Auburn Bulletin 2025-2026

Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station (AAES)

  • ABBASI, MEHRNAZ, Assistant Professor
  • ADHIKARI, SUSHIL, Professor and Director, 2008, BS Tribhuvan, MS Asian Institute of Tech Thailand, PhD Mississippi State
  • ALEXANDER, HEATHER, Associate Professor
  • AN, LI, Professor 
  • APPEL, ARTHUR G., Associate Dean and Associate Director, 1985, BA UCLA, MS PhD California-Riverside
  • BAKER, BETHANY, Assistant Professor
  • BALKCOM, KRIS, Assistant Extension Professor
  • BARTLEY, PAUL, Assistant Professor
  • BARTOL, FRANK, Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Studies
  • BATCHELOR, WILLIAM D., Professor, 2010, BS Florida, MS PhD Georgia
  • BECKMANN, JOHN, Assistant Professor, 2018, BA PhD Univ. of Minnesota
  • BELK, ARIEL, Assistant Professor
  • BELSARE, ANIRUDDHA, Assistant Professor
  • BISCAIA RIBEIRO DA SILVA, ANDRE, Assistant Professor & Extension Specialist
  • BLERSCH, DAVID, Associate Professor, 2013, BS Notre Dame, MS PhD Maryland
  • BOURASSA, DIANNA, Associate Professor & Extension Specialist
  • BOWEN, KIRA L., Professor, 1987, BS Penn St., MS Minnesota, PhD Illinois
  • BRANDEBOURG, TERRY, Associate Professor, 2008, BS Purdue, PhD Oregon State
  • BRANTLEY, EVE, Director, Water Resources Center
  • BRUCE, TIMOTHY, Assistant Professor
  • BULLARD, ASH, Professor, 2008, BS South Carolina, MS Southern Miss, PhD Southern Miss
  • BUTTS, IAN, Assistant Professor
  • CATALANO, MATTHEW, Associate Professor
  • CHAMORRO, MANUEL, Associate Professor
  • CHATTARAMAN, VEENA, Professor
  • CHEN, CHARLES, Professor
  • CHEN, HAO, Assistant Professor
  • CHIBA, LEE I., Professor, 1990, BS MS PhD Nebraska
  • CHO, SUNGEUN, Assistant Professor 
  • COLEMAN, JEFFREY, Associate Professor, 2014, BS Bloomsburg, PhD Arizona
  • CONEVA, ELINA, Extension Spec and Professor, 2006, BS MS PhD Agrarian
  • COUNTERMAN, BRIAN, Associate Professor
  • CRIADO, MIRIA, Assistant Professor 
  • CRISTAN, RICHARD, Extension Spec & Asst Professor, BS Tennessee, MS Tennessee, PhD Virginia Tech
  • CUFFEY, JOEL, Assistant Professor, BA Illinois, MS Illinois, PhD Minnesota
  • DA SILVA DINIZ, WELLISON, Assistant Professor
  • DANIEL, MARISSA JO, Assistant Professor
  • DAVIS, D. ALLEN, Professor, 1999, BS Northern Arizona, MS PhD Texas A&M 
  • DAVIS, JEREMIAH, Professor/Director NTPC, 2015, BS Texas A&M, MS Kentucky, PhD Iowa State
  • DE LA FUENTE, LEONARDO, Professor, 2008, BS MS Univ of the Republic (Uruguay), PhD Washington State
  • DEVRIES, DENNIS R., Professor, 1990, BS Purdue, MS PhD Ohio St
  • DILLARD, SANDRA, Associate Professor/Extension Spec
  • DING, CHEN, Assistant Professor
  • DITCHKOFF, STEPHEN S., Ireland Professor, 2001, BS Michigan State, MS Maine, PhD Oklahoma State
  • DOUGHERTY, MARK, Associate Professor, 2004, BS Texas Tech, MS PhD Virginia Tech
  • DOZIER, WILLIAM, Professor & Extension Specialist
  • DUKE, JOSHUA, Department Head and Professor
  • DUNHAM, REX A., Professor, 1981, BS Illinois, MS PhD Auburn 
  • DYCE, PAUL, Associate Professor
