Value-Added Agribusiness & Ag Supply Chain Entrepreneurship

Acharya

♦ Ram N Acharya | Associate Professor

Expertise:
Farm production risk and profitability, valuation of ecosystem services, food safety and security, marketing of farm and value added products, and sustainability

Interdisciplinary Collaboration Areas:

  • Adapting to Climate Variability
  • Big Data
  • Food, Agriculture and Natural Resources Policy
  • Food Safety
  • Food Security
  • Nutraceutical and Functional Foods
  • Soil Health
  • Value-added Agribusiness & Ag Supply Chain Entrepreneurship
Insook

♦ Insook Ahn | Assistant professor | iahn@nmsu.edu

Expertise:

Apparel Design,
Product Development,
Pattern making

Interdisciplinary Collaboration Areas:

  • Value-added Agribusiness & Ag Supply Chain Entrepreneurship
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♦ Derek W. Bailey | Professor

Expertise:

Precision Livestock Management, Grazing Management, Foraging Ecology, Riparian Area Management, Targeted Livestock Grazing

Interdisciplinary Collaboration Areas:

  • Artificial Intelligence in Agriculture
  • Big Data
  • Food Security
  • Value-added Agribusiness & Ag Supply Chain Entrepreneurship
Blanley

♦ Don P. Blayney | Adjunct Professor | dblayney@nmsu.edu

Expertise:

Agricultural policy, Dairy, Quantitative analysis using various techniques

Interdisciplinary Collaboration Areas:

  • Food Safety
  • Food Security
  • Value-added Agribusiness & Ag Supply Chain Entrepreneurship
  • Food, Agriculture and Natural Resources Policy 
Delgado

♦ Efren Delgado | Assistant Professor

Expertise:
Food Chemistry, functional foods and food processing
Interdisciplinary Collaboration Areas:

  • Food processing
  • Food Safety
  • Food Security
  • Hemp Industrialization
  • Nutraceutical and Functional Foods
  • Value-added Agribusiness & Ag Supply Chain Entrepreneurship
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♦ Tom Dominguez | Agricultural Agent

Expertise:

Fruit and vegetable production, Range and Animal Science, Small Acreage production, Land Stewardship, Hoop House and Green house production

Interdisciplinary Collaboration Areas:

  • Agriculture and Culinary Tourism
  • Food, Agriculture and Natural Resources Policy
  • Food Safety
  • Food Security
  • Hemp Industrialization
  • Produced & Brackish Water Utilization
  • Science & Agriculture Literacy and Consumer Education
  • Soil Health
  • Value-added Agribusiness & Ag Supply Chain Entrepreneurship
Fasenko

♦ Gaylene Fasenko | Associate Professor, Companion Animals | gfasenko@nmsu.edu

Expertise:

Canine/feline health and disease, training and behavior,
Service animals training and laws,
Human-Animal Interactions

Interdisciplinary Collaboration Areas:

  • Value-added Agribusiness & Ag Supply Chain Entrepreneurship (particularly organic treats for canines and felines)
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♦ Nancy C. Flores | Assistant Professor, Extension Food Technology Specialist

Expertise:

Commercial food processing procedures, regulations and certification courses, Home food preservation, Bilingual Extension education to informal and professional audiences

Interdisciplinary Collaboration Areas:

  • Food Safety
  • Food Security
  • Science & Agriculture Literacy and Consumer Education
  • Value-added Agribusiness & Ag Supply Chain Entrepreneurship
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♦ John R. Garlisch | Extension Agriculture Agent

Expertise:

Horticulture Production - Fruits, Vegetables, Insects, Plant diseases and disorders On -Farm Food Safety, Small Farm Business Planning, Economics, Entrepreneurship

Interdisciplinary Collaboration Areas:

  • Agriculture and Culinary Tourism
  • Food, Agriculture and Natural Resources Policy
  • Food Safety
  • Food Security
  • Science & Agriculture Literacy and Consumer Education
  • Soil Health
  • Sustainable Water Systems
  • Value-added Agribusiness & Ag Supply Chain Entrepreneurship
Geise

♦ Gill Giese| Extension Viticulture Specialist | ggiese@nmsu.edu

Expertise:
Viticulture, enology, grape and wine compositional quality, cover crops and soil health, nematodes and other biotic factors that impact grape and wine compositional quality, water use and irrigation efficiency

Interdisciplinary Collaboration Areas:

  • Nutraceutical and Functional Foods
  • Soil Health
  • Value-added Agribusiness & Ag Supply Chain Entrepreneurship
  • Agriculture and Culinary Tourism
  • Science & Agriculture Literacy and Consumer Education
  • Adapting to Climate Variability
  • Sustainable Water Systems
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♦ F. Omar Holguin |Associate Professor

Expertise:

Metabolomics, Lipidomics, Proteomics, Secondary Metabolism, Analytical Chemistry, Natural Products Isolation, Mass Spectrometry, Bioactive Molecules, Nutraceuticals

Interdisciplinary Collaboration Areas:

