Lisa House
Department Chair
1171 MCCA
352-294-7653
lahouse@ufl.edu

Rick Weldon
Associate Department Chair & Professor
1161 MCCA
352-294-7635
rweldon@ufl.edu

Faculty

Damian Adams
Professor and Associate Dean for Research
G040 McCarty Hall D
352-392-1784
dcadams@ufl.edu

James Anderson
Professor
Food Systems Institute
352-294-7697
401-480-9488
james.anderson@ufl.edu

Trent Blare
Assistant Professor
UF/TREC
(786)-217-9248
tblare@ufl.edu

Lijun (Angelia) Chen
2115 MCCB
352-294-7678
lijunchen@ufl.edu

Jennifer Clark
Senior Lecturer
1191 MCCA
352-294-7636
tspartin@ufl.edu

Christa Court
Assistant Professor
1121 MCCB
352-294-7675
ccourt@ufl.edu

Edward 'Gilly' Evans
Tropical Research & Education Center
786-217-9263
eaevans@ufl.edu 

Di Fang
Associate Professor
1105 MCCB
352-294-7671
difang@ufl.edu

Derek Farnsworth
Associate Professor
1183 MCCB
352-294-7698
dfarnswo@ufl.edu

Zhifeng Gao
Professor, Graduate Coordinator
1155 MCCA
352-294-7672
zfgao@ufl.edu

Jared Gars

Assistant Professor
1123 McCarty Hall B  
352-294-7692
jgars87@ufl.edu

Kelly Grogan
Associate Professor
1185 MCCA
352-294-7633
kellyagrogan@ufl.edu|

Zhengfei Guan
Associate Professor
Gulf Coast Research and Education Center
Room 133
813-419-6590
guanz@ufl.edu

James Ji
Assistant Professor
352-294-7658
1181 MCCA
xji1@ufl.edu

Bachir Kassas
Assistant Professor
1099 MCCB
352-294-7646
b.kassas@ufl.edu

Hayk Khachatryan
Associate Professor
407-410-6951
hayk@ufl.edu

Jaclyn Kropp
Associate Professor
1157 MCCA
352-294-7631
jkropp@ufl.edu

John Lai
Assistant Professor
1109 MCCB
352-294-7647
johnLai@ufl.edu

Sherry Larkin
Professor and Director
Florida Sea Grant
352-392-5870
slarkin@ufl.edu

Kimberly L. Morgan
Associate Professor and Extension Economist
Southwest Florida Research and Education Center
239-658-3428
KIMorgan@ufl.edu

Charles Moss
Professor
1175 MCCA
352-294-7630
cbmoss@ufl.edu

Conner Mullally
Associate Professor
1107 MCCB
352-294-7680
connerm@ufl.edu

Michael Olexa
Professor
2126 MCCB
352-294-7693
olexa@ufl.edu

Gülcan Önel
Associate Professor
1117 MCCB
352-294-7657
gulcan.onel@ufl.edu

Nathan Palardy
Assistant Professor
1087 McCarty Hall B
352-294-9045
n.palardy@ufl.edu

Andrew Ropicki
Assistant Professor
1087 MCCB
352-294-7667
aropicki@ufl.edu

Olesya Savchenko
Assistant Professor
1183 MCCA
352-294-7654 Olesya.Savchenko@ufl.edu

Andrew Schmitz
Professor
1130 MCCB
352-294-7685
aschmitz@ufl.edu|

James Seale
Professor
1130 MCCB
352-294-7684
jseale@ufl.edu

Misti Sharp
Senior Lecturer, Undergraduate Coordinator
1189 MCCA
352-294-7632
mistisharp@ufl.edu

Ariel Singerman
Associate  Professor
Citrus Research & Education Center
863-956-1151
singerman@ufl.edu

Caleb Stair
Lecturer
1193 MCCA
352-294-7687
cstair@ufl.edu

Suzanne Thornsbury
Professor
1097 MCCB
352-294-7666
thornsbs@ufl.edu

Pilar Useche
Professor
1091 MCCB
352-294-7665
useche@ufl.edu

Tara Wade
Southwest Florida Research & Education Center
239-658-3444
tara.wade@ufl.edu

Patrick Ward
Associate Professor

1121 MCCB
352-317-1829
wardp@ufl.edu

Weizhe Weng
Assistant Professor
MCCB 1095
352-294-1752
wweng@ufl.edu

Al Wysocki
Associate Dean and Professor
2002 MCCD
352-392-1963
wysocki@ufl.edu

Xumin Zhang
Lecturer
1177 MCCA
352-294-7623
xumin@ufl.edu

Adjunct Faculty and Postdoctoral Associates

Robert Botta

Postdoctoral Associate

botta822@ufl.edu

Dr. Joao-Pedro Ferreira
Postdoctoral Associate
1094E McCarty Hall B
PO Box 110240
Gainesville, FL 32611-0240
352-294-7663
joao.ferreira@ufl.edu

Dr. Sherry Qiao
Postdoctoral Associate
PO Box 110240 Gainesville, FL 32611-0240
xiaohui.qiao@ufl.edu

