AGNR research goes beyond our labs, offering expertise from field work for the following agricultural commodities.
Alternative Forest Enterprises
Andrew Baldwin : Professor, Environmental Science & Technology
Areas of Focus: Ecology of tidal and inland wetlands, Wetland restoration, Botany and plant ecology
Ben Beale : Principal Agent, Agriculture & Food Systems, University of Maryland Extension
Areas of Focus: Agronomic Crop Production, Fruits & Vegetables Crops, Beginning Farmer, Herbicide Resistant Weed Management
Frank Coale : Professor & Acting Assistant Dean, Environmental Science & Technology
Areas of Focus: Soil Science, Environmental Science
Gary Coleman : Associate Professor, Plant Science & Landscape Architecture
Areas of Focus: Understanding the biology of nitrogen cycling and homeostasis in trees and the impacts of these processes on growth and development by integrating molecular biology, genetic, genomic, proteomic and physiological approaches
John Erwin : Professor & Chair, Plant Science and Landscape Architecture
Areas of Focus: Environmental control of plant growth in greenhouses and controlled environment agriculture, Identifying ways to maximize flowering, photosynthesis and yield using different lighting and temperature strategies, Manipulating the environment in controlled environment systems to maximize edible crop nutritional value
Bill Hubbard : Assistant Director and State Program Leader, Environment, Natural Resources & Sea Grant, University of Maryland Extension
Areas of Focus: Forest Management, Finance and Economics, Climate Change in Natural Resource Systems
Amy Lang : Agent, University of Maryland Extension
Areas of Focus: 4-H, Environmental Education, Nature Deficit Disorder
David Myers : Associate Professor, Plant Science & Landscape Architecture
Areas of Focus: Landscape Architecture
Aquaculture and Fisheries Management
Shannon Browne : Senior Lecturer, Environmental Science & Technology
Areas of Focus: Wildlife, Urban, Ecology, Biology
Robert Buchanan : Professor Emeritus, Nutrition & Food Science and Center for Food Safety and Security Systems
Areas of Focus: Predictive microbiology, quantitative microbial risk assessment, microbial physiology, mycotoxicology, and HACCP systems
Frank Coale : Professor & Acting Assistant Dean, Environmental Science & Technology
Areas of Focus: Soil Science, Environmental Science
John Erwin : Professor & Chair, Plant Science and Landscape Architecture
Areas of Focus: Environmental control of plant growth in greenhouses and controlled environment agriculture, Identifying ways to maximize flowering, photosynthesis and yield using different lighting and temperature strategies, Manipulating the environment in controlled environment systems to maximize edible crop nutritional value
Reginal Harrell : Professor, Environmental Science & Technology and Northeastern Regional Aquaculture Center
Areas of Focus: Fisheries, Wildlife Science, Ecological and Natural Resource Ethics
Jorge Holzer : Associate Professor, Agricultural & Resource Economics
Areas of Focus: Natural Resource and Environmental Economics, Economics of Uncertainty, Marine Resource Economics
Amy Lang : Agent, University of Maryland Extension
Areas of Focus: 4-H, Environmental Education, Nature Deficit Disorder
David Lei : Professor, Nutrition & Food Science
Areas of Focus: Nutrient control of gene expression
Neith Little : Agent, Agriculture & Food Systems, University of Maryland Extension
Areas of Focus: Urban Agriculture, Soil Science, Small and beginning farms
Brian Needelman : Associate Professor, Environmental Science & Technology
Areas of Focus: Pedology, Wetlands, Water quality, and Geospatial analysis
Matt Parker : Principal Agent Associate, Environment, Natural Resources, and Sea Grant, Extension
Areas of Focus: Aquaculture Business & Production
Debasmita Patra : Program Director, University of Maryland Extension
Areas of Focus: Social issues associated with stormwater management across urban ecosystems
Allen Pattillo : Faculty Specialist, Environment, Natural Resources, and Sea Grant, University of Maryland Extension
Areas of Focus: Shellfish Aquaculture
Abani Pradhan : Professor, Nutrition & Food Science
Areas of Focus: Food safety and risk assessment
Thanicha Ruangmas : First-Year Innovation & Research Experience (FIRE) Program, Agricultural & Resource Economics
Mohamed Salem : Associate Professor, Animal & Avian Sciences
Areas of Focus: Aquaculture Genomics, Muscle biology
Don Webster : Principal Agent, Environment, Natural Resources, and Sea Grant, University of Maryland Extension
Areas of Focus: Marine Science, Commercial Aquaculture, Commercial Fisheries, Seafood Handling and Processing, Aquaculture Policy
Cheng-I Wei : Professor & Acting Chair, Nutrition & Food Science
Areas of Focus: Food microbiology and safety, toxicology, and immunotoxicology
Lance Yonkos : Associate Professor, Environmental Science & Technology
Areas of Focus: Laboratory and field studies of contaminant abundance, transport, fate and toxicological effect in fresh and estuarine surface waters and sediments
Beef and Cattle
Robert Buchanan : Professor Emeritus, Nutrition & Food Science and Center for Food Safety and Security Systems
Areas of Focus: Predictive microbiology, quantitative microbial risk assessment, microbial physiology, mycotoxicology, and HACCP systems
Frank Coale : Professor & Acting Assistant Dean, Environmental Science & Technology
Areas of Focus: Soil Science, Environmental Science
Seth Dickey : Assistant Professor, Veterinary Medicine
Areas of Focus: Employs bacterial genetics, molecular biology, membrane and protein biochemistry techniques to understand the physiology, virulence, and antibiotic resistance of pathogenic bacteria as well as the mechanisms of new antimicrobials
Barbara Dobbins : Program Management Specialist, 4-H Youth Development Educators, University of Maryland Extension
Areas of Focus: 4H
Megan Fritz : Assistant Professor, College of Computer Mathematical and Natural Sciences
Areas of Focus: Insect evolution and genomic variants, Computational Biology, Bioinformatics and Genomics, and the Molecular and Cellular Biology
Paul Goeringer : Senior Faculty Specialist, Agricultural & Resource Economics and University of Maryland Extension
Areas of Focus: Agriculture Law, Risk Management education, Crop Insurance
Amanda Grev : Agent, University of Maryland Extension
Areas of Focus: Forages, Pasture & Hay Production, Pasture Management, Rotational Grazing, Livestock, Beef Cattle, Dairy Cattle, Small ruminants, Equine
Carol Keefer : Professor, Animal & Avian Sciences
Areas of Focus: Embryology, Animal Biotechnology
Andrew Kness : Senior Agent, Agriculture & Food Systems, University of Maryland Extension
Areas of Focus: Agronomy, Plant Pathology, Pasture Management, Diseases of Field Crops, Soils
Stephanie Lansing : Professor, Environmental Science & Technology
Areas of Focus: Renewable energy, Water quality, Waste treatment, and Human health
Li Ma : Associate Professor, Animal & Avian Sciences
Areas of Focus: Statistical Genetics, Population Genetics, GWAS, Genomic Selection, Dairy Cattle
James MacDonald : Research Professor, Agricultural & Resource Economics and University of Maryland Extension
Areas of Focus: Agricultural Economics, Industrial Organization
Luke Macaulay : Wildlife Management Specialist - Agent, Environment, Natural Resources & Sea Grant, University of Maryland Extension
Areas of Focus: Wildlife Resources
Utpal Pal : Professor, Veterinary Medicine and Entomology
Areas of Focus: Lyme disease, Leptospirosis and Vector Biology
Sarah Potts : Agent, Agriculture & Food Systems, University of Maryland Extension
Areas of Focus: Dairy Cattle Nutrition and Metabolism, Dairy and Livestock Management, Calf Management, Beef Nutrition and Management
Abani Pradhan : Professor, Nutrition & Food Science
Areas of Focus: Food safety and Risk assessment
Eduardo Rico : Assistant Professor, Animal & Avian Sciences
Areas of Focus: Nutrition and Metabolism, Dairy Cattle, Metabolic disorders of the peripartum, Health-promoting bioactives of milk
Charles Sasscer : Agent Associate, Agriculture & Food Systems, University of Maryland Extension
Areas of Focus: Livestock, Beef Cattle, Pasture Management
Meiqing Shi : Assistant Professor, Veterinary Medicine
Areas of Focus: Host immune responses to fungal infection and parasite infection
Paul Shipley : Faculty Extension Assistant, Environmental Science & Technology, Agricultural Nutrient Management
Area of Focus: Nutrient Management
Jiuzhou Song: Professor, Animal Science
Areas of Focus: Elucidating the genetic basis and epigenetic mechanism of genome to phenome, especially on complex diseases and quantitative traits of livestock animals and humans
Gurpal Toor : Professor, Environmental Science & Technology and University of Maryland Extension
Areas of Focus: Nutrient Management, Water Quality, Biogeochemistry, Soil Chemistry, Soil Fertility
Ashley Travis : Agent, 4-H Youth Development Educators, University of Maryland Extension
Areas of Focus: 4-H Youth Development, 4-H Animal Science, Youth Agricultural Literacy, Youth Animal Science, Youth Leadership Development
Zhengguo Xiao : Professor, Animal & Avian Sciences
Areas of Focus: Generation of functional memory CTLs during vaccination, CTL activation and Exosomes, Mucosal immune response to pathogens in cattle
Xiaoping Zhu : Professor & Chair, Veterinary Medicine
