Institutes
NIFA is organized into the Institutes of Bioenergy, Climate and Environment; Food Production and Sustainability; Food Safety and Nutrition; Youth, Family, and Community.
Below are NIFA Institutes, and the associated Divisions, Division Directors (or Acting Division Directors), National Program Leaders (NPL), and National Science Liaisons (NSL).
Institute of Bioenergy, Climate, and Environment
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Acting Deputy Director: Timothy Conner
Division of Bioenergy
- Division Director: Timothy Conner
- NPL: William Goldner
- NPL: Victoria Finkenstadt
Division of Environmental Systems
- Division Director: Peter Thompson
- NPL: Daniel Cassidy
- NPL: Jim Dobrowolski
- NPL: Sandeep Kumar
Division of Global Climate Change
- Division Director: Shafiqur Rahman
- NPL: Andrés Cibils
- NPL: Amy Ganguli
Institute of Food Production and Sustainability
- Deputy Director: Deb Hamernik
- Division Director: Kevin Kephart
- NPL: Ganesh Bora
- NPL: Denis Ebodaghe
- NPL: Robbin Shoemaker
- NPL: David Songstad
- NPL: Steve Thomson
Division of Animal Systems
- Division Director: Deb Hamernik
- NPL: Kathe Bjork
- NPL: Frank Siewerdt
- NPL: Robert Smith
- NPL: Tim Sullivan
- NPL: Angelica Van Goor
Division of Plant Systems-Production
- Acting Division Director: John Erickson
- NPL: Tom Bewick
- NPL: John Erickson
- NPL: Ed Kaleikau
- NPL: Vance Owens
- NPL: Ann Stapleton
Division of Plant Systems-Protection
- Acting Division Director: Joseph Munyaneza
- NPL: Amer Fayad
- NPL: Erica Kistner-Thomas
- NPL: Ann Lichens-Park
- NPL: Vijay Nandula
Institute of Food Safety and Nutrition
- Deputy Director: Suzanne Stluka
Division of Food Safety
- Division Director: Steve Zeng
- NPL: Mark Carter
- NPL: Hongda Chen
Division of Nutrition
- Acting Division Director: Steve Zeng
- NPL: Lisa Jahns
- NPL: Lydia Kaume
- NPL: Mallory Koenings
- NPL: Helen Chipman
Institute of Youth, Family, and Community
- Deputy Director: Kal Kalavacharla
Division of Community and Education
- Division Director: Peter Motavalli
- NPL: Ray Ali
- NPL: Irma Lawrence
- NPL: Manoharan Muthusamy
- NPL: Carlos Ortiz
- NPL: Erin Riley
Division of Family and Consumer Sciences
- Acting Division Director: Keith Harris
- NPL: Keith Harris
Division of Youth and 4-H
- Acting Division Director: Brent Elrod
- NPL: Jeff Sallee
- NPL: Bonita Williams
- NPL: Maurice Smith
National Science Liaison Team
Supports the agency’s national research, education, and extension portfolio; advance NIFA programs; and serve as expert resources in Washington, D.C.- NSL: Sheila Fleischhacker (Food Safety and Nutrition)
- NSL: Mark Mirando (AFRI; Animal Health and Production)
- NSL: Mat Ngouajio (Plant Production and Protection; Organic Farming)
- NSL: Eric Norland (Environmental and Natural Resources)
- NSL: Brad Rein (Sustainable Agricultural Systems; Technology; Economics; Social Sciences)
- NSL: Brent Elrod (4H and Community Development)
- NSL: Megan O'Rourke (Global Climate)