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 |
|---|---|---|
| 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; mind, brain, education science, learning sciences |
| 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 |
| Rebecca Swenson Department of Agricultural Education, Communication and Marketing | 612-625-3866 boli0028@umn.edu | Agricultural and environmental communication; public engagement and outreach; media coverage and public opinion of scientific issues and topics; science communication training & curriculum |
Animal Sciences
Animal Sciences
| Name | Contact | Interests |
|---|---|---|
| Kahina Boukherroub Department of Animal Science | 612-624-1771 kahina@umn.edu | Avian reproductive physiology |
| Isaac Salfer Department of Animal Science | 612-301-2945 ijsalfer@umn.edu | Ruminant nutrition - dairy |
Applied Economics
Applied Economics
| Name | Contact | Interests |
|---|---|---|
| Michael Boland Department of Applied Economics | 612-999-8320 boland@umn.edu | Financial modeling, agribusiness and farm managerial decision making, supply chain analysis, global and US perspectives |
Bioresources and Bioenergy
Bioresources and Bioenergy
| Name | Contact | Interests |
|---|---|---|
| Bo Hu Department of Bioproducts & Biosystems Engineering | 612-625-4215 bhu@umn.edu | Industrial fermentation, phytoremediation, and anaerobic digestion |
Entomology
Entomology
| Name | Contact | Interests |
|---|---|---|
| Benjamin Cull Department of Entomology | cull0122@umn.edu | Vector biology and ecology, vector surveillance, enzootic cycles of vector-borne disease, and host-pathogen-vector interactions, with a focus on ticks and tick-borne diseases |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Todd Arnold Department of Fisheries, Wildlife & Conservation Biology | 612-624-2220 arnol065@umn.edu | Population ecology and management of grassland and wetland-dependent wildlife |
| 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 |
| Mark Hove Department of Fisheries, Wildlife & Conservation Biology | 612-624-3019 hovex002@umn.edu | Freshwater mussels, upper-Midwest mussel and fish distribution |
| Yuxin Miao Department of Soil, Water & Climate | 612-625-4731 ymiao@umn.edu | Precision agriculture, nutrient management, remote sensing, sustainable agriculture, on-farm research, big-data and AI, crop growth modeling |
| 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, aquatic invasive species, and macrophyte ecology including invasive macrophyte ecology and restoration of native macrophyte communities after water quality improvements |
| 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 |
| Brandy Toner Department of Soil, Water & Climate | toner@umn.edu | Environmental chemistry, metals in soil and water, climate impacts on water quality |
| 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 genesis, earthworm invasion, soil erosion and weathering |
Fisheries, Wildlife, and Conservation Biology
Fisheries, Wildlife, and Conservation Biology
| Name | Contact | Interests |
|---|---|---|
| Todd Arnold Department of Fisheries, Wildlife & Conservation Biology | 612-624-2220 arnol065@umn.edu | Population ecology and management of grassland and wetland-dependent wildlife |
| Mark Hove Department of Fisheries, Wildlife & Conservation Biology | 612-624-3019 hovex002@umn.edu | Freshwater mussels, upper-Midwest mussel and fish distribution |
| 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, aquatic invasive species, and macrophyte ecology including invasive macrophyte ecology and restoration of native macrophyte communities after water quality improvements |
| Bruce Vondracek Department of Fisheries, Wildlife & Conservation Biology | 612-624-8748 vondr001@umn.edu | Fish community ecology and stream ecology |
Food and Nutritional Sciences
Food and Nutritional Sciences
| Name | Contact | Interests |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Abby Gold Department of Food Science and Nutrition | 612-625-0580 agold@umn.edu | Food and nutrition security, community nutrition, qualitative research methods, nutrition education evaluation, food and society |
| Kumar Mallikarjunan Department of Food Science and Nutrition | 612-624-3224 kumarpm@umn.edu | Food process development (cold plasma processing, microwave assisted extraction), nondestructive sensing (electronic nose, FT NIR) and dairy product development |
| Job Ubbink Department of Food Science and Nutrition | 612-625-1785 jubbink@umn.edu | High-solid food materials: meat and pasta analogues, food powders, upcycling of food byproducts |
Forest Resources
Forest Resources
| Name | Contact | Interests |
|---|---|---|
| Dean Current Department of Forest Resources | 612-624-4299 curre002@umn.edu | Fair trade, sustainable natural resource 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Neil Anderson Department of Horticultural Science | 612-624-6701 ander044@umn.edu | Flower breeding and genetics |
| 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 |
| Yuxin Miao Department of Soil, Water & Climate | 612-625-4731 ymiao@umn.edu | Precision agriculture, nutrient management, remote sensing, sustainable agriculture, on-farm research, big-data and AI, crop growth modeling |
| Gary Muehlbauer Department of Agronomy and Plant Genetics | 612-625-7849 muehl003@umn.edu | Genetics and genomics of barley, wheat and hop |
| Laura Shannon Department of Horticultural Science | lmshannon@umn.edu | Potato genomics and breeding |
| 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 | Vegetable crop production, apple fruit in cold storage - physiology and disorders |
Sustainable Systems
Sustainable Systems
| Name | Contact | Interests |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Yuxin Miao Department of Soil, Water & Climate | 612-625-4731 ymiao@umn.edu | Precision agriculture, nutrient management, remote sensing, sustainable agriculture, on-farm research, big-data and AI, crop growth modeling |
