Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station (AAES)

• ABBATE, ANTHONY, Assistant Research Professor, 2023, PhD Auburn University, MS University of Florida, BS High Point University
• ADHIKARI, SUSHIL, Alumni Professor and Director, 2008, BS Tribhuvan, MS Asian Institute of Tech Thailand, PhD Mississippi State
• ADLER-BAEDER, FRANCESCA, Professor, 2001, BA North Carolina, MS North Carolina Greensboro, PhD North Carolina Greensboro
• ANDERSON, CHRIS, Associate Professor, BS Virginia Tech, MS South Florida, PhD Ohio State
• APPEL, ARTHUR G., Endowed Professor, 1985, BA UCLA, MS PhD California-Riverside
• BACHAMP, SONIA, Assistant Professor
• BAO, YIN, Assistant Professor
• BATCHELOR, WILLIAM D., Professor, 2010, BS Florida, MS PhD Georgia
• BECKMANN, JOHN, Assistant Professor, 2018, BA PhD Univ. of Minnesota
• BERRY, WALLACE D., Assistant Professor, 1998, BS PhD North Carolina St
• BLERSCH, DAVID, Associate Professor, 2013, BS Notre Dame, MS PhD Maryland
• BOURASSA, DIANNA, Asst Prof & Extension Spec
• BOWEN, KIRA L., Professor, 1987, BS Penn St., MS Minnesota, PhD Illinois
• BRANDEBOURG, TERRY, Associate Professor, 2008, BS Purdue, PhD Oregon State
• BULLARD, ASH, Professor, 2008, BS South Carolina, MS Southern Miss, PhD Southern Miss
• BURDETTE, LANCE, Associate Director
• BUTTS, IAN, Assistant Professor
• CATALANO, MATTHEW, Associate Professor
• CHAE, HUI WOONG, Associate Professor
• CHAPPELL, JESSE, Extension Spec and Assoc. Professor, 2002, BS MS Clemson PhD Auburn
• CHATTARAMAN, VEENA, Professor
• CHIBA, LEE I., Professor, 1990, BS MS PhD Nebraska
• COBINE, PAUL, Professor, BS PhD Queensland
• COLEMAN, JEFFREY, Associate Professor, 2014, BS Bloomsburg, PhD Arizona
• CONEVA, ELINA, Extension Spec and Professor, 2006, BS MS PhD Agrarian
• CRISTAN, RICHARD, Extension Spec & Asst Professor, BS Tennessee, MS Tennessee, PhD Virginia Tech
• CUFFEY, JOEL, Assistant Professor, BA Illinois, MS Illinois, PhD Minnesota
• DANIELS, WILLIAM, Assoc. Professor, 2003, BS South Alabama, MS Texas A&M, PhD Mississippi State
• DAVIS, D. ALLEN, Professor, 1999, BS Northern Arizona, MS PhD Texas A&M
• DAVIS, JEREMIAH, Associate Professor/Dir 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, Asst Professor/Extension Spec
• DITCHKOFF, STEPEN S., Ireland Professor, 2001, BS Michigan State, MS Maine, PhD Oklahoma State
• DOUGHERTY, MARK, Associate Professor, 2004, BS Texas Tech, MS PhD Virginia Tech
• DUNHAM, REX A., Professor, 1981, BS Illinois, MS PhD Auburn
• DUNNING, KELLY, Assistant Professor
• DYCE, PAUL, Assistant Professor
• ECKHARDT, LORI, Professor, 2005, BS Maryland, PhD LSU
• El SHEIKH, MONA, Leonard Peterson Professor, 1990, BA American (Egypt), MA PhD West Virginia
• ENEBAK, SCOTT A., Assoc. Dean and Professor, 1995, BS MS Minnesota, PhD West Virginia
• ERATH, STEPHEN A., Professor, 2008, BS Texas A&M, MS PhD Penn State
• FAIN, GLENN, Associate Professor, 2007, BS MS PhD Auburn
• FAN, ZHAOFEI, Associate Professor
• FENG, YUCHENG, Professor, 1998, BS Beijing, MS PhD Penn St
• FOSHEE, WHEELER, Dwight and Ruth Bond Assoc. Professor, 2003, BS MS PhD Auburn
• FULLER-ROWELL, THOMAS E., Assoc. Professor, 2013, BA Colorado, MA PhD Cornell
• GALLAGHER, THOMAS, Regions Professor, 2003, BS Maine, MS PhD Virginia Tech
• GITZEN, ROBERT, Associate Professor
• GOERTZEN, LESLIE R., Assoc. Professor, PhD Texas
• GOODRICH, BRITTNEY K., Asst Professor and Extension Spec
• GORDON, WENDY P., Associate Professor
• GRAHAM, SCOTT H., Extension Specialist Assistant Professor, 2020, BS MS Mississippi State, PhD Tennessee
• GREENE, MICHAEL W., Associate Professor
• HALANYCH, KENNETH, Alumni Professor, PhD Texas
• HANSON, TERRILL, Extension Spec and Professor, 2008, BS Allegheny College, MS PhD Auburn
• 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, Alumni Professor and Chair, 2008, BS MS PhD Kentucky
• HESS, JOESEPH, Extension Spec and Professor Emeritus, 1992, BS Penn State, MS PhD Georgia
