Faculty Expertise Directory
| AGRICULTURAL AND EXTENSION EDUCATION | ||
| Faculty Contact | Contact Details | Area of Specialization |
| Donna Graham | 205 Agriculture Building (479) 575-2254 dgraham@uark.edu |
Human resource development in Extension, business & industry Expertise and instrumentation: Identification of professional development needs, assessment of instructional delivery systems, perceptions of client groups served by the College. |
| Donald M. Johnson | 205 Agriculture Building (479) 575-2039 dmjohnso@uark.edu |
Integration of science and agriculture, computer applications in agriculture Expertise and instrumentation: Tractor and engine testing, assessing computer skills of students. |
| Jefferson Miller | 205 Agriculture Building (479) 575-5650 jdmiller@uark.edu |
Agricultural Communications Expertise and instrumentation: Communication evaluation, agricultural communication curriculum development, qualitative research and evaluation. |
| Freddie Scott | 205 Agriculture Building (479) 575-3799 fscott@uark.edu |
Teacher education, diversity education Expertise and instrumentation: Strategies for recruitment and retention of under-represented groups |
| George Wardlow | 205 Agriculture Building (479) 575-2038 wardlow@uark.edu |
Teacher Education, Teaching Effectiveness in Colleges of Agriculture Expertise and instrumentation: Cognition, teaching and learning; assessment of teaching effectiveness |
| AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS AND AGRIBUSINESS | ||
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Bruce L. Ahrendsen |
AGRI 214 (479) 575-6643 ahrend@uark.edu |
Agricultural finance. Expertise and Instrumentation: Financial institutions and markets, financial management, risk management, asset valuation, econometrics. |
| Bobby Coats | Extension office in Little Rock Office 307M (501) 671-2195 rcoats@uaex.edu |
Agricultural Policy Analyst Expertise of Specialization: Agricultural and food policy, rice situation and outlook, economics outlook, row crop price outlook, resource development, farm firm systems analysis |
| Bruce L. Dixon | AGRI 215 (479) 575-4408 bdixon@uark.edu |
Econometrics. Expertise and Instrumentation: Agricultural finance and economic impacts of climate change. |
| Archie Flanders | Northeast Research and Extension Center P.O. Box 48 Keiser, AR 72351 870-526-2199 ext. 108 aflanders@uaex.edu |
Dr. Flanders applies methods of systems simulation and optimization with a focus on production economics and farm management. His research and extension activities examine issues of concern to Delta row crop agriculture consisting of cotton, soybeans, rice, wheat, and feed grains. Topics include enterprise selection; integration of financial, marketing, and production tactics into risk management strategy; and development of farm management decision aids. Applications include economic analysis of experimental data derived from research conducted by agricultural scientists. |
| H.L. Goodwin Jr. | AGRI 216 (479) 575-2283 haroldg@uark.edu |
Agribusiness, Economic and business issues related to the food and poultry industries. Expertise and Instrumentation: International trade, food safety linkages, comparative analysis of food and non-food industry segments, poultry litter management and animal waste systems. |
| Terry Griffin | Extension office, Little Rock Room 308K (501) 671-2182 tgriffin@uaex.edu |
Production economics and row crop farm management. |
| Steve A. Halbroook | AGRI 217 (479) 575-2258 halbrook@uark.edu |
Agricultural law and marketing. |
| Andrew McKenzie | AGRI 224B (479) 575-2544 mckenzie@uark.edu |
Price risk management and commodity marketing. Expertise and Instrumentation: Grain merchandising; hedging using futures and options. |
| Rodolfo M. Nayga Jr. | AGRI 217 (479) 575-2299 rnayga@uark.edu |
Food policy economics; nutrition and health economics; food marketing. Expertise: New food product/attribute valuation; economics of obesity; nutritional labeling; food demand and safety. |
| Wayne Miller | Little Rock, AR (501) 671-2085 wmiller@uaex.edu |
Economic Development Expertise and Instrumentation: Economic impact analysis, economic development strategies, retiree recruitment, retail trade analysis, state & local tax revenue and expenditures, Arkansas property tax, community surveys. |
| L. Lanier Nalley | AGRI 218A (479) 575-6818 llnalley@uark.edu |
Research emphasis is on International agricultural policy, the economics of public plant breeding, and international development. |
| Lucas D. Parsch | AGRI 225 (479) 575-2323 lparsch@uark.edu |
Farm business management, production economics. Expertise and Instrumentation: Cropping system cost and returns; field crop yield and income risk; economics of crop production technology; cropland rental arrangements; simulation; field crops. |
| Jennie S. Popp | AGRI 218B (479) 575-2279 jhpopp@uark.edu |
Production economics, natural resource economics. Expertise and Instrumentation: Agricultural sustainability, soil management, economic analysis of environmental regulations on agricultural production. |
| Michael P. Popp | AGRI 227 (479) 575-6838 mpopp@uark.edu |
Farm, agribusiness and risk management. Expertise and Instrumentation: Crop and livestock production management, risk modeling, applied econometrics, agribusiness analysis. |
| Daniel V. Rainey | AGRI 222 (479) 575-5584 rainey@uark.edu |
Regional economic development and agricultural policy. Expertise and Instrumentation: Public finance and economic development. |
| Ron Rainey | Extension Office in Little Rock Office 308J (501) 671-2175 rrainey@uaex.edu |
Extension economist Expertise of Specialization: Horticulture economics and business planning. Areas include farmers' markets, sod, greenhouse/nursery, fruit and vegetables, organic and alternative crops (non-traditional - shrimp, goat, wildlife, etc). Additional responsibilities include business and marketing plan development. |
| C. Robert Stark, Jr. | Southeast Research and Extension Center P.O. Box 3508 Monticello, AR 71656 Stark@uamont.edu |
Farm and Agribusiness Management Expertise and instrumentation: Production agriculture, commodity programs, marketing, and environment |
| Michael R. Thomsen | AGRI 226 (479) 575-3932 mthomsen@uark.edu |
Food distribution, food industry management . Expertise and Instrumentation: food safety, food policy, value-added products, cooperatives. |
| Eric J. Wailes | (479) 575-2278 ewailes@uark.edu AGRI 224 |
Food & agricultural marketing and policy. Expertise & Instrumentation: Farm policy, trade policy, agricultural commodity, price analysis, econometric modeling, economics of rice drying, storage, milling. |
| K. Bradley Watkins | U. of A. Rice Research and Extension Center (870) 673-2661, ext 225 2900 Hwy 130 E Stuttgart, AR 72160 kbwatki@uark.edu |
Production economics, farm management Expertise and Instrumentation: Cropping system costs and returns, rice and soybean production management, long-term economic sustainability of new or existing management practices, and economic impacts of adopting new technologies. |
| AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS | ||
| Edward Gbur | 109 Agriculture Annex (479) 575-5677 egbur@uark.edu |
