Dean's Citation for Extraordinary Contribution

The Dean’s Citation for Extraordinary Contribution to the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences goes to the Carbon Report Team, led by Lisa Schulte Moore and Jim Jordahl, natural resource ecology and management and the Bioeconomy Institute. The team has completed a 280-page report that addresses ways to further improve the credibility of agricultural carbon credits and reduce the cost of carbon programs by assessing the underlying science and adding transparency to how carbon markets function. 

The team consists of:

  • Lisa Schulte Moore, Jim Jordahl and Tom Isenhart – Natural Resource Ecology and Management, and the Bioeconomy Institute
  • Alejandro Plastina and John Crespi – Economics and the Center for Agricultural and Rural Development 
  • Bo Yi, Jien Zhang, Chaoqun Lu, Steven Hall, Bill Crumpton and Colton Poore – Ecology, Evolution and Organismal Biology
  • Michael Thompson, Zach Simpson, Marshall McDaniel, Fernando Miguez, Bradley Miller, Rick Cruse, Mike Castellano, Matt Liebman, Andy VanLoocke, Matt Nowatzke, Kendall Lamkey and Sotirios Archontoulis – Agronomy 
  • Ranga Appuhamy, Jim Russell and Daniel Loy –Animal Science
  • Tannon Daugaard and Cooper Hess – the Bioeconomy Institute
  • Alvina Aui and Mosleh Uddin –Mechanical Engineering
  • Christine Strohm – Editorial Consultant
  • Richard Magala, Suraj Upadhaya and John Tyndall – Natural Resource Ecology and Management
  • J. Arbuckle and Laurie Nowatzke – Sociology and Criminal Justice
  • Emily Zimmerman and Kathleen Delate – Horticulture
  • Jill Brimeyer, Traci Knight, Micki Nelson, Kelly Bergman, John Lawrence, Jed Findlay and Jolene McCoy – Extension 
  • Robert Brown and Mark Mba Wright – Mechanical Engineering and the Bioeconomy Institute
  • Brian Gelder, Dan Andersen and Matt Darr – Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering 
  • Anne Kimber – Electrical and Computer Engineering
  • David James – USDA Agricultural Research Service 
  • Diane Janvrin – Accounting 
  • Bill Gutowski – Geological and Atmospheric Sciences