Faculty by Locations

College Station

Administration

David D. Baltensperger

Professor and Head of the Department

979-321-5906

dbaltensperger@tamu.edu
434 Heep Center
Larry A. Redmon

Professor and Associate Department Head & Extension Program Leader

979-321-5909

l-redmon@tamu.edu
434 Heep Center
Wayne Smith

Professor and Associate Department Head

979-321-5903

cwsmith@tamu.edu
217D Heep Center

Faculty Members

Felipe Aburto Guerrero

Assistant Professor

(979) 321-5920

felipe.aburto@ag.tamu.edu
Heep Center 544 - 545

Muthu Bagavathiannan

Professor

979-321-5915

m.bagavathiannan@ag.tamu.edu
HPCT 341-C

Byron Burson

USDA-ARS

979-260-9300

b-burson@tamu.edu
College Station, Texas

Katherine Carson

Instructional Assistant Professor

979-321-5922

kcarson@tamu.edu
342B Heep Center

Manuel Chavarria

Assistant Professor
Extension Turfgrass Specialist

(979) 321-4653

manuel.chavarria@ag.tamu.edu
Scotts Turfgrass Facility - College Station

Youjun Deng

Associate Professor

979-321-5923

yjd@tamu.edu
541A Heep Center

Alma Fernández González

Research Scientist

979-321-5925

alma.fernandez@tamu.edu
Heep Center 233B
Mitchell Physics Bldg 463

Scott A. Finlayson

Associate Professor

979-321-5924

sfinlayson@tamu.edu
220B Heep Center

Terry J. Gentry

Professor

979-321-5918

tjgentry@tamu.edu
550A Heep Center

Mark Hall

Program Coordinator

979-321-5927

markhall@tamu.edu
217A Heep Center

Tim Herrman

Professor, State Chemist and Director of the Office of the Texas State Chemist

979-845-1121

tjh@otsc.tamu.edu
445 Agronomy College Station

Julie A Howe

Professor of Soil Science

979-321-5904

j-howe@tamu.edu
616 Heep Center

Mark Hussey

Professor

(979) 803-1325

mark.hussey@ag.tamu.edu
Heep Center 349C

Amir Ibrahim

Regents Professor
Texas A&M AgriLife Research Fellow

979-321-5929

aibrahim@tamu.edu
430C Heep Center

Russell W. Jessup

Associate Professor

979-321-5930

rjessup@tamu.edu
431B Heep Center

Kevin McInnes

Professor

979-321-5931

k-mcinnes@tamu.edu
548B Heep Center

Benjamin McKnight

Assistant Professor
State Extension Cotton Specialist

(979)321-5932

bmcknight@tamu.edu
Heep 348B

Travis Miller

Associate Director Emeritus, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension

979-845-2993

td-miller@tamu.edu
Heep 429 C

Jake Mowrer

Extension Associate Professor

979-321-5916

jake.mowrer@tamu.edu
348A Heep Center

Seth C. Murray

Professor
Butler Chair - Corn Breeding and Genetics

979-321-5933

sethmurray@tamu.edu
Agronomy Field Lab 110/111

Scott Nolte

Associate Professor
State Extension Weed Specialist

(979) 321-5934

scott.nolte@ag.tamu.edu
Heep 350B

Sakiko Okumoto

Associate Professor

979-321-5917

sokumoto@tamu.edu
337B Heep Center

Tony Provin

Professor and Extension Specialist

979-845-4816

t-provin@tamu.edu
108 Soil Testing Laboratory

Nithya Rajan

Professor

979-321-5936

nrajan@tamu.edu
336A Heep Center

Keerti Rathore

Professor

979-321-5937

rathore@tamu.edu
Borlaug Center

William Rooney

Professor and Borlaug-Monsanto Chair for Plant Breeding and International Crop Improvement

