Michael Tlusty
Professor
Biography
Michael uses a needs based approach to find solutions to create more food, waste less of it and to help the entire value chain create more food, waste less of it and to help the entire value chain do a better job creating the food we already produce. In his spare time, he uses the lessons learned in studying seafood value chains to create solutions to stop the trade of illegal wildlife products.
Area of Expertise
Food system sustainability, Aquaculture, Determinants of legal and Illegal wildlife trade, Bioregional Action Learning & Transformation
Degrees
PhD, Biology, Syracuse University
BS, Animal Science, University of Illinois
Professional Publications & Contributions
Tlusty MF, Cassey P, Rhyne AL, Omrow D, Stoett P. 2024. Species-level, digitized wildlife trade data is essential for achieving biodiversity targets. Proc Nat Acad Sci.121 (16), e2306869121
Tlusty, M.F., Cawthorn, D.M., Goodman, O.L., Rhyne, A.L. and Roberts, D.L., 2023. Real-time automated species level detection of trade document systems to reduce illegal wildlife trade and improve data quality. Biological Conservation, 281, p.110022.
Tlusty, M. F. (2020). Animal health: the foundation for aquaculture sustainability. In Aquaculture Health Management (pp. 1–15). Academic Press.
Tlusty, M.F., Tyedmers, P., Bailey, M., Ziegler, F., Henriksson, P.J., Béné, C., Bush, S., Newton, R., Asche, F., Little, D.C. and Troell, M., (2020). Reframing the sustainable seafood narrative. Global Environmental Change, 59, 101991.