Lisa Schulte Moore is an American landscape ecologist. Schulte Moore is a professor of natural resource ecology and management at Iowa State University.[1] In 2020 she received a $10 million USD grant to study anerobic digestion and its application to turning manure into usable energy.[2] In 2021, she was named a MacArthur Fellow.[3][4]

Early life and education

Moore grew up in Eau-Claire, WI and comes from a farming family, with both of her maternal grandparents growing up on dairy farms. Her family maintained a farm in the Eau-Claire area until the 1980s, when they lost the farm during the 1980s farm crisis. After graduating from Eau Claire North High School, Moore earned a bachelor's degree in biology at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire. She earned a master's degree in biology at the University of Minnesota Duluth, and a doctorate in forestry at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.[5]

Work

Moore has worked with farmers to develop resilient and sustainable agricultural practices and systems that take into consideration climate change, water quality and loss of biodiversity.[6]

Moore has written on various ecological topics, including the ecological effects of fire on landscapes; soil carbon storage, biodiversity improvement, the effects of wind and fire on forests, among others.[7]

Moore currently serves as the director of the Consortium for Cultivating Human And Naturally reGenerative Enterprises (C-CHANGE) at Iowa State University. She also serves as co-director of the university's Bioeconomy Institute. [5]

Awards and honors

John D. and Katherine T. MacArthur Foundation Fellowship[8][6]

  • Citation for Leadership and Achievement, Council for Scientific Society Presidents (2022)[9]

References

  1. ^ "Dr. Lisa Schulte Moore". Natural Resource Ecology and Management.
  2. ^ "Iowa State University professor working to turn manure into fuel with $10 million grant". www.thegazette.com.
  3. ^ Sitter, Phillip. "Iowa State ecology professor named first MacArthur Fellowship recipient from the university". The Ames Tribune.
  4. ^ "Iowan, landscape ecologist, and MacArthur genius says she'll keep looking for small changes with big impacts". Iowa Public Radio. October 6, 2021.
  5. ^ a b "Two Iowa State faculty named global Top Agri-food Pioneers for work to fight hunger, make agriculture more resilient". College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. Iowa State University. October 3, 2024. Retrieved February 8, 2025.
  6. ^ a b Sitter, Phillip (September 28, 2021). "Iowa State ecology professor named first MacArthur Fellowship recipient from the university". Ames Tribune. Retrieved February 14, 2022.
  7. ^ "Lisa Schulte Moore". Google Scholar. Retrieved February 14, 2022.
  8. ^ "Lisa Schulte Moore: Landscape Ecologist". MacArthur Foundation. Retrieved February 14, 2022.
  9. ^ "Leadership Citation".


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