Dr. Lisa Schulte Moore

Dr. Lisa Schulte Moore is a Charles F. Curtiss Distinguished Professor in Agricultural and Life Sciences in the Department of Natural Resource Ecology and Management and director of the Bioeconomy Institute at Iowa State University. She is also currently serving as an Interim Associate Vice President for Research. She works in large transdisciplinary teams of scientists, engineers, farmers, farmland owners, and representatives of government, industry, and NGOs at the intersection among environmental, food, and biorenewable systems. My research supports the development of new agricultural markets to meet societal goals for sustainable food, energy, and materials, rural prosperity, healthy soil, clean water, abundant wildlife, and inspiring recreational opportunities. She is a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Ecological Society of America, Food Systems Leadership Institute, Leopold Leadership Program, and MacArthur Foundation, along with receiving the Business Record/Iowa State University Ivy College of Business innovationENTREPRENEUR Award and her recognition as a Top Agri-Food Pioneer by the World Food Prize Foundation.

Additionally, Dr. Schulte Moore is a co-founder of the Science-based Trials of Rowcrops Integrated with Prairie Strips (STRIPS) project, which pioneered the prairie strips conservation practice. She is also lead developer of People in Ecosystems/Watershed Integration (PEWI), a simple web-based educational game designed to help people understand human impacts on the environment and improve the management of natural resources. She directs C-CHANGE, an Iowa State University Presidential Interdisciplinary Research Initiative and USDA-NIFA Sustainable Agricultural Systems Coordinated Agricultural Project.

Dr. Schulte Moore has published more than 100 scientific and educational articles. Her work has been covered by the BBC, Corn and Soybean Digest, National Public Radio, New York Times, Successful Farming, The Guardian, and The Washington Post, among other farm and general interest media outlets.