979-321-5938

wlr@tamu.edu
Foundation Seed Building

Ronnie W. Schnell

Associate Professor and Extension Specialist

979-321-5839

ronschnell@tamu.edu
351C Heep Center

Endang Septiningsih

Professor

979-321-5941

eseptiningsih@tamu.edu
343B Heep Center

A. Peyton Smith

Assistant Professor

(979) 321-5943

peyton.smith@tamu.edu
Heep 541B

David M. Stelly

Professor

979-321-5912

stelly@tamu.edu
Beasley Laboratory

Chase Straw

Assistant Professor

979-321-5944

cstraw@tamu.edu
Scott's Turf Facility

Nithya Subramanian

Associate Research Scientist
Visiting Lecturer

(979) 321-5840

nithya@tamu.edu
HPCT 340

Kathryn (Kate) Szerlag

Assistant Professor

979-321-5914

kate.szerlag@ag.tamu.edu
HPCT 618B

Michael Thomson

Professor

979-321-5919

m.thomson@tamu.edu
343C Heep Center

Aart Verhoef

Assistant Professor

Please email

aart.verhoef@tamu.edu
Heep Center 233C

Benjamin Wherley

Professor

979-321-5913

b-wherley@tamu.edu
Room 104 Turfgrass Research Laboratory Building

Briana Wyatt

Assistant Professor

979-321-5947

briana.wyatt@tamu.edu
Heep Center 543A

Hongbin Zhang

Professor

979-321-5948

hbz7049@tamu.edu
427A Heep Center

Amarillo

Craig Bednarz

Associate Professor
Director Semi-arid Agricultural Systems Institute

(806) 420-5330

craig.bednarz@ag.tamu.edu
Amarillo
Jourdan Bell

Associate Professor and Extension Specialist

806-677-5600

Jourdan.Bell@ag.tamu.edu
Amarillo, Texas
Carolina Brandani

Associate Research Scientist

(806) 677-5605

carolina.bragabranda@ag.tamu.edu
Amarillo
Chenggen Chu

Research Scientist

(806) 677-5604

chenggen.chu@ag.tamu.edu
Amarillo
Shuyu Liu

Professor

806-677-5600

sliutamu@tamu.edu
Amarillo, Texas
Jackie Rudd

Professor

806-677-5600

j-rudd@tamu.edu
Amarillo, Texas
Qingwu Xue

Professor
Faculty Fellow

806-354-5803

qxue@tamu.edu
Amarillo, Texas

Beaumont

Fugen Dou

Professor

409-752-2741 etx. 2223
(409) 245-8611

fugen.dou@aesrg.tamu.edu
Beaumont, Texas
Stanley Omar Samonte

Associate Professor

(409) 752-2741

stanley.samonte@ag.tamu.edu
Beaumont, TX
Shyamal Talukder

Assistant Professor

(409) 245-8623

shyamal.talukder@tamu.edu
Beaumont, TX
Lee Tarpley

Professor

409-752-2741 Ext. 2235

ltarpley@tamu.edu
Beaumont, Texas
Lloyd T. (Ted) Wilson

Professor, Center Director and Jack B. Wendt Endowed Chair in Rice Research

409-752-3045

lt-wilson@aesrg.tamu.edu
Texas A&M AgriLife Research Center at Beaumont, TX

Corpus Christi

Mahendra Bhandari

Assistant Professor

(361) 265-9201

mahendra.bhandari@ag.tamu.edu
AgriLife Research and Extension Center - Corpus Christi
Jamie Foster

