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Malika Nocco

Malika Nocco

Assistant Professor and Extension Specialist in Agrohydrology at University of Wisconsin–Madison, specializing in agricultural water management and soil-plant-water relations.

Jul 17, 2026

The SustainUW Podcast

The SustainUW Podcast

Women Leading Sustainability: Conversations with Dr. Heather Swan & Dr. Mallika Nocco

Jul 17 · 57m

Evie Skibicki
Evie SkibickiHOST
42:00
it sounds like your role is a lot different than maybe I'm used to.
Malika Nocco
Malika NoccoGUEST
42:06
I think that my squiggle is pretty squiggly, to be very honest.
Malika Nocco
Malika NoccoGUEST
42:12
And I will just share really openly that I, when I was an undergraduate, I went to the University of Minnesota Twin Cities and I didn't really know what I wanted to do.
Malika Nocco
Malika NoccoGUEST
42:22
I knew that I really liked to read books and And I like to discuss, you know, issues of the day.
Malika Nocco
Malika NoccoGUEST
42:31
And I like to communicate.
Malika Nocco
Malika NoccoGUEST
42:33
I like to write and to speak.
Malika Nocco
Malika NoccoGUEST
42:36
So I was really involved in the mock trial team and in parliamentary debate.

7 MINS LATER

Evie Skibicki
Evie SkibickiHOST
49:46
Where did that all come in play in that squiggle and how did you get started with Water Talk? Yeah,

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