Dr. Brumm's is Associate Director of the Center for Sustainable Rural Livelihoods (CSRL) at Iowa State. CSRL programs have improved the livelihoods of thousands of rural Ugandans through direct intervention or through education and training, addressing the issues of malnutrition, health and poverty. He is one of the faculty leaders of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences service learning program, where ISU and Makerere University students contribute to development projects at primary schools in the Kamuli district of Uganda through teaching, school garden work, and team projects. Dr. Brumm's research goals include:

1. Understanding and implementing improvements in post-harvest systems in developing countries to help ensure food security.

2. Examining biorefinery systems, identifying and eliminating inefficiencies, especially for biomass storage.

3. Understanding and assessing how teaching pedagogies affect student learning.