Experimental design, regression, stochastic modeling, spatial statistics, survey sampling. agricultural applications of statistics |
| Andy Mauromoustakos | 104 Agriculture Annex (479) 575-5678 amauro@uark.edu |
Statistical computing, experimental design, generalized linear models, applied multivariate methods, applied geostatistics and data mining. |
| ANIMAL SCIENCE | ||
| Jason Apple | B103C Animal Science (479) 575-4840 japple@uark.edu |
Red meat processing, added value, consumer acceptance and food safety Expertise and instrumentation: Beef, pork, and lamb quality and yield evaluations. INSTRON 4466 to measure meat tenderness and texture. Hunter MiniScan to measure meat color. Laboratory equipped to conduct microbiological assays, water-holding capacity of muscle/meat, lipid autoxidation, myofibrillar fragmentation index, and sarcomere lengths |
| Paul Beck | Southwest Research and Extension Center 362 Highway 174 North Hope, Ark. 71801 (870) 777-9702 pbeck@uaex.edu |
Management and nutrition of beef cattle Expertise and instrumentation: Stocking rate, forage species, soil fertility and tillage systems |
| Hayden Brown | B106D Animal Science (479) 575-4855 hbrown@uark.edu |
Breeding methods for beef cattle Expertise and instrumentation: Quantitative inheritance of production and composition traits in livestock |
| Ken Coffey | B106E Animal Science (479) 575-2112 kcoffey@uark.edu |
Ruminant nutrition Expertise and instrumentation: Forage nutrition, grazing management, applied animal nutrition, beef production management |
| Nancy Jack | B110B Animal Science (479) 575-4380 njack@uark.edu |
Animal nutrition with emphasis on equine Expertise and instrumentation: Equine behavior and training, merchandising and production |
| Zelpha Johnson | B106C Animal Science (479) 575-2983 zelphaj@uark.edu |
Experimental design and analysis, quantitative genetics Expertise and instrumentation: SAS, BLUP estimation of breeding values, REML estimation of genetic parameters |
| Beth Kegley | B110E Animal Science (479) 575-3050 ekegley@uark.edu |
Nutrition and Immunology with stocker cattle Expertise and instrumentation: Mineral nutrition, atomic absorption spectroscopy, UV/VIS spectrophotometry, immunology, ELISA, radial immunodiffusion, cell isolation |
| Wayne Kellogg | B103E Animal Science (479) 575-6397 wkellogg@uark.edu |
Ruminant nutrition, Forages, Dairy cattle management Expertise and instrumentation: Dairy cattle ration balancing |
| David Kreider | B107C Animal Science (479) 575-6323 dkreider@uark.edu |
Reproductive and endocrine physiology of domestic animals Expertise and instrumentation: Radioimmunoassay of progesterone, estradiol, testosterone, corticoids, LH, insulin; hormone receptor assays; tissue culture, reproductive management of beef cattle; gamma counter; liquid scintillation counter; Ciba-Corning 550 Analyzer |
| Bryan Kutz | B107D Animal Science (479) 575-4337 bkutz@uark.edu |
Livestock judging coach Expertise and instrumentation: Live animal evaluation of cattle, sheep and swine; Standards for selection of replacement females; Oral communication; Swine reproductive physiology and production |
| Charles Maxwell | B106A Animal Science (479) 575-2111 cmaxwell@uark.edu |
Swine nutrition Expertise and instrumentation: Nutrition and management of swine. Extensive facilities for live animal research. |
| Dirk Philipp | B107B Animal Science (479) 575-7914 dphilipp@uark.edu |
Improved forage utilization and grazing management related to increased profitability and water quality. |
| Fred Pohlman | B103D Animal Science (479) 575-5634 fpohlma@uark.edu |
Meat science Expertise and instrumentation: Meat quality, processing and safety. Hunterlab colorimeter, Instron Universal Testing Machine, Muscle foods formulation and manufacture |
| Jeremy Powell | B110C Animal Science (479) 575-5136 jerpow@uark.edu |
Diseases of animals Expertise and instrumentation: D.V.M. with emphasis on animal diseases, companion animal industry and mangement |
| Rick Rorie | B103G Animal Science (479) 575-6398 rrorie@uark.edu |
Reproductive physiology Expertise and instrumentation: Surgical and non-surgical embryo collection and transfer, embryo micromanipulation and cryopreservation, in vitro oocyte maturation and fertilization, embryo and tissue culture, ultrasonography; embryo freezing unit, cell fusion equipment |
| Charles Rosenkrans, Jr. | B107E Animal Science (479) 575-4376 crosenkr@uark.edu |
Growth and Development Physiology Expertise and instrumentation: PCR, protein and DNA, electrophoresis, chromatography, embryo culture, oocyte manipulation and development, radioimmunoassay, cell isolation and culture |
| Tom Yazwinski | B110D Animal Science (479) 575-4398 yazwinsk@uark.edu |
Internal parasites in domestic animals Expertise and instrumentation: Laboratory characterization of farm animal parasitisms |
| BIOLOGICAL AND AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING | ||
| Sreekala Bajwa | 231 Engineering Hall (479) 575-2878 sgbajwa@uark.edu |
Ecological Engineering Expertise: Optical remote sensing & GIS, Precision Agriculture, Air Quality |
| Julie Carrier | 232 Engineering Hall (479) 575-4993 carrie@uark.edu |
Processing of biological materials Expertise: Cell culture, drying and extraction of biomass, HPLC, LDL oxidation |
| Tom Costello | 224A Engineering Hall (479) 575-2847 tac@uark.edu |
Animal Waste Management, Poultry House Environment, Water Quality, Air Quality, Bio-Energy Expertise: Design of waste management systems; Design of instrumentation for automated monitoring and control of biological/environmental systems and processes; Biological systems modeling; Development of BMP’s for water quality and air quality; Design of alternative energy utilization technologies |
| Carl Griffis | 203 Engineering Hall (479) 575-2848 clg@uark.edu |
Food Safety Expertise and Instrumentation: biosensors, electronics |
| Brian E. Haggard | 201B Engineering Hall (479) 575-2879 haggard@uark.edu |
Ecological Engineering, Environmental Soil and Water Sciences Expertise: Water Quality Chemistry, Algal Nutrient Limitation, Pollutant Transport in Aquatic Systems, Water Quality Monitoring and Modeling. |
| Mahendra Kavdia | 223 Engineering Hall (479) 575-2850 |
Biomedical Engineering, Computational systems biology and medicine. Expertise: Mathematical modeling of biological systems; nitric oxide, reactive oxygen and reactive nitrogen species biotransport; signal transduction; endothelial cell dysfunction; blood substitutes; molecular mechanisms of diabetes, cardiovascular disease and age related vascular complications. |
| Jin-Woo Kim | 232 Engineering Hall (479) 575-3402 jwkim@uark.edu |
Biotechnological Engineering-Biomedical Engineering Expertise: Biocatalysis technology, environmental biotechnology, nucleic acid technology, and nano-biotechnology. |
| Sha Jin | 316 Engineering Hall (479) 575-2094 sjin@uark.edu |
Area of Specialization: disease prevention, controls and drug discovery with advanced molecular genetics and cellular biology approaches; patient-specific gene therapy, nanosensor development and vaccine development. |
| Yanbin Li | 230 Engineering Hall (479) 575-2881 yanbinli@uark.edu |
