People

As one of the largest and most innovative universities in the nation, ASU brings together faculty committed to sustainability solutions like no other university. Achieving sustainable food systems requires problem-solving teams who are infused with a diversity of expertise, eager collaboration and innovative spirit. Swette Center food system experts come from every corner of the university, including from the pool of more than 550 scientists and scholars who are dedicated to pursuing solutions, engagement, education and research for a sustainable future. Together, with public and private partners, we work on cutting edge science and policy.

Executive Director

Kathleen Merrigan
Executive Director, Swette Center for Sustainable Food Systems, Kelly and Brian Swette Professor of Sustainable Food Systems
Kathleen.Merrigan@asu.edu

Team

Mauricio Bellon
Research Professor, Swette Center for Sustainable Food Systems
mauricio.bellon.corrales@asu.edu
480-965-0767

Courtney Buzzard
Food Systems Specialist, Swette Center for Sustainable Food Systems
courtney.buzzard@asu.edu

Arianne Cease
Associate Professor, School of Sustainability, College of Global Futures
acease@asu.edu

Jane Coghlan
Food Systems Specialist, Swette Center for Sustainable Food Systems
jcoghla2@asu.edu

Sara El-Sayed
Assistant Research Professor, School of Complex Adaptive Systems, College of Global Futures
sara.elsayed@asu.edu

Estève Giraud
Assistant Research Professor, Swette Center for Sustainable Food Systems
egiraud@asu.edu

Kūʻike Kamakea-Ohelo
Research Specialist, Swette Center for Sustainable Food Systems
kuikeokalani.kamakea-ohelo@asu.edu

Priya Nayak
Visiting Researcher, Swette Center for Sustainable Food Systems
pnayak8@asu.edu

Melissa Nelson
Professor, School of Sustainability, College of Global Futures
Melissa.K.Nelson@asu.edu
480-965-9622

Suzanne Palmieri
Director of Strategic Initiatives, Swette Center for Sustainable Food Systems
Suzanne.Palmieri@asu.edu

Andrea Rissing
Assistant Professor, School of Sustainability, College of Global Futures
arissing@asu.edu

Christopher Wharton
Associate Professor of Nutrition, College of Health Solutions
christopher.wharton@asu.edu
602-496-1727

Carly Wyman
Senior Research Specialist, Swette Center for Sustainable Food Systems
crwyman@asu.edu

Student Workers

Nick Benard
Graduate Assistant, Swette Center for Sustainable Food Systems
nbenard@asu.edu

Elora Bevacqua
Student Worker, Swette Center for Sustainable Food Systems
ebevacqu@asu.edu

Asia Mercer
Student Worker, Swette Center for Sustainable Food Systems
amercer4@asu.edu

Katherine Witt
Student Worker, Swette Center for Sustainable Food Systems
kewitt3@asu.edu

Senior Fellows

Nadia El-Hage Scialabba
Senior Fellow, Swette Center for Sustainable Food Systems

Catherine Greene
Senior Fellow, Swette Center for Sustainable Food Systems

Ferd Hoefner
Senior Fellow, Swette Center for Sustainable Food Systems

Pam Marrone
Senior Fellow, Swette Center for Sustainable Food Systems

Alexander Muller
Senior Fellow, Swette Center for Sustainable Food Systems

Bob Nash
Senior Fellow, Swette Center for Sustainable Food Systems

Ricardo Salvador
Senior Fellow, Swette Center for Sustainable Food Systems

Malik Yakini
Senior Fellow, Swette Center for Sustainable Food Systems

Affiliated Faculty

Joshua Abbott
Professor, School of Sustainability, College of Global Futures
Joshua.K.Abbott@asu.edu
480-965-5528

Joni Adamson
President's Professor, Environmental Humanities, Department of English, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
joni.adamson@asu.edu
602-592-7868

Rimjhim Aggarwal
Associate Professor, School of Sustainability, College of Global Futures
Rimjhim.Aggarwal@asu.edu
480-965-6680

Marty Anderies
Professor, School of Sustainability, College of Global Futures
Marty.Anderies@asu.edu
480-965-8712

Julia Bausch
Research Analyst, Morrison Institute for Public Policy
jcbausch@asu.edu

Yuqiang Bi
Assistant Research Professor, School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment, Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering
Yuqiang.Bi@asu.edu

Karen Bradshaw
Professor of Law, Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law
kbradshaw@asu.edu
480-727-0616

Alexandra Brewis-Slade
President's Professor, School of Human Evolution and Social Change, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
alex.brewis@asu.edu
480-727-9879

Shauna BurnSilver
Assistant Professor, School of Human Evolution and Social Change, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Shauna.BurnSilver@asu.edu
480-965-7671

Peter Byck
Professor of Practice, School of Sustainability, College of Global Futures
Peter.Byck@asu.edu