• HIGGINS, BRENDAN, Assistant Professor, 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
• HOOD, WENDY, Associate Professor, BA UCSC, MA PhD Boston U
• HU, XING PING, Extension Specialist and Professor, 2000, BS MS Shandong Agri, PhD Massachusetts
• HUANG, TUNG-SHI, Professor, BS MS National Chung-Hsing Univ, PhD Florida
• HUBBARD, SUSAN, Dean and Professor, EdD MEd BS Auburn
• HUGGINS, KEVIN, Associate Professor, PhD Wake Forest
• JACOBSON, ALANA, Associate Professor, 2014, BS NMSU, MS Purdue, PhD North Carolina St
• JEGANATHAN, REMASH, Associate Professor, 2010, BS MS PhD Madras
• JOHNSTON, CAROL E., Professor, 1997, BS Columbus, MS PhD Auburn
• KALIN, LATIF, Professor, 2006, BSCE Middle East Tech Univ, MSCE PhD Purdue
• KELLY, ANITA, Research Prof/Extension Prof, 2019, BS Iowa, MS PhD SIU
• KEMBLE, JOSEPH M., Extension Spec and Professor, 1993, BS Delaware, MS PhD North Carolina St
• KERPELMAN, JENNIFER LEIGH, Associate Dean and Professor, 1999, BS MS Old Dominion, PhD Auburn
• KESSLER, RAYMOND, Professor, 1995, BS Auburn, MS Miss State, PhD Georgia
• KINNUCAN, HENRY W., Professor, 1983, BS Illinois, MS PhD Minnesota
• KLOEPPER, JOSEPH W., Professor Emeritus, 1989, BS MS Colorado St., PhD California-Berkeley
• 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
• LAMBA, JASMEET, Assistant Professor, 2015, BS Punjab, MS Auburn, PhD Wisconsin-Madison
• LAWRENCE, KATHY S., Endowed Professor, 1999, BS New Mexico, MS PhD Mississippi St
• LEE, YOUNG-A, Associate Professor, 2018, MA PhD Michigan State
• LEISNER, COURTNEY, Assistant Professor, 2018, BSc William & Mary, MSc Washington State, PhD Illinois
• LEPCZYK, CHRIS, Professor, BS Hope College, MS Wisconsin, PhD Michigan State
• LILES, MARK, Professor, 2005, BS Tulane, PhD Northwestern
• LIU, NANNAN, Professor, 1997, PhD Cornell, BS China Agriculture
• LOCKABY, B. GRAEME, Assoc. Dean & McClure Professor, 1986, BS MS Clemson, PhD Mississippi St
• LOEWENSTEIN, EDWARD, Assoc. Professor, 2002, BS Southern Illinois, MS Auburn, PhD Virginia Tech
• LUCIER-GREER, MALLORY, Associate Professor, 2017, BA BS Georgia, MS PhD Auburn
• MACKLIN, KENNETH, Extension Spec and Professor, 2007, BS MS Northern Illinois, PhD Auburn
• MAGGARD, ADAM, Extension Spec/Asst Professor, 2017, BA MSM Florida, PhD Oklahoma State
• MAJUMDAR, AYANAVA, Assistant Director for Grant and Program Development and Extension Professor, 2008, PhD ND State University, MS Dr. P.D. Agricultural University, India, BS G.B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, India.
• MARTIN, KATHLEEN, Assistant Professor, 2019, BS Nevada, MS Arizona, PhD Kentucky
• McDONALD, T. P., Professor, 2002, BS MS Clemson, PhD Purdue
• McELROY, SCOTT, Assoc Professor, 2008, BS MS Auburn, PhD NC State
• MENDONCA, MARY T., Alumni Professor, 1991, BS Rutgers, MS Cent. Florida, PhD California-Berkeley
• MIAO, RUIQING, Assistant Professor
• MIZUMOTO, NOBUAKI, Assistant Professor, 2024, PhD MS BS Kyoto University
• MONU, EMEFA, Assistant Professor, 2015, PhD Alberta
• MOREY, AMIT, Assistant Professor, 2015, MS Alaska Fairbanks, PhD Auburn
• MORSE, WAYDE, Assoc. 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
• MUNTIFERING, RUSSELL B., Professor, 1990, BS MS California-Davis, PhD Arizona
• MURPHY, JOHN F., Professor Emeritus, 1994, BS Springfield, MS Clemson, PhD Illinois
• NADEL, RYAN, Assistant Research Professor
• NADOLNYAK, DENIS, Professor, 2009, BA Ukraine, MA Hungary, PhD Ohio State
• NARINE, LANA, Assistant Professor
• NOEL, ZACHERY, Assistant Professor, 2021, BS Univ. of Vermont, PhD Michigan State University
• NORTON, ROBERT A., Professor, 1995, BS MS Southern Illinois. PhD Arkansas
• NOVAK, JOSH, Assistant Professor, 2019, BS Anderson, MS Texas Tech, PhD BYU
• ORTIZ, BRENDA, Extension Spec and Professor, 2009, PhD Georgia, BS Universidad Nacional de Colombia-Universidad del Valle
• O’NEILL, MARTIN, Professor and Dept. Head, PhD University of Ulster
• PACHECO, WILMER, Assistant Professor/Ext Spec, 2015, MS PhD North Carolina State
