
Center for Food Systems and Sustainability
Affiliates
College of Agriculture and Natural Resources
Name | Title | Department/Unit |
Benham Abasht | Associate Professor | Animal & Food Sciences |
FNU Ahsanuzzaman | Post Doctoral Researcher | Applied Economics & Statistics |
Albert Armstrong | Farm Manager | Newark Farm |
Susan Barton | Professor | Plant & Soil Sciences |
Jules Bruck | Professor | Plant & Soil Sciences |
Valann Budischak | Extension Agent II | Cooperative Extension |
Jeffrey Buler | Associate Professor | Entomology & Wildlife Ecology |
Anastasia Chirnside | Assistant Professor | Entomology & Wildlife Ecology |
Nicole Donofrio | Professor | Plant & Soil Sciences |
Emmalea Ernest | Associate Scientist | Cooperative Extension |
Erik Ervin | Chair and Professor | Plant & Soil Sciences |
Thomas Evans | Professor | Plant & Soil Sciences |
Jeffry Fuhrmann | Professor | Plant & Soil Sciences |
Karen Gartley | Manager and Program Director, UD Soil Testing Program | Plant & Soil Sciences |
Dallas Hoover | Professor | Animal & Food Sciences |
Mark Isaacs | Associate Professor | Plant & Soil Sciences |
Deb Jaisi | Associate Professor | Plant & Soil Sciences |
Yan Jin | Professor | Plant & Soil Sciences |
Rolf Joerger | Associate Professor | Animal & Food Sciences |
Gordon Johnson | Assistant Professor | Plant & Soil Sciences |
Kali Kniel | Professor | Animal & Food Sciences |
Alyssa Koehler | Assistant Professor | Plant & Soil Sciences |
Jarrod Miller | Assistant Professor | Plant & Soil Sciences |
Carrie Murphy | Extension Agent III | Cooperative Extension |
David Owens | Extension Specialist I | Cooperative Extension |
Leah Palm-Forster | Assistant Professor | Applied Economics & Statistics |
Mark Parcells | Professor | Animal & Food Sciences |
Michael Popovich | UD Farm Natural Resource and Fresh to You Manager | Newark Farm |
Wei Qian | Assistant Professor | Applied Economics & Statistics |
Mark Rieger | Dean and Professor |
Plant & Soil Sciences |
Michelle Rodgers | Associate Dean and Associate Professor | CANR & Cooperative Extension |
Donald Sparks | Unidel S. Hallock duPont Chair Professor | Plant & Soil Sciences |
Erin Sparks | Assistant Professor | Plant & Soil Sciences |
Tara Trammell | John Bartram Assistant Professor of Urban Forestry |
Plant & Soil Sciences |
Rodrigo Vargas | Associate Professor | Plant & Soil Sciences |
Jennifer Volk | Extension Specialist II | Cooperative Extension |
Anna Wik | Assistant Professor | Plant & Soil Sciences |
Randall Wisser | Associate Professor | Plant & Soil Sciences |
K. Eric Wommack | Deputy Dean and Professor | Plant & Soil Sciences |
Changqing Wu | Associate Professor | Animal & Food Sciences |
College of Earth, Ocean, and Environment
Name | Title | Department/Unit |
Clara Chan | Associate Professor | Geological Sciences |
Kyle Davis | Assistant Professor | Geography |
Holly Michael | Unidel Fraser Russell Career Development Chair in Environment Associate Professor | Geological Sciences |
Pinki Mondal | Assistant Professor | Geography |
Lindsay Naylor | Assistant Professor | Geography |
College of Engineering
Name | Title | Department/Unit |
Daniel Cha | Professor | Civil & Environmental Engineering |
Michael Chajes | Professor | Civil & Environmental Engineer |
Yu-Ping Chin | Professor | Civil & Environmental Engineering |
Raul Lobo | Claire D. LeClaire Professor | Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering |
Julie Maresca | Associate Professor | Civil & Environmental Engineer |
College of Arts and Sciences
Name | Title | Department/Unit |
Kelly Cobb | Assistant Professor | Fashion & Apparel Studies |
McKay Jenkins | Cornelius A. Tilghman Professor | English |
College of Education and Human Development
Name | Title | Department/Unit |
Allison Karpyn | Associate Professor | Human Development & Family Sciences |
Tara Tracy | Research Coordinator | Center for Research in Education & Social Policy |
UD Administration and Facilities
Name | Title | Department/Unit |
Michelle Bennett | Manager, Sustainability | Sustainable Energy & Engineering |
Anshuman Razdan (AR) | Associate Vice President for Research Development | Research Office |
Undergraduate Internships
CENFOODS will fund approximately 10 undergraduate internship, research, and extension opportunities in Food Systems and Sustainability in 2018-2020.

Research and extension
In addition to an internship program, the center integrates research, education, and community outreach.