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The College of Agriculture, Forestry and Life Sciences provides integrated education, research, Extension, and public service in the grand challenges of global food supply and safety, human and animal nutrition, agricultural systems efficiency, environmental conservation, sustainable packaging and renewable resources.

Through rigorous experiential and classroom learning opportunities, CAFLS readies its graduates to assume leadership roles in industries essential to ensuring the future security and prosperity of South Carolinians and our growing global population.

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Directory of Investigators

The following list is representative of research faculty within the academic departments, at the Research and Education Centers, and Extension Specialists.

Name Title Email Phone
Khaled Abdelaziz Assistant Professor of Immunology and Bacteriology khaled2@clemson.edu 864-656-0493
Jeffrey Adelberg Professor of Horticulture jadlbrg@clemson.edu 864-650-3011
Paula Agudelo Professor of Plant Pathology pagudel@clemson.edu 864-656-2810
Matias Aguerre Assistant Professor maguerr@clemson.edu 864-656-3120
Ahmed Ali Assistant Professor ali9@clemson.edu 864-656-4026
Daniel J Anco Extension Peanut Specialist DANCO@clemson.edu 803-284-3343
James (Jim) Anderson Director, James C. Kennedy Waterfowl and Wetlands Conservation Center jta6@clemson.edu 304-276-8956
Haley Appleby Lecturer heapple@clemson.edu
Mireille Arguelles-Ramos Assistant Professor marguel@clemson.edu 864-656-6969
Robert Baldwin Professor and Endowed Chair, Conservation baldwi6@clemson.edu 864-656-1776
Kyle Barrett Associate Professor of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation rbarre2@clemson.edu 864-656-1847
Heather Batt Senior Lecturer batt@clemson.edu 864-650-5202
Gregory Batt Associate Professor gbatt@clemson.edu 864-723-0740
Joseph Bertrand Professor jkbertr@clemson.edu 864-656-9596
Tom Bilbo Assistant Professor tbilbo@clemson.edu 843-402-5393
Glenn Birrenkott Professor gbrrnkt@clemson.edu 864-656-4019
Brett Blaauw Assistant Professor and Extension Specialist bblaauw@clemson.edu
Cathy Bodinof Jachowski Assistant Professor cjachow@clemson.edu 864-656-2849
Luke Bower Assistant Professor lmbower@clemson.edu
Richard Boyles Assistant Professor of Plant Breeding & Genetics rboyles@clemson.edu 843-519-0488
Sandra Branham Assistant Professor of Vegetable Breeding and Genetics sebranh@clemson.edu 843-402-5311
Carlyle Brewster Department Chair & Professor carlylb@clemson.edu 864-656-3352
Erin Buchholtz Professor, SC Co-op Research Unit Assistant Unit Leader ekbuchh@clemson.edu 864-656-8558
Lisi Campbell Lecturer aliciac@clemson.edu
Michael Caterino John and Suzanne Morse Chair of Arthropod Biodiversity mcateri@clemson.edu 864-656-3105
George Cavender Assistant Professor gcavend@clemson.edu 706-431-3746
John Chastain Professor and Extension Agricultural Engineer jchstn@clemson.edu 864-656-4089
Feng Chen Interim Chair of Department of Food, Nutrition, and Packaging Sciences fchen@clemson.edu 864-656-1211
Michael Childress Associate Professor mchildr@clemson.edu 864-985-2384
Alex Chow Professor achow@clemson.edu 843-546-1013
Elizabeth Cieniewicz Assistant Professor of Plant Virology ecienie@clemson.edu 864-656-6930
William Conner Professor wconner@clemson.edu 843-546-6323
Kay Cooksey Professor and Cryovac Endowed Chair kcookse@clemson.edu 864-656-4613
Bridgit Corbett Nutrition Senior Lecturer bridgic@clemson.edu
Sara Cothran Senior Lecturer sstanci@clemson.edu 864-508-0875