Joanne Cacciatore
Associate Professor, School of Social Work, Watts College of Public Service and Community Solutions
Joanne.Cacciatore@asu.edu
(602)496-0073

Lauren Chenarides
Assistant Professor, Morrison School of Agribusiness, W.P. Carey School of Business
lauren.chenarides@asu.edu
480-727-1219

Netra Chhetri
Associate Professor, School for the Future of Innovation in Society, College of Global Futures
Netra.Chhetri@asu.edu
480-727 0747

Paul Coseo
Assistant Professor, The Design School, Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts
Paul.Coseo@asu.edu

Maria Cruz-Torres
Associate Professor, School of Transborder Studies, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
maria.cruz-torres@asu.edu
480-965-8483

Shuguang Deng
Professor, School for Engineering of Matter, Transport and Energy, Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering
shuguang.deng@asu.edu
480-727-7238

Robin DeWeese
Assistant Research Professor, College of Health Solutions
robin.deweese@asu.edu

Kathleen Dixon
Clinical Professor, College of Health Solutions
Kathleen.Dixon@asu.edu
602-496-1854

Hallie Eakin
Professor, School of Sustainability, College of Global Futures
hallie.eakin@asu.edu
480 727 7764

James Elser
Director, Sustainable Phosphorus Alliance
jelser@asu.edu

Jeffrey Englin
Professor, Morrison School of Agribusiness, W. P. Carey School of Business
Jeffrey.Englin@asu.edu

Chase Farnsworth
Senior Project Development Manager, Phoenix Office, Mortenson Company
chase.farnsworth@mortenson.com

Roberto Gaxiola
Associate Professor, School of Life Sciences, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Roberto.Gaxiola@asu.edu
480-965-3337

Janna Goebel
Assistant Professor of Sustainability Education, School of Sustainability, College of Global Futures
Janna.Goebel@asu.edu

Sarah Graff
Honors Faculty Fellow and Principal Lecturer, Barrett, the Honors Colllege
sarah.r.graff@asu.edu
480-727-5490

Carola Grebitus
Assistant Professor, Morrison School of Agribusiness and Resource Management, W. P. Carey School of Business
Carola.Grebitus@asu.edu
480-727-4098

Rolf Halden
Director, Center for Environmental Health Engineering, Biodesign Institute
Rolf.Halden@asu.edu
480-727-0893

Sharon Hall
Professor, School of Life Sciences, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
sharonjhall@asu.edu
480-965-5650

Kerry Hamilton
Assistant Professor, School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment, Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering
Kerry.Hamilton@asu.edu

Arjun Heimsath
Professor, School of Earth and Space Exploration, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Arjun.Heimsath@asu.edu
480-965-5585

Mark Henderson
Emeritus, Barrett, The Honors College
Mark.Henderson@asu.edu
480-727-1062

Renee Hughner
Associate Professor, Morrison School of Agribusiness, W. P. Carey School of Business
renee.hughner@asu.edu
480-727-1570

Elisabeth Ilboudo Nebie
Assistant Professor, School of Human Evolution and Social Change, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
eilboudo@asu.edu

Marco Janssen
Professor, School of Sustainability, College of Global Futures
Marco.Janssen@asu.edu
480-727-7067

Carol Johnston
Associate Dean and Professor, College of Health Solutions
CAROL.JOHNSTON@asu.edu
602-496-2539

Isaac Joslin
Assistant Professor of French, School of International Letters and Culture, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
ijoslin@asu.edu

Stavros Kavouras
Assistant Dean and Professor, College of Health Solutions
Stavros.Kavouras@asu.edu
602-827-2265

Jennifer Keahey
Assistant Professor of Sociology, School of Social and Behavioral Sciences, New College of Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences
jennifer.keahey@asu.edu
602-543-2897

Jeffrey Klopatek
Emeritus Professor, School of Life Sciences, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
klopatek@asu.edu
480-965-4685

Michael Kozicki
Professor, School of Electrical, Computer and Energy Engineering, Ira A. Fulton School of Engineering
michael.kozicki@asu.edu
480-965-2572

Kailin Kroetz
Assistant Professor, School of Sustainability, College of Global Futures
kkroetz@asu.edu
480-965-4164

Bryan Leonard
Assistant Professor, School of Sustainability, College of Global Futures
Bryan.Leonard@asu.edu

Joshua MacFadyen
Associate Professor and Canada Research Chair, Applied Communication, Leadership, and Culture, University of Prince Edward Island
jdmacfadyen@upei.ca
902-620-5142

Alex Mahalov
Dean's Distinguished Professor, School of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Alex.Mahalov@asu.edu
480-965-0408

Mark Manfredo
Professor, Morrison School of Agribusiness, W.P. Carey School of Business
manfredo@asu.edu
480-727-1040

Tennille Marley
Assistant Professor, American Indian Studies, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Tennille.Marley@asu.edu
480-965-3634

Sarah Martinelli
Clinical Assistant Professor, College of Health Solutions
sarah.martinelli@asu.edu

