Administrators

John M. Sweeten, PhD
Resident Director and Professor, Agricultural Engineering
Texas A&M AgriLife Research
E-Mail: jsweeten@ag.tamu.edu

Brandon Dukes
District Extension Administrator
Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service
Email: bkdukes@ag.tamu.edu

Regional Program Directors – North Region

Danny Nusser
Regional Program Director, Agriculture & Natural Resources
Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service
E-Mail: dnusser@ag.tamu.edu

Angela Burkham, Ed.D
Regional Program Director, Family & Consumer Sciences
Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service
E-Mail: aburkham@ag.tamu.edu

Business Managers

Kathy Wingate
Administrative Services Officer
Texas A&M AgriLife Research
E-Mail:  kwingate@ag.tamu.edu

Lori Martin
District Office Manager
Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service
E-Mail:  lsmartin@ag.tamu.edu

Faculty

Stephen H. Amosson, PhD, Regents Fellow
Professor, Extension Economist
Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service
E-Mail: samosson@ag.tamu.edu

Brent W. Auvermann, PhD
Professor, Biological and Agricultural Engineering
Texas A&M AgriLife Research / Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service
E-Mail: bauverma@ag.tamu.edu

Mike Brown, PhD
Associate Professor
Texas A&M AgriLife Research / West Texas A&M University

Ed Bynum, PhD
Assistant Professor, Entomologist
Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service
E-Mail: ebynum@ag.tamu.edu

Leesa Wood Calvi, M.A., CFCS
Extension Program Specialist, Cancer Awareness and Prevention
Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service
E-Mail: l-calvi@tamu.edu

Ken Casey, PhD
Associate Professor, Air Quality Engineering
Texas A&M AgriLife Research
E-Mail: kdcasey@ag.tamu.edu

Ken Cearley, M.S., CWB
Extension Wildlife Specialist
High Plains & Trans-Pecos
Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service
E-Mail: kcearley@ag.tamu.edu

Andrew B. Crocker, MS
Extension Program Specialist, Gerontology Health
Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service
E-Mail: abcrocker@ag.tamu.edu

Ron French, PhD
Assistant Professor, Plant Pathology
Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service
E-Mail: rdfrench@ag.tamu.edu

DeDe Jones, MBA
Extension Program Specialist, Risk Management
Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service
E-Mail: dljones@ag.tamu.edu

Kay Ledbetter
Communications Specialist
Texas A&M AgriLife Research/Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service
E-Mail: skledbetter@ag.tamu.edu

Shuyu Liu, PhD
Assistant Professor, Small Grains Geneticist
Texas A&M AgriLife Research
E-Mail: sliu@ag.tamu.edu

Thomas H. Marek, MS, PE
Senior Research Engineer, Superintendent, North Research Field, Etter
Texas A&M AgriLife Research
E-Mail: tmarek@ag.tamu.edu

F.T. “Ted” McCollum III, PhD, PAS
Professor, Extension Beef Cattle Specialist
Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service
E-Mail: tmccollu@ag.tamu.edu

Gerald J. Michels Jr., PhD
Professor, Entomology, Biological Control
Texas A&M AgriLife Research
E-Mail: gmichels@ag.tamu.edu

Renda Nelson
Regional Program Manager, Better Living for Texans
Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service
E-Mail:  renda.nelson@ag.tamu.edu

Pablo Pinedo, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Ruminant Animal Health
Texas A&M AgriLife Research
E-Mail: ppinedo@ag.tamu.edu

Jackie Rudd, PhD, Regents Fellow
Professor, Agronomy, Wheat Breeding
Texas A&M AgriLife Research
E-Mail: jcrudd@ag.tamu.edu

Charles M. Rush, PhD, Senior Regents Fellow
Professor, Plant Pathology
Texas A&M AgriLife Research
E-Mail: crush@ag.tamu.edu

Qingwu Xue, PhD
Assistant Professor, Crop Stress Physiology
Texas A&M AgriLife Research
E-Mail: qxue@ag.tamu.edu

Staff

Jewel Arthur
Technician II
Texas A&M AgriLife Research
E-Mail: jlarthur@ag.tamu.edu

Jason Baker
Senior Research Associate
Texas A&M AgriLife Research
E-Mail: jbaker@ag.tamu.edu

Shannon Baker
Research Assistant
Texas A&M AgriLife Research
E-Mail: sabaker@ag.tamu.edu

Laurie Benedetti
Business Assistant III
Texas A&M AgriLife Research
E-Mail: labenedetti@ag.tamu.edu

Johnny Bible
Research Assistant
Texas A&M AgriLife Research
E-Mail: jbible@ag.tamu.edu

Linda Bice
Office Associate
Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service
E-Mail: llbice@ag.tamu.edu

Casey Brauer
Graduate Research Assistant
Texas A&M AgriLife Research
E-Mail:  casey.brauer@ag.tamu.edu

Kelsey Bryan
Technician II
Texas A&M AgriLife Research
E-Mail:  kelsey.bryan@ag,tamu.edu

