Soil Health

Acharya

♦ 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
Kenneth Carroll

♦ Kenneth "KC" Carroll | Associate Professor | kccarr@nmsu.edu

Expertise:
Hydrology, Hydrogeology, Environmental Science, Environmental Chemistry, Environmental Engineering

Interdisciplinary Collaboration Areas:

  • Artificial Intelligence in Agriculture
  • Big Data
  • Soil Health
  • Sustainable Water Systems
  • Produced & Brackish Water Utilization
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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
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♦ Akasha Faist | Assistant Professor

Expertise:
Rangeland Ecology; Restoration Ecology; Plant Ecology,

Interdisciplinary Collaboration Areas:

  • Adapting to Climate Variability
  • Food, Agriculture and Natural Resources Policy
  • Soil Health
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
Ghimire

♦ Rajan Ghimire | Assistant Professor | rghimire@nmsu.edu

Expertise:
Soil organic matter pools and dynamics, nutrient cycling, greenhouse gas emissions, C sequestration, soil health, sustainable crop production practices

Interdisciplinary Collaboration Areas:

  • Food Security
  • Soil Health
  • Food, Agriculture and Natural Resources Policy
  • Adapting to Climate Variability
  • Sustainable Water Systems
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
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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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♦ Robert Hagevoort | Extension Dairy Specialist

Expertise:
Dairy Management & Nutrition
Interdisciplinary Collaboration Areas:

  • Workforce Development & Training
  • Food Security
  • Soil Health
  • Sustainable Water Systems
Idowu

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

Expertise:

Soil Health;
Soil Tillage;
Crop Production

Interdisciplinary Collaboration Areas:

  • Soil Health
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♦ Erik A. Lehnhoff | Assistant Professor of Weed Ecology and Management

Expertise:

Agroecology; Integrated Weed Management; Weed Ecology; Invasive Weeds

Interdisciplinary Collaboration Areas:

  • Adapting to Climate Variability
  • Artificial Intelligence in Agriculture
  • Food, Agriculture and Natural Resources Policy
  • Soil Health
  • Sustainable Water Systems
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♦ Bernd Leinauer | Professor

Expertise:
Turfgrass, Irrigation, Water Quality, Soil, Salinity, Water use efficiency
Interdisciplinary Collaboration Areas:

  • Tourism
  • Produced & Brackish Water Utilization
  • Soil Health
  • Sustainable Water Systems
Miller

♦ Maryfrances (Frannie) Miller | Associate Professor | franniem@nmsu.edu

Expertise:
Agricultural policy, research in animal disease and traceability

Interdisciplinary Collaboration Areas:

  • Food Safety
  • Soil Health
  • Value-added Agribusiness & Ag Supply Chain Entrepreneurship
  • Food, Agriculture and Natural Resources Policy
  • Adapting to Climate Variability
Nicole Pietrasiak

♦ Nicole Pietrasiak | Assistant Professor | npietras@nmsu.edu

Expertise:

Soil Ecology,
Desert Ecology,
Biological Soil Crusts,
Soil Microbiology, Phycology

Interdisciplinary Collaboration Areas:

  • Big Data
  • 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
Sanogo

♦ Soum Sanogo | Professor | ssanogo@nmsu.edu

Expertise:
Soilborne Diseases, Epidemiology, Disease Management

Interdisciplinary Collaboration Areas:

  • Artificial Intelligence in Agriculture
  • Big Data
  • Soil Health
  • Sustainable Water Systems
Shutte

♦ Brian Schutte | Associate Professor | bschutte@nmsu.edu

Expertise:
Entomology, Plant Pathology and Weed Science

Interdisciplinary Collaboration Areas:

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

♦ Manoj K Shukla | Professor and Extension Specialist | shuklamk@nmsu.edu

Expertise:
Soil Physics and Hydrology

Interdisciplinary Collaboration Areas:

  • Food Security
  • Soil Health
  • Sustainable Water Systems
  • Produced & Brackish Water Utilization
Sims

♦ Gerald K. Sims | Professor and Department Head | gksims@nmsu.edu

Expertise:

Environmental microbiology,
soil microbiology,
microbial ecology, pesticide fate.

Interdisciplinary Collaboration Areas:

  • Food Security
  • Soil Health
  • Adapting to Climate Variability
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:

  • Nutraceutical and Functional Foods
  • Food Security
  • Soil Health
  • Value-added Agribusiness & Ag Supply Chain Entrepreneurship
  • Agriculture and Culinary Tourism
  • Science & Agriculture Literacy and Consumer Education
  • Food, Agriculture and Natural Resources Policy
  • Adapting to Climate Variability
  • Sustainable Water Systems
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
  • Soil Health
  • Science & Agriculture Literacy and Consumer Education
  • Produced & Brackish Water Utilization
walker

♦ 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:

  • Nutraceutical and Functional Foods
  • Specialty Meat and Produce Markets
  • Food Safety
  • Food Security
  • Soil Health
  • Agriculture and Culinary Tourism
  • Adapting to Climate Variability
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♦ Pei Xu | Professor

Expertise:
Water treatment, water quality
Interdisciplinary Collaboration Areas:

  • Produced & Brackish Water Utilization
  • Soil Health
  • Sustainable Water Systems