Martin Entz PhD is professor in the University of Manitoba’s Plant Science department. He received his PhD in crop physiology from the University of Saskatchewan in 1988 and worked as a farm manager and research agronomist before embarking on his academic career. He and his research team have worked on organic agricultural systems for over 25 years.
Martin enjoys teaching crop production and agroecology. He has supervised 50 MSc and PhD students, published 145 peer-reviewed scientific papers, and leads agricultural projects in Central America, Zimbabwe and East Africa. Martin is the inaugural “Jarislowsky Chair in Natural Systems Agriculture for Climate Solutions” and hopes to use this opportunity to enrich the lives of students and colleagues in our faculty and beyond.