David Coyle Assistant Professor dcoyle@clemson.edu 864-656-9766
Matthew Cutulle Assistant Professor Vegetable Weed Science mcutull@clemson.edu 843-402-5399
Duncan Darby Professor ddarby@clemson.edu 864-656-6937
Paul Dawson Professor pdawson@clemson.edu 864-656-1138
Catherine DiBenedetto, Ph. D. Associate Professor CDIBENE@clemson.edu 864-656-0296
Susan Duckett Professor sducket@clemson.edu 864-656-1505
Jared Elmore Research Assistant Professor jaelmor@clemson.edu 864-656-2641
Bhupinder Farmaha Assistant Professor, Nutrient Management Specialist bfarmah@clemson.edu 803-284-3343
Troy Farmer Assistant Professor of Fisheries Ecology tmfarme@clemson.edu 864-656-2932
James Faust Professor of Floriculture Physiology jfaust@clemson.edu 864-633-7227
Joanna Fiddler Assistant Professor jfiddle@clemson.edu 864-656-3397
Ryan Fiddler Senior Lecturer rfiddle@clemson.edu 864-656-3959
Angela Fraser Professor afraser@clemson.edu 864-656-3652
Philip Fravel Professor, Agricultural Education fravel@clemson.edu 540-974-1044
James Frederick Professor, Ag Science Curriculum Specialist jfrdrck@clemson.edu 843-992-8077
Ksenija Gasic Professor of Horticulture, Peach Genetics and Breeding kgasic@clemson.edu 864-656-3664
Annel Greene Professor and Center Director agreene@clemson.edu 864-656-3123
Jeremy Greene Professor of Entomology greene4@clemson.edu 803-284-3343
Patricia Guerra Marcondes Senior Lecturer patm@clemson.edu 864-650-5830
Donald Hagan Associate Professor of Forest Ecology dhagan@clemson.edu 864-656-7333
Vivian Haley-Zitlin Professor vivianh@clemson.edu 864-656-7716
Jess Hartshorn Assistant Professor of Forest Health jhartsh@clemson.edu 864-656-4861
W. Heaton Extension Assistant Professor heaton2@clemson.edu
Marie Hegler Lecturer carol@clemson.edu
Jenna Hershberger Assistant Professor of Vegetable Breeding and Genetics jmhersh@clemson.edu 843-519-0472
Matt Hersom Professor and Director, Piedmont Research & Education Center mhersom@clemson.edu 352-871-6307
Patrick Hiesl Associate Professor of Forest Operations phiesl@clemson.edu 864-656-7293
Althea Hotaling Hagan Director: Online Masters of Wildlife and Fisheries Resources Program shotali@clemson.edu 864-656-4823
R. Andrew Hurley Associate Professor ruperth@clemson.edu
David Jachowski Associate Professor of Wildlife Ecology djachow@clemson.edu 864-656-2138
Bhupinder Jatana Assistant Professor- Horticulture, Vegetable Crops bjatana@clemson.edu 864-633-9087
Steven Jeffers Professor of Plant Pathology & Extension Specialist, Ornamental Crops & Trees sjffrs@clemson.edu 864-656-7157
Elliot Jesch Associate Professor ejesch@clemson.edu 864-633-0874
Xiuping Jiang Professor xiuping@clemson.edu 864-656-6932
Patrick Jodice Professor, Leader SC Cooperative Research Unit pjodice@clemson.edu 864-656-6190
Alan Johnson Associate Professor & Associate Department Chair alanj@clemson.edu 864-656-4390
Jeryl Jones Professor jerylj@clemson.edu 864-656-2142
Michael Jones Extension Cotton Specialist majones@clemson.edu 843-519-0477
Adam Kantrovich Full Extension Specialist - Agribusiness, Team Director akantro@clemson.edu 803-834-0019
R. Karthikeyan Professor & Charles Carter Newman Endowed Chair of Natural Resources Engineering rkarthi@clemson.edu
Anthony Keinath Professor of Plant Pathology tknth@clemson.edu 843-402-5390
Julia Kerrigan Associate Professor, Mycology jkerrig@clemson.edu 864-656-2640
Churamani Khanal Assistant Professor, Plant Nematology ckhanal@clemson.edu 864-656-5741
Puskar Khanal Assistant Professor pkhanal@clemson.edu 864-656-3079
C. Prakash Khedun Assistant Professor pkhedun@clemson.edu
Kendall Kirk Precision Agriculture Engineer kirk2@clemson.edu 864-844-3423
