AgEBB-MU CAFNR Extension

Green Horizons

Volume 23, Number 2
Spring 2019

Forest Industry

Welcome Ron Revord and Sarah Lovell to the Center for Agroforestry

Beginning in August of 2019, Dr. Sarah Lovell (left), currently Associate Professor of Landscape Agroecology, Dept. of Crop Sciences at the University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana, will become the next Endowed Chair Professor and Director of the Center for Agroforestry, University of Missouri. Over the past twenty years, Dr. Lovell has developed a robust research program designed to advance the understanding of agricultural sustainability through the design of multifunctional food production systems. She has assembled strong interdisciplinary research teams to accomplish her research goals. Her research has helped to transform our scientific thinking on the integration of ecological principles and agriculture production at varying scales. Over the course of her career, Dr. Lovell has established a national and international reputation as an integrator of complex multi-disciplinary questions related to the design of multifunctional food production systems. She has demonstrated her ability to advance those concepts through a combined body of peer-reviewed publications and competitive grant funding.

Dr. Ron Revord (left), will also join the Center for Agroforestry team, starting in June of 2019. Ron will take the lead on Dr. Mark Coggeshall's prior (2000-2017) tree improvement and genetics research, with new initiatives related to restoration of the Ozark chinquapin and hybrid hazelnut research. Ron completed his PhD this year in the Dept. of Crop Sciences at the University of Illinois, where he worked with Dr. Sarah Lovell on the multifunctional woody polyculture for sustainable food production program. Ron is also co-founder and current Chair of the Board of Directors for the Savanna Institute, where he has demonstrated his commitment to agroforestry science and adoption.