UROP: Potential Faculty Sponsors in CFANS
If you want to do a project in the Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (UROP), the first steps are to identify a faculty member you'd like to work with, and to develop a proposal. Most faculty welcome the opportunity to supervise and collaborate with students on these projects.
A list of CFANS professors who have sponsored past UROP student-projects or who are willing to collaborate in the future can be explored below.
Agricultural Education, Communications and Marketing
Agricultural Education, Communications and Marketing
Name | Contact | Interests |
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Laura Rice Department of Agricultural Education, Communication and Marketing | 612-625-7274 llrice@umn.edu | Teaching and learning; discipline-specific pedagogies; pedagogical content knowledge; post-secondary agricultural education; global competence; technical skill acquisition and confidence in new and beginning agricultural education teachers |
Amy Smith Department of Agricultural Education, Communication and Marketing | 612-625-6590 arsmith@umn.edu | Secondary teacher recruitment and retention in agriculture, food and natural resources (AFNR); scholarship of teaching and learning; professional development needs of agricultural education teachers; teacher preparation and induction in AFNR; youth leadership development |
Garrett Steede Department of Agricultural Education, Communication and Marketing | 612-625-6639 gsteede@umn.edu | Public opinion, media coverage, crisis communication in food, agricultural and natural resources |
Applied Economics
Applied Economics
Name | Contact | Interests |
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Metin Çakir Department of Applied Economics | 612-626-7769 mcakir@umn.edu | Agribusiness, Consumer Economics, Industrial Organization |
Elizabeth Davis Department of Applied Economics | 612-625-7028 edavis@umn.edu | Labor economics, poverty and welfare reform, rural economics |
Frances Homans Department of Applied Economics | 612-625-6220 fhomans@umn.edu | Regulation of renewable natural resources, both in commercial and recreational settings |
Jason Kerwin Department of Applied Economics | 612-625-5719 jkerwin@umn.edu | Development and growth, health economics, labor economics |
Jeffrey Stamp Department of Applied Economics | 612-624-5586 stamp013@umn.edu | Creativity, corporate entrepreneurship, pedagogy, opportunity recognition, design thinking |
Bioresources and Bioenergy
Bioresources and Bioenergy
Name | Contact | Interests |
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Abdennour Abbas Department of Bioproducts & Biosystems Engineering | 612-624-4292 aabbas@umn.edu | Biosensors and bionanotechnology for food safety, environmental control, biodiagnostics, and biodefense |
Bo Hu Department of Bioproducts & Biosystems Engineering | 612-625-4215 bhu@umn.edu | Biomaterials and drug delivery, cell immobilization and granulation |
Kevin Janni Department of Bioproducts and Biosystems Engineering | 612-625-3108 kjanni@umn.edu | Air quality, livestock systems, ventilation |
Roger Ruan Department of Bioproducts and Biosystems Engineering | 612-625-1710 ruanx001@umn.edu | Biorefining, bioprocessing, biofuel, biomaterial and value-added process development |
Ulrike Tschirner Department of Bioproducts and Biosystems Engineering | 612-624-8798 tschi007@umn.edu | Biomass conversion (pretreatment, saccharification, pulping) |
Entomology
Entomology
Name | Contact | Interests |
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Ann Fallon Department of Entomology | 612-625-3728 fallo002@umn.edu | Insect biology, genetics, toxicology, medical entomology |
Vera Krischik Department of Entomology | 612-625-7044 krisc001@umn.edu | Conservation butterflies, native bees, pesticide use, landscape management |
Environmental Sciences, Policy and Management
Environmental Sciences, Policy and Management
Name | Contact | Interests |
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Todd Arnold Department of Fisheries, Wildlife & Conservation Biology | 612-624-2220 arnol065@umn.edu | Population ecology and management of grassland and wetland-dependent wildlife |
Robert Blair Department of Fisheries, Wildlife & Conservation Biology | 612-624-2198 blairrb@umn.edu | Land use effects on bird and butterfly communities |
Joseph Bump Department of Fisheries, Wildlife & Conservation Biology | 612-624-2255 bump@umn.edu | Wildlife biology, management, and conservation. Carnivore ecology. Mammalogy. Animal-ecosystem links. |
