Molly Jahn, PhD DSc is a professor at the UWisconsin-Madison, having recently concluded a leave for U.S. Government Service as a Program Manager at the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency and Senior Advisor to the Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense (Critical Technologies). Her research teams at Cornell and UW have produced dozens of vegetable varieties grown worldwide commercially and for subsistence, many of which are recognized as market founders and leaders. Her innovative approaches to inter-sector, international, trans- and post-disciplinary partnerships; her engagement with emerging institutions; her active commitments to work with deeply challenged communities in N. America and globally; and her integrated, large projects focused on impact and technology transfer at scale have been highlighted widely in the academic and popular press and film. Jahn serves on numerous boards and advisory panels including the International Maize/Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT), the Nobel Sustainability Trust, and the Special Representative to the U.N. Secretary General for Disaster Risk Reduction. She consults globally for business and finance, governments, philanthropy, and international multi-lateral institutions focused on agriculture, food systems, risk, life sciences, development, and national security.