Bulent Koc, PhD Agricultural Mechanization and Business BULENT@clemson.edu 864-656-0496
Stephen Kresovich Robert and Lois Coker Trustees Endowed Chair of Genetics SKRESOV@clemson.edu 864-656-1194
Neeraj Kumar Research Assistant Professor nkumar2@clemson.edu 864-656-9959
R. David Lamie Professor of Agribusiness and Rural Development dlamie@clemson.edu 803-788-5700
Lillie Langlois Graduate Lecturer llanglo@clemson.edu 585-487-8283
J. Drew Lanham Alumni Distinguished Professor of Wildlife Ecology lanhamj@clemson.edu 864-656-7294
Gustavo Lascano Associate Professor glascan@clemson.edu 864-656-1745
Dale Layfield Associate Professor of Agricultural Education dlayfie@clemson.edu 864-656-5676
Haibo Liu Professor of Turfgrass and Soil Sciences haibol@clemson.edu 864-506-6260
Nathan Long Associate Professor nlong2@clemson.edu
Joe Mari Maja Assistant Professor JMAJA@clemson.edu 803-284-3343
Michael Marshall Assistant Professor marsha3@clemson.edu 803-522-1415
Hunter Massey Senior Lecturer massey4@clemson.edu 864-656-4056
Lambert (Bert) McCarty Professor of Turfgrass Science & Management bmccrty@clemson.edu 864-656-0120
Johnny McGregor Professor johnny@clemson.edu 864-650-0817
Eric McLamore Associate Professor emclamo@clemson.edu 864-656-3250
Juan Carlos Melgar Associate Professor of Pomology jmelgar@clemson.edu 864-656-4562
Dr. Elena Mikhailova Professor of Soil Science eleanam@clemson.edu 864-656-3535
Gilbert Miller Extension Vegetable Specialist gmllr@clemson.edu 803-793-6614
Richelle Miller Kleman Senior Lecturer richelm@clemson.edu
Nickles Mirmow Survey Specialist wmirmow@clemson.edu 803-556-7113
Marzieh Motallebi Associate Professor MMOTALL@clemson.edu 843-546-1013
John Mueller Professor of Plant Pathology JMLLR@clemson.edu 803-284-3343
Sruthi Narayanan Associate Professor of Crop Ecophysiology SKUTTY@clemson.edu 864-656-2419
Julie Northcutt Professor jknorth@clemson.edu 864-656-3688
Lydia O'Halloran Research Assistant Professor lohallo@clemson.edu
Tom O'Halloran Associate Professor tohallo@clemson.edu 843-546-1013
Michelle Parisi Director of Nutrition and Health Extension Programs mparisi@clemson.edu 864-633-7750
Dara Park Professor in Soil and Water Dynamics darap@clemson.edu 843-319-4957
Wonkeun PARK Senior Scientist wonkeup@clemson.edu 843-519-0473
Christopher Parkinson Professor viper@clemson.edu 864-656-3058
Jose Payero Assistant Professor jpayero@clemson.edu 803-284-3343
Stephen Peairs Assistant Professor speairs@clemson.edu 615-336-8484
Brandon Peoples Associate Professor of Fisheries Ecology peoples@clemson.edu 864-656-4855
J. Todd Petty Department Chair and Professor jtpetty@clemson.edu 864-656-3302
Michael Plumblee Extension Corn and Soybean Specialist mplumbl@clemson.edu 803-284-3343
Brunela Pollastrelli Rodrigues Assistant Professor - Wood Utilization and Biomaterials brunelr@clemson.edu 864-656-3551
Anthony Pometto III Professor pometto@clemson.edu 864-656-4382
Dr. Christopher Post Professor of Environmental Information Science cpost@clemson.edu 864-656-6939
Robert Powell George B. Hartzog, Jr. Endowed Professor rbp@clemson.edu 864-784-7974
Scott Pratt Professor scottp@clemson.edu 864-656-3135
Charles Privette, III Department Chair & Professor privett@clemson.edu 864-656-6247
Pedro Queiroz Agribusiness Lecturer pvertin@clemson.edu 864-656-3250
Francis Reay-Jones Professor of Entomology & IPM Coordinator freayjo@clemson.edu 843-519-0480
E. Jeffery Rhodehamel Professor jrhode@clemson.edu 864-787-8360
Trevor Rife Assistant Professor of Phenomics and Crop Improvement twrife@clemson.edu 843-519-0460
