People

Faculty

research/Extension associates

Graduate students

Faculty

Name Title Department Phone Number Email
Abdi, Damon E. Assistant Professor Landscape
Horticulture		 985-543-4378
Baisakh, Niranjan Associate Professor Plant Molecular
Biologist,
Functional
Genomicist		 225-993-2607
Blanchard, Jennifer Instructor Instructor
Horticulture,
Medicinal
Plants		 504-729-0991
Bush, Edward W. Professor Nursery Crop
Production
and Environmental
Horticulture		 225-247-3184
Chen, Yan Professor Medicinal Plant
Physiology		 985-276-7786
DeBoer, Eric Assistant Professor Turfgrass
Management		 615-925-2984 edeboer@agcenter.lsu.edu 
Dewitt, Noah  Assistant Professor Wheat Breeding and Quantitative
Genetics		 352-293-5437 NDeWitt@agcenter.lsu.edu 
Dickson, John I. Instructor Cotton Fiber
Testing		 225-578-2206 JDickson@agcenter.lsu.edu
Echols, Brayden  Administrative Coordinator  School of Plant,
Environmental, and
Soil Sciences		 225-578-1890
Fields, Jeb S.  Assistant Professor,
Extens. Specialist		 Nursery Production/ Commercial
Ornamental
Horticulture		 985-543-4125
Fritsche-Neto, Roberto Assistant Professor Prediction-based
Breeding		 337-788-7531
Gaston, Lewis A. Professor Soil Chemistry and Management
for Environmental
Quality		 225-578-1323
Han, Kun-Jun Associate Professor Forage
Agronomist		 225-578-1305
Harrison, Stephen A. Professor Wheat and Oat
Breeding		 225-281-9446
Hayes, Michael P.  Assistant Professor Agricultural &
Industrial
Water
Quality		 225-578-1280
Jampala, Babitha Assistant Professor,
Research		 Industrial Hemp
Research
and Breeding		 225-578-7310
Jha, Prashant Professor Integrated Weed Management-Agronomic Crops 225-578-2110
Kirk-Ballard, Heather Assistant Professor Consumer
Horticulture
Extension Specialist		 224-578-7527
Kuehny, Jeff S. Professor LSU AgCenter
Botanic
Gardens		 225-235-3936
225-831-2349
Labonte, Don R. Professor Breeding and
Genetics
of Sweetpotato		 225-200-4625
Legendre, Reeve Assistant Professor Theraputic
Cannabis
Specilaist		  
Majs, Franta Instructor Soil Testing
and Plant
Analaysis		 225-578-1219
Motsenbocker, Carl E. Professor Sustainable
Agriculture,
Local Food
Systems, Beginning
Farmer Training,
Louisiana Farm
to School Program		 225 578 1036
Mudge, Christopher Adjunct Professor Aquatic Weed
Management		 225-578-1208 christopher.r.mudge@usace.army.mil 
Picha, David H. Director SPESS Postharvest
Physiology
of Horticultural
Crops		 225-578-1203
Rohwer, Sheila Administrative Coordinator  School of Plant,
Environmental, and
Soil Sciences		 225-578-6888
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Sehgal, Vinit Assistant Professor Soil Hydrology and Soil Physics 225-578-7085
Setiyono, Tri Assistant Professor Precision Agriculture,
Sustainability
of LA Ag.		 225-788-3387
Subudhi, Prasanta K. Professor Plant Geneticist 225-578-1303
Stevenson, Sandra Administrative
Program
Specialist		 School of Plant,
Environmental, and
Soil Sciences		 225-578-1205
Tubana, Brenda S. Professor Soil Fertility and
Plant Nutrition		 225-252-6025
Twidwell, Edward K. Professor Statewide
Extension
Forage
Specialist		 225-281-9448
Walsh, Maud Professor, Undergraduate
and Graduate Advisor		 Environmental
Management
Systems		 225-578-1211 evwals@lsu.edu 
Wang, Jim Jian Professor Environmental
Soil
Chemistry		 225-578-1360
Webster, Connor Assistant Professor Rice Weed
Specialist 		 256-694-3815
Webster, Eric P. Professor Weed
Management,
Rice		  
 
Zhang, Xi Assistant Professor Soil Physics,
Hydropedology		 318-408-0983

 