  • Food Safety
  • Hemp Industrialization
  • Nutraceutical and Functional Foods
  • Produced & Brackish Water Utilization
  • Sustainable Water Systems
  • Value-added Agribusiness & Ag Supply Chain Entrepreneurship
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♦ Sergio Martinez-Monteagudo | Assistant Professor

Expertise:

Value-added, extraction of bioactive compounds, chemical modifications, technology development

Interdisciplinary Collaboration Areas:

  • Valorization of Agricultural byproduct streams
  • Food, Agriculture and Natural Resources Policy
  • Food Safety
  • Food Security
  • Nutraceutical and Functional Foods
  • Value-added Agribusiness & Ag Supply Chain Entrepreneurship 
Miller

♦ Maryfrances (Frannie) Miller | Associate Professor | franniem@nmsu.edu

Expertise:
Agricultural policy, research in animal disease and traceability

Interdisciplinary Collaboration Areas:

  • Food Safety
  • Soil Health
  • Value-added Agribusiness & Ag Supply Chain Entrepreneurship
  • Food, Agriculture and Natural Resources Policy
  • Adapting to Climate Variability
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♦ Shannon Norris | Assistant Professor

Expertise:
Agricultural Communications, Agricultural Literacy, Science Communication, National Defense, Food Security, Agricultural Education and Youth Development
Interdisciplinary Collaboration Areas:

  • Agriculture and Culinary Tourism
  • Food, Agriculture and Natural Resources Policy
  • Food Security
  • Science & Agriculture Literacy and Consumer Education
  • Sustainable Water Systems
  • Value-added Agribusiness & Ag Supply Chain Entrepreneurship
Patrick

♦ Michael Patrick | Associate Professor and Community Economic Development Specialist | jmpat@nmsu.edu

Expertise:

Community Economic Development
and Entrepreneurship

Interdisciplinary Collaboration Areas:

  • Food Security
  • Hemp Industrialization
  • Value-added Agribusiness & Ag Supply Chain Entrepreneurship
Rashid

♦ Abdur Rashid | Ag. Research Scientist & Graduate Faculty | arashid@nmsu.edu

Expertise:

Plant Molecular Biology/Genetics, Plant Physiology, Plant Pathology

Interdisciplinary Collaboration Areas:

  • Artificial Intelligence in Agriculture
  • Soil Health
  • Value-added Agribusiness & Ag Supply Chain Entrepreneurship
  • Science & Agriculture Literacy and Consumer Education
Regmi

♦ Madhav Regmi | Assistant Professor | mregmi@nmsu.edu

Expertise:
Agricultural finance, risk management, production economics and agricultural policy

Interdisciplinary Collaboration Areas:

  • Big Data
  • Value-added Agribusiness & Ag Supply Chain Entrepreneurship
  • Food, Agriculture and Natural Resources Policy
  • Adapting to Climate Variability
Robinson

♦ Chadelle Robinson | Assistant Professor | chadelle@nmsu.edu

Expertise:
Food marketing, general marketing, consumer behavior, and general agricultural business

Interdisciplinary Collaboration Areas:

  • Nutraceutical and Functional Foods
  • Specialty Meat and Produce Markets
  • Food Safety
  • Value-added Agribusiness & Ag Supply Chain Entrepreneurship
  • Agriculture and Culinary Tourism
  • Science & Agriculture Literacy and Consumer Education
Thompson

♦ Marisa Y. Thompson, PhD | NMSU Extension Horticulture Specialist | risi@nmsu.edu

Expertise:
Urban horticulture, landscape ornamentals, xeriscaping, backyard fruits and vegetables, urban trees/forests, mitigating effects of climate change through sustainable planting, water-wise gardening, and supporting wildlife habitats

Interdisciplinary Collaboration Areas:

  • Nutraceutical and Functional Foods
  • Food Security
  • Soil Health
  • Value-added Agribusiness & Ag Supply Chain Entrepreneurship
  • Agriculture and Culinary Tourism
  • Science & Agriculture Literacy and Consumer Education
  • Food, Agriculture and Natural Resources Policy
  • Adapting to Climate Variability
  • Sustainable Water Systems
Ward

♦ Marcy Ward | Extension Livestock Specialist Expertise:
Beef cattle nutrition, health, reproduction, and management

Interdisciplinary Collaboration Areas:

  • Adapting to Climate Variability
  • Nutraceutical and Functional Foods
  • Sustainable Water Systems
  • Value-added Agribusiness & Ag Supply Chain Entrepreneurship
Wenzel

♦ John C Wenzel DVM | Extension Veterinarian | jwenzel@nmsu.edu

Expertise:
Veterinary medicine and surgery, Cattle health and well being, Preventative health care for cattle production, Value-added programs for cattle producers, Beef production, Foreign animal disease recognition and response

Interdisciplinary Collaboration Areas:

  • Value-added Agribusiness & Ag Supply Chain Entrepreneurship
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♦ Shengrui Yao | Associate Professor

Expertise:
Fruit related research, especially jujubes.
Interdisciplinary Collaboration Areas:

  • Nutraceutical and Functional Foods
  • Value-added Agribusiness & Ag Supply Chain Entrepreneurship