  • ECKHARDT, LORI, Professor, 2005, BS Maryland, PhD LSU
  • El SHEIKH, MONA, Leonard Peterson Professor, 1990, BA American (Egypt), MA PhD West Virginia
  • ERATH, STEPHEN A., Associate Dean and Professor, 2008, BS Texas A&M, MS PhD Penn State
  • FAIN, GLENN, Associate Professor, 2007, BS MS PhD Auburn
  • FALKENBERG, SHOLLIE, Associate Professor and Coordinator 
  • FAN, ZHAOFEI, Associate Professor
  • FASINA, OLADIRAN, Department Head and Professor
  • FENG, YUCHENG, Professor, 1998, BS Beijing, MS PhD Penn St
  • FOSHEE, WHEELER, Dwight and Ruth Bond Assoc. Professor, 2003, BS MS PhD Auburn
  • FRANCISCO, EROS, Assistant Professor and Extension Specialist
  • FULLER-ROWELL, THOMAS E., Professor, 2013, BA Colorado, MA PhD Cornell
  • GAMBLE, AUDREY, Associate Professor
  • GARLOCK, TARYN, Assistant Professor and Extension Specialist
  • GILLIS, BRIAN, Assistant Professor
  • GITZEN, ROBERT, Associate Professor
  • GOERTZEN, LESLIE R., Assoc. Professor, PhD Texas
  • GORDON, WENDY P., Professor
  • GRAHAM, SCOTT H., Extension Specialist Assistant Professor, 2020, BS MS Mississippi State, PhD Tennessee
  • GREENE, LAWRENCE, Department Head and Professor
  • GREENE, MICHAEL W., Professor
  • HAGUE, STEVEN, Department Head and Professor
  • HANLON, CHARLENE, Assistant Professor
  • HARDY, NATE B., Associate Professor, 2013, BS Cornell University, PhD University of California, Davis
  • HARTARSKA, VALENTINA, Professor, 2002, BA UNWE, MA Essex, MA PhD Ohio State
  • HELD, DAVID, Professor and Chair, 2008, BS MS PhD Kentucky
  • HIGGINS, BRENDAN, AssociateProfessor, 2016, BS Northwestern, MS PhD UC Davis
  • HILL, GEOFFREY, Professor, BS Indiana, MS New Mexico, PhD Michigan
  • HINNANT, BEN, Associate Professor, 2015, BS Clemson, MS PhD UNC-Greensboro
  • HOANG, THAM, Associate Professor 
  • HOOD, WENDY, Professor, BA UCSC, MA PhD Boston U
  • HU, XING PING, Extension Specialist and Professor, 2000, BS MS Shandong Agri, PhD Massachusetts
  • HUBER, LAURA, Assistant Professor
  • HUSEYNOV, SAMIR, Assistant Professor
  • JACOBSON, ALANA, Associate Professor, 2014, BS NMSU, MS Purdue, PhD North Carolina St
  • JEGANATHAN, REMESH, Professor, 2010, BS MS PhD Madras
  • JOHNSTON, CAROL E., Professor, 1997, BS Columbus, MS PhD Auburn
  • JONES, DANIEL, Assistant Professor
  • KALIN, LATIF, Professor, 2006, BSCE Middle East Tech Univ, MSCE PhD Purdue
  • KANG, SUNG HWAN, Assistant Professor 
  • KELLY, ANITA, Extension Prof, 2019, BS Iowa, MS PhD SIU
  • KNAPPENBERGER, THORSTEN, Associate Professor
  • KOEBERNICK, JENNY, Associate Professor
  • KUMAR, SANJIV, Assistant Professor, B. Tech Indian Institute of Tech, MS PhD Purdue Univ
  • KWON, WI-SUK, Professor, BS Seoul National, MS Iowa State, PhD Ohio State
  • KYRIAKIS, KONSTANTINOS, Assistant Professor
  • LAMBA, JASMEET, Associate Professor, 2015, BS Punjab, MS Auburn, PhD Wisconsin-Madison
  • LAWRENCE, KATHY S., Professor, 1999, BS New Mexico, MS PhD Mississippi St
  • LAYNE, DESMOND, Department Head and Professor
  • LEE, YOUNG-A, Professor and Head, 2018, MA PhD Michigan State
