♦ 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
♦ 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
♦ Robert Flynn | Associate Professor Agronomy and Soils / Superintendent | rflynn@nmsu.edu
Expertise:
Soil testing and interpretations, soil health, water management, crop production, management of salinity, and sodicity, crop response to the environment.
Interdisciplinary Collaboration Areas:
- Adapting to Climate Variability
- Hemp Industrialization
- Produced & Brackish Water Utilization
- Science & Agriculture Literacy and Consumer Education
- Soil Health
- Sustainable Water Systems
♦ Paul H Gutierrez | Professor and Extension Specialist | pgutierr@nmsu.edu
Expertise:
Community Economic Development,
Alternative crop production systems
Interdisciplinary Collaboration Areas:
- Adapting to Climate Variability
- Hemp Industrialization
- Specialty Meat and Produce Markets
- Value-added Agribusiness & Ag Supply Chain Entrepreneurship
♦ John Hartley | College Assistant Professor | jhartley@nmsu.edu
Expertise:
Culinary arts, food production &
service, business management
Interdisciplinary Collaboration Areas:
- Agriculture and Culinary Tourism
- Food Safety
- Hemp Industrialization
- Specialty Meat and Produce Markets
♦ 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
♦ John Idowu | Extension Agronomist/Associate Professor | jidowu@nmsu.edu
Expertise:
Soil Health;
Soil Tillage;
Crop Production
Interdisciplinary Collaboration Areas:
- Hemp Industrialization
- Soil Health
♦ Leonard Lauriault | College Professor - Forage Crop Management Scientist | lmlaur@nmsu.edu
Expertise:
Forage Crops
Interdisciplinary Collaboration Areas:
- Adapting to Climate Variability
- Food Safety
- Food Security
- Hemp Industrialization
- Produced & Brackish Water Utilization
- Sustainable Water Systems
♦ Pete Mitchell | College Assistant Professor | petemit@nmsu.edu
Expertise:
Leadership, Food & Beverage Management, Sanitation & Kitchen Safety, Facilities Management, Hospitality Marketing, Hospitality Accounting
Interdisciplinary Collaboration Areas:
- Agriculture and Culinary Tourism
- Food Safety
- Food Security
- Hemp Industrialization
- Sustainable Water Systems
♦ 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
♦ Jane Breen Pierce | Research/Extension Entomologist | japierce@nmsu.edu
Expertise:
Economic Entomology, Host Plant Resistance to Insects, Biological Control, Economic Injury Levels
Interdisciplinary Collaboration Areas:
- Food Security
- Food, Agriculture and Natural Resources Policy
- Hemp Industrialization
- Science & Agriculture Literacy and Consumer Education
♦ Luis Sabillon Galeas | Assistant Professor of Microbial Food Safety
Expertise:
Food Safety Microbiology, Molds and Mycotoxins, Post-harvest storage and processing of cereal grains, Processing of wheat-based products
Interdisciplinary Collaboration Areas:
- Food Bioprocessing
- Adapting to Climate Variability
- Food Safety
- Food Security
- Hemp Industrialization
- Science & Agriculture Literacy and Consumer Education
- Sustainable Water Systems
♦ Eric Scholljegerdes | Associate Professor | ejs@nmsu.edu
Expertise:
Ruminant nutrition, Animal physiology, Animal health, Animal management, Range management
Interdisciplinary Collaboration Areas:
- Artificial Intelligence in Agriculture
- Food Safety
- Food Security
- Food, Agriculture and Natural Resource Policy
- Hemp Industrialization
- Nutraceutical and Functional Foods
- Specialty Meat and Produce Markets
- Sustainable Water Systems
♦ 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:
- Adapting to Climate Variability
- Agriculture and Culinary Tourism
- Food, Agriculture and Natural Resources Policy
- Food Security
- Hemp Industrialization
- Nutraceutical and Functional Foods
- Science & Agriculture Literacy and Consumer Education
- Soil Health
- Sustainable Water Systems
- Value-added Agribusiness & Ag Supply Chain Entrepreneurship
♦ April Ulery | Professor | aulery@nmsu.edu
Expertise:
Soil chemistry, metal contamination, salinity, phytoremediation, soil health/soil quality, soil, plant, water analyses
Interdisciplinary Collaboration Areas:
- Food Safety
- Food Security
- Hemp Industrialization
- Produced & Brackish Water Utilization
- Science & Agriculture Literacy and Consumer Education
- Soil Health
