focuses on risk and strategy, teaching courses that cover commodity trading and risk measurement. He has extensive research experience in these areas.

is a research associate professor affiliated with the center. His research and teaching interests include futures and options markets, overthe- counter derivatives, trading, risk management, agricultural
finance, Monte Carlo simulation and Big Data applications in agriculture.

leads the outreach program in areas of crop marketing and risk.

is the department chair. He has conducted research in several areas of risk – food risks (food safety, food defense and obesity) and financial policies to mitigate business risks.

is an assistant professor and teaches how risk impacts investment decisions and how to accurately measure risk.