Meet the 12 new CALS faculty members that started in 2022, listed in chronological order by start date. eCALS posts a profile article for each new faculty member who joins the college, once they come to campus and complete the Q&A form. Learn more about your new colleagues below:

• Margaret Kalcic, Department of Biological Systems Engineering, watershed modeling and agricultural hydrology (Jan.)
• Hilario Mantovani, Department of Animal and Dairy Sciences, gut microbiomes of ruminants (Mar.)
• Xia Zhu-Barker, Department of Soil Science, sustainability of agroecosystems (Jun.)
• Emily Bick, Department of Entomology, digital technology for precision insect pest management (Jul.)
• Neslihan Akdeniz, Department of Biological Systems Engineering, livestock and poultry environments and manure management (Aug.)
• Jessica Hua, Department of Forest and Wildlife Ecology, aquatic ecotoxicology (Aug.)
• Malia Jones, Department of Community and Environmental Sociology, spatial clustering of vaccine hesitancy (Aug.)
• Sofia Ortega, Department of Animal and Dairy Sciences, bovine reproductive physiology (Aug.)
• Gulustan Ozturk, Department of Food Science, health-promoting components of milk (Aug.)
• Jennifer Raynor, Department of Forest and Wildlife Ecology, economic dimensions of fish and wildlife management (Aug.)
• Daniela Drummond-Barbosa, Department of Genetics, regulation of stem cell lineages in Drosophila melanogaster (Sep.)
• Inna Popova, Department of Soil Science, impact of synthetic chemicals on soils (Oct.)