Rui Cheng Department of Bioproducts and Biosystems Engineering | ruicheng@umn.edu | Environmental sensing, sensor development, carbon cycle science, climate modeling |
Dean Current Department of Forest Resources | 612-624-4299 curre002@umn.edu | Fair trade, sustainable natural resource management |
Mae Davenport Department of Forest Resources | 612-625-5212 mdaven@umn.edu | Sustainable land use, recreation planning, community-based ecosystem management |
Tim Griffis Department of Soil, Water and Climate | 612-625-3117 tgriffis@umn.edu | Climatology |
Gretchen Hansen Department of Fisheries, Wildlife & Conservation Biology | 612-624-4228 ghansen@umn.edu | Fisheries, food webs, lake responses to climate change, aquatic invasive species |
Mark Hove Department of Fisheries, Wildlife & Conservation Biology | 612-624-3019 hovex002@umn.edu | Freshwater mussels, upper-Midwest mussel and fish distribution |
Satoshi Ishii Department of Soil, Water & Climate | 612-624-7902 ishi0040@umn.edu | Environmental microbiology, water quality, bioremediation |
Kenneth Kozak Department of Fisheries, Wildlife & Conservation Biology | 612-624-3982 kozak016@umn.edu | Amphibians and reptiles species accumulation |
Loren Miller Department of Fisheries, Wildlife & Conservation Biology | 612-624-3019 LMM@umn.edu | Fisheries management and conservation, population genetics, conservation genetics |
Ray Newman Department of Fisheries, Wildlife & Conservation Biology | 612-625-5704 rnewman@umn.edu | Aquatic ecology, invasive species, and fisheries management |
Nick Phelps Department of Fisheries, Wildlife & Conservation Biology | 612-624-7450 phelp083@umn.edu | Fish health and aquatic invasive species |
Ingrid Schneider Department of Forest Resources | 612-624-2250 ingridss@umn.edu | Human dimensions of natural resources with focus areas in recreation and nature based tourism management, equity and inclusion, and technology acceptance |
Andrew Simons Department of Fisheries, Wildlife & Conservation Biology | 612-624-6292 asimons@umn.edu | Fish distribution and evolution |
David Smith Department of Fisheries, Wildlife & Conservation Biology | 612-624-5369 smith017@umn.edu | Biology and conservation of Asian mammals, conservation data bases, ecosystem management, and population genetic structure |
Tim Smith Department of Bioproducts and Biosystems Engineering | 612-624-6755 timsmith@umn.edu | Environmental accounting, corporate sustainability, life cycle assessment |
Peter Sorensen Department of Fisheries, Wildlife & Conservation Biology | 612-624-4997 soren003@umn.edu | Physiology and behavior of fish; olfaction, fish reproductive biology, pheromones, control of exotics, fish migration, aquatic chemical ecology |
Dawn Tanner Department of Fisheries, Wildlife & Conservation Biology | tann0042@umn.edu | Urban wildlife and remote-camera monitoring |
Brandy Toner Department of Soil, Water & Climate | 612-624-1362 toner@umn.edu | Chemical and biological processes of metals |
Robert Venette Department of Entomology | 651-649-5028 venet001@umn.edu | Invasion biology and population ecology of exotic species, statistical methods to quantify risk associated with pink bollworm on cotton |
Bruce Vondracek Department of Fisheries, Wildlife & Conservation Biology | 612-624-8748 vondr001@umn.edu | Fish community ecology and stream ecology |
Marcella Windmuller-Campione Department of Forest Resources | 612-624-3699 mwind@umn.edu | Silviculture and applied forest ecology |
Kyungsoo Yoo Department of Soil, Water & Climate | 612-624-7784 kyoo@umn.edu | Soil formation, earth worms, erosion, and the carbon cycle |
Fisheries, Wildlife, and Conservation Biology
Fisheries, Wildlife, and Conservation Biology
Name | Contact | Interests |
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Todd Arnold Department of Fisheries, Wildlife & Conservation Biology | 612-624-2220 arnol065@umn.edu | Population ecology and management of grassland and wetland-dependent wildlife |
Robert Blair Department of Fisheries, Wildlife & Conservation Biology | 612-624-2198 blairrb@umn.edu | Land use effects on bird and butterfly communities |
Joseph Bump Department of Fisheries, Wildlife & Conservation Biology | 612-624-2255 bump@umn.edu | Wildlife biology, management, and conservation. Carnivore ecology. Mammalogy. Animal-ecosystem links |
Gretchen Hansen Department of Fisheries, Wildlife & Conservation Biology | 612-624-4228 ghansen@umn.edu | Fisheries, food webs, lake responses to climate change, aquatic invasive species |