Area of Specialization: Biosafety Engineering and Biomedical Engineering Expertise: Biosensors, detection assays for bio/chemical agents, microbial predictive models, quantitative risk assessment simulation, and antimicrobial technologies. SPR, QCM, Impedance analyzer, Electrochemical detector. |
| Marty Matlock | 233 Engineering Hall (479) 575-2849 mmatlock@uark.edu |
Area of Specialization: Ecological Engineering Expertise: Ecological Watershed modeling, Biological assessment & monitoring, Ecosystem Design and Management. |
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Scott Osborn |
216 Engineering Hall (479) 575-2877 mailto:Scott Osborn |
Area of Specialization: Biotechnology Engineering, Ecological Engineering |
| Kaiming Ye | 3914 Engineering Research Center (479) 575-5315 kye@uark.edu |
Biomedical Engineering and Molecular Cell Biology Expertise and Instrumentation: Stem cell engineering, tissue engineering, nanosensors, nanomedicine, single-molecule imaging, siRNA, and gene delivery |
| David Zaharoff | 319 Engineering Hall (479) 575-2005 zaharoff@uark.edu |
Area of Specialization: Delivery system for vaccines and immunotherapies; prostate, breast and bladder cancers; biopolymer-based solutions to control the spatiotemporal distribution and immunologic context of antigens and cytokines; immunotherapies for solid neoplasms; cytokine depots; immune reponses to biomaterials; pathogen-mimicking vaccines. |
| Merle Anders | Rice Research & Extension Center 2900 Highway 130E, Stuttgart, AR 72160 (870) 673-2661 rrec_manders@futura.net |
Rice production, cropping systems Expertise and instrumentation: Tillage systems, fertility |
| Robert Bacon | Plant Science Bldg 107 (479) 575-5725 rbacon@uark.edu |
Plant Breeding Expertise and instrumentation: Plant hybridization, field plot technique, SKCS 4100 operation, plant selection, glucosinolate assessment |
| Fred Bourland | Northeast Research & Extension Center P.O. Box 48, Keiser, AR 72351 (870) 526-2199 bourland@uark.edu |
Cotton breeding Expertise and instrumentation: Processing and quality evaluation of cotton seed |
| Kristofor R. Brye | 123 Agriculture Building (479) 575-5742 kbrye@uark.edu |
Soil Physics Expertise and instrumentation: Effects of land application of poultry litter on in-situ nutrient leaching and the effects of land use and management practices on soil physical, chemical, and biological properties related to soil quality and sustainability. |
| Nilda R. Burgos | Altheimer Laboratory 222 (479) 575-3984 nburgos@uark.edu |
Weed physiology Expertise and instrumentation: Herbicide action, plant resistance to herbicides, 14C isotope, liquid scintillation spectroscopy, DNA fingerprinting |
| Pengyin Chen | 105 Plant Science Building (479) 575-7564 pchen@uark.edu |
Plant Breeding/Genetics Expertise and instrumentation: Develop conventional, Roundup Ready, and specialty soybean varieties adapted to various production systems and environments in Arkansas. Develop and implement a practical and feasible marker-assisted breeding program that accelerates and enhances soybean variety/germplasm development. |
| Paul Counce | Rice Research & Extension Center 2900 Highway 130E, Stuttgart, AR 72160 (870) 673-2661 pcounce@uark.edu |
Rice Physiology Expertise and instrumentation: Whole plant physiology, protein extraction, enzyme assays, electrophoresis including isoelectric focusing |
| Christopher W. Deren | Rice Research and Extension Center 2900 Highway 130E, Stuttgart, AR 72160 (870) 673-2661 cderen@uark.edu |
Plant breeding and genetics |
| Don Dombek | Arkansas Crop Variety Improv. Program 313 Cassatt Road, Fayetteville AR, 72704 (479) 575-6884 ddombek@uark.edu |
Variety testing Expertise and instrumentation: Variety protection and commercialization |
| James Gibbons | Rice Research & Extension Center 2900 Highway 130E, Stuttgart, AR 72160 (870) 673-2661 jgibbon@uark.edu |
Plant breeding Expertise and instrumentation: Field experiments, rice germplasm |
| Brian E. Haggard | 201 Engineering Hall (479) 575-2879 haggard@uark.edu |
Ecological engineering, environmental soil and water sciences Expertisde and Instrumentation: Water quality chemistry, algal nutrient limitatioin, pollutant transport in aquatic systems, water quality monitoring and modeling |
| David E. Longer | Plant Sciences Building 104 (479) 575-5731 dlonger@uark.edu |
Agronomy; production and management (turfgrass and other species) Expertise and instrumentation: Plant, soil, water interactions; electrical conductivity seed test analyzer, standard germination and vigor test protocols. |
| John D. Mattice | Altheimer Laboratory 114 jmattice@uark.edu (479) 575-6791 jmattice@uark.edu |
Allelopathy, pesticide residue analysis Expertise and instrumentation: HPLC, GC, GCMS |
| David M. Miller | Agriculture Bldg. 106 (479) 575-5747 dmmiller@uark.edu |
Soil chemistry Expertise and instrumentation: Surface chemistry, reclamation of soils with poultry litter and phosphorus chemistry. |
| Karen A.K. Moldenhauer | Rice Research & Extension Center 2900 Highway 130E, Stuttgart, AR 72160 (479) 673-2661 kmolden@uark.edu |
Rice breeding and genetics Expertise and instrumentation: Rice small plot field experimentation, crossing, tissue culture, genetic studies, germplasm. |
| Morteza Mozaffari | Soil Testing and Research Laboratory P.O. Drawer 767 Marianna, AR 72360 (870) 295-2851 mmozaff@uark.edu |
Soil Science & Environmental Quality Expertise and instrumentation: Improving soil testing and fertilizer recommendations as related to environmentally important elements. Utilization of manure, sludge and industrial waste and by products as sources and soil amendments and their effect on surface and groundwater quality. |
| Rick Norman | Agriculture Building 105 (479) 575-5738 rnorman@uark.edu |
Soil fertility, plant nutrition, nitrogen chemistry Expertise and instrumentation: Rice nutrition and cultivation, use of radioactive and stable isotopes as tracers in soil and plant studies and nitrogen chemistry; liquid scintillation counter, distillation unit and digestion block, UV visible spectrophotometer |
| Jason K. Norsworthy | Altheimer Laboratory 208 (479) 575-8740 jnorswor@uark.edu |
Weed science -- cotton and rice Expertise and Instrumentation: Expertise and interest in the areas of weed biology and ecology, herbicide resistance and sustainable weed managment in crops with specific focus on a) monitoring and predicting the rate of expansion of herbicide-resistant weeds through short- and long-distance pollen and seed dispersal, b) understanding the population dynamics of weeds in current and future agricultural systems, c) developing a thorough knowledge of the biology of weeds of increasing importance in rice and cotton, d) evaluaitng the short- and long-term impact of production practices on weed species shifts and profitability, and e) using glucosinolate-producing plants and other cover crops for weed suppression in organic and conventional production systems. |
| Dick Oliver | Altheimer Laboratory 207 (479) 575-3976 oliver@uark.edu |
Weed management & ecology Expertise and instrumentation: Weed identification, weed interference, herbicide application equipment |
| Derrick M. Oosterhuis | Altheimer Laboratory 216 (479) 575-3979 oosterhu@uark.edu |
