Spring Sustainable Agriculture Seminar: Session 1
Event Summary
The Spring Sustainable Agriculture Seminar features presentations from current grant recipients working across sustainable agriculture, agriculture-energy cross-sectoral issues, and climate policy. Across two sessions, researchers will share emerging findings, methods, and early outcomes from their funded projects.
Please note: Session times have been updated due to scheduling conflicts.
Each presentation will include a 20-minute research overview, followed by 10 minutes of discussion and Q&A
Light refreshments will be provided.
Featured Speakers
Erik Wibbels
Penn Compact Professor, Political ScienceErik Wibbels is a Penn Compact Professor of Political Science at the University of Pennsylvania. He is also the co-director of PDRI/DevLab@Penn.
Irina Marinov
Associate Professor, Earth and Environmental ScienceIrina Marinov is a climate scientist and an associate professor at the University of Pennsylvania in the department of Earth and Environmental Science.
Abby Lunstrum
Research Associate, Clean Energy Conversions LabAbby Lunstrum is a research associate at the University of Pennsylvania. She holds a PhD in Geology from the University of Southern California.
Likhwa Ndlovu
Ph.D. Student, Chemical and Biomolecular EngineeringLikhwa Ndlovu is a Ph.D. student in the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at the University of Pennsylvania. His research focuses on leveraging geoscience principles for the responsible deployment of carbon management solutions.
Laurel E. Redding
Associate Professor of Epidemiology, PennVetLaurel E. Redding is a associate professor of epidemiology at PennVet. She is also the director of the Human-Animal Health Interface at Penn Vet’s Center for Sustainable Agriculture and Food Safety.
Leon Gwaka
Postdoctoral Fellow, Center for Technology, InnovationLeon Gwaka is a postdoctoral fellow in the Center for Technology, Innovation, and Competition working on the 1 World Connected project under the supervision of Prof Christopher Yoo. He is also a competition research fellow at Penn Carey Law.
Speaker Topics
- Erik Wibbels
Modeling Climate-Induced Food Insecurity, Migration, and Conflict in West Africa: Evidence from New Machine-Coded Environmental Event Data - Irina Marinov
Modeling Climate-Induced Food Insecurity and Resulting Migration in South Asia: Evidence from New Machine-Coded Environmental Event Data - Abby Lunstrum & Likhwa Ndlovu
Carbon-Smart Agriculture: Maximizing Climate Benefits through Enhanced Rock Weathering and Biochar
(PI: Jennifer Wilcox) - Laurel Redding
Characterizing the Foraging Patterns and Choices of Honeybees at the New Bolton Center - Leon Gwaka
Building Resilient Peri-Urban Agriculture Through Low-Cost Tools in Southern Africa
