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Our diverse and award-winning faculty are in demand as speakers, consultants and analysts for private industry and governments. They are training future business leaders, conducting innovative research and advancing Extension to provide innovative solutions to some of the world’s greatest business and economic changes.

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Teaching and Research

  • Adelman, Zach

    Zach Adelman

    Professor, Texas A&M Agrilife Research Fellow, Texas A&M Presidential Impact Fellow

    (979) 458-3107

    zachadel@tamu.edu

    HPCT 329A

  • Behmer, Spencer

    Spencer Behmer

    Professor

    (979) 845-7304

    s-behmer@tamu.edu

    HPCT 510

  • Bernal, Julio

    Julio Bernal

    Professor

    (979) 862-8378

    julio.bernal@ag.tamu.edu

    116 Biological Control Facility

  • Bernaola, Lina

    Lina Bernaola

    Assistant Professor

    (409) 245-8632

    lina.bernaola@ag.tamu.edu

    Beaumont

  • Coulson, Robert

    Robert Coulson

    Professor, Director - Knowledge Engineering Laboratory

    (979) 845-9725

    robert.coulson@ag.tamu.edu

    408 Heep Center

  • Eubanks, Micky

    Micky Eubanks

    Professor

    (979) 862-7847

    micky.eubanks@ag.tamu.edu

    115 Biological Control Facility

  • Gadhave, Kiran

    Kiran Gadhave

    Assistant Professor

    (806) 354-5806

    kiran.gadhave@ag.tamu.edu

    Amarillo

  • Hamer, Gabriel

    Gabriel Hamer

    Associate Professor

    (979) 862-4067

    gabe.hamer@ag.tamu.edu

    HPCT 515

  • Helms, Anjel

    Anjel Helms

    Assistant Professor

    (979) 458-5749

    Anjel.Helms@ag.tamu.edu

    103DA Entomology Research Laboratory Building

  • Kerns, David

    David Kerns

    Professor, Extension Specialist, Statewide IPM Coordinator & Associate Department Head

    (979) 458-0336

    david.kerns@ag.tamu.edu

    103 J Entomological Research Laboratory

  • Medina, Raul

    Raul Medina

    Professor

    (979) 845-4775

    raul.medina@ag.tamu.edu

    Biocontrol Facility, Room 110

  • Myles, Kevin

    Kevin Myles

    Professor

    (979) 458-3110

    mylesk@tamu.edu

    Heep Center 329B

  • Oliva Chavez, Adela

    Adela Oliva Chavez

    Assistant Professor

    (979) 845-1946

    adela.olivachavez@ag.tamu.edu

    HPCT 318

  • Oswald, John

    John Oswald

    Professor, Curator, Texas A&M University Insect Collection

    (979) 862-3507

    j-oswald@tamu.edu

    Heep 216A

  • Parajulee, Megha

    Megha Parajulee

    Professor, Faculty Fellow, and Texas A&M Regents Fellow

    (806) 746-6101

    m-parajulee@tamu.edu

    Lubbock

  • Pietrantonio, Patricia

    Patricia Pietrantonio

    Professor and Texas A&M AgriLife Research Fellow

    (979) 845-9728

    p-pietrantonio@tamu.edu

    Heep Center Room 517

  • Rangel, Juliana

    Juliana Rangel

    Associate Professor of Apiculture

    (979) 845-1074

    jrangel@ag.tamu.edu

    Heep Center Room 315

  • Song, Hojun

    Hojun Song

    Professor

    (979) 845-2481

    hojun.song@ag.tamu.edu

    Biological Control Facility, Room 118

  • Sword, Greg

    Greg Sword

    Regents Professor and Charles R. Parencia Chair in Cotton Entomology

    (979) 862-1702

    gregory.sword@ag.tamu.edu

    Entomological Research Laboratory 114

  • Tamborindeguy, Cecilia

    Cecilia Tamborindeguy

    Professor

    (979) 845-2619

    ctamborindeguy@tamu.edu

    Heep Center 516

  • Tarone, Aaron

    Aaron Tarone

    Professor, Director of the Forensic and Investigative Sciences Program, Associate Department Head for Undergraduate Education

    (979) 862-1311

    aaron.tarone@ag.tamu.edu

    420 Heep Center

  • Teel, Pete

    Pete Teel

    Regents Professor

    (979) 845.3253

    pete.teel@ag.tamu.edu

    Heep Center Room 416

  • Tomberlin, Jeff

    Jeff Tomberlin

    Professor; AgriLife Research Fellow; Presidential Impact Fellow; Director, National Science Foundation Center for Environmental Sustainability Through Insect Farming

    (979) 845-9718

    jeffery.tomberlin@tamu.edu

    Building 1051, Room 1

  • Vargo, Ed

    Ed Vargo

    Professor and Endowed Chair in Urban and Structural Entomology

    979-845-5855

    ed.vargo@tamu.edu

  • Zhu-Salzman, Keyan

    Keyan Zhu-Salzman

    Professor

    (979) 458.3357

    keyan.zhusalzman@ag.tamu.edu

    Norman Borlaug Center (IPGB) Room 127

  • Brundage, Adrienne

    Adrienne Brundage

    Assistant Instructional Professor, Assistant Director, Forensic and Investigative Sciences Program

    (979) 845-9731

    adrienne.brundage@ag.tamu.edu

    HPCT 404A

  • Faris, Ashleigh

    Ashleigh Faris

    Instructional Assistant Professor, Undergraduate Research & Internship Coordinator

    (979) 458-5420

    ashleigh.faris@ag.tamu.edu

    HPCT 316

  • Gillett-Kaufman, Jennifer

    Jennifer Gillett-Kaufman

    Instructional Associate Professor

    (979) 845-0018

    jgillett@tamu.edu

    HPCT 319

  • Kovar, Scott

    Scott Kovar

    Lecturer

    (979) 862-5965

    scott.kovar@ag.tamu.edu

    HEEP 404B

Extension Specialists

  • Kerns, David

    David Kerns

    Professor, Extension Specialist, Statewide IPM Coordinator & Associate Department Head

    (979) 458-0336

    david.kerns@ag.tamu.edu

    103 J Entomological Research Laboratory

  • Khan, Rafia

    Rafia Khan

    Assistant Professor and Extension Specialist

    (901) 216-9038

    rafia.khan@agnet.tamu.edu

    Overton

  • Ludwick, Dalton

    Dalton Ludwick

    Assistant Professor and Extension Entomologist

    (361) 698-7400 ext. 1225

    dalton.ludwick@ag.tamu.edu

    Corpus Christi

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    Pat Porter

    Professor and Extension Entomologist

    (806) 723-8427

    pat.porter@ag.tamu.edu

    Lubbock

  • Puckett, Robert

    Robert Puckett

    Associate Professor and Extension Entomologist

    979-458-0853

    robert.puckett@ag.tamu.edu

    101C Rollins Urban and Structural Entomology Facility

  • Swiger, Sonja

    Sonja Swiger

    Professor and Extension Entomologist

    (254) 968.4144

    slswiger@ag.tamu.edu

    Stephenville

  • Vyavhare, Suhas

    Suhas Vyavhare

    Associate Professor and Extension Entomologist

    (806) 723-8446

    suhas.vyavhare@ag.tamu.edu

    Lubbock

  • Wilson, Ted

    Ted Wilson

    Professor, Center Director, and Jack B. Wendt Endowed Chair in Rice Research

    (409) 781-4038

    lt-wilson@tamu.edu

    1509 Aggie Drive, Beaumont, TX 77713

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