Professor

361-360-4536

jlfoster@ag.tamu.edu
Beeville, TX
Joshua A. McGinty

Associate Professor & Extension Specialist

361-265-9203

jmcginty@tamu.edu
Corpus Christi, TX

Dallas

Ambika Chandra

Professor

972-231-5362

a-chandra@tamu.edu
Dallas, TX
Dean Minchillo

Extension Program Specialist II

(972) 231-5362

dean.minchillo@ag.tamu.edu
Dallas Research and Extension Center - 203

El Paso

Girisha Ganjegunte

Professor

915-859-1908 x 21

gkganjegunte@ag.tamu.edu
El Paso, Texas

Lubbock

Joseph Burke

Assistant Professor

806-746-6101

joseph.burke@ag.tamu.edu
1102 E. Drew St., Lubbock
Mark Burow

Professor

806-746-6101

mburow@tamu.edu
Lubbock, Texas
Jane Dever

Professor

806-746-6101

jdever@ag.tamu.edu
Lubbock, Texas
Peter Dotray

Professor & Extension Specialist

806-742-1634

p-dotray@tamu.edu
Lubbock, Texas
Wenxuan Guo

Assistant Professor

(806) 834-2266

wenxuan.guo@ag.tamu.edu
Lubbock
Wayne Keeling

Professor

806-742-4026

w-keeling@tamu.edu
Lubbock, Texas
Brendan Kelly

Assistant Professor of Cotton Fiber Phenomics

806-834-0326

brendan.kelly@tamu.edu
Lubbock, TX
Katie Lewis

Associate Professor

806-746-6101

katie.lewis@ag.tamu.edu
Lubbock, TX
Jaroy Moore

Professor and Station Director

806-746-6101

j-moore@tamu.edu
Lubbock, Texas
Calvin Trostle

Professor & Extension Specialist

806-746-6101

c-trostle@tamu.edu
Lubbock, Texas
Wenwei Xu

Professor

806-723-8436

we-xu@tamu.edu
Lubbock, Texas

Temple

Gurjinder Baath

Assistant Professor

gurjinder.baath@ag.tamu.edu
720 E. Blackland Rd., Temple, TX 76502

Overton

Vanessa A. Corriher-Olson

Professor & Extension Forage Specialist

903-834-6191

VACorriher@ag.tamu.edu
Overton, Texas
Prem Oli

Assistant Professor

(903) 834-6191

prem.woli@ag.tamu.edu
1710 N FM 3053, Overton, TX
Monte Rouquette

Professor

903-834-6191

m-rouquette@tamu.edu
Overton, Texas
Gerald Smith

Professor

903-834-6191

g-smith@tamu.edu
Overton, Texas
Anil Somenahally

Associate Professor

903-834-6191 ext 248

ASomenahally@tamu.edu
Overton, TX

San Angelo

Morgan McCulloch

Program Specialist

morgan.mcculloch@ag.tamu.edu
San Angelo
Reagan Noland

Assistant Professor & Extension Agronomist

(325) 657-7330

reagan.noland@tamu.edu
San Angelo, Texas

Stephenville

Jeff Brady

Assistant Professor

(254) 968-4144

jeffbrady@tamu.edu
AgriLife Research and Extension Center - Stephenville
John Cason

Assistant Professor

(254) 968-4144

john.cason@ag.tamu.edu
Stephenville, TX
James Muir

Regents Professor

254-968-4144

j-muir@tamu.edu
Stephenville, Texas

Uvalde

Xuejun Dong

Associate Professor

(830) 988-6136

xuejun.dong@ag.tamu.edu
Uvalde, Texas

Vernon

Paul DeLaune

Professor

(940) 647-3898

pbdelaune@ag.tamu.edu
Vernon, Texas
Emi Kimura

Associate Professor
Agronomist
Extension State Peanut Specialist

940-647-3910

emi.kimura@ag.tamu.edu
Vernon, TX
Dane Leija

Technical Assistant

(940) 552-9941

dane.leija@ag.tamu.edu
Vernon, TX
Dariusz Malinowski

Professor

940-552-9941

d-malinowski@tamu.edu
Vernon, Texas
T.J. Payne

Extension Farm Demonstration Assistant

(940) 552-9941

tj.payne@ag.tamu.edu
Vernon Research & Extension Center
Waltram Ravelombola

Assistant Professor - Organic & Specialty Crop Breeding

(940) 647-3911

waltram.ravelombola@ag.tamu.edu
11708 Hwy 70 S, Vernon, TX

Weslaco

Jorge Da Silva

Professor

956-969-5623

jadasilva@ag.tamu.edu
Weslaco, Texas
Dirk B. Hays

Professor
Director, Weslaco Research & Extension Center

979-458-0032

dirk.hays@ag.tamu.edu
Weslaco, TX