Crop physiology Expertise and instrumentation: Photosynthesis, carbon and nitrogen assimilation, growth regulation and plant-water relations of cotton and other crops, responses to environmental stress. |
| Larry C. Purcell | Altheimer Laboratory 223 (479) 575-3983 lpurcell@uark.edu |
Crop physiology Expertise and instrumentation: Abiotic stress physiology in soybean, symbiotic nitrogen fixation, and nodule oxygen permeability control and regulation |
| Mary Savin | Agriculture Building 105-B (479) 575-5740 msavin@uark.edu |
Biological Sciences Expertise and instrumentation: Combines traditional and innovative molecular techniques to study the structure and function of microbial communities in natural and managed ecosystems to understand the roles of microorganisms in nutrient cycling, ecological interactions, and contaminant degradation. |
| Bob Scott | Cooperative Extension Service 2301 S. University Little Rock, AR 72203 bscott@uaex.edu |
Weed Science Expertise and instrumentation: Weed management systems for cotton, soybean, wheat, and rice. |
| J. Thad Scott | 104 Agriculture Building (479) 575-6937 jts004@uark.edu |
Factors affecting water quality and fate of transport of contaminants to and within water bodies. |
| Andrew N. Sharpley | 111 Plant Sciences Building (479) 575-5721 sharpley@uark.edu |
Assessing, managing and remediating the impacts of agricultural management on soil and water resources. In doing this I investigate the cycling of phosphorus in soil-plant-water systems in relation to soil productivity and water quality and include the mangement of animal manures, fertilizers and crop residues. Develop decision making tools and strategies for agricultural field staff to identify sensitive areas of the landscape and to target management alternatives and remedial measures that have reduced the risk of nutrient loss from farms. Expertise and Instrumentation: Soil science, water quality, soil phosphorus chemistry, agricultural mangement. Soil extracton mehtodology, rainfall simulatiion, fluvarium, stream flumes, runoff sensors. |
| Dr. Nathan Slaton | Altheimer Laboratory 306 (479) 575-3910 nslaton@uaex.edu |
Soil fertility and rice crop management/production Expertise and instrumentation: Diagnosis of rice nutrition and production related problems |
| Kenneth Smith | P.O. Box 3508 Monticello, AR 71656 Smithken@uamont.edu |
Weed Science & Forages Expertise and instrumentation: Weed management systems for cotton, rice, and soybean with emphasis on Southeast Arkansas. |
| Vibha Srivastava | 109 Plant Science Building (479) 575-4872 vibhas@uark.edu |
Life Sciences Expertise and instrumentation: Develops molecular tools for gene transfer in crop plants and develops gene tagging systems for rice. |
| James M. Stewart | Plant Science 110 (479) 575-5722 jstewart@uark.edu |
Cotton biotechnology and germplasm development Expertise and instrumentation: Plant cell, tissue and organ culture, wide hybridization, cytogenics, molecular genetics |
| Chuck West | Altheimer Laboratory 214 (479) 575-3982 cpwest@uark.edu |
Forage physiology and ecology Expertise and instrumentation: Fungal endophyte-grass interactions, plant water relations, thermocouple psychrometry, ELISA, pasture ecology, grazing management, nutrient cycling, pasture plant identification |
| Charles E. Wilson, Jr. | Rice Research & Extension Center 2900 Hwy 130 East Stuttgart, AR 72160 (870) 673-2661 cwilson@uark.edu |
Soil Fertility Expertise and instrumentation: Research on salinity problems and plant nutrition of rice. |
| Duane Wolf | Agriculture Building 105A (479) 575-5739 dwolf@uark.edu |
Soil microbiology Expertise and instrumentation: Microbiological analyses of soil samples, bioremediation of petroleum in contaminated soil |
| ENTOMOLOGY | ||
| Scott Akin | Southeast Research and Extension Center P.O. Box 3508 Monticello, AR 71656 (870) 460-1614 akin@uamont.edu |
Area of specialization: Extension row crop entomology Expertise and instrumentation: cotton, corn, and soybean IPM (sampling, management, biology, and ecology) |
| Jeff Barnes | 314 Agriculture Building (479) 575-4795 jbarnes@uark.edu |
Taxonomy of insects and other arthropods Expertise and instrumentation: Identification, classification, and biology of insects, spiders and other arthropods; curation of museum collections. |
| John Bernhardt | Rice Research and Extension Center 2900 Highway 130E, Stuttgart, AR 72160 (870) 673-2661 jbernhar@uark.edu |
Rice entomology Expertise and Instrumentation: Rice insect sampling, management, biology and ecology. |
| Ashley P.G. Dowling | 312 Agriculture Building (479) 575-2482 adowling@uark.edu |
Acarology, molecular systematic of mites and insects. Historical Ecology: coevolution, biogeography and host-association. Population genetics (phylogeography) of recently invading pest mites. |
| Fiona Goggin | 330 Agriculture Building (479) 575-6751 fgoggin@uark.edu |
Host plant resistance to insects and nematodes Expertise and instrumentation: aphid biology, bioassay design, nucleic acid purification and gene expression analysis. Liquid scintillation counter, UV visible spectromenter, thermal cyclers, capillary electrophoresis unit. |
| John Hopkins | 2301 S. University Ave. Little Rock, AR 72203, 501-671-2217 |
Extension Urban Entomology Expertise and instrumentation: IPM, Household & structural pests, ornamental & Turf pests, Fire Ant Management. |
| Donn T. Johnson | 311 Agriculture Building (479) 575-2501 dtjohnso@uark.edu |
Fruit and rice pest management, alternative control tactics, organic fruit production systems and development of pest sampling programs Expertise and instrumentation: Conduct behavior and chemical ecology studies using commercial video camera and VHS recorder, Gas Chromatograph, electroantennodetector and accompying software. |
| Tim Kring | 3 Cralley-Warren Research Laboratory (479) 575-3186 tkring@uark.edu |
Biological control, small grains Expertise and instrumentation: Impact of beneficial insects, threshold development, pest management, insect biology and rearing |
| Kelly Loftin | 6 Cralley-Warren Research laboratory (479) 575-3462 kloftin@uaex.edu |
Veterinary entomology, imported fire ants Expertise and Instrumentation: Livestock and poultry pest management, insecticide efficacy studies, imported fire ant management. |
| Gus Lorenz | Lonoke Research and Extension Center (501) 676-3124 Highway 70 East Lonoke, AR 72086 glorenz@uaex.edu |
Row Crop Entomology Expertise and Instrumentation: Cotton, rice, soybean, and wheat insect control, integrated pest management, insect biology, development of sampling programs, development of treatment thresholds, insecticide efficacy studies, etc. |
| Randall G. Luttrell | 321 Agriculture Building (479) 575-4433 luttrell@uark.edu |
Field crop insects, insecticide resistance, pest management Expertise and instrumentation: Pest management systems, measurements of insecticide resistance, transgenic crops. |
| Paul J. McLeod | 299 Agri Farm (479) 575-3397 pjmcleod@uark.edu |
Development of IPM programs for insects of vegetables Expertise and instrumentation: Development of laboratory bioassays with insects, macrophotography of insects, design of field efficacy studies |
