Hemp Industrialization

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
Flynn

♦ 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
Gutierrez

♦ 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 
Hartley

♦ 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
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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
Idowu

♦ John Idowu | Extension Agronomist/Associate Professor | jidowu@nmsu.edu

Expertise:

Soil Health;
Soil Tillage;
Crop Production

Interdisciplinary Collaboration Areas:

  • Hemp Industrialization
  • Soil Health
Lauriault

♦ 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
Mitchell

♦ 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
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 
Pierce

♦ 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

♦ 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
Scholljegerdes

♦ 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
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:

  • 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
Ulery

♦ 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