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:
Cory Armstrong
Lawrence L. And Ruth E. Pike Professor In Journalism
UNL College of Journalism and Mass Communications
Girma Birru
Research Agronomist
Agroecosystem Management Research, USDA Agricultural Research Service
Kelly Deuerling
Assistant Professor, Geography/Geology
College of Arts & Sciences, University of Nebraska Omaha
Abia Katimbo
Assistant Professor and Irrigation Engineer
Biological Systems Engineering, University of Nebraska - Lincoln
Asa B. Stone
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
Javed Iqbal - UNL Department of Agronomy and Horticulture
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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