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October 28, 2022
Leif Albertson’s interests include public health, environmental health, gardening, nutrition and residential energy issues. He is a statewide expert on several rural public health issues, including indoor air quality, food policy (specifically connections between community gardens and health) and water fluoridation.
October 28, 2022
Stephen Brown’s areas of interest include the twin geospatial technologies of the Global Positioning System (GPS) and Geographic Information Systems (GIS) as they relate to agriculture and the environment; and home gardening.
October 28, 2022
Reindeer nutrition and health management; husbandry, handling and herding techniques to increase production; State of Alaska field and USDA-inspected meat production; reindeer production curriculum delivered primarily to rural Alaskan villages.
October 28, 2022
Pat Holloway researches subarctic horticultural production, including native plant propagation and cultivation; and wild berry cultivation and management, especially bog blueberries and lingonberries. She is a specialist in peony and cut flower production.
October 28, 2022
Meriam Karlsson’s research interests include greenhouse, high tunnel and controlled-environment crop production; plant growth in response to light intensity, quality, day length and the use of LEDs.
October 28, 2022
Casey Matney’s program responsibilities span the spectrum from livestock and range to soils and horticulture. He is the state coordinator for the Western Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program and president of the National Association for County Agricultural Agents in Alaska.
October 28, 2022
Heidi Rader is the tribes Extension educator for the Tanana Chiefs Conference region. In addition to teaching hands-on workshops in 30 remote villages in Interior Alaska, she also teaches online courses with a statewide reach.
October 28, 2022
Jan Rowell’s research interests include muskox and reindeer husbandry, including behavior, breeding seasons, female estrus synchronization, artificial insemination, gestation length and grazing ecology.
October 28, 2022
Tobias Schwoerer is an applied economist with expertise in Alaska’s resource management issues, particularly the response to invasive species and the effects of environmental change on the economy.
October 28, 2022
Mingchu Zhang’s current research includes selection of small grains and canola suitable for Alaska climatic conditions.
February 23, 2023
Nash's outreach and teaching focuses on healthy homes/efficiency, universal design/aging in place, extending greenhouse growing seasons, solar thermal storage efficiency, environmental factors for cellar storage, radon/air quality and mitigation, biomass gasification, biochar, nanogrids, cold weather home building and emergency disaster energy backup.
October 28, 2023
Rick Lader is an expert in regional climate modeling and extreme event analysis in Alaska.