Areas of Focus: Identification of new mechanisms of immune regulation on mucosal infections and inflammations at molecular and cellular immunology level, how the mucosal immune system distinguishes pathogenic from non-pathogenic microbes and how pathogens evade innate and adaptive immunity, harnessing innate and adaptive immunity for mucosal vaccine development and immunotherapy
Beer, Wine, and Spirits
Robert Buchanan : Professor Emeritus, Nutrition & Food Science and Center for Food Safety and Security Systems
Areas of Focus: Predictive microbiology, quantitative microbial risk assessment, microbial physiology, mycotoxicology, and HACCP systems
Frank Coale : Professor & Acting Assistant Dean, Environmental Science & Technology
Areas of Focus: Soil Science, Environmental Science
Diana Cochran : Assistant Clinical Professor, Plant Science & Landscape Architecture
Areas of Focus: Commercial crop production, Crop diversification, Relationship between plants and environmental variables, Sustainable in-season crop management practices
Paul Goeringer : Senior Faculty Specialist, Agricultural & Resource Economics and University of Maryland Extension
Areas of Focus: Agriculture Law, Risk Management education, Crop Insurance
Angus Murphy : Professor, Plant Science & Landscape Architecture
Areas of Focus: Auxin Transport, ABC Transporter, Phototropism, Membrane nano domains, Hormone/Herbicide crosstalk
Ronald David Myers : Principal Agent, Agriculture & Food Systems, University of Maryland Extension, Institute of Applied Agriculture
Areas of Focus: Fruits & Vegetables Crops, Agronomy Field Crops, Weed Science, Pesticide Use & Safety, No-Tillage Technology, Pasture & Hay Production
Abani Pradhan : Professor, Nutrition & Food Science
Areas of Focus: Food safety and risk assessment
Dairy
Naresh Amradi : Post-Doctoral Associate, Environmental Science & Technology
Ryan Blaustein : Assistant Professor, Nutrition & Food Science
Robert Buchanan : Professor Emeritus, Nutrition & Food Science and Center for Food Safety and Security Systems
Areas of Focus: Predictive microbiology, quantitative microbial risk assessment, microbial physiology, mycotoxicology, and HACCP systems
Cheryl Bush : Agent Associate, Family and Consumer Sciences, University of Maryland Extension
Areas of Focus: Chronic Disease, Healthy Living, Nutrition, Food Safety
Frank Coale : Professor & Acting Assistant Dean, Environmental Science & Technology
Areas of Focus: Soil Science, Environmental Science
Seth Dickey : Assistant Professor, Veterinary Medicine
Areas of Focus: Employs bacterial genetics, molecular biology, membrane and protein biochemistry techniques to understand the physiology, virulence, and antibiotic resistance of pathogenic bacteria as well as the mechanisms of new antimicrobials
Barbara Dobbins : Program Management Specialist, 4-H Youth Development Educators, University of Maryland Extension
Areas of Focus: 4H
Paul Goeringer : Senior Faculty Specialist, Agricultural & Resource Economics and University of Maryland Extension
Areas of Focus: Agriculture Law, Risk Management education, Crop Insurance
Amanda Grev : Agent, University of Maryland Extension
Areas of Focus: Forages, Pasture & Hay Production, Pasture Management, Rotational Grazing, Livestock, Beef Cattle, Dairy Cattle, Small ruminants, Equine
Shauna Henley : Senior Agent; Nutrition & Food Science and University of Maryland Extension
Areas of Focus: Food Preservation, Food Safety, Nutrition
Darren Jarboe : Principal Agent & Assistant Director, Agriculture & Food Systems, University of Maryland Extension
Areas of Focus: Agribusiness Management, Agricultural Production, Biorenewables, Entrepreneurship, Technology Commercialization
Stephanie Lansing : Professor, Environmental Science & Technology
Areas of Focus: Renewable energy, Water quality, Waste treatment, and Human health
Li Ma : Associate Professor, Animal & Avian Sciences
Areas of Focus: Statistical Genetics, Population Genetics, GWAS, Genomic Selection, Dairy Cattle
James MacDonald : Research Professor, Agricultural & Resource Economics and University of Maryland Extension
Areas of Focus: Agricultural Economics, Industrial Organization
Daniel Nelson : Professor, Veterinary Medicine and Institute for Bioscience and Biotechnology Research
Areas of Focus: Development of antimicrobial alternatives to antibiotics
Kelly Nichols : Agent, Agriculture & Food Systems, University of Maryland Extension
Areas of Focus: Agronomy, Commercial Horticulture, Nutrient Management, Pesticide Education, Soil Fertility, Weed Management
Sarah Potts : Agent, Agriculture & Food Systems, University of Maryland Extension
Areas of Focus: Dairy Cattle Nutrition and Metabolism, Dairy and Livestock Management, Calf Management, Beef Nutrition and Management
Abani Pradhan : Professor, Nutrition & Food Science
Areas of Focus: Food safety and Risk assessment
Eduardo Rico : Assistant Professor, Animal & Avian Sciences
Areas of Focus: Nutrition and Metabolism, Dairy Cattle, Metabolic disorders of the peripartum, Health-promoting bioactives of milk
Andrew Schiffmacher : Assistant Professor, Animal & Avian Sciences
Areas of Focus: Embryonic Tissue Lineage Development, Stem Cell Biology, Cadherin Biology, Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition
Jeff Semler : Principal Agent, Agriculture & Food Systems, University of Maryland Extension
Areas of Focus: Small ruminants, Forage Systems Management, Beef Cattle, Dairy Cattle, Pasture & Hay Production, Pasture Management, Agronomy Field Crops, Rotational Grazing
Meiqing Shi : Assistant Professor, Veterinary Medicine
Areas of Focus: Host immune responses to fungal infection and parasite infection
Paul Shipley : Faculty Extension Assistant, Environmental Science & Technology, Agricultural Nutrient Management
Area of Focus: Nutrient Management
Jiuzhou Song: Professor, Animal Science
Areas of Focus: Elucidating the genetic basis and epigenetic mechanism of genome to phenome, especially on complex diseases and quantitative traits of livestock animals and humans
Gurpal Toor : Professor, Environmental Science & Technology and University of Maryland Extension
Areas of Focus: Nutrient Management, Water Quality, Biogeochemistry, Soil Chemistry, Soil Fertility
Ashley Travis : Agent, 4-H Youth Development Educators, University of Maryland Extension
Areas of Focus: 4-H Youth Development, 4-H Animal Science, Youth Agricultural Literacy, Youth Animal Science, Youth Leadership Development
Qin Wang : Professor, Nutrition & Food Science
Areas of Focus: Food polymers biophysics, Food nanotechnology, Food chemistry
Ray Weil : Professor, Environmental Science & Technology
Areas of Focus: Soil Science, Agronomy, soil health, sustainable agriculture, International Development, Cover Crops, Soil Fertility, soil organic matter, soil carbon, soil compaction, Soil Conservation, Nitrogen cycling, Phosphorus, Sulfur
Liangli Yu : Professor, Nutrition & Food Science
Areas of Focus: Nutraceuticals and functional foods for reducing the risk of obesity and related diabetes, and coronary heart disease; Interactions between food factors and gut microbiota, and the impacts on host health, Food safety and integrity chemistry
Xiaoping Zhu : Professor & Chair, Veterinary Medicine
Areas of Focus: Identification of new mechanisms of immune regulation on mucosal infections and inflammations at molecular and cellular immunology level, how the mucosal immune system distinguishes pathogenic from non-pathogenic microbes and how pathogens evade innate and adaptive immunity, harnessing innate and adaptive immunity for mucosal vaccine development and immunotherapy
Equine
Amy Burk : Professor, Animal & Avian Sciences, University of Maryland Extension
Areas of Focus: Equine Science & Nutrition, Pasture Management, Rotational Grazing
Frank Coale : Professor & Acting Assistant Dean, Environmental Science & Technology
Areas of Focus: Soil Science, Environmental Science
Shannon Dill : Principal Agent, University of Maryland Extension
Areas of Focus: Agriculture Business, Farm Management, Crop Budgets
Barbara Dobbins : Program Management Specialist, 4-H Youth Development Educators, University of Maryland Extension
Areas of Focus: 4H
Megan Fritz : Assistant Professor, College of Computer Mathematical and Natural Sciences
Areas of Focus: Insect evolution and genomic variants, Computational Biology, Bioinformatics and Genomics, and the Molecular and Cellular Biology
Amanda Grev : Agent, University of Maryland Extension
Areas of Focus: Forages, Pasture & Hay Production, Pasture Management, Rotational Grazing, Livestock, Beef Cattle, Dairy Cattle, Small ruminants, Equine
Andrew Kness : Senior Agent, Agriculture & Food Systems, University of Maryland Extension
Areas of Focus: Agronomy, Plant Pathology, Pasture Management, Diseases of Field Crops, Soils
Neith Little : Agent, Agriculture & Food Systems, University of Maryland Extension
Areas of Focus: Urban Agriculture, Soil Science, Small and beginning farms
Daniel Nelson : Professor, Veterinary Medicine and Institute for Bioscience and Biotechnology Research
Areas of Focus: Development of antimicrobial alternatives to antibiotics
Utpal Pal : Professor, Veterinary Medicine and Entomology
Areas of Focus: Lyme disease, Leptospirosis and Vector Biology
Paul Shipley : Faculty Extension Assistant, Environmental Science & Technology, Agricultural Nutrient Management
Area of Focus: Nutrient Management