  • LI, WENYING, Assistant Professor
  • LI, XIAO, Associate Professor
  • LINHOSS, ANNA, Associate Professor
  • LINHOSS, JOHN, Assistant Professor
  • LIU, NANNAN, Professor
  • LIU, NANNAN, Professor, 1997, PhD Cornell, BS China Agriculture
  • LUCIER-GREER, MALLORY, Professor, 2017, BA BS Georgia, MS PhD Auburn
  • MAGGARD, ADAM, Extension Spec/Asst Professor, 2017, BA MSM Florida, PhD Oklahoma State
  • MAITY, ANIRUDDHA, Assistant Professor
  • MARTIN, KATHLEEN, Assistant Professor, 2019, BS Nevada, MS Arizona, PhD Kentucky
  • MCCREARY, ALLIE, Assistant Professor
  • McDONALD, T. P., Professor, 2002, BS MS Clemson, PhD Purdue
  • McELROY, SCOTT, Professor, 2008, BS MS Auburn, PhD NC State
  • MENDONCA, MARY T., Alumni Professor, 1991, BS Rutgers, MS Cent. Florida, PhD California-Berkeley
  • MIAO, RUIQING, Associate Professor
  • MICHAELSON, DAWN, Assistant Professor
  • MOLAISON, ELAINE, Professor and Department Head
  • MOREY, AMIT, Associate Professor, 2015, MS Alaska Fairbanks, PhD Auburn
  • MORSE, WAYDE, Professor, 2007, BS New Mexico, MS Colorado State, PhD Idaho
  • MOSS, ANTHONY, Assoc. Professor, BA Johns Hopkins, PhD Boston
  • MULLENIX, KIM, Assoc. Professor
  • MULVANEY, DON, Assoc. Professor, 2006, BS Illinois, MS PhD Michigan State
  • NADOLNYAK, DENIS, Professor, 2009, BA Ukraine, MA Hungary, PhD Ohio State
  • NARINE, LANA, Assistant Professor
  • NOEL, ZACHARY, Assistant Professor, 2021, BS Univ. of Vermont, PhD Michigan State University
  • NOVAK, JOSH, Associate Professor, 2019, BS Anderson, MS Texas Tech, PhD BYU
  • OLSHANSKY, YANIV, Assistant Professor
  • ORTIZ, BRENDA, Extension Spec and Professor, 2009, PhD Georgia, BS Universidad Nacional de Colombia-Universidad del Valle
  • PACHECO, WILMER, Associate Professor/Ext Spec, 2015, MS PhD North Carolina State
  • PARK, SANG WOOK, Associate Professor, 2014, PhD Colorado State
  • PATTERSON, PAUL, Dean & Director AAES, 2009, BS Auburn, MS PhD Purdue
  • PENG, YUCHENG, Assistant Professor, 2020, MS Mississippi State, PhD Maine
  • PENICK, CLINT, Assistant Professor
  • PENICK, CLINT, Assistant Professor, 2023, PhD Arizona State University, BS Florida State University
  • PERESIN, MARIA SOLEDAD, Associate Professor, 2016, BS MS PhD North Carolina
  • PICKENS, JEREMY, Assistant Extension Professor
  • POTNIS, NEHA, Associate Professor, 2016, BS MS Pune, PhD Florida
  • POWERS, ALICIA, Director, HSI
  • PRASAD, RISHI, Associate Professor and Extension Specialist
  • PRICE, STUART, Assoc. Professor, 1990, BS OK State, PhD Oklahoma
  • RABINOWITZ, ADAM, Associate Professor and Extension Specialist 
  • RASHOTTE, AARON M., Asst. Professor, BS FSU, PhD Arizona
  • ROBINSON, CAROLYN, Associate Professor, 2006, BS Auburn, MS Florida, PhD Texas A&M
  • ROCHELL, SAMUEL, Associate Professor
  • RODNING, SOREN, Extension Spec and Professor, 2006, BS MS PhD Auburn
  • RODRIGUES, CAMILA, Assistant Professor and Extension Specialist
  • ROGERS, STEPHANIE, Assistant Professor
  • ROY, LUKE, Ext. Prof, 2017, BS Samford, MS California Riverside, PhD Auburn
