Lisa Schulte Moore

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Lisa Schulte Moore is an American landscape ecologist. Schulte Moore is a professor of natural resource ecology and management at Iowa State University. [1] In 2020 she received a $10 million USD grant to study anerobic digestion and its application to turning manure into usable energy. [2] In 2021, she was named a MacArthur Fellow. [3] [4]

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Early life and education

Moore grew up in Eau-Claire, WI and comes from a farming family, with both of her maternal grandparents growing up on dairy farms. Her family maintained a farm in the Eau-Claire area until the 1980s, when they lost the farm during the 1980s farm crisis. After graduating from Eau Claire North High School, Moore earned a bachelor's degree in biology at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire. She earned a master's degree in biology at the University of Minnesota Duluth, and a doctorate in forestry at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. [5]

Work

Moore has worked with farmers to develop resilient and sustainable agricultural practices and systems that take into consideration climate change, water quality and loss of biodiversity. [6]

Moore has written on various ecological topics, including the ecological effects of fire on landscapes; soil carbon storage, biodiversity improvement, the effects of wind and fire on forests, among others. [7]

Moore currently serves as the director of the Consortium for Cultivating Human And Naturally reGenerative Enterprises (C-CHANGE) at Iowa State University. She also serves as co-director of the university's Bioeconomy Institute. [5] She also works in large transdisciplinary teams, consisting of a variety of scientists, engineers, farmers, farmland owners, and representatives of government, industry, and NGOs in order to foster continuous living cover on agricultural landscapes. [1]

Awards and honors

References

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  2. "Iowa State University professor working to turn manure into fuel with $10 million grant". www.thegazette.com.
  3. Sitter, Phillip. "Iowa State ecology professor named first MacArthur Fellowship recipient from the university". The Ames Tribune.
  4. "Iowan, landscape ecologist, and MacArthur genius says she'll keep looking for small changes with big impacts". Iowa Public Radio. October 6, 2021.
  5. 1 2 3 "Two Iowa State faculty named global Top Agri-food Pioneers for work to fight hunger, make agriculture more resilient". College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. Iowa State University. October 3, 2024. Retrieved February 8, 2025.
  6. 1 2 Sitter, Phillip (September 28, 2021). "Iowa State ecology professor named first MacArthur Fellowship recipient from the university". Ames Tribune. Retrieved February 14, 2022.
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  8. "Lisa Schulte Moore: Landscape Ecologist". MacArthur Foundation. Retrieved February 14, 2022.
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  10. "2024 AAAS Fellows". American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). Retrieved April 20, 2025.