Ashley Travis : Agent, 4-H Youth Development Educators, University of Maryland Extension
Areas of Focus: 4-H Youth Development, 4-H Animal Science, Youth Agricultural Literacy, Youth Animal Science, Youth Leadership Development
Xiaoping Zhu : Professor & Chair, Veterinary Medicine
Areas of Focus: Identification of new mechanisms of immune regulation on mucosal infections and inflammations at molecular and cellular immunology level, how the mucosal immune system distinguishes pathogenic from non-pathogenic microbes and how pathogens evade innate and adaptive immunity, harnessing innate and adaptive immunity for mucosal vaccine development and immunotherapy
Forest Products (including biomass production)
Ben Beale : Principal Agent, Agriculture & Food Systems, University of Maryland Extension
Areas of Focus: Agronomic Crop Production, Fruits & Vegetables Crops, Beginning Farmer, Herbicide Resistant Weed Management
Karin Burghardt : Assistant Professor, Entomology
Areas of Focus: how plant defenses shape communities and ecosystems
Frank Coale : Professor & Acting Assistant Dean, Environmental Science & Technology
Areas of Focus: Soil Science, Environmental Science
Gary Coleman : Associate Professor, Plant Science & Landscape Architecture
Areas of Focus: Understanding the biology of nitrogen cycling and homeostasis in trees and the impacts of these processes on growth and development by integrating molecular biology, genetic, genomic, proteomic and physiological approaches
Rebecca Epanchin-Niell : Associate Professor, Agricultural & Resource Economics and UMD Extension
Areas of Focus: Natural Resource Economics, Invasive Species Management, Species and Ecosystem Conservation, Spatial Resource Management
Daniel Gruner : Associate Professor, Entomology
Areas of Focus: Entomology, Ecology, Biodiversity
Bill Hubbard : Assistant Director and State Program Leader, Environment, Natural Resources & Sea Grant
Areas of Focus: Forest Management, Finance and Economics, Climate Change in Natural Resource Systems
Amy Lang : Agent, University of Maryland Extension
Areas of Focus: 4-H, Environmental Education, Nature Deficit Disorder
Erik Lichtenberg : Professor, Agricultural & Resource Economics
Areas of Focus: Natural Resources, Land Use, Agriculture and Environment
Luke Macaulay : Wildlife Management Specialist - Agent, Environment, Natural Resources, and Sea Grant, University of Maryland Extension
Areas of Focus: Wildlife Resources
Lars Olson : Professor, Agricultural & Resource Economics
Areas of Focus: Natural Resource and Environmental Economics, Economics of Invasive Species, Growth Theory and Economic Dynamics, Economics of Uncertainty
Micheal Raupp : Professor Emeritus and Research Scientist, Entomology
Areas of Focus: Mechanisms of host plant resistance, the ecology and behavior of herbivores and their predators, parasitoids, and pathogens, and the impact of landscape design on pest and natural enemy population dynamics
Game Wildlife Management
Shannon Browne : Senior Lecturer, Environmental Science & Technology
Areas of Focus: Wildlife, Urban, Ecology, Biology
Rebecca Epanchin-Niell : Associate Professor, Agricultural & Resource Economics, and University of Maryland Extension
Areas of Focus: Natural Resource Economics, Invasive Species Management, Species and Ecosystem Conservation, Spatial Resource Management
Megan Fritz : Assistant Professor, College of Computer Mathematical and Natural Sciences
Areas of Focus: Insect evolution and genomic variants, Computational Biology, Bioinformatics and Genomics, and the Molecular and Cellular Biology
Reginal Harrell : Professor, Environmental Science & Technology and Northeastern Regional Aquaculture Center
Areas of Focus: Fisheries, Wildlife Science, Ecological and Natural Resource Ethics
Bill Hubbard : Assistant Director and State Program Leader, Environment, Natural Resources & Sea Grant
Areas of Focus: Forest Management, Finance and Economics, Climate Change in Natural Resource Systems
Jim Lewis : Principal Agent, University of Maryland Extension
Areas of Focus: Agronomy
Luke Macaulay : Wildlife Management Specialist - Agent, Environment, Natural Resources, and Sea Grant, University of Maryland Extension
Areas of Focus: Wildlife Resources
Jennifer Mullinax : Assistant Professor, Environmental Science & Technology and Environmental Science & Policy Program
Areas of Focus: Wildlife Ecology, Habitat Modeling, Environmental Science
Brian Needelman : Associate Professor, Environmental Science & Technology
Areas of Focus: Pedology, Wetlands, Water quality, and Geospatial analysis
Utpal Pal : Professor, Veterinary Medicine and Entomology
Areas of Focus: Lyme disease, Leptospirosis and Vector Biology
Hay and Silage
Ben Beale : Principal Agent, Agriculture & Food Systems, University of Maryland Extension
Areas of Focus: Agronomic Crop Production, Fruits & Vegetables Crops, Beginning Farmer, Herbicide Resistant Weed Management
Frank Coale : Professor & Acting Assistant Dean, Environmental Science & Technology
Areas of Focus: Soil Science, Environmental Science
Paul Goeringer : Senior Faculty Specialist, Agricultural & Resource Economics and University of Maryland Extension
Areas of Focus: Agriculture Law, Risk Management education, Crop Insurance
Amanda Grev : Agent, University of Maryland Extension
Areas of Focus: Forages, Pasture & Hay Production, Pasture Management, Rotational Grazing, Livestock, Beef Cattle, Dairy Cattle, Small ruminants, Equine
Andrew Kness : Senior Agent, Agriculture & Food Systems, University of Maryland Extension
Areas of Focus: Agronomy, Plant Pathology, Pasture Management, Diseases of Field Crops, Soils
William Lamp : Professor, Entomology
Areas of Focus: Ecology of insects in the human environment, and my projects align within three broad fields: integrated pest management (IPM) of forage crops, understanding ecology of emerging insect pests, and implications of IPM and land use on invertebrates in streams and wetlands
Alan Leslie : Agent, Agriculture & Food Systems, University of Maryland Extension
Areas of Focus: Integrated Pest Management, Entomology, Nutrient Management
Jim Lewis : Principal Agent, University of Maryland Extension
Areas of Focus: Agronomy
Emileigh Lucas : Faculty Specialist, Agricultural Nutrient Management Program
Areas of Focus: Nutrient Management
Luke Macaulay : Wildlife Management Specialist - Agent, Environment, Natural Resources, and Sea Grant, University of Maryland Extension
Areas of Focus: Wildlife Resources
Ronald David Myers : Principal Agent, Agriculture & Food Systems, University of Maryland Extension, Institute of Applied Agriculture
Areas of Focus: Fruits & Vegetables Crops, Agronomy Field Crops, Weed Science, Pesticide Use & Safety, No-Tillage Technology, Pasture & Hay Production
Kelly Nichols : Agent, Agriculture & Food Systems, University of Maryland Extension
Areas of Focus: Agronomy, Commercial Horticulture, Nutrient Management, Pesticide Education, Soil Fertility, Weed Management
Wendy Peer : Associate Professor, Environmental Science & Technology and Plant Science & Landscape Architecture
Areas of Focus: Use biochemistry, genetics, live cell imaging, phenology, and physiology to address hypothesis-driven research in plant growth and development
Sarah Potts : Agent, Agriculture & Food Systems, University of Maryland Extension
Areas of Focus: Dairy Cattle Nutrition and Metabolism, Dairy and Livestock Management, Calf Management, Beef Nutrition and Management
Charles Sasscer : Agent Associate, Agriculture & Food Systems, University of Maryland Extension
Areas of Focus: Livestock, Beef Cattle, Pasture Management
Drew Schiavone : Agent, Environment, Natural Resources, and Sea Grant, University of Maryland Extension
Areas of Focus: Energy Conservation, Technology, Solar Energy Options
Paul Shipley : Faculty Extension Assistant, Environmental Science & Technology, Agricultural Nutrient Management
Area of Focus: Nutrient Management
Ray Weil : Professor, Environmental Science & Technology
Areas of Focus: Soil Science, Agronomy, soil health, sustainable agriculture, International Development, Cover Crops, Soil Fertility, soil organic matter, soil carbon, soil compaction, Soil Conservation, Nitrogen cycling, Phosphorus, Sulfur
Industrial Hemp
Frank Coale : Professor & Acting Assistant Dean, Environmental Science & Technology
Areas of Focus: Soil Science, Environmental Science
Shannon Dill : Principal Agent, University of Maryland Extension
Areas of Focus: Agriculture Business, Farm Management, Crop Budgets
Nicole Fiorellino : Assistant Professor & Extension Specialist, Plant Science & Landscape Architecture and University of Maryland Extension
Areas of Focus: Agronomic Crop Production, Agriculture Extension
Paul Goeringer : Senior Faculty Specialist, Agricultural & Resource Economics and University of Maryland Extension
Areas of Focus: Agriculture Law, Risk Management education, Crop Insurance
Alan Leslie : Agent, Agriculture & Food Systems, University of Maryland Extension
Areas of Focus: Integrated Pest Management, Entomology, Nutrient Management
Angus Murphy : Professor, Plant Science & Landscape Architecture
Areas of Focus: Auxin Transport, ABC Transporter, Phototropism, Membrane nano domains, Hormone/Herbicide crosstalk
Andrew Ristvey : Principal Agent & Extension Specialist for Commercial Horticulture, Agriculture & Food Systems, Extension
Areas of Focus: Commercial Horticulture, Alternative Specialty Crops, Green Roof, Aronia