Research/Extension Associates

Name Title Department Email
Arceneaux, Kelly Research Associate   karceneaux@agcenter.lsu.edu 
Besse, Crystal  Program Director Louisiana Farm to School Program cbesse@agcenter.lsu.edu 
Bringel, Arthur Research and Extension Associate   abringel@agcenter.lsu.edu 
Consignado, Jennielyn  Research Associate   JConsignado@agcenter.lsu.edu 
Holzapfel, Alessandro Extension Associate    aholzapfel@agcenter.lsu.edu 
Gandham, Prasad Research Associate   pgandham@agcenter.lsu.edu 
Gawande, Gautam (Postdoc) Research Associate   ggwande@agcenter.lsu.edu 
Finney, Celeste  Program Manager School Nutrition and Procurement, Louisiana Farm to School Program  CFinney@agcenter.lsu.edu 
Mohan, Harikrishnan (Postdoc) Research Associate   hmohan@agcenter.lsu.edu 
Labaco, Benedick  Research Associate    blabaco@agcenter.lsu.edu 
Wesley, Jacey Communications Director Louisiana Farm to School Program JWesley@agcenter.lsu.edu 
Rontani, Fagner  Research and Extension Associate   frontani@agcenter.lsu.edu 
Bankester, Tyne  Program Manager Curriculum Integration and Market Maker, Louisiana Farm to School Program  TBankester@agcenter.lsu.edu 
Egbedi, Peters  Research and Extension Associate   PEgbedi@agcenter.lsu.edu 
Harding, Katie McCarthy Research Associate   kamccarthy@agcenter.lsu.edu 
Frank, Izzi  Program Assistant Louisiana Sustainable Agriculture Research & Education, Professional Development Program & Louisiana Farm to School Program  ifrank@agcenter.lsu.edu 
Nodari, Marcos  Research Associate   Mnodari@agcenter.lsu.edu 
Shahi, Dipendra (Postdoc) Research Associate   dshahi@agcenter.lsu.edu 
Stevens, Cecelia  Program Manager Louisiana Farm to School Institute cstevens@agcenter.lsu.edu 
Nicchio, Bruno (Postdoc) Research Associate   BNicchio@agcenter.lsu.edu 
Barbosa, Marcelo Jr.  Research and Extension Associate   mrodriguesbarbosa@agcenter.lsu.edu 
Souza, Flavia Research and Extension Associate   flsouza@agcenter.lsu.edu 
Sexton, David  Research Associate   dsexton@agcenter.lsu.edu 
Sexton, Mary  Research Associate   msexton@agcenter.lsu.edu 
Hodson, Pam Program Advisor  Louisiana Farm to School Program  PHodson@agcenter.lsu.edu 
Cummins, Denyse  Program Advisor Louisiana Farm to School Program  dcummins@agcenter.lsu.edu 
Vieira, Marlon Research Associate   MVieira@agcenter.lsu.edu 
Davis, Mersaydes Creative Consultant Louisiana Farm to School Program  mldavis@agcenter.lsu.edu 
Zhoe, Baoyue (Postdoc) Research Associate   bzhou@agcenter.lsu.edu 

 

 

Graduate Students

Name Email
Leiva, Daniel dleiva2@lsu.edu 
Davenport, Mikaela MDavenport@agcenter.lsu.edu 
Pruthi, Rajat rpruthi@agcenter.lsu.edu 
Singh, Lovepreet lsingh@agcenter.lsu.edu 
Carrillo, Andres (Pedro)  pcarrillo@agcenter.lsu.edu 
Mendoza, Hector hmendoza@agcenter.lsu.edu 
Duron, Dulis dduron@agcenter.lsu.edu 
Adhikari, Rejina radhikari@agcenter.lsu.edu 
Gupta, Kajal kgupta@agcenter.lsu.edu 
Bobbilii, Sindu sbobbili@agcenter.lsu.edu 
Criscione, Kristopher (PhD; Fields)  
Mizell, Amanda (MS; Fields)  
Edwards, Ashley (MS; Fields)  
Daugherty, Tara (MS; Abdi)  
Arce, Lisa (coadvised with Dr. Villordon) larce@agcenter.lsu.edu 
Barbosa, Marissa (coadvised with Dr. Villordon) mbarbosa@agcenter.lsu.edu 
Dhungana, Ajay (PhD; Labonte) adhungana@agcenter.lsu.edu 
Munda, Mary Ann (coadvised with Dr. Villordon)  
Guardado, Krizzia kguardado@agcenter.lsu.edu 
Darnall, Charles CDarnall@agcenter.lsu.edu 
Radam, Eve  ERadam@agcenter.lsu.edu  
Bravo, Mae Ann  Mbravo@agcenter.lsu.edu 
Sellani, Julio (coadvising with Stephen Harrison and Noah DeWitt) jsellani@agcenter.lsu.edu 
des Bordes, Sam sdesbo1@lsu.edu 
Craft, Kiarah  kcraft8@lsu.edu 
Bratton, Andrew  abratt4@lsu.edu 
Timmerman, Anna  atimmerman@agcenter.lsu.edu 
Furlan, Flavia (coadvising with Noah DeWitt)  
Abernathy, Steven   
Ahmed, Aziz  aahme25@lsu.edu 
Haider, Md Ali  mhaide4@lsu.edu 
Williams, John  johnwilliams@agcenter.lsu.edu 
Arecement, Maranda  marecment@agcenter.lsu.edu 
Stoker, Ben  sstok14@lsu.edu 
Prinsloo, Samantha  sprinisloo@agcenter.lsu.edu 
Davis, Zachary  zdavis8@lsu.edu 
Acharya, Bhawana  bhawanaacharya@agcenter.lsu.edu 
Bortolon, Giulia gbortolon@agcenter.lsu.edu 
Dhaka, Bhupesh bdhaka@agcenter.lsu.edu
Ferguson, Lucas  lferguson@agcenter.lsu.edu