Mark Hove Department of Fisheries, Wildlife & Conservation Biology | 612-624-3019 hovex002@umn.edu | Freshwater mussels, upper-Midwest mussel and fish distribution |
Kenneth Kozak Department of Fisheries, Wildlife & Conservation Biology | 612-624-3982 kozak016@umn.edu | Amphibians and reptiles species accumulation |
Lynn Waterhouse Department of Fisheries, Wildlife & Conservation Biology | lwater@umn.edu | Marine biology. Quantitative fisheries assessment. Quantitative ecology. |
Loren Miller Department of Fisheries, Wildlife & Conservation Biology | 612-624-3019 LMM@umn.edu | Fisheries management and conservation, population genetics, conservation genetics |
Ray Newman Department of Fisheries, Wildlife & Conservation Biology | 612-625-5704 rnewman@umn.edu | Aquatic ecology, invasive species, and fisheries management |
Nick Phelps Department of Fisheries, Wildlife & Conservation Biology | 612-624-7450 phelp083@umn.edu | Fish health and aquatic invasive species |
Andrew Simons Department of Fisheries, Wildlife & Conservation Biology | 612-624-6292 asimons@umn.edu | Fish distribution and evolution |
David Smith Department of Fisheries, Wildlife & Conservation Biology | 612-624-5369 smith017@umn.edu | Biology and conservation of Asian mammals, conservation data bases, ecosystem management, and population genetic structure |
Peter Sorensen Department of Fisheries, Wildlife & Conservation Biology | 612-624-4997 soren003@umn.edu | Physiology and behavior of fish; olfaction, fish reproductive biology, pheromones, control of exotics, fish migration, aquatic chemical ecology |
Dawn Tanner Department of Fisheries, Wildlife & Conservation Biology | tann0042@umn.edu | Urban wildlife and remote-camera monitoring |
Bruce Vondracek Department of Fisheries, Wildlife & Conservation Biology | 612-624-8748 vondr001@umn.edu | Fish community ecology and stream ecology |
Food, Animal and Nutritional Sciences
Food, Animal and Nutritional Sciences
Name | Contact | Interests |
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Jayendra Amamcharla Department of Food Science and Nutrition | jayendra@umn.edu | Milk, milk products and ingredients |
George Annor Department of Food Science and Nutrition | gannor@umn.edu | Cereals and grains |
Kahina Boukherroub Department of Animal Science | 612-624-1771 kahina@umn.edu | Avian reproductive physiology |
Steven Bowden Department of Food Science and Nutrition | 612-625-4712 sbowden@umn.edu | Food safety microbiology |
Brian Crooker Department of Animal Science | 612-625-3185 crook001@umn.edu | Nutritional physiology and lactation in dairy cattle |
Fernanda Dias Department of Food Science and Nutrition | 612-624-3683 ffgdias@umn.edu | Analytical and food chemistry |
Andres Gomez Department of Animal Science | 612-624-9744 gomeza@umn.edu | Microbiome impacts on human and animal nutrition and health |
Craig Hassel Department of Food Science and Nutrition | 612-624-7288 chassel@umn.edu | Diversity in food and health epistemology, cross-cultural engagement |
Kathleen Hill Gallant Department of Food Science and Nutrition | 612-625-5285 hillkm@umn.edu | Mineral metabolism in kidney disease, medical nutrition therapy, controlled feeding, metabolic balance and kinetic studies, clinical and translational research |
B Pam Ismail Department of Food Science and Nutrition | 612-625-0147 bismailm@umn.edu | Proteins |
Anup Johny Department of Animal Science | 612-625-5277 anupjohn@umn.edu | Interventional food safety microbiology, alternatives to antibiotics, foodborne zoonotic pathogens, multidrug-resistant bacteria, antibiotic resistance mitigation, environmentally-friendly, and sustainable food production |
Kumar Mallikarjunan Department of Food Science and Nutrition | 612-624-3224 kumarpm@umn.edu | Food process engineering |
Krishona Martinson Department of Animal Science | krishona@umn.edu | Equine forage utilization, equine industry impacts and trends |
Laura Mauro Department of Animal Science | 612-624-6274 mauro002@umn.edu | Cellular biology, animal physiology |
Len Marquart Department of Food Science and Nutrition | 612-624-3255 lmarquar@umn.edu | Food quality, food service management, whole grains and health, cereal grains |
Dan O'Sullivan Department of Food Science and Nutrition | 612-624-4188 dosulliv@umn.edu | Food fermentation microbiology |
Melissa Palmer Department of Animal Science | 612-625-1814 melissap@umn.edu | Animal physiology |
Marla Reicks Department of Food Science and Nutrition | 612-624-4735 mreicks@umn.edu | Nutrition education and application of behavior change theory |
Isaac Salfer Department of Animal Science | 612-301-2945 ijsalfer@umn.edu | Ruminant nutrition - dairy |