Paul Shipley : Faculty Extension Assistant, Environmental Science & Technology, Agricultural Nutrient Management
Area of Focus: Nutrient Management
Shunyuan Xiao : Professor, Plant Science & Landscape Architecture and Institute for Bioscience and Biotechnology Research
Areas of Focus: Broad spectrum disease resistance, Plant-fungal interaction, Powdery mildew pathogenesis
Liangli Yu : Professor, Nutrition & Food Science
Areas of Focus: Nutraceuticals and functional foods for reducing the risk of obesity and related diabetes, and coronary heart disease; Interactions between food factors and gut microbiota, and the impacts on host health, Food safety and integrity chemistry
Legume-Soybean
Craig Beyrouty: Dean and Director, College of Agriculture & Natural Resources
Areas of Focus: Soil Science
Ben Beale : Principal Agent, Agriculture & Food Systems, University of Maryland Extension
Areas of Focus: Agronomic Crop Production, Fruits & Vegetables Crops, Beginning Farmer, Herbicide Resistant Weed Management
Cheryl Bush : Agent Associate, Family and Consumer Sciences, University of Maryland Extension
Areas of Focus: Chronic Disease, Healthy Living, Nutrition, Food Safety
Frank Coale : Professor & Acting Assistant Dean, Environmental Science & Technology
Areas of Focus: Soil Science, Environmental Science
Shannon Dill : Principal Agent, University of Maryland Extension
Areas of Focus: Agriculture Business, Farm Management, Crop Budgets
Rebecca Epanchin-Niell : Associate Professor, Agricultural & Resource Economics, and University of Maryland Extension
Areas of Focus: Natural Resource Economics, Invasive Species Management, Species and Ecosystem Conservation, Spatial Resource Management
Nicole Fiorellino : Assistant Professor & Extension Specialist, Plant Science & Landscape Architecture and University of Maryland Extension
Areas of Focus: Agronomic Crop Production, Agriculture Extension
Paul Goeringer : Senior Faculty Specialist, Agricultural & Resource Economics and University of Maryland Extension
Areas of Focus: Agriculture Law, Risk Management education, Crop Insurance
Darren Jarboe : Principal Agent & Assistant Director, Agriculture & Food Systems, University of Maryland Extension
Areas of Focus: Agribusiness Management, Agricultural Production, Biorenewables, Entrepreneurship, Technology Commercialization
William Lamp : Professor, Entomology
Areas of Focus: Ecology of insects in the human environment, and my projects align within three broad fields: integrated pest management (IPM) of forage crops, understanding ecology of emerging insect pests, and implications of IPM and land use on invertebrates in streams and wetlands
Alan Leslie : Agent, Agriculture & Food Systems, University of Maryland Extension
Areas of Focus: Integrated Pest Management, Entomology, Nutrient Management
Jim Lewis : Principal Agent, University of Maryland Extension
Areas of Focus: Agronomy
Emileigh Lucas : Faculty Specialist, Agricultural Nutrient Management Program
Areas of Focus: Nutrient Management
Luke Macaulay : Wildlife Management Specialist - Agent, Environment, Natural Resources, and Sea Grant, University of Maryland Extension
Areas of Focus: Wildlife Resources
Brian Needelman : Associate Professor, Environmental Science & Technology
Areas of Focus: Pedology, Wetlands, Water quality, and Geospatial analysis
Kelly Nichols : Agent, Agriculture & Food Systems, University of Maryland Extension
Areas of Focus: Agronomy, Commercial Horticulture, Nutrient Management, Pesticide Education, Soil Fertility, Weed Management
Diana Obanda : Assistant Professor, Nutrition & Food Science
Lars Olson : Professor, Agricultural & Resource Economics
Areas of Focus: Natural Resource and Environmental Economics, Economics of Invasive Species, Growth Theory and Economic Dynamics, Economics of Uncertainty
Wendy Peer : Associate Professor, Environmental Science & Technology and Plant Science & Landscape Architecture
Areas of Focus: Use biochemistry, genetics, live cell imaging, phenology, and physiology to address hypothesis-driven research in plant growth and development
Paul Shipley : Faculty Extension Assistant, Environmental Science & Technology, Agricultural Nutrient Management Program
Area of Focus: Nutrient Management
Gurpal Toor : Professor, Environmental Science & Technology and University of Maryland Extension
Areas of Focus: Nutrient Management, Water Quality, Biogeochemistry, Soil Chemistry, Soil Fertility
Kate Tully : Associate Professor, Plant Science & Landscape Architecture
Areas of Focus: Sustainability of food production systems, farm management strategies that balance food production and environmental health, sustainable agriculture strategies in developing countries, saltwater intrusion, how cover crops can promote efficient on-farm nutrient cycling, sequester carbon, and improve water quality
Sara Via : Professor, Entomology
Areas of Focus: Climate change outreach and extension
Kurt Vollmer : Agent, Agriculture & Food Systems, University of Maryland Extension
Areas of Focus: Weed management
Qin Wang : Professor, Nutrition & Food Science
Areas of Focus: Food polymers biophysics, Food nanotechnology, Food chemistry
Ray Weil : Professor, Environmental Science & Technology
Areas of Focus: Soil Science, Agronomy, soil health, sustainable agriculture, International Development, Cover Crops, Soil Fertility, soil organic matter, soil carbon, soil compaction, Soil Conservation, Nitrogen cycling, Phosphorus, Sulfur
Stephanie Yarwood : Associate Professor, Environmental Science & Technology
Areas of Focus: Microbial interactions and functioning in soils from many different ecosystems, with the overall goal of understanding environmental factors that affect microbial community composition and how microbial community structure in turn affects ecosystem function
Liangli Yu : Professor, Nutrition & Food Science
Areas of Focus: Nutraceuticals and functional foods for reducing the risk of obesity and related diabetes, and coronary heart disease; Interactions between food factors and gut microbiota, and the impacts on host health, Food safety and integrity chemistry
Organically Grown Crops and Animal Products
Jerry Brust : Vegetable Specialist University of Maryland Extension
Areas of Focus: Vegetables, Organic vegetable production, Endophytes, Tomato production
Robert Buchanan : Professor Emeritus, Nutrition & Food Science and Center for Food Safety and Security Systems
Areas of Focus: Predictive microbiology, quantitative microbial risk assessment, microbial physiology, mycotoxicology, and HACCP systems
Frank Coale : Professor & Acting Assistant Dean, Environmental Science & Technology
Areas of Focus: Soil Science, Environmental Science
Galen Dively : Advisor Consultant, Entomology
Areas of Focus: Integrated Pest Management
John Erwin : Professor & Chair, Plant Science and Landscape Architecture
Areas of Focus: Environmental control of plant growth in greenhouses and controlled environment agriculture, Identifying ways to maximize flowering, photosynthesis and yield using different lighting and temperature strategies, Manipulating the environment in controlled environment systems to maximize edible crop nutritional value
Anahi Espindola : Assistant Professor, Entomology and University of Maryland Extension
Areas of Focus: Plant-pollinator interactions, inter-species interactions, Phylogeography, Phylogeny, Evolutionary Ecology
Amanda Grev : Agent, University of Maryland Extension
Areas of Focus: Forages, Pasture & Hay Production, Pasture Management, Rotational Grazing, Livestock, Beef Cattle, Dairy Cattle, Small ruminants, Equine
Kelly Hamby : Assistant Professor, Entomology and University of Maryland Extension
Areas of Focus: Understanding insect interactions with free-living microorganisms to improve pest management, Invasive and emerging insect pest issues, evaluating and optimizing pest management programs, and development of sustainable alternative management tactics, Integrated Pest Management (IPM) in small fruit and grain crops
Darren Jarboe : Principal Agent & Assistant Director, Agriculture & Food Systems, University of Maryland Extension
Areas of Focus: Agribusiness Management, Agricultural Production, Biorenewables, Entrepreneurship, Technology Commercialization
Alan Leslie : Agent, Agriculture & Food Systems, University of Maryland Extension
Areas of Focus: Integrated Pest Management, Entomology, Nutrient Management
Neith Little : Agent, Agriculture & Food Systems, University of Maryland Extension
Areas of Focus: Urban Agriculture, Soil Science, Small and beginning farms
Emileigh Lucas : Faculty Specialist, Agricultural Nutrient Management Program
Areas of Focus: Nutrient Management
Luke Macaulay : Wildlife Management Specialist - Agent, Environment, Natural Resources, and Sea Grant, University of Maryland Extension
Areas of Focus: Wildlife Resources
Abani Pradhan : Professor, Nutrition & Food Science
Areas of Focus: Food safety and Risk assessment
Andrew Ristvey : Principal Agent & Extension Specialist for Commercial Horticulture, Agriculture & Food Systems, University of Maryland Extension
Areas of Focus: Commercial Horticulture, Alternative Specialty Crops, Green Roof, Aronia
Paul Shipley : Faculty Extension Assistant, Environmental Science & Technology, Agricultural Nutrient Management
Area of Focus: Nutrient Management
Kate Tully : Associate Professor, Plant Science & Landscape Architecture