• PAN, SUSAN, Assistant Professor
• PARK, SANG WOOK, Associate Professor, 2014, PhD Colorado State
• PATTERSON, PAUL, Dean & Director AAES, 2009, BS Auburn, MS PhD Purdue
• PEATMAN, ERIC, Professor, 2009, BS MS PhD Auburn
• PENG, YUCHENG, Assistant Professor, 2020, MS Mississippi State, PhD Maine 
• PENICK, CLINT, Assistant Professor, 2023, PhD Arizona State University, BS Florida State University
• PERESIN, MARIA SOLEDAD, Assistant Professor, 2016, BS MS PhD North Carolina
• PHILLIPS, J. MIKE, Asst. Dir AFNR/Asst. Dean Ext, 2018, PhD Arkansas
• PICKENS, JEREMY, Asst. Res Prof/Asst. Ext. Prof
• POTNIS, NEHA, Associate Professor, 2016, BS MS Pune, PhD Florida
• PRICE, STUART, Assoc. Professor, 1990, BS OK State, PhD Oklahoma
• RASHOTTE, AARON M., Asst. Professor, BS FSU, PhD Arizona
• ROBINSON, CAROLYN, Associate Professor, 2006, BS Auburn, MS Florida, PhD Texas A&M
• RODNING, SOREN, Extension Spec and Assoc. Professor, 2006, BS MS PhD Auburn
• ROY, LUKE, Assoc. Res. Prof/Assoc. Ext. Prof, 2017, BS Samford, MS California Riverside, PhD Auburn
• RUHLMANN, LAUREN, Assistant Professor, BS MS Oklahoma State, PhD Kansas State
• SAMEK, DIANA R., Associate Professor, 2012, BA MA PhD University of Minnesota-Minneapolis-St Paul
• SAMUELSON, LISA, Professor & Director, 1994, BS MS Georgia, PhD Virginia Polytechnic  
• KANG, SUNG-HWAN, Assistant Professor, 2020, PhD University of Nebraska, MS BS Seoul National University
• SAWYER, JASON, Associate Professor, BS Kansas State, MS Oklahoma State, PhD Arkansas
• SCHWARTZ, ELIZABETH, Associate Professor
• SHAW, J.N., Alumni Professor, 1998, BS James Madison, MS Maryland, PhD Georgia
• SIBLEY, JEFFREY, Professor
• SIKORA, EDWARD, Extension Specialist Professor, 1992, BS Eastern Illinois Univ., MS PhD Univ. of Illinois
• SPIERS, JAMES, Asst. Professor, 2008, BS MS Miss State, PhD Texas A&M
• SRIVASTAVA, PUNEET, Ag Administration, 2004, BS Allahabad, MS Arkansas, PhD Penn State
• STARKEY, CHARLES, Assistant Professor
• STARKEY, JESSICA, Assistant Professor
• STEURY, TODD, Assoc. Professor, 2008, BS Colorado, MS Idaho, PhD Indiana State
• STEVISON, LAURIE, Assistant Professor
• STOEKEL, 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
• SUNDERMANN, CHRISTINE, Professor, 1984, BS Iowa St., PhD Georgia
• SZEDLMAYER, STEPHEN, Extension Specialist & Professor, 1990, BA Millersville, MS S. Florida, PhD William & Mary
• TERHUNE, JEFFERY, Assoc. Professor, 2002, BS MS PhD Clemson
• THANGIAH, GEETHA, Associate Professor
• TIAN, HANQIN, Professor, 2003, PhD SUNY, MS Chinese Academy of Agric. Sciences Beijing, BS Zhejiang
• ULRICH, PAMELA, Professor & Head
• VIA, BRIAN, Regions Bank Professor, 2008, BS MS Virginia Tech, PhD LSU
• VINSON, EDGAR, Asst. Res. Prof/Asst. Ext. Prof
• WADA, HARUKA, Assistant Professor
• WALTON, WILLIAM, Ext Spec and Asst Professor, 2009, BS Tufts, MS Rutgers, PhD Maryland
• WALZ, PAUL, Professor & Head, 2004, MS PhD Michigan State
• WANG, CHENGMING, Professor
• WANG, XU, Assistant Professor
• WANG, YI, Assistant Professor, 2015, BS UST Beijing, MS UST China, PhD Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
• WANG, YIFEN, Professor, 2004, BS Shanghai Fisheries, MS Washington, PhD Washington State
• WELLS, DANIEL, Assistant Professor
• WHITE, B. DOUGLAS, Assoc. Professor, 1996, BS MS Auburn, PhD LSU
• 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
• WOODS, FLOYD, Assoc. Professor, 1990, BS Tuskegee, MS Cornell, PhD Miss State
• WOOTEN, MICHAEL C., Professor, 1986, BS Memphis St., PhD N. Texas
• WOROSZ, MICHELLE, Professor, 2008, BS MS PhD Michigan State
• WOWER, JACEK, Professor, 1997, BS PhD Poznan
• WRIGHT, AMY, Associate Dean, BS MS Virginia Tech, PhD North Carolina St
• WRIGHT, RUSSELL, Assoc. Professor & Extension Specialist, 1997, BA North Carolina, MS North Carolina St., PhD Wisconsin
• YILDIRIM, ELIF DEDE, Assistant Professor
• ZHANG, DAOWEI, George Peake Professor, 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

