Thomas Tomich

Thomas Patrick Tomich (born September 8, 1956) is an American researcher in the field of sustainable agriculture. He researches a variety of subjects, including agriculture, natural resource management, food policy, and economic development. He is the founding director of the Agricultural Sustainability Institute at University of California, Davis and an elected fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Tomich advocates for immediate and strategic action on the part of the research community to apply current scientific knowledge to address world-wide issues relating to climate change.

Education Thomas Patrick Tomich was born on September 8, 1956, in San Jose, California, to parents Lillian and Thomas Tomich. His family owned a fruit orchard in Orangevale, established by Thomas P. Tomich's great-grandparents in 1897. He also received a PhD in agricultural and food system economics from Stanford, graduating in 1984.

Career Tomich worked for the Harvard Institute for International Development for ten years as a policy advisor and institute associate. From 1994-2006, he worked for the World Agroforestry Centre as principal economist and global coordinator of the ASB Partnership for the Tropical Forest Margins.

Awards and honors In 2019, Tomich was elected as a fellow to the American Association for the Advancement of Science.