| M. V. Meisch | 300E Agriculture Building (479) 575-2490 meisch@uark.edu |
Mosquito bionomics and control Expertise and instrumentation: Adulticide and larvicide techniques for mosquito management, optimizing non-chemical control |
| Dayton Steelman | 322 Agriculture Building (479) 575-2510 dsteelm@uark.edu |
Veterinary entomology Expertise and instrumentation: Arthropod pest/host animal interaction, livestock and poultry pest/pathogen biology, ecology, and management |
| Don Steinkraus | 5 Cralley-Warren Research Laboratory (479) 575-3187 steinkr@uark.edu |
Biological control with microbial pathogens Expertise and instrumentation: Epizootiology, IPM and biological control with insect pathogens, apiculture, scientific photography, insect anatomy. |
| Fred Stephen | 315E Agriculture Building (479) 575-3404 office (479) 575-3377 lab fstephen@uark.edu |
Forest entomology, insect ecology Expertise and instrumentation: Ecology and biological control of forest insects . |
| Glenn Studebaker | POB 48 Keiser, AR 72351 870-526-2199, ext. 114 gstudebaker@uaex.edu |
Row crop entomologyExpertise and instrumentation: Row crop/small grain insect control, integrated pest management, development of sampling programs, development of treatment thresholds, insecticide efficacy. |
| Allen Szalanski | 301 Agriculture Building (479) 575-4214 lab (479) 575-4342 office aszalan@uark.edu |
Insect genetics, Molecular Diagnostics, Expertise and instrumentation: Population Genetics, Molecular Diagnostics, Molecular Phylogenetics, Urban Entomology. |
| Tina Teague | Arkansas State University College of Agriculture 212 Agricultural Research University of Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station State University, AR 72467 870-972-2043 tteague@astate.edu |
Integrated pest management tactics for insect pest of Mid-South cotton. |
| Robert N. Wiedenman | 319 Agriculture Building (479) 575-2451 rwieden@uark.edu |
Biological control, invasive species Expertise and instrumentation: beneficial insects |
| FOOD SCIENCE | ||
| Ron W. Buescher | E-14 Food Science (479) 575-4775 buescher@uark.edu |
Pickled vegetable science and technology Expertise and instrumentation: Postharvest physiology and biochemistry, pickled vegetable fermentation and processing, preservation of color, flavor and texture qualities. |
| Philip G. Crandall | N-213 Food Science (479) 575-7686 crandal@uark.edu |
Food processing Expertise and instrumentation: Food safety, food irradiation, thermal and non-thermal processing, risk assessment, and recovery of food by-products. |
| Latha Devareddy | N-216 Food Science (479) 575-4474 ldevared@uark.edu |
Dr. Devareddy's area is in nutrition and aging. Her expertise is role of functional foods and plant bioactive components in the prevention/treatment of chronic diseases. |
| Navam S. Hettiarachchy | N-218 Food Science (479) 575-4779 nhettiar@uark.edu |
Protein chemistry, functional foods, antioxidants, and food safety Expertise and instrumentation: Protein isolation, characterization, base sequencing, structure-function relationships, functionality, physico-chemical properties during processing and storage, nutritional aspects, allergens, extrusion, neutraceuticals, enzymology, antioxidants, value-added food products, electrophoresis, chromatography including column and HPLC, UF, extruder, edible films and adhesives. |
| Luke Howard | N-206 Food Science (479) 575-2978 lukeh@uark.edu |
Fruit and vegetable processing and quality evaluation, functional foods/phytonutrients Expertise and instrumentation: Pressurized solvent and supercritical fluid extraction of bioactive phytonutrients. HPLC and HPLC-MS analysis of phytonutrients in horticultural and agronomic crops, physicochemical analysis of processed fruits and vegetables, thermal processing, and antioxidant capacity. |
| Michael G. Johnson | N-215 (479) 575-4778 or (479) 575-7349 mjohnson@uark.edu |
Food safety and microbiology, food fermentation Expertise and instrumentation: Rapid methods to detect pathogens in foods using monoclonal antibody and nucleic acid probes, destruction/control of pathogens with heat and chemicals, control of pathogens with bacteriocins, in vitro pathogenicity/virulence of bacterial pathogens using mammalian cell lines, antibiotic-resistant foodborne bacterial. |
| Sun-Ok Lee | N-211 Food Science (479) 575-6921 sunok@uark.edu |
Dr. Lee's area is in human nutrition. Her expertise is identification, characterization, and understanding the mechansism for chronic-diseas prevention by novel dietary constituents and bioavailability of bioactive components in natural products or foods with relevance to health. |
| Jean-Francois Meullenet | N-202 Food Science (479) 575-6919 jfmeull@uark.edu |
Sensory science and rheology Expertise and instrumentation: Sensory science and food rheology and texture Expertise and instrumentation: Physical properties, rheology, NIR spectroscopy, sensory and consumer testing, sensometrics and multivariate statistics. |
| Ruben O. Morawicki | E-13 Food Science (479) 575 4923 rmorawic@uark.edu |
Food Processing and Packaging Expertise and Research Interest: Utilization of byproducts and co-products from the food industry, minimization of environmental impact of food processing plants, and green food processing. |
| Justin R. Morris | B-2 Institute of Food Science and Engineering (479) 575-4040 jumorris@uark.edu |
Viticulture and enology Expertise and instrumentation: Influence of mechanization and other viticultural practices on yield and wine quality, evaluating new processing variables on wine quality and style, and developing new juice products from grape/fruit blends. |
| Andrew Proctor | N-204 Food Science (479) 575-2980 aproctor@uark.edu |
Lipid and surface chemistry Expertise and instrumentation: Lipid chemistry on food surfaces, emulsions and biological lipid systems including lipase activity, oxidation and flavor chemistry using Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, GC/MS and HPLC, rapid lipid analysis methods; development of novel materials from agricultural waste for food processing and non-food uses. |
| Steven C. Ricke | E-27 Food Science (479) 575-4678 sricke@uark.edu |
Anaerobic and Fermentation Microbiology; Genetics and Physiology of Foodborne Pathogens Expertise and instrumentation: Molecular ecology of anaerobic bacteria in food production environments; Genetics and physiology of foodborne pathogens under stress and survival conditions; Industrial microbiology and fermentation. |
| Terry J. Siebenmorgen | N-217 Food Science (479) 575-2841 tsiebenm@uark.edu |
Food process engineering Expertise and instrumentation: Pre-harvest property characterization and quality assessment of rice at harvest; rice drying with emphasis on maintaining milling quality; assessment of techniques to measure degree of milling. |
| Ya-Jane Wang
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N-214 Food Science (479) 575-3871 yjwang@uark.edu |
Carbohydrate chemistry Expertise and instrumentation: Characterization of structures and properties of starch and starch derivatives, modification of carbohydrates via chemical, physical and enzymatic approaches, dynamic properties of biopolymers, applications of carbohydrates in processed foods and controlled release applications, prebiotics, HPLC, DSC, extruder, polarized light microscope coupled with hot stage and image analysis, dissolution tester. |
