♦ 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
♦ 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
♦ 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:
- Adapting to Climate Variability
- Agriculture and Culinary Tourism
- Nutraceutical and Functional Foods
- Science & Agriculture Literacy and Consumer Education
- Soil Health
- Sustainable Water Systems
- Value-added Agribusiness & Ag Supply Chain Entrepreneurship
♦ 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
♦ 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
♦ Shanna Ivey | Department Head | sivey@nmsu.edu
Expertise:
Gut microbiology
Interdisciplinary Collaboration Areas:
- Food Safety
- Nutraceutical and Functional Foods
- Science & Agriculture Literacy and Consumer Education
♦ 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
♦ Chadelle Robinson | Assistant Professor | chadelle@nmsu.edu
Expertise:
Food marketing, general marketing, consumer behavior, and general agricultural business
Interdisciplinary Collaboration Areas:
- Agriculture and Culinary Tourism
- Food Safety
- Nutraceutical and Functional Foods
- Science & Agriculture Literacy and Consumer Education
- Specialty Meat and Produce Markets
- Value-added Agribusiness & Ag Supply Chain Entrepreneurship
♦ 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
- Nutraceutical and Functional Foods
- Specialty Meat and Produce Markets
- Sustainable Water Systems
♦ Jason L. Turner | Professor | jlturner@nmsu.edu
Expertise:
Animal health, Nutrition, Immunology
Interdisciplinary Collaboration Areas:
- Nutraceutical and Functional Foods
♦ 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 Security
- Food, Agriculture and Natural Resources Policy
- Nutraceutical and Functional Foods
- Science & Agriculture Literacy and Consumer Education
- Soil Health
- Sustainable Water Systems
- Value-added Agribusiness & Ag Supply Chain Entrepreneurship
♦ 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, Agriculture and Natural Resources Policy
- Food Safety
- Food Security
- Science & Agriculture Literacy and Consumer Education
♦ Stephanie J. Walker | Extension Vegetable Specialist | swalker@nmsu.edu
Expertise:
Chile pepper processing, variety selection and mechanization. Sustainable vegetable production techniques including season extension, irrigation efficiency, crop rotation, companion planting, and cover crops. Vegetable breeding and seed saving
Interdisciplinary Collaboration Areas:
- Adapting to Climate Variability
- Agriculture and Culinary Tourism
- Food Safety
- Food Security
- Nutraceutical and Functional Foods
- Soil Health
- Specialty Meat and Produce Markets
♦ 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
♦ Shengrui Yao | Associate Professor
Expertise:
Fruit related research, especially jujubes.
Interdisciplinary Collaboration Areas:
- Nutraceutical and Functional Foods
- Value-added Agribusiness & Ag Supply Chain Entrepreneurship
♦ Jinfa Zhang | Professor | jinzhang@nmsu.edu
Expertise:
Cotton breeding, Genetics, Genomics, Development of drought and salt-tolerant cotton cultivars, Development of value-added gladness cotton cultivars
Interdisciplinary Collaboration Areas:
- Adapting to Climate Variability
- Nutraceutical and Functional Foods
- Produced & Brackish Water Utilization
- Sustainable Water Systems