Hamidreza Marvi
Associate Professor, School for Engineering of Matter, Transport and Energy, Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering
hmarvi@asu.edu
480-727-4853

Maureen McCoy
Lecturer Sr, School of Nutrition and Heatlh Promotion, College of Health Solutions
maureen.mason@asu.edu
602-496-1612

Joan McGregor
Professor, School of Historical, Philosophical and Religious Studies, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
joan.mcgregor@asu.edu
480-965-5028

Sara Meerow
Associate Professor, School of Geographical Sciences and Urban Planning, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Sara.Meerow@asu.edu

Clark Miller
Associate Director for Faculty and Professor, School for the Future of Innovation in Society, College of Global Futures
clark.miller@asu.edu
480-965-1778

Ashok Mishra
Kemper and Ethel Marley Foundation Chair in Food Management, Morrison School of Agribusiness, W. P. Carey School of Business
Ashok.K.Mishra@asu.edu
480-727-1288

Valerie Mueller
Associate Professor, School of Politics and Global Studies, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
vmuelle1@asu.edu

Rebecca Muenich
Assistant Professor, School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment, Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering
rebecca.muenich@asu.edu
480-965-1077

Punam Ohri-Vachaspati
Professor of Nutrition, College of Health Solutions
Punam.Ohri-Vachaspati@asu.edu
602-827-2270

Kristen Parrish
Associate Professor, School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment, Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering
Kristen.Parrish@asu.edu
480-727-6363

Theodore Pavlic
Assistant Professor, School of Sustainability, College of Global Futures
tpavlic@asu.edu
480-965-2899

Christopher Penton
Associate Professor, Faculty of Science and Mathematics, College of Integrative Sciences and Arts
crpenton@asu.edu
480-727-5738

Bruce Rittmann
Regents Professor, School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment, Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering
rittmann@asu.edu
480-727-0434

Jose Benito Rosales Chavez
Assistant Professor, School of Geographical Sciences and Urban Planning, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
jose.rosaleschavez@asu.edu

John Sabo
Affiliate Global Futures Scholar, Julie Ann Wrigley Global Futures Laboratory
jsabo1@tulane.edu

Michael Schoon
Associate Professor, School of Sustainability, College of Global Futures
michael.schoon@asu.edu
480-965-0919

Roseanne Schuster
Assistant Research Scientist, School of Human Evolution and Social Change, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
roseanne.schuster@asu.edu
480-727-0490

Milan Shrestha
Senior Lecturer, School of Sustainability, College of Global Futures
Milan.Shrestha@asu.edu
480-965-7175

Christy Spackman
Assistant Professor, School for the Future of Innovation in Society, College of Global Futures
christy.spackman@asu.edu

Andreas Spanias
Director, SenSIP Center, Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering
spanias@asu.edu
480-965-1837

Jan Stanley
Executive Coordinator, Office of the Senior Vice President & Secretary to the University, Arizona State University
Jan.Stanley@asu.edu
480-727-4491

Ellen Stechel
Co-Director, LightWorks^®, Global Institute of Sustainability and Innovation
ellen.stechel@asu.edu
480-965-1657

Michelle Stewart
Instructor, School of Sustainability, College of Global Futures
Michelle.Pulich.Stewart@asu.edu

Daoqin Tong
Associate Professor, School of Geographical Sciences and Urban Planning, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Daoqin.Tong@asu.edu
480-965-0504

Myla Vicenti Carpio
Associate Professor, American Indian Studies, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
vicenti@asu.edu
480-727-7989

Juliann Vitullo
Associate Professor, School of International Letters and Cultures, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Juliann.Vitullo@asu.edu
480-965-4624

Zhihua Wang
Co-Director, Climate Systems Research, National Center of Excellence on SMART Innovations
zhwang@asu.edu
480-727-9592

Lauren Weidner
Assistant Professor, School of Mathematical and Natural Sciences, New College of Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences
lauren.weidner@asu.edu

Andrea Weinberg
Assistant Professor, Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College
andrea.weinberg@asu.edu

Eric Welch
Director, Center for Science, Technology and Environment Policy Studies
EricWelch@asu.edu

Corrie Whisner
Associate Professor, College of Health Solutions
Corrie.Whisner@asu.edu
602-827-2261

Dave White
Director, Global Institute of Sustainability and Innovation
Dave.White@asu.edu
480-727-9234

Arnim Wiek
Professor, School of Sustainability, College of Global Futures
arnim.wiek@asu.edu
480-965-2387

Amber Wutich
President's Professor, School of Human Evolution and Social Change, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Amber.Wutich@asu.edu
480-965-9010

Abigail York
Professor and Director of Graduate Studies, School of Human Evolution and Social Change, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Abigail.York@asu.edu
480-727-6889

Steven Zuiker
Associate Professor, Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College
steven.zuiker@asu.edu
480-965-4673