| HORTICULTURE | ||
| Craig R. Andersen | 313 Plant Science (479) 575-2639 crander@uark.edu |
vegetables Expertise and instrumentation: Extension specialist, vegetable physiology and culture, greenhouse vegetable production, plasticulture and drip irrigation of vegetable crops, marketing of vegetable crops. |
| Janet Carson | 2301 S. University, Little Rock, Ark. 72203 (501) 671-2174 jcarson@uaex.edu |
Extension specialist, consumer horticulture; landscape horticulture; Master Gardener program. Expertise and instrumentation: Landscape horticulture. |
| John R. Clark | 307 Plant Science (479) 575-2810 jrclark@uark.edu |
plant breeding, emphasizing fruit crops Expertise and instrumentation: classical plant breeding including hybridization, seedling evaluation and selection testing; trait inheritance studies; germplasm evaluation; small fruit culture. |
| Michael R. Evans | 318 Plant Science (479) 575-3179 mrevans@uark.edu |
Greenhouse and Floriculture Expertise and instrumentation: Soils and soil-borne diseases, soil physical properties. |
| M. Elena Garcia | 310 Plant Science (479) 575-2790 megarcia@uark.edu |
Extension specialist, fruit and nut production. Expertise and instrumentation: Crop management, germplasm evaluation. |
| David L. Hensley | 316 Plant Science (479) 575-7319 dhensley@uark.edu |
landscape horticulture Expertise and instrumentation: plant nutrition, landscape management, woody plant materials |
| Douglas Karcher | 308 Plant Science (479) 575-5723 karcher@uark.edu |
Soil management of turfgrasses. Expertise and instrumentation: evaluation of soil physical properties (moisture, porosity, bulk density, hydraulic conductivity, infiltration) and statistical analysis of subjective rating data. |
| Jon T. Lindstrom | 312 Plant Science (479) 575-2645 tranell@uark.edu |
Plant Selection and Evaluation Expertise and instrumentation: Plant propagation, plant molecular biology and genetic transformation, plant tissue culture |
| Garry McDonald | 315 Plant Science (479) 575-8780 gmcdonald@uark.edu |
Landscape Horticulture Expertise and instrumentation: urban horticulture, sustainable systems, practical landscape design, landscape management, native landscape plant materials, low-input landscapes. |
| J. Brad Murphy | 321 Plant Science (479) 575-2670 jbmurph@uark.edu |
plant biochemistry/molecular biology. Expertise and instrumentation: chromatography (HPLC, GC, FPLC), protein and nucleic acid electrophoresis, enzyme analysis, PCR, cloning, plant transformation. |
| Michael D. Richardson | 309 Plant Science (479) 575-2860 mricha@uark.edu |
Turfgrass Management and Physiology Expertise and instrumentation: Water potential, greenhouse experimentation, and photosynthesis. |
| James Robbins | 2301 S. University Avenue Little Rock, AR (479) 671-2307 jrobbins@uaex.edu |
Extension specialist, commercial ornamental horticulture Expertise and instrumentation: Plant nutrition, nursery/greenhouse production, woody plant material |
| Curt R. Rom | 306 Plant Science (479) 575-7434 crom@uark.edu |
Crop physiology, organic and ecological production, crop management, germplasm evaluation - fruit crops; plant propagation; undergraduate education and teaching |
| HUMAN ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES | ||
| Laurie Apple | HOEC 229 (479) 575-4576 lapple@uark.edu |
Apparel Studies Expertise and Instrumentation Computer and design methodology for product development. |
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William Bailey |
HOEC 224 (479) 575-2058 wbailey@uark.edu |
Human Development and Family Sciences Expertise and Instrumentation Attitudes toward money, family and human development research design and implementation, emotional intelligence and college students, and financial counseling. |
| Frank L Farmer | HMGH 104 (479) 575-2358 flfarmer@uark.edu |
Rural Sociology Expertise and Instrumentation Demography, environmental and natural resource sociology, rural health, policy and program evaluation. |
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Marjorie Fitch-Hilgenberg |
HOEC 023 (479) 575-6815 mfitch@uark.edu |
Food, Human Nutrition and Hospitality Expertise and Instrumentation Effects of nutrition on the aging process, clinical nutrition, increasing nutrient intake of individuals using locally and regionally grown products, childhood obesity. |
| Jerald C. Foote | HOEC 016 (479) 575-4599 jcfoote@uark.edu |
Food, Human Nutrition and Hospitality Expertise and Instrumentation Dietary supplement use, safety, toxicology, and product development, professional ethics and nutrition misinformation, sports nutrition and ergogenic acids, consumer and professional education. |
| Marie Gentry | HOEC 17B (479) 575-2578 gmgentry@uark.edu |
Interior Design Expertise and Instrumentation Effects of lighting and color in interior environments and critical assessments of luminous environments, behavioral and performance implications of lighting and other variables on the living environments of older adults. |
| Robert Harrington | CARN 139 (479) (575-4700 rharring@uark.edu |
Food, Human Nutrition and Hospitality Expertise and instrumentation. Food and beverage with expertise in wine pairing. |
| Timothy Killian | HOEC 212 (479) 575-7214 tkillian@uark.edu |
Human Development and Family Sciences Expertise and Instrumentation Family care-giving to older persons, family diversity issues, adolescent risk-taking, and intergenerational transfers. |
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Nann Miller |
HOEC 17D (479) 575-4645 ngmille@uark.edu |
Interior Design Expertise and Instrumentation Space planning, programming, basic design, portfolio preparation. |
| Cindy Moore | HOEC 105 (479) 575-2409 ckm001@uark.edu |
Food, Human Nutrition and Hospitality Expertise and Instrumentation Nutrition education and counseling, clinical nutrition, survey design, development of nutrition materials and messages, health behavior, and health promotion. |
| Godwin-Charles Ogbeide | HOEC 216 (479) 575-2579 gogbeide@uark.edu |
Food, Human Nutrition and Hospitality Expertise and instrumentation. Hotel operations, tourism and leadership development. |
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Lona Robertson |
HOEC 209 (479) 575-4579 ljrobert@uark.edu |
Apparel Studies |
| Haroon Sattar | HOEC 017F (479) 575-2576 hsattar@uark.edu |
Interior Design Expertise and Instrumentation Sustainable design and Green building materials for interior spaces; transportable work places and mobile environmental design. Application of technology in studio setting, computer-aided presentation technique for interior design studio. |
| Kathleen R. Smith | HOEC 213 (479) 575-2577 kasmith@uark.edu |
Apparel Studies Expertise and instrumentation. Curriculum development, fashion merchandising and retail store design. |
| C. Leigh Southward | HOEC 104 (479) 575-4311 csouthwa@uark.edu |
Apparel Studies |
| Susan Takigiku | HOEC 212A (479) 575-6369 susant@uark.edu |
