
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.


Sarah R. Graff
Teaching Professor and Honors Faculty Fellow Rolling Multi-Year
Barrett Honors Faculty
Carola Grebitus
Dean’s Council Distinguished Professor and Professor
Morrison School of Agribusiness
Kerry Hamilton
Associate Professor
School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment
Elisabeth Ilboudo Nebie
Assistant Professor
School of Human Evolution and Social Change

Upmanu Lall
Director and Professor Fiscal Summer Eligible
School of Complex Adaptive Systems
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
Kristen Parrish
Associate Professor
School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment
Bruce Rittmann
Regents’ Professor
Biodesign Swette Center for Environmental Biotechnology
Jose-Benito Rosales Chavez
Assistant Professor
School of Geographical Sciences and Urban Planning

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

