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Crop, Soil and Environmental Sciences
201 Funchess Hall
Auburn University, AL 36849
+1 (334) 844-4100

Faculty & Staff Directory

John Beasley
John P. Beasley
Department Head & Professor
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204 Funchess Hall
Auburn Univ, AL 36849
334-844-3850
Research associate Kris Balkcom
Kris B. Balkcom
Assistant Extension Professor (Peanut Agronomics)
Wiregrass Station
P.O. Box 217
Headland, AL 36345
334-693-2010
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Eve Brantley
Professor and Extension Specialist (Water Resources)
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238 Funchess Hall
Auburn Univ, AL 36849
334-844-3927
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Steve Brown
Assistant Professor and Extension Specialist (Cotton Agronomics)
249 Funchess Hall
Auburn, AL 36849
334-844-4116
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Charles Y. Chen
Professor (Peanut Breeding & Genetics)
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258 Funchess Hall
Auburn Univ, AL 36849
334-844-3974
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Yucheng Feng
Professor (Soil Microbiology)
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228 Funchess Hall
Auburn Univ, AL 36849
334-844-3967
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Audrey Gamble
Assistant Professor & Extension Specialist (Soil Scientist)
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235 Funchess Hall
Auburn University, AL 36849
334-844-3995
334-703-7901 (mobile)
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Beth Guertal
Professor (Soil Science, Turf)
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263 Funchess Hall
Auburn Univ, AL 36849
334-844-3999
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Leanne Dillard
Assistant Professor & Extension Specialist (Forage Agronomics)
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229 Upchurch Hall
Auburn Univ, AL 36849
334-844-7514
Associate professor Gobena Huluka
Gobena Huluka
Associate Professor (Soil Fertility, Plant Nutrition)
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255 Funchess Hall
Auburn University, AL 36849
334-844-3977
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David Y. Han
Associate Professor and Extension Specialist (Turf)
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252 Funchess Hall
Auburn Univ, AL 36849
334-844-3980
https://aaesdev.auburn.edu/wrc2/acf-basin-drought-webinar/
Alex Harkess
Assistant Professor (Genomics)
Faculty Investigator, Hudson Alpha Institute of Biotechnology
601 Genome Way
Huntsville, AL 35806
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Thorsten J. Knappenberger
Associate Professor (Soil Physics)
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255 Funchess Hall
Auburn, AL 36849
334-844-3997
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Jenny Koebernick
Assistant Professor (Cotton & Soybean Breeding)
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256 Funchess Hall
Auburn Univ, AL 36849
(334) 844-3801
Gary Lemme
Professor and Director, Alabama Cooperative Extension System
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109D Duncan Hall
Auburn University, AL 36849
334-844-4444
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Steve Li
Assistant Professor and Extension Specialist (Weed Science)
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237B Funchess Hall
Auburn Univ, AL 36849
334-844-3804
Scott McElroy
Professor (Weed Science, Turf)
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233B Funchess Hall
Auburn Univ, AL 36849
334-844-3992
Brenda V. Ortiz
Professor and Extension Specialist (Precision Ag)
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226 Funchess Hall
Auburn University, AL 36849
334-844-5534
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Yaniv Olshansky
Assistant Professor (Soil Chemistry)
259 Funchess Hall
Auburn Univ, AL 36849
334-844-5489
Associate dean for extension Mike Phillips
Mike Phillips
Professor & Associate Dean for Extension
107 Comer Hall
Auburn University, AL 36849-5635
334-844-2345
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Rishi Prasad
Assistant Professor & Extension Specialist (Nutrient Management)
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260 Funchess Hall
Auburn Univ, AL 36849
334-844-3922
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David Russell
Assistant Extension Professor (Weed Science)
Tennessee Valley Research and Extension Center
PO Box 159
Belle Mina, AL 35615
(256) 353-8702
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Tyler N. Sandlin
Assistant Extension Professor (Agronomic Crops, North Alabama)
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Tennessee Valley Research and Extension Center
PO Box 159
Belle Mina, AL 35615
(256) 353-8702
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Alvaro Sanz-Saez
Assistant Professor (Crop Physiology)
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253 Funchess Hall
Auburn University, AL 36849
507-210-3037
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Joey N. Shaw
Professor (Pedology)
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212 Funchess Hall
Auburn Univ, AL 36849
334-844-3957
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Kent Stanford
Associate Extension Professor (Nutrient Management)
Sand Mountain Research & Extension Center
Crossville, AL 35962
256-528-7133
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Di Tian
Assistant Professor (Climatology, Hydrology)
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226 Funchess Hall
Auburn Univ, AL 36849
334-844-3819
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Matthew Waters
Associate Professor (Water Science, Limnology)
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250 Funchess Hall
Auburn Univ, AL 36849
334-844-3950