Human Development and Family Sciences Expertise and Instrumentation Substance abuse with special emphasis on methamphetamine abuse, parent and family dynamics, parenting education, family stress and crisis in the areas of family violence, child abuse, divorce, drug abuse and poverty issues. |
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Jean Turner |
HOEC 204 (479) 575-2209 jturner@uark.edu |
Human Development and Family Sciences Expertise and Instrumentation Specialization in adulthood and aging focused on quality of life issues for aging adults and their families Caregiving for older family members; intergenerational relationships, especially as related to parent-in-law and child-in-law relationships; and the role of in-law relationships in the larger family network. |
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Catherine Wallack |
HOEC 017E (479) 575-7599 cwallack@uark.edu |
Interior Design Expertise and Instrumentation Technology and domestic space, design and construction interface. |
| Mary Warnock | HOEC 118 (479) 575-4310 mwarnock@uark.edu |
Apparel Studies Expertise and Instrumentation Performance and durability characteristics of textile products with emphasis on flammability issues. |
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Kelly Way |
HOEC 215 (479) 575-4985 kway@uark.edu |
Food, Human Nutrition and Hospitality Expertise and Instrumentation Travel and tourism, restaurant management, food and beverage, hospitality curriculum design and instruction. |
| Jennifer Webb | HOEC 017C (479) 575-6662 jwebb@uark.edu |
Interior Design Expertise and Instrumentation: Defining the concept of home for the baby boom generation and for Arkansans; teamwork in the classroom, including the role in training team members, team formation methods relative to learning outcomes, and conflict resolution. |
| PLANT PATHOLOGY | ||
| Richard Cartwright | Cralley/Warren Research Laboratory (479) 575-3189 rcartwright@uaex.edu |
Crop diseases Expertise and Instrumentation: Biology, epidemiology and control of rice, wheat and soybean diseases |
| Clifford M. Coker, Jr. | Southeast Research and Extension Center P. O. Box 3508 Monticello, AR 71856-3508 (870) 460-1091 coker@uamont.edu |
Soybean diseases, cotton diseases, and commercial tomato diseases Expertise and Instrumentation: Intensive plant disease identification/disease management |
| James Correll | 217 Plant Sciences Building (479) 575-2710 jcorrell@uark.edu |
Vegetable crops and rice diseases Expertise and Instrumentation: Biology, genetics and molecular biology of fungal pathogens |
| Terry Kirkpatrick | Southwest Research and Extension Center 362 Hwy 174 North Hope, AR 71801 (870) 777-9702 tkirkpatrick@uaex.edu |
Nematology Expertise and instrumentation: Nematode population dynamics and ecology, nematode extraction and identification, field plot research |
| Kenneth Korth | Rosen Alternative Pest Control Center (479) 575-5191 kkorth@uark.edu |
Plant biotechnology Expertise and Instrumentation: Molecular plant-insect interactions, pathogen and insect resistance pathways, cellular control of enzymes involved in isoprenoid metabolism |
| Fleet Lee | Rice Research and Extension Center 2900 Highway 130E, Stuttgart, AR 72160 (870) 673-2661 fnlee@uark.edu |
Rice diseases Expertise and Instrumentation: Disease resistance, epidemiology and control of pathogens |
| Sung Lim | 217 Plant Sciences Building (479) 575-2445 smlim@uark.edu |
Corn and soybean diseases Expertise and Instrumentation: Biometrics, genetics, disease resistance, epidemiology, disease control |
| W. Scott Monfort | Rice Research and Extension Center University of Arkansas 2900 Highway 130 East Stuttgart, AR 72160 smonfort@uaex.edu (870) 673-2261 |
Diseases and nematodes in a multitude of crops, controls of diseases and nematodes Expertise and Instrumentation: Disease management, remote sensing, GPS, and disease forecasting |
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Eugene Milus |
217 Plant Sciences Building (479) 575-2676 gmilus@uark.edu |
Wheat and turfgrass diseases Expertise and Instrumentation: Biology, epidemiology, disease resistance, disease management |
| Robert Robbins | Cralley/Warren Research Laboratory (479) 575-2555 rrobbin@uark.edu |
Plant nematodes Expertise and Instrumentation: Identification, morphology and distribution of plant parasitic nematodes |
| Craig Rothrock | 217 Plant Sciences Building (479) 575-6687 rothrock@uark.edu |
Soilborne plant diseases Expertise and Instrumentation: Ecology and control of soilborne pathogens of cotton, rice and soybeans |
| John Rupe | 217 Plant Sciences Building (479) 575-2778 jrupe@uark.edu |
Soybean diseases Expertise and Instrumentation: Epidemiology and control of plant diseases, ecology of soybean pathogens |
| Ronald J. Sayler | Rosen Alternative Pest ControlCenter (479) 575-8442 rjsayle@uark.edu |
Functional genomic analysis of terpene synthesis in rice and Medicago for improving pest resistance Expertise and Instrumentation: Molecular biology and biotechnology |
| J. Ples Spradley | Arkansas Cooperative Extension Service P. O. Box 391 Little Rock, AR 72203 (501) 671-2234 pspradley@uaex.edu |
Pesticide Assessment Program Expertise and Instrumentation: Specialist, statewide Pesticide Applicators Training Program. |
| David TeBeest | Rosen Alternative Pest Control Center (479) 575-2678 dtebeest@uark.edu |
Molecular ecology and epidemiology of plant diseases, mycoherbicides Expertise and Instrumentation: Biology, genetics, epidemiology of fungal pathogens of rice, sorghum and corn, mycoherbicides, fungal cell isolation and culture, lineage characterizations, host resistance responses |
| Stephen R. Vann | Arkansas Cooperative Extension Service P. O. Box 391 Little Rock, AR 72203 (501) 671-2229 svann@uaex.edu |
Vegetable and Urban Plant Pathology Expertise and Instrumentation: Master Gardener Programs, ornamental, turf, fruit, vegetable, and non-agronomic plants. |
| POULTRY SCIENCE | ||
| Nicholas Anthony | Poultry Science 0-407 (479) 575-4833 nanthony@uark.edu |
Poultry breeding and genetics Expertise and instrumentation: Patterns of growth in relation to carcass composition and reproductive performance in poultry. Use of total body electrical conductivity as a non-invasive means of measuring carcass composition in poultry |
| Scharidi Barber | 501-671-2189 sbarber@uaex.edu |
Extension Poultry Specialist Expertise and instrumentation: Major responsibilities are with the Arkansas Youth Poultry Program. |
| Walter Bottje | Poultry Science 0-405 (479) 575-4399 wbottje@uark.edu |
Physiology. Expertise and instrumentation: Conducts research on mitochondrial function in health and disease of poultry with particular emphasis on antioxidants and oxidative stress. Bottje is also the Director of the Center of Excellence for Poultry Science. |
| R. Keith Bramwell | Poultry Science O-207 (479) 575-7036 bramwell@uark.edu |
Extension/Breeder Hatchery Expertise and instrumentation: Conducts research to determine the causes of the declining fertility and hatchability and increasing embryonic mortality due to increasing age in breeders. This information is intended to help maximize the life of flock reproductive characteristics in commercial flocks. |
| H. David Chapman | Poultry Science 0-311 (479) 575-4870 dchapman@uark.edu |