Milena Saqui-Salces Department of Animal Science | 612-624-4277 msaquisa@umn.edu | Endocrine function of the gastrointestinal tract |
Joanne Slavin Department of Food Science & Nutrition | 612-624-7234 jslavin@umn.edu | Dietary fiber, resistant starch, phytochemicals |
Job Ubbink Department of Food Science and Nutrition | 612-625-1785 jubbink@umn.edu | High-solid food materials |
Zata Vickers Department of Food Science and Nutrition | 612-624-2257 zvickers@umn.edu | Sensory science and food acceptability |
Forest Resources
Forest Resources
Name | Contact | Interests |
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Dean Current Department of Forest Resources | 612-624-4299 curre002@umn.edu | Fair trade, sustainable natural resource management |
Mae Davenport Department of Forest Resources | 612-625-5212 mdaven@umn.edu | Sustainable land use, recreation planning, community-based ecosystem management |
Ingrid Schneider Department of Forest Resources | 612-624-2250 ingridss@umn.edu | Human dimensions of natural resources with focus areas in recreation and nature based tourism management, equity and inclusion, and technology acceptance |
Marcella Windmuller-Campione Department of Forest Resources | 612-624-3699 mwind@umn.edu | Silviculture and applied forest ecology |
Plant Sciences
Plant Sciences
Name | Contact | Interests |
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Neil Anderson Department of Horticultural Science | 612-624-6701 ander044@umn.edu | Flower breeding and genetics |
Lois Braun Department of Agronomy & Plant Genetics | 651-641-1880 brau0259@umn.edu | |
Jerry Cohen Department of Horticultural Science | 612-624-9212 cohen047@umn.edu | Plant biochemistry, cellular and molecular biology related to the regulation of plant growth and development |
Julie Grossman Department of Horticultural Science | 612-625-8597 jgross@umn.edu | Organic agriculture, soil nutrient cycling, legume cover crops, rhizobia ecology, biological nitrogen fixation |
Linda Kinkel Department of Plant Pathology | 612-625-0277 kinkel@umn.edu | Ecology of plant-associated micro-organisms, especially antibiotic-producing bacteria, in native prairie and in agricultural soils |
James Kurle Department of Plant Pathology | 612-625-3167 kurle001@umn.edu | Soybean yield, soybean cultivars |
Mary Meyer Department of Horticultural Science | 612-301-1247 meyer023@umn.edu | Plant identification and landscape usage, ornamental and native grasses, prairie restoration |
Mary Rogers Department of Horticultural Science | 612-624-8871 roge0168@umn.edu | Organic horticultural food systems, insect pest management, vegetable crop management systems, controlled environment agriculture, urban agriculture |
Deborah Samac Department of Plant Pathology | 612-625-1243 adasamac@umn.edu | Disease resistance and persistence of alfalfa stands, and to introduce new traits into alfalfa to increase utilization in new environments and for new uses |
Laura Shannon Department of Horticultural Science | lmshannon@umn.edu | Potato genomics and breeding |
Alan Smith Department of Horticultural Science | smith022@umn.edu | Genetics, biotechnology, invasive plant reproduction and management, and tissue cultures |
Brian Steffenson Department of Plant Pathology | 612-625-4735 bsteffen@umn.edu | Barley genetics, disease resistance |
Robert Stupar Department of Agronomy and Plant Genetics | 612-625-5769 stup0004@umn.edu | Genetics, genomics, breeding, trait mapping, gene discovery, and biotechnology of crop legume species, including soybean and pea |
Cindy Tong Department of Horticultural Science | 612-624-3419 c-tong@umn.edu | Molecular biology, vegetable crop production, apple storage disorders |
Eric Watkins Department of Horticultural Science | 612-624-7496 ewatkins@umn.edu | Turfgrass science |
Sustainable Systems
Sustainable Systems
Name | Contact | Interests |
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Rui Cheng Department of Bioproducts and Biosystems Engineering | ruicheng@umn.edu | Environmental sensing, sensor development, carbon cycle science, climate modeling |
Dean Current Department of Forest Resources | 612-624-4299 curre002@umn.edu | Fair trade, sustainable natural resource management |
Mae Davenport Department of Forest Resources | 612-625-5212 mdaven@umn.edu | Sustainable land use, recreation planning, community-based ecosystem management |
Tim Smith Department of Bioproducts and Biosystems Engineering | 612-624-6755 timsmith@umn.edu | Environmental accounting, corporate sustainability, life cycle assessment |