Areas of Focus: Sustainability of food production systems, farm management strategies that balance food production and environmental health, sustainable agriculture strategies in developing countries, saltwater intrusion, how cover crops can promote efficient on-farm nutrient cycling, sequester carbon, and improve water quality
Sara Via : Professor, Entomology
Areas of Focus: Climate change outreach and extension
Kurt Vollmer : Agent, Agriculture & Food Systems, University of Maryland Extension
Areas of Focus: Weed management
Ray Weil : Professor, Environmental Science & Technology
Areas of Focus: Soil Science, Agronomy, soil health, sustainable agriculture, International Development, Cover Crops, Soil Fertility, soil organic matter, soil carbon, soil compaction, Soil Conservation, Nitrogen cycling, Phosphorus, Sulfur
Stephanie Yarwood : Associate Professor, Environmental Science & Technology
Areas of Focus: Microbial interactions and functioning in soils from many different ecosystems, with the overall goal of understanding environmental factors that affect microbial community composition and how microbial community structure in turn affects ecosystem function
Liangli Yu : Professor, Nutrition & Food Science
Areas of Focus: Nutraceuticals and functional foods for reducing the risk of obesity and related diabetes, and coronary heart disease; Interactions between food factors and gut microbiota, and the impacts on host health, Food safety and integrity chemistry
Ornamental Horticulture (trees, shrubs, flowers, herbaceous plants)
Karin Burghardt : Assistant Professor, Entomology
Areas of Focus: How plant defenses shape communities and ecosystems
David Clement : Principal Agent, Agriculture & Food Systems, Home & Garden Information Center, Environment, Natural Resources, and Sea Grant, University of Maryland Extension
Areas of Focus: Plant Pathology, Ornamental IPM, Ornamental Diseases, Ornamental Disease Management, Home Gardening
Frank Coale : Professor & Acting Assistant Dean, Environmental Science & Technology
Areas of Focus: Soil Science, Environmental Science
Diana Cochran : Assistant Clinical Professor, Plant Science & Landscape Architecture
Areas of Focus: Commercial crop production, Crop diversification, Relationship between plants and environmental variables, Sustainable in-season crop management practices
Gary Coleman : Associate Professor, Plant Science & Landscape Architecture
Areas of Focus: Understanding the biology of nitrogen cycling and homeostasis in trees and the impacts of these processes on growth and development by integrating molecular biology, genetic, genomic, proteomic and physiological approaches
Rebecca Epanchin-Niell : Associate Professor, Agricultural & Resource Economics and University of Maryland Extension
Areas of Focus: Natural Resource Economics, Invasive Species Management, Species and Ecosystem Conservation, Spatial Resource Management
John Erwin : Professor & Chair, Plant Science and Landscape Architecture
Areas of Focus: Environmental control of plant growth in greenhouses and controlled environment agriculture, Identifying ways to maximize flowering, photosynthesis and yield using different lighting and temperature strategies, Manipulating the environment in controlled environment systems to maximize edible crop nutritional value
Anahi Espindola : Assistant Professor, Entomology and University of Maryland Extension
Areas of Focus: Plant-pollinator interactions, inter-species interactions, Phylogeography, Phylogeny, Evolutionary Ecology
Bill Hubbard : Assistant Director and State Program Leader, Environment, Natural Resources & Sea Grant
Areas of Focus: Forest Management, Finance and Economics, Climate Change in Natural Resource Systems
John Lea-Cox : Professor, Plant Science & Landscape Architecture and University of Maryland Extension
Areas of Focus: Nursery Research, Water and Nutrient Management, Wireless Sensor Networks, Nutritional Physiology, Web-based Distance Learning
Alan Leslie : Agent, Agriculture & Food Systems, University of Maryland Extension
Areas of Focus: Integrated Pest Management, Entomology, Nutrient Management
Erik Lichtenberg : Professor, Agricultural & Resource Economics
Areas of Focus: Natural Resources, Land Use, Agriculture and Environment
Angus Murphy : Professor, Plant Science & Landscape Architecture
Areas of Focus: Auxin Transport, ABC Transporter, Phototropism, Membrane nano domains, Hormone/Herbicide crosstalk
Lars Olson : Professor, Agricultural & Resource Economics
Areas of Focus: Natural Resource and Environmental Economics, Economics of Invasive Species, Growth Theory and Economic Dynamics, Economics of Uncertainty
Micheal Raupp : Professor Emeritus and Research Scientist, Entomology
Areas of Focus: Mechanisms of host plant resistance, the ecology and behavior of herbivores and their predators, parasitoids, and pathogens, and the impact of landscape design on pest and natural enemy population dynamics
Rachel Rhodes : Senior Agent Associate, University of Maryland Extension
Areas of Focus: Horticulture
Andrew Ristvey : Principal Agent & Extension Specialist for Commercial Horticulture, Agriculture & Food Systems, University of Maryland Extension
Areas of Focus: Commercial Horticulture, Alternative Specialty Crops, Green Roof, Aronia
Ginny Rosenkranz : Principal Agent Associate, Agriculture & Food Systems, Master Gardeners, University of Maryland Extension
Areas of Focus: Commercial Horticulture, Ornamental IPM, Turfgrass IPM
Paul Shipley : Faculty Extension Assistant, Environmental Science & Technology, Agricultural Nutrient Management
Area of Focus: Nutrient Management
Paula Shrewsbury : Associate Professor, Entomology and University of Maryland Extension
Areas of Focus: Ornamental IPM, Sustainable Agriculture, Invasive Species Management
Ray Weil : Professor, Environmental Science & Technology
Areas of Focus: Soil Science, Agronomy, soil health, sustainable agriculture, International Development, Cover Crops, Soil Fertility, soil organic matter, soil carbon, soil compaction, Soil Conservation, Nitrogen cycling, Phosphorus, Sulfur
Shunyuan Xiao : Professor, Plant Science & Landscape Architecture and Institute for Bioscience and Biotechnology Research
Areas of Focus: Broad spectrum disease resistance, Plant-fungal interaction, Powdery mildew pathogenesis
Jianhua Zhu : Associate Professor, Plant Science & Landscape Architecture
Areas of Focus: Molecular mechanisms of plant abiotic stress responses, Gene regulation, Functional genomics, Epigenetics
Poultry
Naresh Amradi : Post-Doctoral Associate, Environmental Science & Technology
Roselina Angel : Professor, Animal & Avian Sciences
Areas of Focus: Poultry, Maximizing nutrient availability from diets with the goal of reducing environmental impact as well as improving production efficiency and costs of production, Minimizing the impact of poultry production on the environment, primarily as related to phosphorus and nitrogen
George Belov : Associate Professor, Veterinary Medicine
Areas of Focus: Understanding molecular mechanisms of membrane remodeling in cells infected with positive strand RNA viruses
Andrew Broadbent : Assistant Professor, Animal & Avian Sciences
Areas of Focus: Advance our understanding of the replication and pathogenesis of avian viruses, to better prevent and control diseases of significance to the poultry industry, and to public health
Robert Buchanan : Professor Emeritus, Nutrition & Food Science and Center for Food Safety and Security Systems
Areas of Focus: Predictive microbiology, quantitative microbial risk assessment, microbial physiology, mycotoxicology, and HACCP systems
Amy Burk : Professor, Animal & Avian Sciences, University of Maryland Extension
Areas of Focus: Equine Science & Nutrition, Pasture Management, Rotational Grazing
Cheryl Bush : Agent Associate, Family and Consumer Sciences, University of Maryland Extension
Areas of Focus: Chronic Disease, Healthy Living, Nutrition, Food Safety
Frank Coale : Professor & Acting Assistant Dean, Environmental Science & Technology
Areas of Focus: Soil Science, Environmental Science
Shannon Dill : Principal Agent, University of Maryland Extension
Areas of Focus: Agriculture Business, Farm Management, Crop Budgets
Barbara Dobbins : Program Management Specialist, 4-H Youth Development Educators, University of Maryland Extension
Areas of Focus: 4H
Mostafa Ghanem : Assistant Professor, Veterinary Medicine and University of Maryland Extension
Areas of Focus: Harness the use and application of advanced molecular diagnostic and genotyping techniques in surveillance, prevention, and control of infectious diseases to improve the health and wellbeing of animals and humans
Paul Goeringer : Senior Faculty Specialist, Agricultural & Resource Economics and University of Maryland Extension
Areas of Focus: Agriculture Law, Risk Management education, Crop Insurance
Darren Jarboe : Principal Agent & Assistant Director Agriculture & Food Systems, University of Maryland Extension
Areas of Focus: Agribusiness Management, Agricultural Production, Biorenewables, Entrepreneurship, Technology Commercialization
Stephanie Lansing : Professor, Environmental Science & Technology
Areas of Focus: Renewable energy, Water quality, Waste treatment, and Human health
Neith Little : Agent, Agriculture & Food Systems, University of Maryland Extension
Areas of Focus: Urban Agriculture, Soil Science, Small and beginning farms
Li Ma : Associate Professor, Animal & Avian Sciences
