People

Faculty
Affiliated faculty
Professor Emeritus

Administrative Staff

research/Extension associates

Graduate Students

 

 

Faculty

Name Title Specialization Phone Number Email
Baisakh, Niranjan Associate Professor Plant Molecular
Biology,
Functional
Genomics		 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		 225-578-1029 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
Deynzer, Kaylee M. Instructor Horticulture  
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
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, Research Theraputic
Cannabis
Specilaist		  
Motsenbocker, Carl E. Professor Sustainable
Agriculture,
Local Food
Systems, Beginning
Farmer Training,
Louisiana Farm
to School Program		 225 578 1036
Picha, David H. Director and Professor Postharvest
Physiology
of Horticultural
Crops		 225-578-1203
Sehgal, Vinit Assistant Professor Soil Hydrology and Soil Physics 225-578-7085
Setiyono, Tri Assistant Professor Precision Agriculture,
Sustainability
of Louisiana Agriculture		 225-788-3387
Subudhi, Prasanta K. Professor Plant Geneticist 225-578-1303
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
Zhou, Congliang Assistant Professor Precision Agriculture, AI 225-578-5783

 

Affiliated Faculty

Name Title Specialization Phone Email
Abdi, Damon E. Assistant Professor Landscape
Horticulture		 985-543-4378 DAbdi@agcenter.lsu.edu 
Famoso, Adam Associate Professor Rice Breeding and Genetics 337-788-7531 AFamoso@agcenter.lsu.edu
Fields, Jeb S. Associate Professor,
Extens. Specialist		 Nursery Production/ Commercial Ornamental
Horticulture		 985-543-4125 JFields@agcenter.lsu.edu 
Fritsche-Neto, Roberto Assistant Professor Prediction-based
Breeding		 337-788-7531 RFNeto@agcenter.lsu.edu
Jeong, Changyoon Associate Professor Water Quality 318-741-7430 CJeong@agcenter.lsu.edu
Mudge, Christopher Adjunct Professor Aquatic Weed
Management		 225-578-1208 christopher.r.mudge@usace.army.mil 
Polozola, Michael Assistant Professor Horticulture 318-473-6520 MPolozola@agcenter.lsu.edu
Villordon, Arthur Professor Sweet Potato Production 318-435-2155 AVillordon@agcenter.lsu.edu
Zhang, Xi Assistant Professor Soil Physics,
Hydropedology		 318-408-0983 XiZhang@agcenter.lsu.edu

 

Professor Emeritus

Name Specialization Email
Griffin, James Weed Managment JGriffin@agcenter.lsu.edu
Himelrick, David Culture and Physiology of Fruit Crops DHimelrick@agcenter.lsu.edu
Johnson, Charles Fruit Crops CEJohnson@agcenter.lsu.edu
LeBlanc, Brian Watershed Management & Water Quality BLeblanc@agcenter.lsu.edu
Martin, Freddie Vegetable Crops FMartin@agcenter.lsu.edu
Oard, James Rice Breeding and Genetics JOard@agcenter.lsu.edu

 

Administration Staff

Name Title Phone Number Email
Echols, Brayden  Administrative Coordinator 225-578-1890 mechols@agcenter.lsu.edu 
Rohwer, Sheila Administrative Coordinator 225-578-6888 srohwer@agcenter.lsu.edu
Stevenson, Sandra Administrative Program Specialist 225-578-1205 sstevenson@agcenter.lsu.edu 

 

Research/Extension Associates

Name Title Faculty Affiliate Email
Abernathy, Steven  Research Associate Dr. Stephen Harrison SAbernathy@agcenter.lsu.edu
Arceneaux, Kelly Research Associate Dr. Stephen Harrison karceneaux@agcenter.lsu.edu
Bankester, Tyne  Extension Associate  Dr. Carl Motsenbocker TBankester@agcenter.lsu.edu
Besse, Crystal  Extension Associate Dr. Carl Motsenbocker cbesse@agcenter.lsu.edu
Chaudhary, Chanderkant (Postdoc) Research Associate Dr. Prasanta Subudhi CChaudhary@agcenter.lsu.edu
Consignado, Jennielyn  Research Scholar Dr. Brenda Tubana JConsignado@agcenter.lsu.edu
Davis, Mersaydes Creative Consultant Dr. Carl Motsenbocker mldavis@agcenter.lsu.edu
Finney, Celeste  Extension Associate Dr. Carl Motsenbocker CFinney@agcenter.lsu.edu
Frank, Isebella Program Assistant Dr. Carl Motsenbocker ifrank@agcenter.lsu.edu
Gandham, Prasad Research Associate Dr. Niranjan Baisakh pgandham@agcenter.lsu.edu
Gawande, Gaurtam (Postdoc) Research Associate Dr. Niranjan Baisakh ggawande@agcenter.lsu.edu
Harding, Katie McCarthy Research Farm Specialist 2 Dr. Stephen Harrison kamccarthy@agcenter.lsu.edu
Hodson, Pam Program Advisor  Dr. Carl Motsenbocker PHodson@agcenter.lsu.edu
Holzapfel, Alessandro Extension Associate  Dr. Kathryn Fontenot aholzapfel@agcenter.lsu.edu
Nicchio, Bruno (Postdoc) Research Associate Dr. Brenda Tubana BNicchio@agcenter.lsu.edu
Nodari, Marcos  Research Associate Dr. Brenda Tubana Mnodari@agcenter.lsu.edu
Omolekan, Tolulope Research Associate Dr. Niranjan Baisakh Tomolekan@agcenter.lsu.edu
Pradhan, Anjan Research Associate Dr. Niranjan Baisakh apradhan@agcenter.lsu.edu
Rontani, Fagner  Research Scholar Dr. Tri Setiyono frontani@agcenter.lsu.edu
Sexton, David  Research Associate Specialist Dr. Ronald Strahan dsexton@agcenter.lsu.edu
Sexton, Mary  Research Associate Dr. Ted Gauthier msexton@agcenter.lsu.edu
Shahi, Dipendra (Postdoc) Research Associate Dr. Niranjan Baisakh dshahi@agcenter.lsu.edu
Stevens, Cecelia  Extension Associate Dr. Carl Motsenbocker cstevens@agcenter.lsu.edu
Vieira, Marlon Research Associate Dr. Brenda Tubana MVieira@agcenter.lsu.edu
Wesley, Jacey Extension Associate Dr. Carl Motsenbocker JWesley@agcenter.lsu.edu
Zhoe, Baoyue (Postdoc) Research Associate Dr. Jim Wang bzhou@agcenter.lsu.edu

