Philip Pardey has been at the University of Minnesota since 2002. He is a Professor of Science and Technology Policy in the Department of Applied Economics, and Director of the GEMS Informatics Center. GEMS brings together the University’s College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences (CFANS) and the Minnesota Supercomputing Institute to develop and deploy computational systems that address complex problems to unlock innovation in the agri-food sector and foster data-driven public-private partnerships. Previously he was a senior research fellow at IFPRI (International Food Policy Research Institute), Washington D.C. and ISNAR (International Service for National Agricultural Research), The Hague, Netherlands. Philip’s career has focused on informing agricultural R&D policies and practices and enabling data-driven innovation that promotes sustainable productivity growth in the food and agricultural sectors worldwide. He is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) and of the Agricultural and Applied Economics Association, Distinguished Fellow and Past President of the Australasian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society, Distinguished Life Member of the International Association of Agricultural Economists, and winner of the Siehl Prize for Excellence in Agriculture. He has authored more than 430 books, articles, and papers (https://gems.umn.edu/gems-team/philip-pardey).
