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Erik A. Mencos Contreras

Columbia University
E-mail: eam2215@columbia.edu

Recent Publications

Rebolledo, M.C., K. Saito, M. Adam, J. Bartholomé, A. Castro, B. Clerget, K. Cordero, B.S. Dhillon, S. Dixit, R. Fernandez, C. Grenier, A. Grondin, A. Henry, S. Katiyar, E. Mencos Contreras, C. Orn, P. Peramaiyan, C. Perin, C. Pradal, S.S. Rivas, K. Senthilkumar, R. Valdivia, and M.F. Alvarez, 2026: Aerobic rice: A system-based genetic innovation for low water use and methane mitigation. Front. Sustain. Food Syst., 10, doi:10.3389/fsufs.2026.1841086.

Greaves-Peters, N., P.A. Koch, C. Saavedra, E. Mencos Contreras, C. Rosenzweig, W. Yin, J. Algiere, J. Grauer, D. Bartush, G. Jorgensen, N. Mendez, L. Austria, and K. Ciprian, 2026: Evaluating a community-based intervention to advance food equity and climate resilience in the South Bronx: Findings from the LEAF program. MDPI Sustainability, 18, no. 2, 750, doi:10.3390/su18020750.

Carducci, B., J.R. Guarin, K. Karl, L. Ziska, M. Yang, J. Fanzo, J. Jägermyer, A.C. Ruane, G. Hoogenboom, M. Herrero, E. Mencos Contreras, N. Kozlowski, and C. Rosenzweig, 2025: Anticipating climate impacts on nutrition through climate-crop nutrient modeling. Nat. Clim. Change, 15, no. 11, 1165-1172, doi:10.1038/s41558-025-02470-3.

Karl, K., F.N. Tubiello, M. Crippa, J. Poore, M.N. Hayek, P. Benoit, M. Chen, M. Corbeels, A. Flammini, S. Garland, A. Leip, S.C. McClelland, E. Mencos Contreras, D. Sandalow, R. Quadrelli, T.B. Sapkota, and C. Rosenzweig, 2025: Harmonizing food systems emissions accounting for more effective climate action. Environ. Res. Food Syst., 2, no. 1, 015001, doi:10.1088/2976-601X/ad8fb3.

Karl, K., R. DeFries, W. Baethgen, M. Furtado, J. Potent, E.M. Leal, E. Mencos Contreras, and C. Rosenzweig, 2024: Toward a holistic and data-driven framework to evaluate livestock-derived protein systems. One Earth, 7, no. 4, 572-588, doi:10.1016/j.oneear.2024.02.003.

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