Plant and Environmental Sciences Contributing Faculty

Angadi

♦ Sangu Angadi | Professor

Expertise:
Stress Physiology of Crops, Sustainable Crop Diversification, Alternative Cropping Systems, Ecosystem Services, Deficit Irrigation, Crop Simulation Modeling
Interdisciplinary Collaboration Areas:

  • Adapting to Climate Variability
  • Artificial Intelligence in Agriculture
  • Big Data
  • Food Security
  • Food, Agriculture and Natural Resources Policy
  • Sustainable Water Systems
Carroll

♦ Kenneth "KC" Carroll | Associate Professor

Expertise:
Hydrology, Hydrogeology, Environmental Science, Environmental Chemistry, Environmental Engineering
Interdisciplinary Collaboration Areas:

  • Adapting to Climate Variability
  • Artificial Intelligence in Agriculture
  • Big Data
  • Produced & Brackish Water Utilization
  • Soil Health
  • Sustainable Water Systems
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♦ Kulbhushan Grover | Associate Professor

Expertise:
Sustainable Crop Production, Alternative Crops, Crop Rotation, Cover Crops
Interdisciplinary Collaboration Areas:

  • Adapting to Climate Variability
  • Artificial Intelligence in Agriculture
  • Food Security
  • Soil Health
  • Sustainable Water Systems
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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
Hanan

♦ Niall Hanan | Professor and Extension Specialist

Expertise:
Range ecology; remote sensing; ecosystem modeling; global change
Interdisciplinary Collaboration Areas:

  • Adapting to Climate Variability
  • Big Data
  • Sustainable Water Systems
Lauriault

♦ Leonard Lauriault | College Professor - Forage Crop Management Scientist

Expertise:
Forage Crops
Interdisciplinary Collaboration Areas:

  • Adapting to Climate Variability
  • Food Safety
  • Food Security
  • Produced & Brackish Water Utilization
  • Sustainable Water Systems
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♦ Geno A. Picchioni | Professor

Expertise:
Plant mineral nutrition, salinity stress, ion transport, halophytes, cell membranes, water reuse.
Interdisciplinary Collaboration Areas:

  • Urban agriculture, experiential learning
  • Produced & Brackish Water Utilization
  • Sustainable Water Systems;
Pietrasiak

♦ Nicole Pietrasiak | Assistant Professor

Expertise:
Soil Ecology, Desert Ecology, Biological Soil Crusts, Soil Microbiology, Phycology
Interdisciplinary Collaboration Areas:

  • Big Data
  • Soil Health
Shukla

♦ Manoj K Shukla | Professor and Director ACES Global Programs

Expertise:
Soil Physics, Agricultural Engineering
Interdisciplinary Collaboration Areas:

  • Water Use Efficiency
  • Artificial Intelligence in Agriculture
  • Produced & Brackish Water Utilization
  • Sustainable Water Systems
St. Hilaire

♦ Rolston St. Hilaire | Professor and Department Head

Expertise:
Environmental Stress Physiology
Interdisciplinary Collaboration Areas:

  • Adapting to Climate Variability
  • Food Security
Ulery

♦ April Ulery | Professor

Expertise:
Soil chemistry, metal contamination, salinity, phytoremediation, soil health/soil quality, soil, plant, water analyses
Interdisciplinary Collaboration Areas:

  • Food Safety
  • Food Security
  • Produced & Brackish Water Utilization
  • Science & Agriculture Literacy and Consumer Education
  • Soil Health
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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
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♦ Jinfa Zhang | Professor

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