Jack Bush
Research Associate
Texas A&M AgriLife Research
E-Mail: kjbush@ag.tamu.edu

Grazyna Calhoun
Business Assistant II
Texas A&M AgriLife Research
E-Mail: gacalhoun@ag.tamu.edu

Erica Cox
Research Assistant
Texas A&M AgriLife Research
E-Mail: ecox@ag.tamu.edu

Ravindra Devkota, PhD
Associate Research Scientist
Texas A&M AgriLife Research
E-Mail: rdevkota@ag.tamu.edu

Luz Serrato Diaz
Extension Assistant
Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service
E-Mail: lmdiaz@ag.tamu.edu

Ronda Fisher
Senior Office Assistant
Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service
E-Mail: rkfisher@ag.tamu.edu

Maria Fuentealba
Research Assistant
Texas A&M AgriLife Research
E-Mail: mfuentealba@ag.tamu.edu 

Lupe Garcia
Maintenance Foreman II
Texas A&M AgriLife Research/Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service
E-Mail: lpgarcia@ag.tamu.edu

Patty Garrett
Office Assistant
Texas A&M AgriLife Research
E-Mail: pagarrett@ag.tamu.edu

Jimmy Gray
Agricultural Research Technician II
Texas A&M AgriLife Research
E-Mail: jamesgray@ag.tamu.edu

Leon Guerrero
Senior Office Assistant
Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service
E-Mail: lguerrero@ag.tamu.edu

Jerri Hamar
Senior Office Assistant
Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service
E-Mail: jhamar@ag.tamu.edu

Baozhen Hao
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Texas A&M AgriLife Research
E-Mail:  baozhen.hao@ag.tamu.edu

Kevin Heflin
Extension Associate
Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service
E-Mail: kheflin@ag.tamu.edu

Kirk Jessup
Research Assistant
Texas A&M AgriLife Research
E-Mail: kejessup@ag.tamu.edu

Erin Jones
Research Assistant
Texas A&M AgriLife Research
E-Mail: enjones@ag.tamu.edu

Srirama Krishna Reddy
Assistant Research Scientist
Texas A&M AgriLife Research
E-Mail: skrishnareddy@ag.tamu.edu

Coretta McClish
Senior Office Associate
Texas A&M AgriLife Research
E-Mail: cjmcclish@ag.tamu.edu

Tommy Moore
Senior Research Associate
Texas A&M AgriLife Research
E-Mail: tlmoore@ag.tamu.edu

Constant Ouapo
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Texas A&M AgriLife Research
E-Mail: constant.ouapo@ag.tamu.edu 

Li Paetzold
Senior Research Associate
Texas A&M AgriLife Research
E-Mail: lpaetzold@ag.tamu.edu

Erin Parks
Technician II
Texas A&M AgriLife Research
E-Mail:  eeparks@ag.tamu.edu

Stephanie Pattison
Agricultural Research Technician I
Texas A&M AgriLife Research
E-Mail: stephanie.pattison@ag.tamu.edu

Albert Patton
Extension Assistant
Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service
E-Mail: afpatton@ag.tamu.edu

Gautam Pradhan
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Texas A&M AgriLife Research
E-Mail:  gautam.pradhan@ag.tamu.edu

Sharon Preece
Senior Research Associate
Texas A&M AgriLife Research
E-Mail:  spreece@ag.tamu.edu

Jacob Price
Senior Research Associate
Texas A&M AgriLife Research
E-Mail: japrice@ag.tamu.edu

Arash Rashed
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Texas A&M AgriLife Research
E-Mail: arashed@ag.tamu.edu

Lorenzo Segura
Research Associate
Texas A&M AgriLife Research
E-Mail: lorenzo.segura@ag.tamu.edu

Ginger Shipp, PhD
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Texas A&M AgriLife Research
E-Mail: gmshipp@ag.tamu.edu

Angela Simmons
Technician I
Texas A&M AgriLife Research
E-Mail: angela.simmons@ag.tamu.edu

Jonny Simmons
Research Assistant
Texas A&M AgriLife Research
E-Mail: jsimmons@ag.tamu.edu

Colton Smith
Extension Assistant
Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service
E-Mail: colton.smith@ag.tamu.edu 

Ronnie Smith
Senior Custodian
Texas A&M AgriLife Research/Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service
E-Mail: rasmith@ag.tamu.edu

Venkata Vaddella, PhD
Assistant Research Scientist
Texas A&M AgriLife Research
E-Mail: venkat.vaddella@ag.tamu.edu

Brad Wilhite
Technician I
Texas A&M AgriLife Research
E-Mail: wbwilhite@ag.tamu.edu

Ronnie Williams
Mechanical Maintenance Technician
Texas A&M AgriLife Research
E-Mail: rgwilliams@ag.tamu.edu

Fekede Workneh, PhD
Senior Research Scientist
Texas A&M AgriLife Research
E-Mail: fworkneh@ag.tamu.edu