Science & Agriculture Literacy and Consumer Education

Ashley

♦ Ryan Ashley | Associate Professor and Co-Director of NM-INBRE | ryashley@nmsu.edu

Expertise:

Our research provides a dual benefit to both humans and farm animals
by advancing the understanding of the causes of placental dysfunction and its impacts of fetal and maternal health.

Interdisciplinary Collaboration Areas:

  • Science & Agriculture Literacy
    and Consumer Education
boeing

♦ Wiebke Boeing | Professor | wboeing@nmsu.edu

Expertise:
Aquatic Ecology (every trophic level from bacteria to fish); algae cultivation

Interdisciplinary Collaboration Areas:

  • Science & Agriculture Literacy and Consumer Education
  • Adapting to Climate Variability
  • Sustainable Water Systems
  • Produced & Brackish Water Utilization
chamberlin

♦ Barbara Chamberlin | Professor and Education Technology Specialist | bchamber@nmsu.edu

Expertise:

Design, production, technology outreach, informal learning and evaluation of educational media

Interdisciplinary Collaboration Areas:

  • Science & Agriculture Literacy
    and Consumer Education
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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
duff

♦ Glenn Duff | Professor and Superintendent of Clayton Livestock Research Center | glennd@nmsu.edu

Expertise:

Feedlot nutrition and Cattle Health & Management

Interdisciplinary Collaboration Areas:

  • Science & Agriculture Literacy and Consumer Education
  • Specialty Meat and Produce Markets
  • Sustainable Water Systems
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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
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:

  • Soil Health
  • Science & Agriculture Literacy and Consumer Education
  • Adapting to Climate Variability
  • Sustainable Water Systems
  • Produced & Brackish Water Utilization
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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
giese

♦ 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
gifford

♦ Craig Gifford | Extension Beef Cattle Specialist | cgifford@nmsu.edu

Expertise:

Beef cattle production, Beef cattle reproduction, Beef cattle health

Interdisciplinary Collaboration Areas:

  • Specialty Meat and Produce Markets
  • Science & Agriculture Literacy and Consumer Education
  • Food, Agriculture and Natural Resource Policy
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♦ Matthew Gompper | Professor and Department Head

Expertise:
Wildlife management, human-wildlife conflict, disease ecology, pathogen spillover, ecology of free ranging domestic animals
Interdisciplinary Collaboration Areas:

  • Adapting to Climate Variability
  • Food, Agriculture and Natural Resources Policy
  • Food Security
  • Science & Agriculture Literacy and Consumer Education
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♦ Ivette Guzman | Assistant Professor

Expertise:
Plant Physiology, Nutraceutical and Medicinal Plants
Interdisciplinary Collaboration Areas:

  • Adapting to Climate Variability
  • Nutraceutical and Functional Foods
  • Science & Agriculture Literacy and Consumer Education
Hertzman

♦ Jean Hertzman, PhD, CCE, CSW | Director | jhertzma@nmsu.edu

Expertise:
Food safety for retail establishments, Purchasing, procurement, and supply chain management, Culinary and foodservice management

Interdisciplinary Collaboration Areas:

  • Specialty Meat and Produce Markets
  • Food Safety
  • Food Security
  • Agriculture and Culinary Tourism
  • Science & Agriculture Literacy and Consumer Education
hodnett

♦ Frank Hodnett | Professor | fhodnett@nmsu.edu

Expertise:

Youth Development, Teacher Education, Youth Programs

Interdisciplinary Collaboration Areas:

  • Science & Agriculture Literacy and Consumer Education
Ivey

♦ Shanna Ivey | Department Head | sivey@nmsu.edu

Expertise:

Gut microbiology

Interdisciplinary Collaboration Areas:

  • Nutraceutical and Functional Foods
  • Food Safety
  • Science & Agriculture Literacy and Consumer Education
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♦ Olga Lavrova | Associate Professor

Expertise:

