Lisa Schulte Moore

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.{{Cite web |date=2024-10-03 |title=Two Iowa State faculty named global Top Agri-food Pioneers for work to fight hunger, make agriculture more resilient |url=https://www.cals.iastate.edu/news/2024/two-iowa-state-faculty-named-global-top-agri-food-pioneers-work-fight-hunger-make |access-date=2025-02-08 |website=College of Agriculture and Life Sciences |publisher=Iowa State University |language=en}}

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.

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.{{cite web |title=Lisa Schulte Moore |url=https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=-6bpfYUAAAAJ&hl=en |publisher=Google Scholar |access-date=14 February 2022}}

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. 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.

• John D. and Katherine T. MacArthur Foundation Fellowship (2021){{cite web |title=Lisa Schulte Moore: Landscape Ecologist |url=https://www.macfound.org/fellows/class-of-2021/lisa-schulte-moore |publisher=MacArthur Foundation |access-date=14 February 2022}}{{cite news |last1=Sitter |first1=Phillip |title=Iowa State ecology professor named first MacArthur Fellowship recipient from the university |url=https://www.amestrib.com/story/news/education/2021/09/28/professor-lisa-schulte-moore-is-isu-first-genius-grant-winner-iowa-state-macarthur-fellowship-2021/5898017001/ |access-date=14 February 2022 |publisher=Ames Tribune |date=28 September 2021}}
• Citation for Leadership and Achievement, Council for Scientific Society Presidents (2022){{cite web | url=https://www.sciencepresidents.org/leadership-citation | title=Leadership Citation }}
• AAAS Fellow in the section on Agriculture, Food & Renewable Resources (2024){{Cite web |title=2024 AAAS Fellows |website=American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) |url=https://www.aaas.org/programs/fellows/2024-aaas-fellows |access-date=2025-04-20 |language=en}}

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