 

 

Graduate Students

Name Faculty Affiliate Email
Acharya, Bhawana  Dr. Tri Setiyono bhawanaacharya@agcenter.lsu.edu 
Adhikari, Rejina Dr. Tri Setiyono radhikari@agcenter.lsu.edu 
Ahmed, Aziz  Dr. Jim Wang aahme25@lsu.edu 
Ahmed, Mysha Dr. Michael Hayes MAhmed@agcenter.lsu.edu
Arce, Lisa Dr. Don Labonte/Dr. Arthur Villordon larce@agcenter.lsu.edu
Barbosa, Marissa  Dr. Don Labonte/Dr. Arthur Villordon mbarbosa@agcenter.lsu.edu 
Bobbilii, Sindu Dr. David Picha sbobbili@agcenter.lsu.edu 
Bortolon, Giulia Dr. Jha Prashant gbortolon@agcenter.lsu.edu 
Bravo, Mae Ann  Dr. Brenda Tubana Mbravo@agcenter.lsu.edu
Carrillo, Andres (Pedro)  Dr. Lisa Fultz pcarrillo@agcenter.lsu.edu
Criscione, Kristopher  Dr. Jeb Fields kCriscione@agcenter.lsu.edu
Darnall, Charles Dr. Brenda Tubana CDarnall@agcenter.lsu.edu 
Daugherty, Tara Dr. Damon Abdi TDaugherty@agcenter.lsu.edu
Davis, Zachary  Dr. Ed Bush zdavis8@lsu.edu
des Bordes, Sam Dr. Heather Kirk-Ballard sdesbo1@lsu.edu
Dhaka, Bhupesh Dr. Jha Prashant bdhaka@agcenter.lsu.edu
Dhungana, Ajay Dr. Don Labonte adhungana@agcenter.lsu.edu
Duron, Dulis Dr. Tri Setiyono dduron@agcenter.lsu.edu
Edwards, Ashley Dr. Jeb Fields AEdwards@agcenter.lsu.edu
Furlan, Flavia Dr. Adam Famoso FFurlan@agcenter.lsu.edu
Guardado, Krizzia Dr. Brenda Tubana kguardado@agcenter.lsu.edu
Gupta, Kajal Dr. Roberto Fritsche-Neto kgupta@agcenter.lsu.edu
Haider, Md Ali  Dr. Jim Wang mhaide4@lsu.edu
Leiva, Daniel Dr. Yan Chen dleiva2@lsu.edu
Letlow, Olivia Dr. Noah DeWitt/Dr. Stephen Harrison oletlow@agcenter.lsu.edu
Marcantel, Mason Dr. Michael Hayes mmarcantel@agcenter.lsu.edu
McClane, Jolean Dr. Noah DeWitt/Dr. Stephen Harrison jmcclane@agcenter.lsu.edu
Mendoza, Hector Dr. Lisa Fultz hmendoza@agcenter.lsu.edu
Mizell, Amanda Dr. Jeb Fields Amizell@agcenter.lsu.edu
Munda, Mary Ann Dr. Don Labonte/Dr. Arthur Villordon mmunda@agcenter.lsu.edu
Pruthi, Rajat Dr. Prasanta Subudhi rpruthi@agcenter.lsu.edu 
Radam, Eve  Dr. Brenda Tubana ERadam@agcenter.lsu.edu
Sellani, Julio Dr. Noah DeWitt/Dr. Stephen Harrison jsellani@agcenter.lsu.edu 
Stoker, Ben  Dr. Connor Webster sstok14@lsu.edu
Upadhyaya, Shristi  Dr. Michael Hayes SUpadhyaya@agcenter.lsu.edu