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Appendix A: Biographical Sketches of Committee Members
Appendix A: Biographical Sketches of Committee Members
Pages 201-208
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Similarly, he understands the continuum of agriculture–food–nutrition–health, and he has been extensively involved in international agriculture efforts and improving the sustainability of the global food system. He has published more than 220 refereed articles, research abstracts, book chapters, and other publications, presented more than 400 scientific lectures, was invited to more than 300 lectures, and received numerous awards and professional honors throughout his career.
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, the Stephen Hales Prize from the American Society of Plant Biologists, the Excellence in Science Award from the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology, and the McClintock Prize for Plant Genetics and Genome Studies from the Maize Genetics Community. She earned her B.A.
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Dr. Brown has served on many industrial and federal panels, and has been a technical consultant to several federal agencies and intergovernmental organizations on issues involving infectious diseases and animal health infrastructure.
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She also developed and oversees a new national postdoctoral program, the Post-docs Applying Climate Expertise Program (PACE) , which explicitly links recent climate doctorate graduates with decision-making institutions.
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Her professional activities have included membership on the National Advisory Committee on Micro biological Criteria for Foods; participation in several National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine consensus studies and as a member of the Food and Nutrition Board and the Food Forum; and on the executive board of the International Association for Food Protection, for which she served as president in 2010-2011. She has taught food microbiology/ safety at the undergraduate and graduate levels, has mentored more than 40 graduate students and 15 postdoctoral research associates, and authored or co-authored more than 170 publications.
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His main research focus has been on management of in-field soil and crop variability using geospatial technologies for precision management of crop inputs. He has generated many discoveries in precision agriculture; most widely recognized among them is the innovative technique of quantifying variability of spatially diverse soils using satellite based remote sensing to create management zones.
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He was a founding Associate Editor of Environmental Science: Nano, and currently serves on the editorial boards of Environmental Science: Nano and Nature: Scientific Data. His research aims to safely harness the unique properties of engineered nanomaterials for making water treatment and crop agriculture more sustainable.
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Dr. Van Eenennaam was the recipient of the 2014 Council for Agricultural Science and Technology Borlaug Communication Award, and in 2017 was elected as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
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