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

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

CAST Associate Director & Co-Principal Investigator
Professor, University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff

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

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

CAST Associate Director & Co-Principal Investigator
Assistant Professor, School of Integrative Plant Science, Soil and Crop Sciences Section, Cornell College of Agriculture & Life Sciences

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

CAST Program Manager

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

CAST Industry & Public Partner Liaison
Director of Innovation and Engagement, Cornell Agriculture and Life Sciences Research and Innovation Office