
Affiliated faculty
Being affiliated faculty at the Swette Center for Sustainable Food Systems involves collaborating with the center’s interdisciplinary team and contributing expertise in areas such as agriculture, nutrition, policy and environmental science. Affiliated faculty play a vital role in fostering innovative solutions that address the complex challenges associated with food sustainability, aligning with the center’s mission to promote a healthier and more equitable food future.
If you are interested in joining our team of affiliated faculty, please contact Sara El-Sayed at [email protected]. You can read fun blogs about the backgrounds and research work of Swette Center affiliated faculty here.
Siamak Shirani Bidabadi
Assistant Teaching Professor
CISA – School of Applied Sciences and Arts

Carola Grebitus
Dean’s Council Distinguished Professor and Professor
Morrison School of Agribusiness
Rolf Halden
Center Director and Professor
School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment
Kerry Hamilton
Associate Professor
School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment
Elisabeth Ilboudo Nebie
Assistant Professor
School of Human Evolution and Social Change

Mark Manfredo
Dean’s Council Distinguished Professor and Professor
Morrison School of Agribusiness
Hamidreza Marvi
Associate Professor
School for Engineering of Matter, Transport and Energy
Clark Miller
Associate Center Director and Professor
Global Futures Scientists and Scholars
Ashok Mishra
Kemper and Ethel Marley Foundation Chair and Professor
Morrison School of Agribusiness
Kristen Parrish
Associate Professor
School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment
Timothy Richards
Morrison Chair of Agribusiness and Professor
Morrison School of Agribusiness
Bruce Rittmann
Regents’ Professor
Biodesign Swette Center for Environmental Biotechnology
Jose-Benito Rosales Chavez
Assistant Professor
School of Geographical Sciences and Urban Planning

Troy Schmitz
Director of the Morrison School of Agribusiness and Professor
Morrison School of Agribusiness
Roseanne Schuster
Assistant Research Scientist
School of Human Evolution and Social Change



Ilaria Tabusso-Marcyan
Assistant Teaching Professor
School of International Letters and Cultures

Zhihua Wang
Associate Professor
School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment
Andrea Weinberg
Associate Professor
Mary Lou Fulton College for Teaching and Learning Innovation