Administrative Staff

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Deborah M. Buchanan
Administrative Support Assistant II-Academics
237 Funchess Hall
Auburn Univ, AL 36849
334-844-5482
Lead administrative assistant Kay Holloway
Kay M. Holloway
Lead Administrative Assistant
201 Funchess Hall
Auburn Univ, AL 36849
334-844-3899
Administrative support assistant Lee Stenson Haupert
Lee Stenson-Haupert
Administrative Support Assistant II-Academics
201 Funchess Hall
Auburn Univ, AL 36849
334-844-4100
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Adam McGhee
Distance Education Coordinator
230B Funchess Hall
Auburn Univ, AL 36849
334-663-1209
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Mercedes McKoy
Accountant III
202 Funchess Hall
Auburn Univ, AL 36849
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Liz Smith
Academic Advisor II
230A Funchess Hall
Auburn Univ, AL 36849
334-844-3989

Research Staff

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Laura Bell
Administrator III, Outreach Programs
339 Funchess Hall
Auburn Univ, AL 36849
(334)-844-3809
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Kaye Bowling
Research Associate III
201 Funchess Hall
Auburn Univ, AL 36849
334-844-3944
Research assistant Adam Boyd
Adam Boyd
Research Assistant III
CASIC Building
Auburn Univ, AL 36849
334-844-4100
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Jon H. Brasher
Coordinator I, Field & Media Research
Seed Tech Bldg.
Auburn Univ, AL 36849
334-844-4994
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Debolina Chakraborty
Research Fellow I
240 Funchess Hall
Auburn Univ, AL 36849
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Nathan Hall
Postdoctoral Fellow
CASIC Building
Auburn Univ, AL 36849
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Rachel Kuntz
Research Assistant I
239 Funchess Hall
Auburn Univ, AL 36849
334-844-3809
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David Lawrence
Associate Director, Ag Research/Extension Center
201 Funchess Hall
Auburn University, AL 36849
334-740-1667
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Jinesh Patel
Research Associate III
CASIC Building
Auburn Univ, AL 36849
Kaitlyn Price
Research Associate I
335 Upchurch Hall
(916) 716-2112
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Jianping Wang
Manager, Laboratory Research
219 Funchess Hall
Auburn Univ, AL 36849
3348444-2734
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Hui Zhang
Postdoctoral Fellow
202 Funchess Hall
Auburn Univ, AL 36849
(334) 844-4100
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Eve Brantley
Professor and Extension Specialist (Water Resources)
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238 Funchess Hall
Auburn Univ, AL 36849
334-844-3927
Research associate Kris Balkcom
Kris B. Balkcom
Assistant Extension Professor (Peanut Agronomics)
Wiregrass Station
P.O. Box 217
Headland, AL 36345
334-693-2010
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Steve Brown
Assistant Professor and Extension Specialist (Cotton Agronomics)
249 Funchess Hall
Auburn, AL 36849
334-844-4116
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Audrey Gamble
Assistant Professor & Extension Specialist (Soil Scientist)
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235 Funchess Hall
Auburn University, AL 36849
334-844-3995
334-703-7901 (mobile)
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Leanne Dillard
Assistant Professor & Extension Specialist (Forage Agronomics)
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229 Upchurch Hall
Auburn Univ, AL 36849
334-844-7514
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David Y. Han
Associate Professor and Extension Specialist (Turf)
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252 Funchess Hall
Auburn Univ, AL 36849
334-844-3980
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Steve Li
Assistant Professor and Extension Specialist (Weed Science)
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237B Funchess Hall
Auburn Univ, AL 36849
334-844-3804
Brenda V. Ortiz
Professor and Extension Specialist (Precision Ag)
View website
226 Funchess Hall
Auburn University, AL 36849
334-844-5534
Associate dean for extension Mike Phillips
Mike Phillips
Professor & Associate Dean for Extension
107 Comer Hall
Auburn University, AL 36849-5635
334-844-2345
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Rishi Prasad
Assistant Professor & Extension Specialist (Nutrient Management)
View website
260 Funchess Hall
Auburn Univ, AL 36849
334-844-3922
David Russell photo
David Russell
Assistant Extension Professor (Weed Science)
Tennessee Valley Research and Extension Center
PO Box 159
Belle Mina, AL 35615
(256) 353-8702
Photo of Tyler Sandlin
Tyler N. Sandlin
Assistant Extension Professor (Agronomic Crops, North Alabama)
View website
Tennessee Valley Research and Extension Center
PO Box 159
Belle Mina, AL 35615
(256) 353-8702
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Kent Stanford
Associate Extension Professor (Nutrient Management)
Sand Mountain Research & Extension Center
Crossville, AL 35962
256-528-7133

 

