Member of the r3.0 Academic Alliance

Derric utilizes strong systems thinking and analytical skills to work with cross-cultural and cross-functional teams to identify how society and business can meet food, fiber and fuel demand while minimizing environmental impacts contributing to climate change, water scarcity, eutrophication and loss of biodiversity. Within this broad aim, he specializes in improving our understanding of how regulatory programs and voluntary sustainability standards can help mitigate risk and improve private and public sector decisions about their sourcing and purchasing strategies.