Tyler Lark is a scientist at the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Center for Sustainability and the Global Environment (SAGE), where he leads research on U.S. agricultural land-use change and its impacts on our nation’s land and water resources. He received his Ph.D. from UW-Madison’s Nelson Institute Environment & Resources program for his research on America’s changing Food and Fuel-Scapes and today continues to explore issues at the intersection of land use, bioenergy, and food production.

He is passionate about finding solutions to the grand challenges our food and agricultural systems face and finding opportunities to reconcile agricultural production with conservation and climate goals. He's also inspired by working with students to implement their ideas into action, particularly through mentored research projects and classes he's helped develop and teach including Consumer-Driven Sustainability, People, Land, and Food,, and Local to Global Solutions to Reduce Food Waste.