Please join us for this Climate and Health Seminar! Dr. Greg Sixt will be presenting, "The importance of convergent approaches for achieving food systems transformations and why research alliances matter." Please join us in ARB 1102 or via Zoom.
Dr. Gregory Sixt directs the Food and Climate Systems Transformation (FACT) Alliance, an MIT J-WAFS-led global network of leading research institutions and stakeholder organizations working to shorten the link between research and action. Dr. Sixt is also the Research Manager for Food and Climate Systems on various J-WAFS projects.
Prior to joining MIT, he worked at the US Department of Agriculture’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture (USDA-NIFA) in the Institute of Bioenergy, Climate, and Environment and the Center for International Programs. He has extensive consulting experience in the areas of agricultural innovation systems, climate change adaptation in agriculture and water management, water-energy and food-water-energy nexus governance, and foreign aid investment. Dr. Sixt is a subject matter expert on agricultural knowledge and innovation systems, water governance, food systems transformation, and the climate-food systems nexus.
He holds a PhD in Agriculture, Food, and Environment and Water Diplomacy from The Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy at Tufts University.
