♦ 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
♦ Don P. Blayney | Adjunct Professor | dblayney@nmsu.edu
Expertise:
Agricultural policy, Dairy, Quantitative analysis using various techniques
Interdisciplinary Collaboration Areas:
- Food, Agriculture and Natural Resources Policy
- Food Safety
- Food Security
- Value-added Agribusiness & Ag Supply Chain Entrepreneurship
♦ Julie Correa | College Assistant Professor | jzumwalt@nmsu.edu
Expertise:
I teach a national certification course for safety and
sanitation for retail foodservice operations.
Interdisciplinary Collaboration Areas:
- Agriculture and Culinary Tourism
- Food Safety
♦ 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
♦ 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
♦ 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
♦ 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
♦ 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:
- Agriculture and Culinary Tourism
- Food Safety
- Food Security
- Science & Agriculture Literacy and Consumer Education
- 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
♦ 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
♦ 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
- Produced & Brackish Water Utilization
- Sustainable Water Systems
♦ 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
♦ 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:
- Agriculture and Culinary Tourism
- Food Safety
- Food, Agriculture and Natural Resources Policy
- Science & Agriculture Literacy and Consumer Education
- Specialty Meat and Produce Markets
♦ 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
♦ Maryfrances (Frannie) Miller | Associate Professor | franniem@nmsu.edu
Expertise:
Agricultural policy, research in animal disease and traceability
Interdisciplinary Collaboration Areas:
- Adapting to Climate Variability
- Food Safety
- Food, Agriculture and Natural Resources Policy
- Soil Health
- Value-added Agribusiness & Ag Supply Chain Entrepreneurship
♦ 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
- Sustainable Water Systems
♦ 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
♦ 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
♦ 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
- Nutraceutical and Functional Foods
- Specialty Meat and Produce Markets
- Sustainable Water Systems
♦ Adam Summers | Assistant Professor
Expertise:
Reproductive physiology
Interdisciplinary Collaboration Areas:
- Artificial Intelligence in Agriculture
- Food Safety
- Food Security
♦ 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
- Produced & Brackish Water Utilization
- Science & Agriculture Literacy and Consumer Education
- Soil Health
♦ 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
♦ Yanyan Zhang | Assistant Professor
Expertise:
Water and wastewater treatment and reuse, Pathogen detection, Disinfection, Spread of antibiotic resistance
Interdisciplinary Collaboration Areas:
- Food Safety
- Produced & Brackish Water Utilization
- Soil Health
- Sustainable Water Systems