Sungeun Yoon

Postdoctoral Associate

352-294-7651

sungeunyoon@ufl.edu

Bijeta Bijen Saha
Postdoctoral Associate
bijetabijen@ufl.edu

Staff

David DePatie Jr.
Instructional Design, WebSite & IT
Canvas & IT Updates
1197 MCCA
352-294-7641
ddepatie@ufl.edu

Jess Herman
Graduate Academic Advisor
1179 MCCA
352-294-7622
jherman@ufl.edu

Ed Howard
End User Computing Specialist
1104A MCCB
352-294-7645
edhoward@ufl.edu

Candy Kaswinkel
Administrative Specialist
1167 MCCA
352-294-7669
ckaswin@ufl.edu|

Billie Maciunas
FRE - Editor
1104 MCCB
352-294-7649
bmaciunas@ufl.edu

Kelsey McDaid
Research Coordinator, Economic Impact Analysis Program
1115 MCCB
352-294-7629
kmcdaid@ufl.edu 

Bill Messina
Economic Analyst, Cuban Agriculture
1195 MCCA
352-294-7656
wamess@ufl.edu

Alena Poulin
Communications Specialist
1179 MCCA
352-294-7662
alenarene@ufl.edu

Danielle Shu
Academic Advisor II
1170 MCCA
352-294-7640
dshu@ufl.edu

Graduate Students

Master of Science (MS)

First and Last Name	Emails & Links	Research Area	Chair
Faith Aiya	faithoaiya@ufl.edu		Singerman
Ikeoluwa Aregbu	ikeoluwa.aregbe@ufl.edu		Farnsworth
Jay Chen	chenj5@ufl.edu		Kassas
Kealey Collison	kealeycollison@ufl.edu		Grogan
Liam Corcoran	w.corcoran@ufl.edu		Savchenko
Alissa Hevesh	ahevesh@ufl.edu		Kropp

Master of Agribusiness (MAB)

First and Last Name	Emails & Links	Research Area	Chair
Acosta Marco	marco.acosta@ufl.edu
Shyanne Bell	shyanne.bell@ufl.edu
Amanda Bouchard	abouchard2@ufl.edu
Reilly Brooks	reillybrooks@ufl.edu		Lai
Zippy Broughton	zbroughton@ufl.edu		Farnsworth
Joshua Jantz	jjantz@ufl.edu
Austin Keel	austin.keel@ufl.edu
LaTonya Middleton	middletonlatonya@ufl.edu
Alexandra Montoya	amontoya2@ufl.edu
Erik Tietig	etietig@ufl.edu		Blare

Master of Science, Agribusiness (MSAB)

First and Last Name	Emails & Links	Research Area	Chair
Aanda Heinzmann	amandaheinzmann@ufl.edu		Lai
Mark Larson	larson87@ufl.edu		Grogan
John Reineke	jreineke@ufl.edu		Farnsworth
Christian Ruiz	c.ruiz@ufl.edu		Farnsworth

PhD

First and Last Name	Emails & Links	Research Area	Chair
Ulrich Adegbola	ulylerich@ufl.edu
Kelvin Amon	kamon@ufl.edu		Wade
Fernando Brito	f.britogonzalez@ufl.edu		Onel
Ting Cao	ting.cao@ufl.edu		Moss
Cardenas Roberto	robertocardenasr@ufl.edu		Asche
Adams Ceballos	aceballos@ufl.edu		Ropicki
Simon Codjo	ocodjo@ufl.edu		Khachatryan
Julio Cruz	cruz.julio@ufl.edu		House
Iris Cui	xiurui.cui@ufl.edu		Guan
Dinglin Duan	d.duan@ufl.edu		Gao
Sheikh Emran	emran.s@ufl.edu		Schmitz
Yujuan Gao	yujuan.gao@ufl.edu		Mullally
Chuck Grigsby	charlesgrigsby@ufl.edu		Mullally
Suraj Gurung	surajgurung@ufl.edu		Angelia
Nicholas Haley	nhaley@ufl.edu		Blare
Meri Hambaryan	m.hambaryan@ufl.edu		Lai
Fei He	he.fei@ufl.edu		Court
Roberto Koeneke	rkoeneke@ufl.edu		Court
Dongso Lee	dongso.lee@ufl.edu		Moss
Mengming Li	mengming.li@ufl.edu		Court
Jianhui Liu	jianhuiliu@ufl.edu		Kassas
Lijun Liu	LL2700@ufl.edu		Anderson
Wen Liu	wliu3@ufl.edu		Onel
Jordan Moor	jordanmoor@ufl.edu		Ropicki
Yefan Nian	yfnian@ufl.edu		Gao
Glory Okpiaifo	g.okpiaifo@ufl.edu		Kassas
Abhishek Rajan	a.rajan@ufl.edu		Savchenko
Md Roknuzzaman	md.roknuzzaman@ufl.edu		Mullally
Moonwon Soh	moonwon.soh@ufl.edu		Wade
Azhar Uddin	mdazharuddin@ufl.edu		Gao
Yingchen Xu	yingchenxu@ufl.edu		Fang

Emeritus and Courtesy Faculty

Emeritus Faculty

Please call 352-392-1826 to be put in contact with Emeritus Faculty.

Courtesty Faculty