Master’s Students

Joseph Akins (joa0003@auburn.edu) John Bagwel (jwb0089@auburn.edu)
Anjan Bhatta (azb0144@auburn.edu)   Austin Brown (amb0089@auburn.edu)  
Trevor Cofer (tlc0019@auburn.edu) Poulomi Dey (pzd0028@auburn.edu)
Clebson Gonvalves (cgg0022@auburn.edu) Anna Johnson (amj0068@auburn.edu)
Daniel Jones (jdj0010@auburn.edu)   Gulsah Kaplan (gzk0027@auburn.edu)
Josh Knight (jzk0059@auburn.edu) Fulya Kumral (fek0002@auburn.edu)
Avery Lamb (anl0020@auburn.edu) Abigail Johnston (asj0013@auburn.edu)
Alex Metz (apm0032@auburn.edu) Carly Moore (crm0030@auburn.edu)
Xiaoli Ma (xzm0017@auburn.edu)   Hanoi Medina (hzm0045@auburn.edu)
Alex Metz (apm0032@auburn.edu)   Carly Moore (crm0030@auburn.edu)
Guilherme Morata (gtm0009@auburn.edu) Casey Nowell (cjn0006@auburn.edu)
Jordan Oldag (jpo0007@auburn.edu) Sejal Jinesh Patel (sjp0047@auburn.edu)
John Peppers (jmp0058@auburn.edu) Jenna Platt (jsp0022@auburn.edu)
Tayler Schillerberg (tas0053@auburn.edu) Shanheng Shi (szs0198@auburn.edu)
Rajveer Singh (rzs0100@auburn.edu) Lauren Smith (lbs0021@auburn.edu)
Caitlin Sweeney (lcs0029@auburn.edu) Danielle Tadych (det0004@auburn.edu)
Alexandra Tsalickis (azt0074@auburn.edu) Gokhan Ucar (gbu0001@auburn.edu)
Ashleigh van Cleave (ams0021@auburn.edu) Benjamin Webster (bcw0030@auburn.edu)
Will Howard Wendland (whw0008@auburn.edu) Yan Yu (yzy0065@auburn.edu)  

Doctoral Students

Oluwamosope Adeniji (oda0001@auburn.edu) Suma Basak (szb0099@auburn.edu)
Bo Bi (bzb0060@auburn.edu) Adam Boyd (fbb0002@auburn.edu)
Frances Browne (fbb0002@auburn.edu) Bradley Greer (wbg0007@auburn.edu)
Tao Jiang (tzj0018@auburn.edu) Hanoi Medina (hzm0045@auburn.edu)
Hugh Moye (hhm0005@auburn.edu) Katilyn Price (kjp0030@auburn.edu)  
Wenjing Ren (wzr0015@auburn.edu)   Anshu Shrestha (shresan@auburn.edu)
Xu (Jason) Wang (xzw0008@auburn.edu)  

Adjunct Faculty

Dr. William Batchelor (wdb0007@auburn.edu) – Department of Biosystems Engineering

Affiliate Faculty

Dr. Allen Torbert – USDA-ARS-National Soil Dynamics Laboratory

Dr. Kip Balkcom – USDA-ARS-National Soil Dynamics Laboratory

Dr. Andrew Price – USDA-ARS-National Soil Dynamics Laboratory

Dr. Stephen Prior – USDA-ARS-National Soil Dynamics Laboratory

Dr. Dexter Watts – USDA-ARS-National Soil Dynamics Laboratory

Dr. Phat Dang – USDA-ARS-National Peanut Research Laboratory

Dr. Upendra Singh – International Fertilizer Development Center

Dr. Matt Elmore – Rutgers University

Dr. Scott Angle – University of Florida

Dr. Diane Rowland – University of Florida

Dr. Ruth Kerry – Brigham Young University

Dr. Dana Sullivan – Owner/Research & Development, Turf Scout, LLC

Dr. Brett Runion – USDA-ARS-National Soil Dynamics Laboratory

Dr. Jane Grimwood – HudsonAlpha Institute of Biotechnology

Dr. Josh Clevenger – HudsonAlpha Institute of Biotechnology

Dr. Kankshita Swaminathan – HudsonAlpha Institute of Biotechnology

Jeremy Schmutz – HudsonAlpha Institute of Biotechnology

Dr. Jim Bostick – Alabama Crop Improvement Association

Dr. Steve Golladay – Joseph E. Jones Ecological Research Center

Dr. Julie Howe – Texas A&M University

Dr. Dale Monks – North Carolina State University

Dr. Aurelie Poncet – North Carolina State University

Dr. Ray Hoyum – Advantage International

Emeriti

Donald Ball (balldon@auburn.edu)
John Odom (odomjoh@auburn.edu)
Jacob Dane (danejac@auburn.edu)
Mike Patterson (pattemg@auburn.edu)
Dennis P. Delaney(delandp@auburn.edu)
Edzard van Santen(vanedza@auburn.edu)
Charles Elkins (elkinch@auburn.edu)
Dennis A. Shannon(shannda@auburn.edu)
Clyde Evans (evanscl@auburn.edu)
David Teem(teemdav@auburn.edu)
John Everest (everejw@auburn.edu)
Joseph Touchton (touchjt@auburn.edu)
Richard Guthrie (guthrrl@auburn.edu)
Harold Walker (walkerh@auburn.edu)
James Hairston (hairsje@auburn.edu)
David Weaver (weavedb@auburn.edu)
Paul Mask (maskpau@aces.edu)
Glenn Wehtje (wehtjgr@auburn.edu)
Charles Mitchell (mitchc1@auburn.edu)
Wes Wood (woodcha@auburn.edu)
Dale Monks(monkscd@auburn.edu)