Areas of Focus: Statistical Genetics, Population Genetics, GWAS, Genomic Selection, Dairy Cattle
James MacDonald : Research Professor, Agricultural & Resource Economics and University of Maryland Extension
Areas of Focus: Agricultural Economics, Industrial Organization
Jonathan Moyle : Senior Agent, Agriculture & Food Systems, University of Maryland Extension
Areas of Focus: Poultry
Tom Porter : Professor, Animal & Avian Sciences
Areas of Focus: Neuroendocrine regulation of growth and reproduction, Cellular differentiation of the anterior pituitary gland during embryonic development, Global analysis of gene expression in the neuroendocrine system
Abani Pradhan : Professor, Nutrition & Food Science
Areas of Focus: Food safety and Risk assessment
Paul Shipley : Faculty Extension Assistant, Environmental Science & Technology, Agricultural Nutrient Management
Area of Focus: Nutrient Management
Jiuzhou Song: Professor, Animal Science
Areas of Focus: Elucidating the genetic basis and epigenetic mechanism of genome to phenome, especially on complex diseases and quantitative traits of livestock animals and humans
Chad Stahl : Professor & Chair, Animal & Avian Sciences
Areas of Focus: Improving swine growth via nutritional programming of Stem Cell Populations, Developmental nutrition, Tissue-specific stem cells, Alternatives to conventional antibiotics
Nishanth Sunny : Assistant Professor, Animal & Avian Sciences
Areas of Focus: Liver metabolism, Mitochondrial function, Insulin resistance, Fatty liver disease
Nathaniel Tablante : Professor, Veterinary Medicine and University of Maryland Extension
Areas of Focus: Poultry Health
Lisa Taneyhill : Professor, Animal & Avian Sciences
Areas of Focus: Early embryonic patterning, Intercellular interactions and communication, Neural crest cells, Placode cells
Rohan Tikekar : Associate Professor and Extension Specialist, Nutrition & Food Science and Family & Consumer Sciences, University of Maryland Extension
Areas of Focus: Food science, Food Preservation, Foodborne Pathogens, Food systems
Gurpal Toor : Professor, Environmental Science & Technology and University of Maryland Extension
Areas of Focus: Nutrient Management, Water Quality, Biogeochemistry, Soil Chemistry, Soil Fertility
Ashley Travis : Agent, 4-H Youth Development Educators, University of Maryland Extension
Areas of Focus: 4-H Youth Development, 4-H Animal Science, Youth Agricultural Literacy, Youth Animal Science, Youth Leadership Development
Cheng-I Wei : Professor & Acting Chair, Nutrition & Food Science
Areas of Focus: Food microbiology and safety, toxicology, and immunotoxicology
Xiaoping Zhu : Professor & Chair, Veterinary Medicine
Areas of Focus: Identification of new mechanisms of immune regulation on mucosal infections and inflammations at molecular and cellular immunology level, how the mucosal immune system distinguishes pathogenic from non-pathogenic microbes and how pathogens evade innate and adaptive immunity, harnessing innate and adaptive immunity for mucosal vaccine development and immunotherapy
Sheep and Goats
Frank Coale : Professor & Acting Assistant Dean, Environmental Science & Technology
Areas of Focus: Soil Science, Environmental Science
Barbara Dobbins : Program Management Specialist, 4-H Youth Development Educators, University of Maryland Extension
Areas of Focus: 4H
Megan Fritz : Assistant Professor, College of Computer Mathematical and Natural Sciences
Areas of Focus: Insect evolution and genomic variants, Computational Biology, Bioinformatics and Genomics, and the Molecular and Cellular Biology
Paul Goeringer : Senior Faculty Specialist, Agricultural & Resource Economics and University of Maryland Extension
Areas of Focus: Agriculture Law, Risk Management education, Crop Insurance
Amanda Grev : Agent, University of Maryland Extension
Areas of Focus: Forages, Pasture & Hay Production, Pasture Management, Rotational Grazing, Livestock, Beef Cattle, Dairy Cattle, Small ruminants, Equine
Andrew Kness : Senior Agent, Agriculture & Food Systems, University of Maryland Extension
Areas of Focus: Agronomy, Plant Pathology, Pasture Management, Diseases of Field Crops, Soils
Neith Little : Agent, Agriculture & Food Systems, University of Maryland Extension
Areas of Focus: Urban Agriculture, Soil Science, Small and beginning farms
Li Ma : Associate Professor, Animal & Avian Sciences
Areas of Focus: Statistical Genetics, Population Genetics, GWAS, Genomic Selection, Dairy Cattle
Abani Pradhan : Professor, Nutrition & Food Science
Areas of Focus: Food safety and Risk assessment
Charles Sasscer : Agent Associate, Agriculture & Food Systems, University of Maryland Extension
Areas of Focus: Livestock, Beef Cattle, Pasture Management
Andrew Schiffmacher : Assistant Professor, Animal & Avian Sciences
Areas of Focus: Embryonic Tissue Lineage Development, Stem Cell Biology, Cadherin Biology, Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition
Meiqing Shi : Assistant Professor, Veterinary Medicine
Areas of Focus: Host immune responses to fungal infection and parasite infection
Paul Shipley : Faculty Extension Assistant, Environmental Science & Technology, Agricultural Nutrient Management
Area of Focus: Nutrient Management
Ashley Travis : Agent, 4-H Youth Development Educators, University of Maryland Extension
Areas of Focus: 4-H Youth Development, 4-H Animal Science, Youth Agricultural Literacy, Youth Animal Science, Youth Leadership Development
Xiaoping Zhu : Professor & Chair, Veterinary Medicine
Areas of Focus: Identification of new mechanisms of immune regulation on mucosal infections and inflammations at molecular and cellular immunology level, how the mucosal immune system distinguishes pathogenic from non-pathogenic microbes and how pathogens evade innate and adaptive immunity, harnessing innate and adaptive immunity for mucosal vaccine development and immunotherapy
Small Fruits (Grapes, Berries)
Ben Beale : Principal Agent, Agriculture & Food Systems, University of Maryland Extension
Areas of Focus: Agronomic Crop Production, Fruits & Vegetables Crops, Beginning Farmer, Herbicide Resistant Weed Management
Robert Buchanan : Professor Emeritus, Nutrition & Food Science and Center for Food Safety and Security Systems
Areas of Focus: Predictive microbiology, quantitative microbial risk assessment, microbial physiology, mycotoxicology, and HACCP systems
Cheryl Bush : Agent Associate, Family and Consumer Sciences, University of Maryland Extension
Areas of Focus: Chronic Disease, Healthy Living, Nutrition, Food Safety
Frank Coale : Professor & Acting Assistant Dean, Environmental Science & Technology
Areas of Focus: Soil Science, Environmental Science
Diana Cochran : Assistant Clinical Professor, Plant Science & Landscape Architecture
Areas of Focus: Commercial crop production, Crop diversification, Relationship between plants and environmental variables, Sustainable in-season crop management practices
John Erwin : Professor & Chair, Plant Science and Landscape Architecture
Areas of Focus: Environmental control of plant growth in greenhouses and controlled environment agriculture, Identifying ways to maximize flowering, photosynthesis and yield using different lighting and temperature strategies, Manipulating the environment in controlled environment systems to maximize edible crop nutritional value
Kelly Hamby : Assistant Professor, Entomology and University of Maryland Extension
Areas of Focus: Understanding insect interactions with free-living microorganisms to improve pest management, Invasive and emerging insect pest issues, evaluating and optimizing pest management programs, and development of sustainable alternative management tactics, Integrated Pest Management (IPM) in small fruit and grain crops
David Hawthorne : Associate Professor, Entomology
Areas of Focus: Uses population genetics to understand how insects become pests, how they evolve to counter control efforts, and how to use evolutionary thinking to manage them
Mengjun Hu : Assistant Professor, Plant Science & Landscape Architecture and University of Maryland Extension
Areas of Focus: Plant Pathology, Small Fruit Disease Management, Fungicide Resistance and its Mechanism, Fungal Epidemiology
John Lea-Cox : Professor, Plant Science & Landscape Architecture and University of Maryland Extension
Areas of Focus: Nursery Research, Water and Nutrient Management, Wireless Sensor Networks, Nutritional Physiology, Web-based Distance Learning
Alan Leslie : Agent, Agriculture & Food Systems, University of Maryland Extension
Areas of Focus: Integrated Pest Management, Entomology, Nutrient Management
Erik Lichtenberg : Professor, Agricultural & Resource Economics
Areas of Focus: Natural Resources, Land Use, Agriculture and Environment
Neith Little : Agent, Agriculture & Food Systems, University of Maryland Extension
Areas of Focus: Urban Agriculture, Soil Science, Small and beginning farms
Ronald David Myers : Principal Agent, Agriculture & Food Systems, University of Maryland Extension, Extension
Areas of Focus: Fruits & Vegetables Crops, Agronomy Field Crops, Weed Science, Pesticide Use & Safety, No-Tillage Technology, Pasture & Hay Production
Diana Obanda : Assistant Professor, Nutrition & Food Science
Areas of Focus: Nutritional biochemistry: function of nutrients at the cellular/molecular level and physiological mechanisms of action of various nutrition-related processes
Lars Olson : Professor, Agricultural & Resource Economics
