SustainFood Network
Meet our Project Management Team
Michael Jacobson
Penn State University, State College, USA
Water energy food nexus; Bioenergy; sustainable forestry; forest economics, finance, policy, and taxes; agroforestry and non timber forest products; gas taxation, forest certification and incentive pr
Esther Obonyo
Penn State University, State College, USA
Water-Enery-Food Nexus for sustainable and resilient communities, climate change resilient buildings, science diplomacy, social impact through engineering entrepreneurship, low-cost sensors and AI.
Abdullah Konak
Penn State Berks, Reading, USA
Data management, project evaluation, and innovation programs.
Christopher Scott
Penn State University, State College, USA
WEF Nexus policy, water security, energy transition, and irrigation.
Annette Huber-Lee
SEI
Water-energy-food nexus, water resources planning and management scenario exploration
Nathan Weyandt
Penn State University State College, USA
SustainFood Project Coordinator; social media manager; website designer; newsletter coordinator; wildlife and fisheries management.
Laura Schmitt Olabisi
Michigan State University, East Lansing MI, USA
Participatory modeling, sustainable agriculture and food systems, and participatory research.
Bassel Daher
Texas A&M University, College Station, USA
Water-Energy-Food (WEF) Nexus Analytics and Decision Support Tools, WEF governance, Stakeholder engagement, Sustainable Development, Science-Policy Communication
Vicki Morrone
Michigan State University, USA
Organic field crop and vegetable outreach specialist at Michigan State University. Research areas; soil health, cover crops, organic matter, IPM, and participatory and co-learning.
SustainFood Network
Meet our Grassroot Facilitator Team
Ellen Kayendeke
Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda
Modelling groundwater-surface water interactions, catchment modelling, modelling the linkages between water, energy, and food systems, as well as participatory modelling
Amadou Sidibé
Katibougou, Mali
Agro-socio-economy, integrative analysis of rural development, technology studies, innovation processes and scaling, value chain and network studies, development studies, impact assessment.
Tafadzwa Mabhaudhi
International Water Management Institute and University of KwaZulu-Natal
Multi- and transdisciplinary research covering sustainable and resilient food systems, global environmental change and the water-energy-food nexus.
Krishna DEVKOTA
Laayoune, Morocco
Land-Water-Food-Energy Nexus; Sustainable Intensification; Crop-soil-water relationship; Biosaline Agriculture; Agricultural Water Management; Sustainability and resilience; Climate change adaptation.
SustainFood Network
Meet our Student Leadership Team
Annika Schlemm
Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussel, Belgium
Water-energy-food-environment nexus, water quality, aquatic biodiversity, Lake Victoria, climate change and modelling.
Thulani Ningi
Cape Peninsula University of Technology, Wellington, South Africa
Water-energy-food nexus, food security, household welfare, Social Justice, Rural development, smallholder farming, Environmental Economics and Natural resource Economics
Tinashe Magada Mwarozva
Zimbabwe Ezekiel Guti University, Zimbabwe
Water Energy Food Nexus, Agriculture and food systems, Climate smart farming systems, Sustainable crop intensification
Lisa Grab
Penn State University, University Park, USA
Forest and ecosystem management, and Agroforestry Nontimber forest products.
Ahmed Abi Abdi Warsame
Gulu University- MSc of Animal Production and Marketing-Uganda
Water energy food nexus; Sustainable Livestock Farming Practices: Animal Welfare and Sustainable Production: Market Strategies for Sustainable Animal Products: Climate Change Mitigation in Animal Agriculture: Policy and Regulatory Frameworks for Sustainable Animal Production.
Cuthbert Taguta
University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Irrigation and agricultural water management and implementation of the water-energy-food (WEF) nexus approach in Southern Africa.
Bamgboye Taiwo Temitope
University of Oulu, Finland
Water, Energy and Food Nexus, Climate Change, Integrated Urban Planning.
Johnny T Musumbu
Michigan State University, East Lansing, United States
How institutional entrepreneurs use social innovations to initiate a process of transformation towards sustainability in Biosphere Reserves by using strategic agency.
Viola Hofmann
Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa
Water-energy-food nexus,
System dynamics modelling,
Resource management scenario testing
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