The RuFaS team is a dynamic group of scholars, working professional experts, extension specialists, motivated students, and industry partners collaborating towards supporting efficient production of quality feed sources globally. By ensuring that we provide accurate information to our farmers, we enable them to make the best decision for their crops, their cows, and our community.
If you are interested in being part of the team or partnering with us to expand our region of support, don’t hesitate to contact us.
RuFaS Leadership
Kaitlyn Briggs
Dairy Welfare Lead
fairlife
Victor Cabrera
Professor and Extension Speciallist
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Dennis Hancock
Center Director
USDA Agricultural Research Service
Pooya Hekmati
RuFaS Director of Software Engineering
University of Wisconsin-Madison
April Leytem
Research Soil Scientist
USDA Agricultural Research Service
Lisa McClintock
RuFaS Program Coordinator
Dairy Management Inc.
Daryl Nydam
Professor and Faculty Director
Cornell University and Atkinson Center for Sustainability
Kevin Panke-Buisse
Research Microbiologist
USDA Agricultural Research Service
Kristan Reed
RuFaS Scientific Director
Research Animal Scientist
USDA Agricultural Research Service
Greg Thoma
Director of Agricultural Modeling and Lifecycle Assessment
AgNext and Colorado State University
Juan Tricarico
RuFaS Director of Strategic Governance and Partnerships
Dairy Management Inc.
Peter Vadas
National Program Leader
USDA Agricultural Research Service
Joseph Waddell
RuFaS Techno-Functional Liason
VP Environmental Research
Dairy Management Inc.
RuFaS Subject Matter Experts and Software Engineers
Julie Adamchick
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Cornell University
Elle Andreen
Dairy Environmental Model Support Specialist
Cornell PRO-DAIRY
Yijing Gong
Ph.D. Student
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Geneva Graef
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Cornell University
Haowen Hu
Ph.D. Student
Cornell University
Allister Liu
Software Engineer
Cornell University
Matthew Liu
Software Engineer
USDA Agricultural Research Service
Niko Tomlinson
Software Engineer
Cornell University
Rebeca Villalobos-Barquero
M.S. Student
Cornell University
Catherine Yang
Undergraduate Student Software Engineer
Cornell University
Cow photo by Wolfgang Hasselmann on Unsplash