Philip Pardey

Director GEMS Informatics Center, University of Minnesota

Philip Pardey has been at the University of Minnesota since 2002. He is a Professor of Science and Technology Policy in the Department of Applied Economics and Director of the GEMS Informatics Center. GEMS brings together the University’s College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences (CFANS) and the Minnesota Supercomputing Institute to develop and deploy computational systems that address complex problems to unlock innovation in the agri-food sector and foster data-driven public-private partnerships. Previously he was a senior research fellow at IFPRI (International Food Policy Research Institute) in Washington, D.C., and ISNAR (International Service for National Agricultural Research) in The Hague, Netherlands.