  • RU, SUSHAN, Assistant Professor
  • RUDAR, MARKO, Assistant Professor
  • RUSSELL, DAVID, Assistant Extension Professor
  • SALAZAR-GUTIERREZ, MELBA, Assistant Professor
  • SAMEK, DIANA R., Associate Professor, 2012, BA MA PhD University of Minnesota-Minneapolis-St Paul
  • SANDLIN, TYLER, Assistant Extension Professor
  • SANZ SAEZ DE JAUREGUI, ALVARO, Assistant Professor
  • SAWADGO, WENDIAM, Assistant Professor and Extension Economist
  • SAWYER, JASON, Associate Professor, BS Kansas State, MS Oklahoma State, PhD Arkansas
  • SHARMA, AJAY, Assistant Professor
  • SHEARMAN, TIM, Assistant Professor
  • SMITH, MICHAEL, Assistant Professor
  • SMITH, WILLIAM B., Assistant Professor
  • SPIERS, JAMES, Associate Professor, 2008, BS MS Miss State, PhD Texas A&M
  • SRIKUMAR, SHABARINATH, Assistant Professor
  • STARKEY, JESSICA, Associate Professor
  • STEURY, TODD, Assoc. Professor, 2008, BS Colorado, MS Idaho, PhD Indiana State
  • STEVISON, LAURIE, Associate Professor
  • STOECKEL, JAMES, Assoc. Professor, 2007, BS Northern KY, MS Ohio State, PhD Miami Ohio
  • STRAYER-SCHERER, AMANDA, Assistant Professor/Extension Plant Pathologist, 2019, BS MS PhD Univ. of Florida
  • SZEDLMAYER, STEPHEN, Extension Specialist & Professor, 1990, BA Millersville, MS S. Florida, PhD William & Mary
  • TARNECKI, ANDREA, Assistant Extension Professor
  • TAYLOR, MYKEL, ALFA Eminent Scholar
  • THANGIAH, GEETHA, Associate Professor 
  • THOMSON, RYAN, Assistant Professor
  • TIAN, DI, Associate Professor
  • TOMASSO, JOSEPH, Director and Professor
  • TRANDEL, MARLEE, Assistant Professor
  • VIA, BRIAN, Regions Bank Professor, 2008, BS MS Virginia Tech, PhD LSU
  • VINSON, EDGAR, Assistant Extension Professor
  • WADA, HARUKA, Associate Professor
  • WALZ, PAUL, Professor & Head, 2004, MS PhD Michigan State
  • WANG, CHENGMING, Professor
  • WANG, DUNGJUN, Assistant Professor
  • WANG, XU, Associate Professor
  • WANG, YIFEN, Professor, 2004, BS Shanghai Fisheries, MS Washington, PhD Washington State
  • WATERS, MATTHEW, Associate Professor
  • WELLS, DANIEL, Associate Professor
  • WEST, RACHEL, Assistant Professor
  • WILEY, ANGELA, Professor & Head
  • WILLIAMS, GEOFFREY, Associate Professor, 2016, BS Univ. of Alberta Canada, PhD Dalhousie Univ. Canada
  • WILLOUGHBY, JANNA, Assistant Professor
  • WILSON, ALAN, Professor, 2007, BA UNC - Chapel Hill, MS Michigan State, PhD Georgia Tech
  • WOLFE, MARNIN, Assistant Professor
  • WON, SUNJAE, Assistant Professor
  • WOROSZ, MICHELLE, Professor, 2008, BS MS PhD Michigan State
  • WOWER, JACEK, Professor, 1997, BS PhD Poznan
  • WRIGHT, RUSSELL, Assoc. Professor & Extension Specialist, 1997, BA North Carolina, MS North Carolina St., PhD Wisconsin
  • YANG, ZUTAO, Assistant Professor
  • ZHANG, DAOWEI, George Peake Professor & Associate Dean for Research, 1994, BS South Central Forestry, MS Beijing Forestry, PhD British Columbia
  • ZHANG, YAOQI, Professor, 2003, BS Fujian Ag Forestry China, MS Chinese Academy of Forestry Beijing China, PhD Helsinki Finland

