UA Div. of Agriculture

Alejandro Arias Vásquez

Associate Professor

Entomology & Plant Pathology

• Gut microbiota and health
• Metabolism and Genetic Disorders
• Mental Health Research Topics
• Diet and metabolism studies
• Behavioral and Psychological Studies

Hari B. Krishnan

Research Molecular Biologist

• Protein Structure and Dynamics
• Plant Physiology and Cultivation Studies
• Molecular Biology Techniques and Applications
• Food composition and properties
• Soybean genetics and cultivation

Robert D Goodband

• Animal Nutrition and Physiology
• Livestock and Poultry Management
• Diet and metabolism studies
• Meta-analysis and systematic reviews
• Meat and Animal Product Quality

Jason K. Norsworthy

Professor

Crop, Soil and Environmental Sciences

• Weed Control and Herbicide Applications
• Plant Physiology and Cultivation Studies
• Agronomic Practices and Intercropping Systems
• Pesticide and Herbicide Environmental Studies
• Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance

Sami Dridi

Professor

Poultry Science

• Livestock and Poultry Management
• Animal Nutrition and Physiology
• Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies
• Immune Response and Inflammation
• Gut microbiota and health

George Alan Blackburn

• Remote Sensing in Agriculture
• Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
• Species Distribution and Climate Change
• Plant Physiology and Cultivation Studies
• Photovoltaic System Reliability

B. W. Hess

• Animal Nutrition and Physiology
• Ruminant Nutrition and Digestive Physiology
• Meat and Animal Product Quality
• Diet and metabolism studies

Jingying Zhang

Postdoctoral fellow

Crop, Soil and Environmental Sciences

• Protein Structure and Dynamics
• Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research
• Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling
• Molecular Biology Techniques and Applications
• Nanoparticles: synthesis and applications

Billy M. Hargis

Poultry Science

• Livestock and Poultry Management
• Animal Nutrition and Physiology
• Gut microbiota and health
• Microbial infections and disease research
• Plant Physiology and Cultivation Studies

Nilda R. Burgos

Professor, Weed Physiology

Crop, Soil and Environmental Sciences

• Weed Control and Herbicide Applications
• Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
• Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance
• Agronomic Practices and Intercropping Systems
• Pesticide and Herbicide Environmental Studies

Qun Luo

Han‐Seok Seo

Full Professor

Agricultural Communication Services

• Consumer Behavior in Brand Consumption and Identification
• Advanced Neural Network Applications
• Food composition and properties
• Olfactory and Sensory Function Studies
• Machine Learning Applications

Philip G. Crandall

Professor

Food Science

• Listeria monocytogenes in Food Safety
• Food Contamination
• Food Safety
• Consumer Behavior in Brand Consumption and Identification
• Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations

Ioannis E. Tzanetakis

Professor

Michael Kidd

Consultant Clinical Scientist

• SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
• Molecular Biology Techniques and Applications
• Microbial infections and disease research
• Public Health Research
• COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies

J. C. Jaeger

• Animal Nutrition and Physiology
• Livestock and Poultry Management
• Ruminant Nutrition and Digestive Physiology
• Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
• Plant Physiology and Cultivation Studies

Gary A. Thompson

Director of Experiment Stations

• Health and Medical Research Impacts
• Health disparities and outcomes
• Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research
• Racial and Ethnic Identity Research
• Health Policy Implementation Science

Wayne J. Kuenzel

Physiologist, Neurobiologist/ Professor

Poultry Science

• Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
• Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies
• Stress Responses and Cortisol
• Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
• Animal Nutrition and Physiology

Kristofor R. Brye

University Professor

Crop, Soil and Environmental Sciences

• Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics
• Phosphorus and nutrient management
• Remote Sensing in Agriculture
• Rice Cultivation and Yield Improvement
• Agronomic Practices and Intercropping Systems

Jun Zhu

Professor

Biological and Agricultural Engineering

• Anaerobic Digestion and Bioenergy Production
• Nutrient Recovery from Wastewater
• Agricultural Waste Management
• Biofuels Production
• Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology

Young Min Kwon

Professor

Poultry Science

• Salmonella and Campylobacter epidemiology
• Antimicrobial Resistance in Bacteria
• Gut microbiota and health
• Phytochemicals and Antioxidant Activities
• Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology

D. E. Claridge

Professor

• Commercial Building Energy Modeling
• Building Performance Analysis
• Data Center Energy Efficiency
• Continuous Commissioning
• Fault Detection and Diagnosis

Ainong Shi

Associate Professor

Horticulture

• Plant Physiology and Cultivation Studies
• Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
• Bioinformatics and Genomic Networks
• Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance
• Agronomic Practices and Intercropping Systems

Seong Wook Kang

Poultry Science

• Immune Response and Inflammation
• Livestock and Poultry Management
• Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies
• Cellular transport and secretion
• Metabolism and Genetic Disorders

Juan D. Latorre

Research Scientist

Poultry Science

• Animal Nutrition and Physiology
• Gut microbiota and health
• Probiotics and Fermented Foods
• Phytochemicals and Antioxidant Activities
• Livestock and Poultry Management