Parasitology Expertise and instrumentation: Control and prevention of coccidiosis in poultry |
| F. Dustan Clark | Poultry Science 0-205 (479) 575-4375 fdclark@uark.edu |
Extension Poultry Veterinarian Expertise and instrumentation: Bacterial and viral diseases of poultry with major emphasis on diseases, diagnostics and pathology |
| Craig Coon | Poultry Science 0-211 (479) 575-4134 ccoon@uark.edu |
Poultry Nutrition Expertise and instrumentation: Nutrient utilization, environmental interactions with nutrition, feedstuff evaluation and amino acid metabolism in poultry. |
| James H. Denton | Poultry Science O-114 (479) 575-3699 jdenton@uark.edu |
Past Deprtment Head and Director of the CEPS. Expertise and instrumentation: Major emphasis is on marketing, food safety, turkeys, broilers and eggs. |
| Dan Donoghue | Poultry Science 0-408 (479) 575-2913 ddonogh@uark.edu |
Physiology and Food Safety Expertise and instrumentation: Predictive pharmacokinetic models of antibiotic and pesticide transfer in poultry |
| Gisela Erf | Poultry Science 0-410 (479) 575-8664 gferf@uark.edu |
Immunologist Expertise and instrumentation: Avian immunology with emphasis on cell-mediated immunity, autoimmunity, tumor regression and immunology of the skin. |
| Harold L. Goodwin | Poultry Science 0-208 (479) 575-3211 haroldg@uark.edu |
Agricultural Economist Expertise and instrumentation: Economic and business issues related to the poultry industry, including international trade, food safety linkages and comparative analysis of the industry with other food and non-food industry segments |
| Billy Hargis | Poultry Science 0-308 (479) 575-4390 bhargis@uark.edu |
Veterinarian Expertise and instrumentation: Poultry health and ante mortem food safety intervention, poultry immunology and endocrinology |
| Byung-Whi Kong | Poultry Science O-403 (479) 575-6112 bkong@uark.edu |
Molecular viorlogy Expertise and Instrumentation: Conducts research on functional genomic analysis of host-virus interaction for avian infectious viruses. |
| Wayne Kuenzel | Poultry Science 0-403 (479) 575-6112 wkuenzel@uark.edu |
Physiology and Neurobiology Expertise and instrumentation: Avian neuroendocrinology with emphasis on the neural regulation of early sexual maturation, food intake and hypothalamic function in poultry |
| Young Min Kwon | Poultry Science O-213 (479) 575-4935 ykwon@uark.edu |
Expertise and instrumentation: Conducts research on genetic/genomic analysis of foodborne bacterial pathogens important in poultry. |
| Yanbin Li | Poultry Science 0-411 (479) 575-2424 yanbinli@uark.edu |
Food Safety and Food Processing Expertise and instrumentation: Food processing and engineering, electrical pasteurization, chemical spraying and thermal process modeling for food safety and quality |
| John Marcy | Poultry Science 0-203 (479) 575-2211 jmarcy@uark.edu |
Extension Food Scientist Expertise and instrumentation: Microbial improvement/safety in poultry products and processing, poultry processing, meat science |
| Casey Owens | Poultry Science 0-217 (479) 575-4281 cmowens@uark.edu |
Poultry Products Expertise and instrumentation: Effect of preslaughter environmental conditions and processing techniques on muscle metabolism and meat quality of poultry |
| Douglas Rhoades | Science Engineering 524 (479) 575-3251 drhoads@uark.edu |
Poultry Genomics Expertise and instrumentation: DNA isolation, DNA libarary construction. SNP/genotype development. Molecular genetic analysis of production traits, with special emphasis on the male reproductive system. |
| Michael Slavik | Poultry Science 0-310 (479) 575-4387 mslavik@uark.edu |
Microbiologist Expertise and instrumentation: Methods to detect food pathogens and methods to reduce or eliminate these pathogens |
| Park Waldroup | Poultry Science 0-210 (479) 575-2065 waldroup@uark.edu |
Poultry Nutritionist Expertise and instrumentation: Nutrient requirements of broilers and turkeys, energy and amino acid effects on performance and carcass composition, computer modeling to estimate nutritional needs of poultry |
| Susan Watkins | Poultry Science 0-206 (479) 575-7902 swatkin@uark.edu |
Extension Poultry Specialist Expertise and instrumentation: Broiler management and turkey production |
| Robert Wideman | Poultry Science 0-402 5-4397 rwideman@uark.edu |
Physiology Expertise and instrumentation: Kidney function, cardiopulmonary function as related to the pulmonary hypertension syndrome in broilers, mechanisms responsible for regulating calcium and phosphorus metabolism in poultry |
| FOREST RESOURCE CENTER, MONTICELLO | ||
| Paul Doruska | 213 Chamberlin Bldg. P.O. Box 3468 Monticello, AR 71656 (870) 460-1993 doruska@uamont.edu |
Biometrics/Modeling Expertise and instrumentation: Regression, SAS, Applied Statistics, Forest Growth and Yield Modeling |
| Robert L. Ficklin | 203 Chamberlin Bldg. P.O. Box 3468 Monticello, AR 71656 (870) 460-1692 ficklin@uamont.edu |
Forest Soils Expertise and Instrumentation: soil-plant interactions, rhizodeposition by woody species, management of soil carbon |
| Eric Heitzman | 215 Chamberlin Bldg. P.O. Box 3468 Monticello, AR 71656 (870) 460-1448 heitzman@uamont.edu |
Silviculture Expertise and instrumentation: Forest Stand Dynamics |
| Richard A. Kluender | 204 Chamberlin Bldg. P.O. Box 3468 Monticello, AR 71656 (870) 460-1949 kluender@uamont.edu |
Forest Economics, Management and Operations Expertise and instrumentation: Economic Investment Analysis, Forestry Systems Research, Broad Analysis of Resource and Operational Issues |
| Hal Liechty | 128 Chamberlin Bldg. P.O. Box 3468 Monticello, AR 71656 (870) 460-1452 liechty@uamont.edu |
Forest Hydrology and Ecology, Nutrient Cycling, Effects of Forest Management on Water Quality Expertise and Instrumentation: Soil Sustainability |
| E. Wesley McCoy | 126 Chamberlin Bldg. P.O. Box 3468 Monticello, AR 71656 (870) 460-1252 mccoyw@uamont.edu |
Forest Management Expertise and Instrumentation: Surveying |
| Paul Medley | 135 Chamberlin Bldg. P.O. Box 3468 Monticello, AR 71656 medley@uamont.edu |
Spatial Information Programming |
| David Patterson | 124 ChamberlinBldg. P.O. Box 3468 Monticello, AR 71656 (870) 460-1652 pattersond@uamont.edu |
Wood, Wood Processing, and Wood Products Expertise and Instrumentation: Primary and Secondary Conversion |
| Philip Tappe | 127 Chamberlin Bldg. P.O. Box 3468 Monticello, AR 71656 (870) 460-1352 tappe@uamont.edu |
Wildlife Ecology and Management Expertise and Instrumentation: Forest Habitat Utilization |
| Lynne Thompson | 116 Chamberlin Bldg. P.O. Box 3468 Monticello, AR 71656 (870) 460-1349 thompson@uamont.edu |
Forest Protection Expertise and Instrumentation: Entomology |
| Robert Weih | 130 Chamberlin Bldg. P.O. Box 3468 Monticello, AR 71656 (870) 460-1248 weih@uamont.edu |
GIS/Remote Sensing, GPS, Spatial Statistics Expertise and Instrumentation: Computers, Image Acquisitions |
| Don D. White | 123 Chamberlin Bldg. P.O. Box 3468 Monticello, AR 71656 (870) 460-1490 whited@uamont.edu |
Wildlife Habitat Management (Large Mammals) |
| Boris Zeide | 217 Chamberlin Bldg. P.O. Box 3468 Monticello, AR 71656 (870) 460-1648 zeide@uamont.edu |
Forest Biometrics Expertise and Instrumentation: Growth and Yield Studies |