Our Team | Kim Stackhouse-Lawson, Ph. D.
Contact: Kim.Stackhouse-Lawson@colostate.edu
Director of AgNext, Professor
Dr. Kim Stackhouse-Lawson is Director of the AgNext and a Professor of Animal Science at Colorado State University. CSU AgNext was launched to find solutions to feed 12.3 billion people by 2100 by innovating sustainable solutions in animal agriculture. Prior to her time at CSU, Kim was the Director of Sustainability for JBS USA where she is responsible for coordinating the North American sustainability program, inclusive of the Company’s beef, pork, poultry, case ready, transportation, and branded product business. Prior to that she was the Executive Director of Global Sustainability at the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association where she developed the industry’s sustainability program. Kim received her Ph.D. in Animal Science from the University of California, Davis and was a postdoctoral fellow at Kansas State University College of Veterinary Medicine Beef Cattle Institute.
Recent Publications:
- Raynor, E.J., Schilling-Hazlett, A, Place, S, Vargas, J, Stackhouse-Lawson, K, Thompson, L, Johnston, M, Jorns, T, Beck, M, Kuehn, L, Derner, J. (2024). Snapshot of Enteric Methane Emissions from Stocker Cattle Grazing Extensive Semiarid Rangelands.
- Beck MR, Thompson L, Rowntree JE, Place S, Stackhouse-Lawson, K, et al. U.S. manure methane emissions represent a greater contributor to implied climate warming than enteric methane emissions using the global warming potential* methodology. Frontiers in sustainable food systems. 2023;7
- Jablonski, K, Derner, J, Bailey, D, Davies, K, Meiman, P, Roche, L, Thacker, E, Vermeire, L, Stackhouse-Lawson, K. (2023). Principles for successful livestock grazing management on western US rangelands.
- Derner JD, Wilmer H, Stackhouse-Lawson, K, Place, S, Boggess M. Practical considerations for adaptive strategies by US grazing land managers with a changing climate. Agrosystems, geosciences & environment. 2023;6(1).
- David D. Briske, Steven R. Archer, Emily Burchfield, William Burnidge, Justin D. Derner, Hannah Gosnell, Jerry Hatfield, Clare E. Kazanski, Mona Khalil, Tyler J. Lark, Pamela Nagler, Osvaldo Sala, Nathan F. Sayre, and Kim Stackhouse-Lawson. “Supplying ecosystem services on US rangelands.” Nat Sustain, September 2023
- Beck MR, Thompson L, Campbell TN, Stackhouse-Lawson KR, Archibeque SL. Implied climate warming contributions of enteric methane emissions are dependent on the estimate source and accounting methodology. Applied Animal Science. 2022;38(6):639-647.
- Klopatek SC, Cantwell AM, Roche L, Stackhouse-Lawson K, Oltjen JW. Beef Quality Assurance national rancher survey: program participation, best management practices, and motivations for joining future sustainability programs. Translational Animal Science. 2022;6(3).