Omar de Kok-Mercado, a program coordinator in natural resource ecology and management, received the Professional and Scientific Outstanding New Professional Award.
De Kok-Mercado coordinates and communicates the activities of the Science-based Trials of Rowcrops Integrated with Prairie Strips (STRIPS) and Consortium for Cultivating Human and Naturally reGenerative Enterprises (C-CHANGE) teams.
In his first year, he increased media engagement and reorganized shared resources to increase awareness of the programs and improve access.
April 8, 2020