Dr. Molly Jahn is a professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in the Department of Plant and Agroecosystem Sciences, having recently concluded a four year leave for Government Service to serve as a Program Manager in the Defense Sciences Office at the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) and then as Senior Advisor to the Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Critical Technologies. She most recently taught “Systems Thinking,” required for the UW-Madison Sustainability Certificate, now located online at www.jahnresearchgroup.net. The Jahn Research Group focuses on domestic and global food system stability and security, most recently operated on the University of Wisconsin campus in a federal building under a Cooperative Agreement for Research and Development with the U.S. Government. Her work has appeared in a wide range of publications including peer-reviewed science journals, the Middle East Quarterly, the Journal of International Relations, TIME, a major report published by Lloyd’s of London on Evolving Risk in the Global Food System, the U.S. Army War College Report, and a book commissioned by the Special Operations Combatant Command (SOCOM) focused on unleashing strategic latency in a revisionist world order. She served for several years as editor for the PLoS-One channel, “Crop science, food security and food systems.”
For a list of peer reviewed publications, please refer to the Jahn Research Group website.