AAES REGIONAL LEADERSHIP

  • FARR, JANE, East-Central - Regional Director, AAES
  • HARKINS, H. DAVID, North - Regional Director, AAES
  • JONES, JARROD R., South - Regional Director, AAES
  • PATE, GREG, Director, Experiment Station Research Operations
  • YEAGER, JAMIE, West-Central - Regional Director, AAES 

AAES RESEARCH OPERATIONS

NORTH REGION ALABAMA RESEARCH

SAND MOUNTAIN RESEARCH & EXTENSION CENTER

CROSSVILLE, DEKALB COUNTY
  • McELMOYL, CLINT, Associate Director

TENNESSEE VALLEY RESEARCH & EXTENSION CENTER   

BELLE MINA, LIMESTONE COUNTY
  • KEY, CODY, Associate Director 

UPPER COASTAL PLAIN AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTER

WINFIELD, FAYETTE COUNTY
  • FALKENBERG, SHOLLIE, Associate Professor & Coordinator

EAST-CENTRAL REGION ALABAMA RESEARCH

E.V. SMITH RESEARCH CENTER   

SHORTER, MACON COUNTY
  • BURDETTE, LANCE, Associate Director, Beef Unit, Research/Extension Ctr.
  • FUST, CODY, Associate Director, Field Crops Unit
  • SPARKS, ANDREW, Associate Director, Farm Services Unit
  • STOCKDALE, NICHOLAS, Associate Director, Plant Breeding Unit

PIEDMONT RESEARCH CENTER

CAMP HILL, TALLAPOOSA COUNTY
  • DITCHKOFF, STEVE, William R. & Fay Ireland Distinguished Professor

PLANT SCIENCE RESEARCH CENTER

AUBURN UNIVERSITY, LEE COUNTY
  • ARMSTRONG, JESSICA, Associate Director

SOUTH REGION ALABAMA RESEARCH

BREWTON AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH UNIT

BREWTON, ESCAMBIA COUNTY
  • MILLER, BRAD, Director

GULF COAST RESEARCH & EXTENSION CENTER   

FAIRHOPE, BALDWIN COUNTY
  • FRANK, TODD, Associate Director

ORNAMENTAL HORTICULTURE RESEARCH CENTER   

SPRING HILL, MOBILE COUNTY
  • OWSLEY, KYLE, Associate Director

WIREGRASS RESEARCH & EXTENSION CENTER

HEADLAND, HENRY COUNTY
  • PARKER, CHRISTOPHER, Associate Director

WEST-CENTRAL REGION ALABAMA RESEARCH

BLACK BELT RESEARCH & EXTENSION CENTER

MARION JUNCTION, DALLAS COUNTY
  • BOVIS, MICHAEL, Associate Director 

CHILTON RESEARCH & EXTENSION CENTER

CLANTON, CHILTON COUNTY
  • PRICE, MATTHEW, Director, Research/Extension Ctr.

PRATTVILLE AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT RESEARCH UNIT

PRATVILLE, AUTAUGA COUNTY
  • CANTERBURY, JOSH, Associate Director