SAFES Leadership
Heather Preisendanz, Director
Professor of Agricultural and Biological Engineering; Natural Resource Engineering
Areas of expertise: Emerging Contaminants, Contaminant Fate and Transport, and Environmental Hydrology
Matt Royer, Associate Director of Partnerships & Engagement
Associate Research Professor, Dept. of Agricultural Economics, Sociology, and Education; Director, Agriculture and Environment Center
Areas of expertise: environmental law; nonpoint source pollution of water (agriculture and urban stormwater runoff); stakeholder engagement at local, state, regional, and federal levels
SAFES Staff
Kathryn Bartling
Watershed Project Coordinator
Agriculture and Environment Center
Aaron Cook
Research Development Associate
Elizabeth Egan
Administrative Assistant
Jennifer Fetter
Extension Educator, Water Resources
Director, Center for Agricultural Conservation Assistance Training Programs (CACAT)
Elizabeth Fulton
Agricultural Outreach Specialist
Terra Ingram
Administrative Coordinator for the SAFES Institute
Kristen Koch
Program Manager, Agriculture and Environment Center
Elizabeth Timblin
Proposal and Award Generalist
Institute Membership
Associate Members of the institute have faculty appointments in the College of Agricultural Sciences, can serve on operating committees, benefit from the technical infrastructure, and are permitted to request the use of resources and services provided by institute staff.
Affiliated Members of the institute are collaborators on institute-sponsored research projects and can benefit from the institute's resources, services, and infrastructure through affiliation with an Associate Member.