• NORRIS, CHET, Director, 1988, BS MS Auburn

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. 
• BURKETT, JASON, Assoc. Director, Horticulture Unit, 1997, BS MS Auburn
• PATE, GREG, Director, 2007, BS MS Auburn
• 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

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
• PEGUES, MALCOMB D., Director, 1985, BS MS Auburn

ORNAMENTAL HORTICULTURE RESEARCH CENTER   

SPRING HILL, MOBILE COUNTY

• OLIVE, JOHN, Director, 1989, BS MS Georgia
• OWSLEY, KYLE, Associate Director

WIREGRASS RESEARCH & EXTENSION CENTER

HEADLAND, HENRY COUNTY

• BALKCOM, KRIS, Assistant Research Prof/Asst Ext Prof
• BARTOL, FRANK, Associate Dean Research, 1983, BS VA Tech, MS PhD Florida
• BELL, LEONARD, Professor, 1994, BA Va Tech, MS PhD Minnesota
• BRANTLEY, EVADEN, Extension Spec and Professor, BS Berry College, MS Clemson, PhD Auburn
• BROWN, STEVEN, Asst Professor/Extension Spec
• CHAMORRO, MANUEL, Assistant Professor, MS Auburn, PhD Auburn
• CHEN, CHARLES, Professor
• CHO, SUNGEUN, Assistant Professor
• FORADORI, CHAD, Associate Professor, BS Muskingum, PhD Cincinnati
• GAMBLE, AUDREY V., Asst Professor/Extension Spec
• GUERTAL, ELIZABETH A., Professor, 1993, BS MS Ohio St., PhD Oklahoma St
• HULUKA, GOBENA, Associate Professor, 2002, BS Addis Ababa, MS PhD Auburn
• KNAPPENBERGER, THORSTEN, Assistant Professor, 2014, BS MS PhD Univ of Hohenheim
• KYRIAKIS, CONSTANTINOS, Assistant Professor
• LI, STEVE, Assistant Professor/Ext Spec, MS Auburn, PhD Georgia
• NEWCOMER, BENJAMIN, Associate Professor, 2008, DVM Florida, PhD Auburn
• PARKER, CHRISTOPHER, Associate Director
• PRASAD, RISHI, Assistant Professor/Ext. Spec, 2017, MS West Virginia, PhD Florida
• RUSSELL, DAVID, Asst. Res. Prof/Asst. Ext. Prof
• SANDLIN, TYLER, Asst. Res. Prof/Asst. Ext. Prof
• SANZ SAEZ de JAUREGUI, ALVARO, Assistant Professor
• TIAN, DI, Assistant Professor
• WATERS, MATTHEW, Assistant Professor
• WELLS, LARRY, Director, 1984, BS MS Auburn

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
• MOORE, DON P., Director, 1982, BS MS Auburn