Joseph Roberts Assistant Professor of Turfgrass Pathology and Nematology jar7@clemson.edu 843-519-0492
John Rodgers, Jr. Professor jrodger@clemson.edu 864-656-0492
Shari L. Rodriguez Associate Professor of Human Dimensions of Wildlife slrodri@clemson.edu 864-656-0430
Charles Rosenkrans, Jr. Department Chair cfrosen@clemson.edu 864-533-2240
Sachin Rustgi Associate Professor of Molecular Breeding and Faculty Scholar in Clemson University School of Health Research srustgi@clemson.edu 843-519-0475
Debabrata Sahoo, Ph.D., P.E., P.H Associate Professor-Sustainable Water Resources Engineering dsahoo@clemson.edu 864-646-2145
Vidya Samadi, Ph.D., M.ASCE Assistant Professor-Water Resources Engineering samadi@clemson.edu
Charles Santerre CAFLS Director of Ag Policy Development & Professor santerr@clemson.edu 864-656-8557
Christopher Saski Associate Professor of Systems Genomics SASKI@clemson.edu 864-656-6929
Calvin Sawyer Professor calvins@clemson.edu 864-656-4072
Amy E. Scaroni Assistant Professor ascaron@clemson.edu 843-546-1013
Patty Scharko Extension/ field veterinarian pschark@clemson.edu 803-726-7803
Guido Schnabel Professor of Plant Pathology - Fruit Crops schnabe@clemson.edu 864-656-6705
Liliane Severino da Silva Assistant Professor, Extension Specialist lseveri@clemson.edu 352-871-5830
Felipe Silva Assistant Professor fdsilva@clemson.edu 864-656-5764
Chelsea Sinclair Senior Lecturer cdsincl@clemson.edu
Matt Smith Professor and Director MCS5@clemson.edu 843-519-0464
Nathan Smith Extension Economist nathan5@clemson.edu 803-788-5700
Bo Song Associate Professor bosong@clemson.edu 843-545-5673
Alexis Stamatikos Assistant Professor adstama@clemson.edu
James Strickland Professor jrstric@clemson.edu
Mažeika Patricio Sulliván Director, Baruch Institute of Coastal Ecology and Forest Science mazeiks@clemson.edu
Vidya Suseela Associate Professor of Soil Ecology vsuseel@clemson.edu
Nishanth Tharayil Professor of Plant Ecophysiology ntharay@clemson.edu 864-656-4453
Dil Thavarajah Professor of Pulse Quality and Nutritional Breeding dthavar@clemson.edu 864-656-2607
Anastasia Thayer Assistant Professor awthaye@clemson.edu 864-656-4079
Nilesh Timilsina Associate Professor, Forest Biometrics ntimils@clemson.edu 864-656-1305
Matthew Turnbull Associate Professor turnbul@clemson.edu 864-656-2328
Aaron Turner Assistant Professor apturne@clemson.edu 864-656-9869
Skip J. Van Bloem Professor SKIPVB@clemson.edu 843-546-1013
Michael Vassalos Associate Professor of Agribusiness mvassal@clemson.edu 864-656-2439
Kristine Vernon Professor kvernon@clemson.edu 864-656-4028
Ellen Vincent Senior Lecturer Horticulture ellenav@clemson.edu 864-656-1342
G. Geoff Wang Professor gwang@clemson.edu 864-656-4864
Hehe Wang Assistant Professor of Plant Bacteriology hehew@clemson.edu 803-284-3343
Brian Ward Assistant Professor, Organic Vegetable Specialist, Rice Production bw@clemson.edu 843-402-5389
Patrick Wechter Director / Research Leader wwechte@clemson.edu 843-402-5398
Sarah White Professor, Water Quality and Treatment; and Nursery Extension Specialist swhite4@clemson.edu 864-656-7433
William Whiteside Professor wwhtsd@clemson.edu 864-423-0727
Stefanie Whitmire Assistant Professor whitmi6@clemson.edu 843-546-1013
Rick Willey Extension 4-H Natural Resource Specialist rwlly@clemson.edu 864-656-3090
David Willis Professor of Agribusiness willis9@clemson.edu 864-656-5790
Greg Yarrow Professor gyarrow@clemson.edu 864-533-8711
Rongzhong Ye Assistant Professor of Soil Biogeochemistry and Soil Health rongzho@clemson.edu 843-519-0494
Mohammed Youssief Lecturer myoussi@clemson.edu 864-656-2707

 

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