Power electronics; Semiconductor device physics; Solar cell and PV and wind system design; Reliability and lifetime studies; Resiliency of infrastructure; Hardware in the Loop simulation; Power systems: stability and transients; Electric grid modernization and integration with renewables; Novel power electronics and power conversion devices; Electric vehicles (drives), charging power electronics, V2G and charging infrastructure; Pulsed power applications; Machine learning for a variety of areas; Cybersecurity applications

Interdisciplinary Collaboration Areas:

  • Smart Grid, Renewable Energy, Solar PV and Wind systems
  • Adapting to Climate Variability
  • Big Data
  • Food, Agriculture and Natural Resources Policy
  • Food Safety
  • Food Security
  • Produced & Brackish Water Utilization
  • Science & Agriculture Literacy and Consumer Education
  • Sustainable Water Systems
martinez

♦ Pamela Martinez | Assistant Professor | pamelmar@nmsu.edu

Expertise:

Design, production, technology outreach, informal learning and evaluation of educational media

Interdisciplinary Collaboration Areas:

  • Science & Agriculture Literacy and Consumer Education
mandabach

♦ Keith H. Mandabach | Professor | kmandaba@nmsu.edu

Expertise:
Developing and Sustaining Independently owned New Mexican Restaurants, Gastronomic Festivals and Events-Food Tourism, Innovative use New Mexico Specialty Food Products: from the Gate to the Plate

Interdisciplinary Collaboration Areas:

  • Specialty Meat and Produce Markets
  • Food Safety
  • Agriculture and Culinary Tourism
  • Science & Agriculture Literacy and Consumer Education
  • Food, Agriculture and Natural Resources Policy
Miller

♦ Maryfrances (Frannie) Miller | Associate Professor

Expertise:
Agricultural policy, research in animal disease and traceability
Interdisciplinary Collaboration Areas:

  • Adapting to Climate Variability
  • Food Safety
  • Food, Agriculture and Natural Resources Policy
  • Science & Agriculture Literacy and Consumer Education
  • Soil Health
  • Value-added Agribusiness & Ag Supply Chain Entrepreneurship
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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
olivas

♦ Lourdes Olivas | Extension Associate II - loumunoz@nmsu.edu

Expertise:

Diabetes, Physical Activity/Exercise Science, Basic Nutrition, General Health and Wellness, Community Education

Interdisciplinary Collaboration Areas:

  • Science & Agriculture Literacy and Consumer Education
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
  • Science & Agriculture Literacy and Consumer Education
  • Food, Agriculture and Natural Resources Policy
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♦ Jennifer J. Randall | Professor; Director of Molecular Biology Graduate Program

Expertise:

Molecular Biology, Genetics, Plant-microbe interactions

Interdisciplinary Collaboration Areas:

  • Adapting to Climate Variability
  • Agriculture and Culinary Tourism
  • Artificial Intelligence in Agriculture
  • Big Data
  • Food, Agriculture and Natural Resources Policy
  • Food Safety
  • Food Security
  • Science & Agriculture Literacy and Consumer Education
  • Soil Health
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
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
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
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
April 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
vanderpool

♦ Cassandra Vanderpool | Extension Associate II; Credentials: MS, RDN, LD | cvpool@nmsu.edu

Expertise:
Nutrition/Dietetics-general, diabetes, maternal/child, pediatric, disabilities

Interdisciplinary Collaboration Areas:

  • Food Safety
  • Food Security
  • Science & Agriculture Literacy and Consumer Education
  • Food, Agriculture and Natural Resources Policy
ward

♦ Marcy Ward | Extension Livestock Specialist | maward@nmsu.edu

Expertise:
Ruminant nutrition, Beef cattle genetics

Interdisciplinary Collaboration Areas:

  • Value-added Agribusiness & Ag Supply Chain Entrepreneurship
  • Science & Agriculture Literacy and Consumer Education
  • Food, Agriculture and Natural Resources Policy