality of the Environment; Fresh Water; Ground Water and Water Tables; Hydrological Cycle and Reservoirs; Land and Soil; land use; Running Water Hydrosystem; Water and Sustainability; Agriculture, Biogeochemistry, Carbon cycle, Climate Changes and Impacts, Data Science, Ecohydrology, Ecology and Quality of the Environment, Fresh Water, Ground Water and Water Tables, Hydrological Cycle and Reservoirs, Land and Soil, Land use, Running Water Hydrosystem, Water and Sustainability |
| Jovel Ayala, Eduardo | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | Ethnobotany, mycology, natural product chemistry and Aboriginal health |
| Kremen, Claire | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | agroecological farming systems; Reconciliation of agricultural land use with biodiversity conservation; sustainable landscapes; Agroecological farming systems, Reconciliation of agricultural land use with biodiversity conservation, Sustainable landscapes |
| Krzic, Maja | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | Soil health; Soil management; Soil science education; Soil health, Soil management, Soil science education |
| Madden, John | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | artificial muscle; electrochemical devices; electronic skin; Functional and Intelligent Materials; medical devices; smart materials; supercapacitors; wearables; Artificial muscle, Electrochemical devices, Electronic skin, Functional and Intelligent Materials, Medical devices, Smart materials, Supercapacitors, Wearables |
| Ramankutty, Navin | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | Agriculture; Climate Changes and Impacts; Climate impacts; Environment and Society; Global food security; Land use change; Sustainable agriculture; Agriculture, Climate Changes and Impacts, Climate impacts, Environment and Society, Global food security, Land use change, Sustainable agriculture |
| Renwick, Kerry | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | Critical Pedagogy; Educational Policy; Familial Contexts; Health Education; Home Economics; Human and Social Ecology; Public health; teacher education; Critical Pedagogy, Educational Policy, Familial Contexts, Health Education, Home Economics, Human and Social Ecology, Public Health, Teacher Education |
| Rieseberg, Loren | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | adaptation; crops; invasive plants; plant evolutionary biology; speciation; weeds; Adaptation, Crops, Invasive plants, Plant evolutionary biology, Speciation, Weeds |
| Riseman, Andrew | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | plant breeding; plant genetics; horticulture; roots; stress physiology, Plant breeding, intercrop interactions, nutrient use efficiency, root physiology, biotic/abtioic stressor |
| Smukler, Sean | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | Agricultural ecology; Soil health; Climate change adaptation and mitigation; Ecosystem services; Agricultural ecology, Soil health, Climate change adaptation and mitigation, Ecosystem services |
| Spiegel, Jerry | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | Global health, International health, environmental health, Cuba, Latin America, Effects of globalization on health, ecosystem approaches to human health, understanding and addressing influences of physical and social environments on health, global health and human security, the economic evaluation of interventions, and health and equity in Latin America |
| Vanwynsberghe, Robert | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | Citizenship and democracy, Social justice, Sustainability; Sustainability; Environmental Education; Theory and Method |
| Wang Kazun, Siyun | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | Agri-food Transformation Products; Microbiology; Bioactive Molecules; Food microbiology; Food safety; Agri-food Transformation Products, Microbiology, Bioactive Molecules, Food Microbiology, Food Safety |
| Wittman, Hannah | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | food sovereignty; Sustainable agriculture; socio-ecological systems; Agroecology; food sovereignty, sustainable agriculture, socio-ecological systems, agroecology |