Corliss A. O’Bryan

Food Science

• Food Microbiology
• Listeria monocytogenes in Food Safety
• Antimicrobial Resistance in Bacteria
• Microbial infections and disease research
• Public Health Research

C. Andy King

Crop, Soil and Environmental Sciences

• Soybean genetics and cultivation
• Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance
• Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals
• Bioinformatics and Genomic Networks
• Molecular Biology Techniques and Applications

Nathan A. Slaton

Professor

Jin-Woo Kim

Biological and Agricultural Engineering

• Nanoparticles: synthesis and applications
• Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine
• Drug Delivery Systems
• Materials Science Research
• Hydrogels

Yanlin Liu

• Nanoparticles: synthesis and applications
• Microbial volatile organic compounds
• Plant Physiology and Cultivation Studies
• Food composition and properties
• Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology

Allen L. Szalanski

Professor

Entomology & Plant Pathology

• Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
• Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior
• Molecular Biology Techniques and Applications
• Vector-borne infectious diseases
• Plant and animal studies

Xiaomao Lin

• Plant Physiology and Cultivation Studies
• Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance
• Remote Sensing in Agriculture
• Climate variability and models
• Agronomic Practices and Intercropping Systems

Griffiths G. Atungulu

Food Science

• Food composition and properties
• Rice Cultivation and Yield Improvement
• Phytochemicals and Antioxidant Activities
• 3D Printing in Biomedical Research
• Meat and Animal Product Quality

Jean‐François Meullenet

Director of Experiment Stations

• Agronomic Practices and Intercropping Systems
• Agricultural Research Management
• Plant Physiology and Cultivation Studies
• Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics

Vibha Srivastava

Professor

Crop, Soil and Environmental Sciences

• Rice Cultivation and Yield Improvement
• CRISPR and Genetic Engineering
• Plant Physiology and Cultivation Studies
• Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
• Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance

Ashley P. G. Dowling

Professor

Entomology & Plant Pathology

• Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior
• Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
• Vector-borne infectious diseases
• Machine Learning Applications
• Host-Pathogen Interactions

Michael P. Popp

Harold F. Ohlendorf Professor of Farm Managment

Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness

• Remote Sensing in Agriculture
• Agronomic Practices and Intercropping Systems
• Economic Evaluations
• Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics
• Environmental Science Research

Lawton Lanier Nalley

Department Head

Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness

• Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations
• Remote Sensing in Agriculture
• Agronomic Practices and Intercropping Systems
• Consumer Behavior in Brand Consumption and Identification
• Economic Evaluations

G.W. Rogers

• Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock
• Ruminant Nutrition and Digestive Physiology
• Livestock and Poultry Management
• Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies
• Meat and Animal Product Quality

Mary C. Savin

Professor

Horticulture

• Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
• Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria
• Pesticide and Herbicide Environmental Studies
• Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics
• Agronomic Practices and Intercropping Systems

Yan Huang

Associate Professor

Animal Science

• Metabolism and Genetic Disorders
• Pharmacological Effects and Toxicity Studies
• Diet and metabolism studies
• Livestock and Poultry Management
• Animal Nutrition and Physiology

Fiona L. Goggin

University Professor

• Insect-Plant Interactions and Control
• Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance
• Host-Pathogen Interactions
• Plant Physiology and Cultivation Studies
• Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior

Rupesh Kariyat

Associate Professor

Entomology & Plant Pathology

• Insect-Plant Interactions and Control
• Plant Physiology and Cultivation Studies
• Phytochemicals and Antioxidant Activities
• Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
• Weed Control and Herbicide Applications

Paul B. DeLaune

Professor and Department Head

Crop, Soil and Environmental Sciences

• Agronomic Practices and Intercropping Systems
• Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics
• Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
• Plant Physiology and Cultivation Studies
• Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies

Neelendra K. Joshi

Entomology & Plant Pathology

• Insect Pest Control Strategies
• Pollination Ecology and Behavior
• Pesticide and Herbicide Environmental Studies
• Agronomic Practices and Intercropping Systems
• Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior

Ali Ubeyitogullari

Assistant Professor

Food Science

• 3D Printing in Biomedical Research
• Food composition and properties
• Nanoparticles: synthesis and applications
• Polysaccharide-based porous biopolymers
• Bioavailability of bioactive food compounds

Jamie Baum

Associate Professor

Food Science

• Diet and metabolism studies
• Food composition and properties
• Meta-analysis and systematic reviews
• Phytochemicals and Antioxidant Activities
• Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations

Dongyi Wang

Assistant Professor

Biological and Agricultural Engineering

• Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials
• Machine Learning Applications
• Nanoparticles: synthesis and applications
• Agronomic Practices and Intercropping Systems
• Food composition and properties

Burton H. Bluhm

• Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases
• Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
• Microbial infections and disease research
• Plant Physiology and Cultivation Studies
• Food composition and properties

C.R. Looney

Animal Science

• Animal Nutrition and Physiology
• Reproductive Biology and Fertility
• Livestock and Poultry Management
• Maternal and Perinatal Health Interventions
• Plant and animal studies