Water for Food brings together world-class, multidisciplinary expertise with 136 total Faculty Fellows across all four campuses at the University of Nebraska.
Faculty Fellow research focuses on various interlinked aspects of food and water security, such as agricultural science, hydrology and water management, climate science, economics, engineering and technology, environmental science, public health, political science, law, sociology and anthropology, education and communication, data science and information, business and entrepreneurship, and natural resource management.
Fourteen new Faculty Fellows were added in FY2024:
Research Assistant Professor, Agricultural Economics
UNL Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources
Collectively, DWFI Faculty Fellows have contributed directly to nearly 400 research articles in the areas of food and water security in FY2024. Water for Food leverages this pool of comprehensive research for a holistic approach in addressing the complexities of food and water security to ensure a more secure and sustainable future for all. Two highlights of research by DWFI Faculty Fellows are below.
Rachel Lookadoo - UNMC College of Public Health
Rachel Lookadoo
Faculty Fellow Rachel Lookadoo, JD, is the Director of Legal and Public Health Preparedness, Center for Preparedness and Emergency Response Solutions Department of Environmental, Agricultural, and Occupational Health at University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC) College of Public Health. In 2023, Lookadoo and DWFI Director of Water Climate and Health Jesse Bell released the Drought and Public Health Roadmap, created in partnership between UNMC and the National Integrated Drought Information System (NIDIS), as a result of five years of work. It is the first ever comprehensive assessment of drought and health in the U.S.
Javed Iqbal - UNL Department of Agronomy and Horticulture
Javed Iqbal
In 2023, Faculty Fellow Javed Iqbal carried out several research projects focusing on the impact of the 4Rs (right source, right rate, right time, right place) of nitrogen management on nitrogen use efficiency, nitrogen losses, crop production and water quality. One such project resulted in the Fertilizer Recommendation Support Tool (or FRST), a support tool for crop nutrient management.
In a collaborative project with Nebraska Natural Resources Districts, Arshdeep Singh, a doctoral student advised by Iqbal, demonstrated best nitrogen management practices for improving nitrogen use efficiency in the Bazile Groundwater Management Area. Singh, who was a DWFI-supported student, graduated in spring 2024. Singh was selected as an Agricultural & Environmental Letters Outstanding Reviewer.
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