The CAFNR Research Council (CRC) is an advisory body for the CAFNR Office of Research, created to implement the CAFNR Strategic Plan and Drive CAFNR research enterprise to Distinction.
Members
- Jay Chism, Director, Southwest Research, Extension and Education Center
- Justin Dijak, Graduate Student
- Mengshi Lin, Professor, Division of Food, Nutrition and Exercise Sciences
- Pei Liu, Associate Professor, Division of Applied Social Science
- Ron Mittler, Curators’ Distinguished Professor, Division of Plant Science & Technology
- Alice Roach, Sr. Research Associate, Division of Applied Social Science
- Nilesh Salvi, Research Scientist, Division of Bioengineering
- Michael Stambaugh, Associate Professor, Forestry, School of Natural Resources
- Katy Stoecklein, Graduate Student
- Peter Sutovsky, Professor, Division of Animal Sciences
- Gary Weisman, Curators’ Distinguished Professor, Division of Biochemistry
- Jeri Lou Zimmerman, Staff, CAFNR Office of Research
Events
View the MU CAFNR Research Council Webinar Playlist
CAFNR Research Council Webinar Series
2023
- Monday, Aug. 28, 3:30 p.m.: “Establishing a Digital Agriculture Research and Extension Center (DAREC) in CAFNR,” Jianfeng Zhou, Ken Sudduth and Tim Reinbott.
- Thursday, April 20, 3:30 p.m.: “Using cryo-electron microscopy to study protein quality control in disease,” Stephanie Gates, assistant professor, Biochemistry.
- Thursday, April 6, 3:30 p.m.: “Natural variation of lignin metabolism in poplar,” Jaime Barros Rios, postdoctoral fellow, Plant Science and Technology.
- Thursday, March 23, 3:30 p.m.: “From Anecdote to Evidence: A look into governance practices of agricultural cooperatives, Keri Jacobs.
- Thursday, March 9, 3:30 p.m.: “Lab-to-Market Programs at the National Science Foundation”, Brad Schrag, Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Program Director and Policy Liaison.
- Thursday, Feb. 9, 3:30 p.m.: “Broaden the Application of Phytochemicals in Food and Pharmaceutical Areas“, Zipei Zhang, assistant professor, Division of Food, Nutrition & Exercise.
2022
- April 28, 2022
Development and implementation of a customized and culturally-sensitive FSMA supplemental training program for Hmong farmers (Zoom recording)
Pei Liu, assistant professor, Division of Applied Social Sciences - April 21, 2022
Why regenerative agriculture is a hot topic attracting the interest of both farmers and major companies (Zoom recording)
Rob Myers, director, Center for Regenerative Agriculture and NCR-SARE regional director of Extension Programs
Kelly Wilson, assistant director, Center for Regenerative Agriculture - April 7, 2022
Dietary and exercise influences on cardiometabolic health and host-microbiome interactions (Zoom recording)
Jaapna Dhillon, assistant professor, Division of Food, Nutrition and Exercise Sciences - March 24, 2022
The Role of Unconventional T Cells in Influenza Immunity: A Pig Perspective (Zoom recording)
John Driver, associate professor, Division of Animal Science - March 17, 2022
Mississippi Water Machine: Sustainability Challenges in a Changing Environment (Zoom recording)
Noel Aloysius, assistant professor, jointly in the Department of Biomedical, Biological and Chemical Engineering, and the School of Natural Resources. - March 10, 2022
Multi-State Projects: What, Why and for Whom (Zoom recording)
Christina Hamilton, NCRA Assistant Director, and Jeff Jacobsen, NCRA Executive Director - Feb. 24, 2022
Water Center Update (Zoom recording)
Baolin Deng, professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Damon Hall, assistant professor, SNR & Biomedical Biological and Chemical Engineering - Feb. 10, 2022
CGIAR International Centers: Research for a Food-Secure Future (Zoom recording)
Nicoline de Haan, International Livestock Research Institute
2021
- Dec. 16, 2021
Agricultural Experiment Station (AES) Restructuring Update (Zoom recording)
Shibu Jose, associate dean, Office of Research - Dec. 13, 2021
Assessing a Client’s Investment Risk Tolerance: Research using a Propensity Measure (Zoom recording)
Abed Rabbani, assistant professor, Division of Applied Social Sciences - Dec. 2, 2021
Acylsugars as a model system to explore the evolution of plant chemical diversity (Zoom recording)
Craig Schenck, assistant professor, Division of Biochemistry - Nov. 11, 2021
Soil Health in Missouri and Beyond (Zoom recording)
Jordon Wade, assistant professor, School of Natural Resources - Nov. 4, 2021
Validation of the baking process as a kill-step for controlling Salmonella (Zoom recording)
Kantha Channaiah, assistant professor and state Extension specialist (food processing and safety) in the Division of Food, Nutrition & Exercise Sciences - April 15, 2021
NSF-BIO Division of Integrative Organismal Systems: Proposals and Priorities (Zoom recording)
Michael Mishkind and Patrick (Douglas K) Abbot, NSF-IOS Program Directors - March 17, 2021
DOE Office of Science Funding Opportunities: An Overview from BER and BES (Zoom recording)
Gail Mclean, program manager in the Office of Basic Energy Sciences – BES and Cathy Ronning, program manager in the Office of Biological and Environmental Research – BER.
- Feb. 18, 2021
Funding Opportunities for CAFNR Faculty in International Research and Scholarship (Zoom recording)
Kerry Clark, director, CAFNR International Programs
2020
- Dec. 17, 2020
Food Innovation Technologies to Address Hidden Hunger (Zoom recording)
Kiruba Krishnaswamy, Food Science and Biomedical, Biological and Chemical Engineering - Nov. 12, 2020
Contemporary Issues in Environmental and Natural Resources Law (Zoom recording, must log in with Mizzou credentials)
Robin Rotman, School of Natural Resources - Oct. 22, 2020
Use of Livestock Models Under the Genome Editing Era (Zoom recording)
Kiho Lee, Animal Sciences - Oct. 1, 2020
Exploring Fairness in Agricultural Markets through Poultry and Dicamba (Zoom recording)
Mary Hendrickson, Division of Applied Social Sciences - Sept. 17, 2020
NIFA’s Transformation and Science Direction (Zoom recording)
Parag Chitnis, Acting Director, USDA NIFA - May 13, 2020
Mental Health Challenges Related to COVID-19 (Zoom recording)
Kimberly Brandt, DO, Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychiatry, MU School of Medicine
Transcript (Word) - May 6, 2020
Domestic Pigs as Translational “Bridge” Models (Zoom recording)
Bhanu P. Telugu, University of Maryland, College Park, MD - April 29, 2020
Using Models as a Tool to Predict and Prevent the Spread of Disease Epidemics (Zoom recording)
Samniqueka Halsey, School of Natural Resources - April 22, 2020
Patterns of Pandemics in Rural Missouri: From 1918 flu to COVID-19 (Zoom recording)
Carolyn Orbann, Department of Health Sciences, School of Health Professions, MU
Transcript (Word) - April 15, 2020
Role of Agroforestry During a Global Health Crisis: Supporting Regional Food Security and Human Health (Zoom recording)
Sarah Lovell, School of Natural Resources and the Center for Agroforestry - April 8, 2020
Utilizing Gene Editing to Create Coronavirus Resistant Pigs
Kristin Whitworth, Division of Animal Sciences and National Swine Resource and Research Center - April 1, 2020
COVID-19 Missouri Economic Indicators Update (Zoom recording)
Alan Spell, Division of Applied Social Sciences