Our team is made up of researchers, extension specialists and educators from Cornell University and the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff.

Executive Board

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CAST Director & Principal Investigator

Professor of Dairy Cattle Biology and Management, Department of Animal Science/Associate Director, Cornell Institute for Digital Agriculture (CIDA), Cornell College of Agriculture & Life Sciences

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CAST Associate Director & Co-Principal Investigator

Professor, University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff

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CAST Associate Director & Co-Principal Investigator

S.C. Thomas Sze Director of the Cornell Sibley School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering/Sibley College Professor of Mechanical Engineering

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CAST Associate Director & Co-Principal Investigator

Professor, Department of Computer Science/Associate Director, Cornell Institute for Digital Agriculture (CIDA), Cornell College of Agriculture & Life Sciences

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CAST Associate Director & Co-Principal Investigator

Assistant Professor, School of Integrative Plant Science, Soil and Crop Sciences Section, Cornell College of Agriculture & Life Sciences

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Adedeji Adetunji
CAST Associate Director & Co-Principal Investigator

Assistant Professor of Animal Science, Department of Agriculture, School of Agriculture, Human Sciences and Aquaculture, University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff

Investigators & Collaborators

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Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science, Cornell Ann S. Bowers College of Computing & Information Science

Laurie Drinkwater

Professor, School of Integrative Plant Science, Horticulture Section, Cornell College of Agriculture & Life Sciences

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Robert and Anne Everett Associate Professor of Digital Dairy Management and Data Analytics, Animal Science

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Ronald P. Lynch Dean/Professor, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology/Professor, Department of Global Development, Cornell College of Agriculture & Life Sciences

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Professor, Department of Population Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences, Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine

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Professor, Department of Animal Science, Cornell College of Agriculture & Life Sciences

Johannes Lehmann

Liberty Hyde Bailey Professor, School of Integrative Plant Science, Soil and Crop Sciences Section/Professor, Department of Global Development, Cornell College of Agriculture & Life Sciences

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Associate Professor of Dairy Cattle Biology, Department of Animal Science/Northeast Agribusiness and Feed Alliance Sesquicentennial Faculty Fellow, Cornell College of Agriculture & Life Sciences

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Professor/Department Chair, Department of Animal Science/Program Director, PRO-DAIRY, Cornell College of Agriculture & Life Sciences

Ying Sun

Associate Professor, School of Integrative Plant Science, Soil and Crop Sciences Section, Cornell College of Agriculture & Life Sciences

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Professor, Department of Animal Science, Cornell College of Agriculture & Life Sciences

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Assistant Professor, Department of Population Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences, Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine

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E.V. Baker Professor of Agricultural Economics/Director of Land Grant Affairs, Cornell SC Johnson College of Business

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Roxanne E. and Michael J. Zak Professor in Energy Systems Engineering, Smith School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Cornell College of Engineering

Management Team

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CAST Program Manager

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CAST Communications Manager

Communications Specialist, Department of Animal Science, Cornell College of Agriculture & Life Sciences

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CAST Industry & Public Partner Liaison

Director of Innovation and Engagement, Cornell Agriculture and Life Sciences Research and Innovation Office