MaragetÌýHegwood
- 2021 Award Winner

Margaret Hegwood is an ENVS Phd Student and a USDA Food Technology and Food Security Fellow at the ³Ô¹ÏÍø of Colorado Boulder. She is interested in building an improved understanding of the socio-economic and environmental impacts of new food technologies. Before coming to CU, Margaret received her B.S. and M.S. in Biological Engineering from Purdue ³Ô¹ÏÍø, where she acquired significant experience working on food security through internships with the USDA Foreign Agricultural Service and Land O’Lakes, Inc. as well as her research as a DoD Boren Fellow for National Security and Strategic Language Learning. She aspires to use her technological background to advise domestic and international governments on critical global agriculture issues.