Kristen Nelson is an Associate Professor in the departments of Forest Resources and Fisheries, Wildlife and Conservation Biology. She discusses wildfire prepardness both at the homeowner and community levels.

Mindy Kurzer is a professor in the Department of Food Science and Nutrition. She discusses nutrition research.

Peter Reich is a professor in the Department of Forest Resources who has been named Regents Professor, an honor achieved by only the top 1 percent of faculty at the University of Minnesota.

Jean Kinsey, Professor in the Department of Applied Economics and Director of The Food Industry Center discusses food prices.

Roger Ruan, Professor in the Department of Bioproducts and Biosystems Engineering discusses biofuels.

George Weiblen is an associate professor in the Department of Plant Biology and curator of plants at the Bell Museum of Natural History. He is a chief organizer of Evolution 2008, an international conference being held on the University of Minnesota campus in June 2008.

Karen Oberhauser is a professor in the Department of Fisheries, Wildlife and Conservation Biology who specializes in the study of the monarch butterflies and who advocates citizen science.

Rex Bernardo is a professor in the Department of Agronomy and Plant Genetics who specializes in corn.

Susan Galatowitsch is a professor in the Department of Horticultural Science; she is the winner of the 2007-2008 Fesler-Lampert Chair in Urban and Regional Affairs and a founding fellow of the University's new Institute on the Environment.

Ulrike Tschirner is an associate professor in the Department of Bioproducts and Biosystems Engineering discusses paper and wood research.