Areas of Focus: Natural Resource and Environmental Economics, Economics of Invasive Species, Growth Theory and Economic Dynamics, Economics of Uncertainty
Abani Pradhan : Professor, Nutrition & Food Science
Areas of Focus: Food safety and Risk assessment
Andrew Ristvey : Principal Agent & Extension Specialist for Commercial Horticulture, Agriculture & Food Systems, University of Maryland Extension
Areas of Focus: Commercial Horticulture, Alternative Specialty Crops, Green Roof, Aronia
Drew Schiavone : Agent, Environment, Natural Resources, and Sea Grant, University of Maryland Extension
Areas of Focus: Energy Conservation, Technology, Solar Energy Options
Paul Shipley : Faculty Extension Assistant, Environmental Science & Technology, Agricultural Nutrient Management
Area of Focus: Nutrient Management
Rohan Tikekar : Associate Professor and Extension Specialist, Nutrition & Food Science and Family & Consumer Sciences, University of Maryland Extension
Areas of Focus: Food science, Food Preservation, Foodborne Pathogens, Food systems
Shunyuan Xiao : Professor, Plant Science & Landscape Architecture and Institute for Bioscience and Biotechnology Research
Areas of Focus: Broad spectrum disease resistance, Plant-fungal interaction, Powdery mildew pathogenesis
Liangli Yu : Professor, Nutrition & Food Science
Areas of Focus: Nutraceuticals and functional foods for reducing the risk of obesity and related diabetes, and coronary heart disease; Interactions between food factors and gut microbiota, and the impacts on host health, Food safety and integrity chemistry
Staple Crops (Rice, Corn, Wheat, Barley, Potato, Rye)
Craig Beyrouty: Dean and Director, College of Agriculture & Natural Resources
Areas of Focus: Soil Science
Robert Buchanan : Professor Emeritus, Nutrition & Food Science and Center for Food Safety and Security Systems
Areas of Focus: Predictive microbiology, quantitative microbial risk assessment, microbial physiology, mycotoxicology, and HACCP systems
Jing Cai : Associate Professor, Agricultural and Resources Economics
Areas of Focus: Development Economics, Household Finance
Frank Coale : Professor & Acting Assistant Dean, Environmental Science & Technology
Areas of Focus: Soil Science, Environmental Science
Rebecca Epanchin-Niell : Associate Professor, Agricultural & Resource Economics, and University of Maryland Extension
Areas of Focus: Natural Resource Economics, Invasive Species Management, Species and Ecosystem Conservation, Spatial Resource Management
Nicole Fiorellino : Assistant Professor & Extension Specialist, Plant Science & Landscape Architecture and University of Maryland Extension
Areas of Focus: Agronomic Crop Production, Agriculture Extension
Paul Goeringer : Senior Faculty Specialist, Agricultural & Resource Economics and University of Maryland Extension
Areas of Focus: Agriculture Law, Risk Management education, Crop Insurance
Jim Lewis : Principal Agent, University of Maryland Extension
Areas of Focus: Agronomy
Emileigh Lucas : Faculty Specialist, Agricultural Nutrient Management Program
Areas of Focus: Nutrient Management
James MacDonald : Research Professor, Agricultural & Resource Economics and University of Maryland Extension
Areas of Focus: Agricultural Economics, Industrial Organization
Angus Murphy : Professor, Plant Science & Landscape Architecture
Areas of Focus: Auxin Transport, ABC Transporter, Phototropism, Membrane nano domains, Hormone/Herbicide crosstalk
Brian Needelman : Associate Professor, Environmental Science & Technology
Areas of Focus: Pedology, Wetlands, Water quality, and Geospatial analysis
Lars Olson : Professor, Agricultural & Resource Economics
Areas of Focus: Natural Resource and Environmental Economics, Economics of Invasive Species, Growth Theory and Economic Dynamics, Economics of Uncertainty
Wendy Peer : Associate Professor, Environmental Science & Technology and Plant Science & Landscape Architecture
Areas of Focus: Use biochemistry, genetics, live cell imaging, phenology, and physiology to address hypothesis-driven research in plant growth and development
Abani Pradhan : Professor, Nutrition & Food Science
Areas of Focus: Food safety and Risk assessment
Azbina Rahman : Post-Doctoral Associate, Environmental Science & Technology
Nidhi Rawat : Associate Professor, Plant Science & Landscape Architecture and University of Maryland Extension
Areas of Focus: Gene discovery for resistance to fungal pathogens, Susceptibility mechanisms of plants to pathogen infection, Mechanistic investigation of molecular interaction between plants and fungal pathogens, Developing solutions to fungal diseases of small grain crops including wheat and barley
Paul Shipley : Faculty Extension Assistant, Environmental Science & Technology, Agricultural Nutrient Management
Area of Focus: Nutrient Management
Vijay Tiwari : Assistant Professor, Plant Science
Areas of Focus: Genetics and genomics of small grain crops
Gurpal Toor : Professor, Environmental Science & Technology and University of Maryland Extension
Areas of Focus: Nutrient Management, Water Quality, Biogeochemistry, Soil Chemistry, Soil Fertility
Kate Tully : Associate Professor, Plant Science & Landscape Architecture
Areas of Focus: Sustainability of food production systems, farm management strategies that balance food production and environmental health, sustainable agriculture strategies in developing countries, saltwater intrusion, how cover crops can promote efficient on-farm nutrient cycling, sequester carbon, and improve water quality
Sara Via : Professor, Entomology
Areas of Focus: Climate change outreach and extension
Neslihan Uler : Assistant Professor, Agricultural & Resource Economics
Areas of Focus: Public Economics, Experimental Economics, Behavioral Economics, Environmental Economics
Ray Weil : Professor, Environmental Science & Technology
Areas of Focus: Soil Science, Agronomy, soil health, sustainable agriculture, International Development, Cover Crops, Soil Fertility, soil organic matter, soil carbon, soil compaction, Soil Conservation, Nitrogen cycling, Phosphorus, Sulfur
Jared Wilmoth : Assistant Professor, Environmental Science & Technology
Areas of Focus: Environmental soil systems
Shunyuan Xiao : Professor, Plant Science & Landscape Architecture and Institute for Bioscience and Biotechnology Research
Areas of Focus: Broad spectrum disease resistance, Plant-fungal interaction, Powdery mildew pathogenesis
Stephanie Yarwood : Associate Professor, Environmental Science & Technology
Areas of Focus: Microbial interactions and functioning in soils from many different ecosystems, with the overall goal of understanding environmental factors that affect microbial community composition and how microbial community structure in turn affects ecosystem function
Liangli Yu : Professor, Nutrition & Food Science
Areas of Focus: Nutraceuticals and functional foods for reducing the risk of obesity and related diabetes, and coronary heart disease; Interactions between food factors and gut microbiota, and the impacts on host health, Food safety and integrity chemistry
Jianhua Zhu : Associate Professor, Plant Science & Landscape Architecture
Areas of Focus: Molecular mechanisms of plant abiotic stress responses, Gene regulation, Functional genomics, Epigenetics
Tree Fruits (Apples, Citrus, Banana)
Ryan Blaustein : Assistant Professor, Nutrition & Food Science
Robert Buchanan : Professor Emeritus, Nutrition & Food Science and Center for Food Safety and Security Systems
Areas of Focus: Predictive microbiology, quantitative microbial risk assessment, microbial physiology, mycotoxicology, and HACCP systems
Cheryl Bush : Agent Associate, Family and Consumer Sciences, University of Maryland Extension
Areas of Focus: Chronic Disease, Healthy Living, Nutrition, Food Safety
Frank Coale : Professor & Acting Assistant Dean, Environmental Science & Technology
Areas of Focus: Soil Science, Environmental Science
Diana Cochran : Assistant Clinical Professor, Plant Science & Landscape Architecture
Areas of Focus: Commercial crop production, Crop diversification, Relationship between plants and environmental variables, Sustainable in-season crop management practices
John Erwin : Professor & Chair, Plant Science and Landscape Architecture
Areas of Focus: Environmental control of plant growth in greenhouses and controlled environment agriculture, Identifying ways to maximize flowering, photosynthesis and yield using different lighting and temperature strategies, Manipulating the environment in controlled environment systems to maximize edible crop nutritional value
Macarena Farcuh : Assistant Professor, Plant Science & Landscape Architecture and University of Maryland Extension
Areas of Focus: Fruit quality, Fruit ripening, Postharvest physiology, Fruit biochemistry and molecular biology, Fruit safety, Fruit hormonal balance
David Hawthorne : Associate Professor, Entomology
Areas of Focus: Uses population genetics to understand how insects become pests, how they evolve to counter control efforts, and how to use evolutionary thinking to manage them
Shauna Henley : Senior Agent; Nutrition & Food Science and University of Maryland Extension
Areas of Focus: Food Preservation, Food Safety, Nutrition
Erik Lichtenberg : Professor, Agricultural & Resource Economics
Areas of Focus: Natural Resources, Land Use, Agriculture and Environment
Neith Little : Agent, Agriculture & Food Systems, University of Maryland Extension
