Dr. Timothy Silberg
Innovation Scholar
Timothy (Timmy) Silberg is an agroecosystems researcher with over a decade of experience in international agricultural development. Currently, he is Fulbright post-doctoral fellow at the Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC). At UFSC, he leads a research team to investigate the adoption of biogas technologies among pork producers for the purpose of developing a simulator to project agro-energy production. Silberg holds a PhD in Community Sustainability (with a specialization in Ecological Food and Farming Systems), a MSc in Agricultural Leadership, Education and Communications, and a BSc in Agricultural Sciences (with a minor in International Agriculture). He has been involved with several development and research projects across the globe, including Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago, Haiti, Guatemala, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda, Malawi, and now Brazil.
Timmy has consulted for Causal Design and the Adam Smith Institute, advising funders how best to catalyze legume and bioenergy markets, respectively. Today, he serves as the program coordinator for the USAID-funded Malawi University of Science and Technology Innovation Scholars Program (MUST-ISP).
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