Dr. Frank Mitloehner with the University of California-Davis

Frank Mitloehner
Professor and Air Quality Specialist in Cooperative Extension
Department of Animal Science
University of California, Davis
Director, CLEAR Center
Dr. Mitloehner is an expert in agricultural air quality, livestock housing and husbandry. He conducts research that is directly relevant to understanding and mitigating of air emissions from livestock operations, as well as the implications of these emissions for the health and safety of farm workers and neighboring communities.

He has authored 130 peer-reviewed articles, presented more than 1,000 invited talks at national and international venues, and has received numerous distinguished awards for teaching, research, and service. Dr. Mitloehner was the recipient of the 2019 Borlaug CAST Communication Award.

Dr. Mitloehner has served as chairman of a global United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization partnership project to benchmark the environmental footprint of livestock production. He served as a work-group member on the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology, and as a member on the National Academies of Science Institute of Medicine Committee on “A Framework for Assessing the
Health, Environmental, and Social Effects of the Food System.” Currently, he serves on the United States Department of Agriculture’s Task Force on Agricultural Air Quality Research.