Areas of Focus: Urban Agriculture, Soil Science, Small and beginning farms
Angus Murphy : Professor, Plant Science & Landscape Architecture
Areas of Focus: Auxin Transport, ABC Transporter, Phototropism, Membrane nano domains, Hormone/Herbicide crosstalk
Ronald David Myers : Principal Agent, Agriculture & Food Systems, University of Maryland Extension, Institute of Applied Agriculture
Areas of Focus: Fruits & Vegetables Crops, Agronomy Field Crops, Weed Science, Pesticide Use & Safety, No-Tillage Technology, Pasture & Hay Production
Lars Olson : Professor, Agricultural & Resource Economics
Areas of Focus: Natural Resource and Environmental Economics, Economics of Invasive Species, Growth Theory and Economic Dynamics, Economics of Uncertainty
Abani Pradhan : Professor, Nutrition & Food Science
Areas of Focus: Food safety and Risk assessment
Shaik Rahaman : Associate Professor, Nutrition & Food Science
Areas of Focus: Cell signaling, Atherosclerosis, Fibrosis, Macrophages and fibroblast biology, Immunology
Thanicha Ruangmas : First-Year Innovation & Research Experience (FIRE) Program, Agricultural & Resource Economics
Drew Schiavone : Agent, Environment, Natural Resources, and Sea Grant, University of Maryland Extension
Areas of Focus: Energy Conservation, Technology, Solar Energy Options
Paul Shipley : Faculty Extension Assistant, Environmental Science & Technology, Agricultural Nutrient Management
Area of Focus: Nutrient Management
Rohan Tikekar : Associate Professor and Extension Specialist, Nutrition & Food Science and Family & Consumer Sciences, University of Maryland Extension
Areas of Focus: Food science, Food Preservation, Foodborne Pathogens, Food systems
Shunyuan Xiao : Professor, Plant Science & Landscape Architecture and Institute for Bioscience and Biotechnology Research
Areas of Focus: Broad spectrum disease resistance, Plant-fungal interaction, Powdery mildew pathogenesis
Liangli Yu : Professor, Nutrition & Food Science
Areas of Focus: Nutraceuticals and functional foods for reducing the risk of obesity and related diabetes, and coronary heart disease; Interactions between food factors and gut microbiota, and the impacts on host health, Food safety and integrity chemistry
Vegetables
Ben Beale : Principal Agent, Agriculture & Food Systems, University of Maryland Extension
Areas of Focus: Agronomic Crop Production, Fruits & Vegetables Crops, Beginning Farmer, Herbicide Resistant Weed Management
Ryan Blaustein : Assistant Professor, Nutrition & Food Science
Jerry Brust : Vegetable Specialist University of Maryland Extension
Areas of Focus: Vegetables, Organic vegetable production, Endophytes, Tomato production
Robert Buchanan : Professor Emeritus, Nutrition & Food Science and Center for Food Safety and Security Systems
Areas of Focus: Predictive microbiology, quantitative microbial risk assessment, microbial physiology, mycotoxicology, and HACCP systems
Cheryl Bush : Agent Associate, Family and Consumer Sciences, University of Maryland Extension
Areas of Focus: Chronic Disease, Healthy Living, Nutrition, Food Safety
Frank Coale : Professor & Acting Assistant Dean, Environmental Science & Technology
Areas of Focus: Soil Science, Environmental Science
Jennifer Dixon Cravens : Agent Associate, Family and Consumer Sciences, University of Maryland Extension
Areas of Focus: Family & Consumer Sciences, Healthy Living, Nutrition, Wellness, Chronic Disease Management, Household Consumption and Food Insecurity
Shannon Dill : Principal Agent, University of Maryland Extension
Areas of Focus: Agriculture Business, Farm Management, Crop Budgets
Galen Dively : Advisor Consultant, Entomology
Areas of Focus: Integrated Pest Management
John Erwin : Professor & Chair, Plant Science and Landscape Architecture
Areas of Focus: Environmental control of plant growth in greenhouses and controlled environment agriculture, Identifying ways to maximize flowering, photosynthesis and yield using different lighting and temperature strategies, Manipulating the environment in controlled environment systems to maximize edible crop nutritional value
Anahi Espindola : Assistant Professor, Entomology and University of Maryland Extension
Areas of Focus: Plant-pollinator interactions, inter-species interactions, Phylogeography, Phylogeny, Evolutionary Ecology
Paul Goeringer : Senior Faculty Specialist, Agricultural & Resource Economics and University of Maryland Extension
Areas of Focus: Agriculture Law, Risk Management education, Crop Insurance
Kelly Hamby : Assistant Professor, Entomology and University of Maryland Extension
Areas of Focus: Understanding insect interactions with free-living microorganisms to improve pest management, Invasive and emerging insect pest issues, evaluating and optimizing pest management programs, and development of sustainable alternative management tactics, Integrated Pest Management (IPM) in small fruit and grain crops
David Hawthorne : Associate Professor, Entomology
Areas of Focus: Uses population genetics to understand how insects become pests, how they evolve to counter control efforts, and how to use evolutionary thinking to manage them
Shauna Henley : Senior Agent; Nutrition & Food Science and University of Maryland Extension
Areas of Focus: Food Preservation, Food Safety, Nutrition
David Lei : Professor, Nutrition & Food Science
Areas of Focus: Nutrient control of gene expression
Alan Leslie : Agent, Agriculture & Food Systems, University of Maryland Extension
Areas of Focus: Integrated Pest Management, Entomology, Nutrient Management
Jim Lewis : Principal Agent, University of Maryland Extension
Areas of Focus: Agronomy
Erik Lichtenberg : Professor, Agricultural & Resource Economics
Areas of Focus: Natural Resources, Land Use, Agriculture and Environment
Neith Little : Agent, Agriculture & Food Systems, University of Maryland Extension
Areas of Focus: Urban Agriculture, Soil Science, Small and beginning farms
Emileigh Lucas : Faculty Specialist, Agricultural Nutrient Management Program
Area of Focus: Nutrient Management
Luke Macaulay : Wildlife Management Specialist - Agent, Environment, Natural Resources, and Sea Grant, University of Maryland Extension
Areas of Focus: Wildlife Resources
Angus Murphy : Professor, Plant Science & Landscape Architecture
Areas of Focus: Auxin Transport, ABC Transporter, Phototropism, Membrane nano domains, Hormone/Herbicide crosstalk
Ronald David Myers : Principal Agent, Agriculture & Food Systems, University of Maryland Extension, Institute of Applied Agriculture
Areas of Focus: Fruits & Vegetables Crops, Agronomy Field Crops, Weed Science, Pesticide Use & Safety, No-Tillage Technology, Pasture & Hay Production
Kelly Nichols : Agent, Agriculture & Food Systems, University of Maryland Extension
Areas of Focus: Agronomy, Commercial Horticulture, Nutrient Management, Pesticide Education, Soil Fertility, Weed Management
Diana Obanda : Assistant Professor, Nutrition & Food Science
Lars Olson : Professor, Agricultural & Resource Economics
Areas of Focus: Natural Resource and Environmental Economics, Economics of Invasive Species, Growth Theory and Economic Dynamics, Economics of Uncertainty
Mitchell Pavao-Zuckerman : Associate Professor, Environmental Science & Technology
Areas of Focus: Ecosystem services, Urban Ecology, Forest ecology, Stormwater, Socio-ecological systems, Green infrastructure, Resilience
Abani Pradhan : Associate Professor, Nutrition & Food Science
Areas of Focus: Food safety and Risk assessment
Drew Schiavone : Agent, Environment, Natural Resources, and Sea Grant, University of Maryland Extension
Areas of Focus: Energy Conservation, Technology, Solar Energy Options
Paul Shipley : Faculty Extension Assistant, Environmental Science & Technology, Agricultural Nutrient Management
Area of Focus: Nutrient Management
Rohan Tikekar : Associate Professor and Extension Specialist, Nutrition & Food Science and Family & Consumer Sciences, University of Maryland Extension
Areas of Focus: Food science, Food Preservation, Foodborne Pathogens, Food systems
Kurt Vollmer : Agent, Agriculture & Food Systems, University of Maryland Extension
Areas of Focus: Weed management
Qin Wang : Professor, Nutrition & Food Science
Areas of Focus: Food polymers biophysics, Food nanotechnology, Food chemistry
Cheng-I Wei : Professor & Acting Chair, Nutrition & Food Science
Areas of Focus: Food microbiology and safety, toxicology, and immunotoxicology
Ray Weil : Professor, Environmental Science & Technology
Areas of Focus: Soil Science, Agronomy, soil health, sustainable agriculture, International Development, Cover Crops, Soil Fertility, soil organic matter, soil carbon, soil compaction, Soil Conservation, Nitrogen cycling, Phosphorus, Sulfur
Shunyuan Xiao : Professor, Plant Science & Landscape Architecture and Institute for Bioscience and Biotechnology Research
Areas of Focus: Broad spectrum disease resistance, Plant-fungal interaction, Powdery mildew pathogenesis
Liangli Yu : Professor, Nutrition & Food Science
Areas of Focus: Nutraceuticals and functional foods for reducing the risk of obesity and related diabetes, and coronary heart disease; Interactions between food factors and gut microbiota, and the impacts on host health, Food safety and integrity chemistry
Jianhua Zhu : Associate Professor, Plant Science & Landscape Architecture
Areas of Focus: Molecular mechanisms of plant abiotic stress responses, Gene regulation, Functional genomics, Epigenetics