CAFNR welcomes new faculty for Fall 2026

Newest faculty members will help accelerate CAFNR's land-grant mission.




Meet our newest faculty members. Explore their profiles to learn more about their backgrounds, areas of expertise and interests.

Join us in welcoming these accomplished educators and researchers to the CAFNR community. We look forward to the expertise, perspectives and contributions they will bring to our land-grant mission of teaching, research and extension.

Shelley Curry.
Shelley Curry
Assistant Professor of Meat Science
Division of Animal Sciences
Davide Dal Pos
Davide Dal Pos
Assistant Professor & Director of Enns Entomology Museum
Division of Plant Science and Technology
Elliott Dennis
Elliott Dennis
Associate Professor of Agricultural & Applied Economics & Mershon Family Production Economics Scholar
Division of Applied Social Sciences
Hannah Hemmelgarn.
Hannah Hemmelgarn
Assistant Research Professor & Associate Director of the Center for Agroforestry
School of Natural Resources
Nick Meier smiling in CAFNR cap.
Nicholas Meier
Assistant Research Professor
School of Natural Resources
Chaise Murphy.
Chaise Murphy
Assistant Teaching Professor
Division of Food, Nutrition and Exercise Sciences