NFREC Faculty consist of strong leadership focused on undergraduate curriculum, improved facilities, expanded livestock and facility resources, recruitment of the best graduate students and stakeholder input and support. Click on a Faculty members name to view more about them and their programs.
Dean Pringle
Center Director
850-875-7116
td.pringle@ufl.edu
Dr. Xavier Martini
Assistant Center Director, Associate Professor Entomology
850-875-7160
xmartini@ufl.edu
Dr. Cheryl Mackowiak
Associate Professor
Soil and Water Science
850-875-7126
echo13@ufl.edu
Dr. Patrick (Pat) Minogue
Associate Professor
Forest Resources & Conservation
850-875-7142
pminogue@ufl.edu
Dr. Ian Small
Associate Professor
Plant Pathology
850-875-7120
ismall@ufl.edu
Dr. Isaac L. Esquivel
Assistant Professor
Entomology – Agroecosystems – Agronomic and Forage Crops
850-875-7146
isaac.esquivel@ufl.edu
Dr. Sudeep S. Sidhu
Assistant Professor
Agronomy
850-875-7119
s.sidhu@ufl.edu
Dr. Carolina Baruzzi
Assistant Professor
Wildlife Ecology and Management
850-875-7125
carolina.baruzzi@ufl.edu
Dr. Muhammad Adnan Shahid
Assistant Professor
Horticultural Sciences
850-875-7150
mshahid@ufl.edu
Dr. Leynar Leyton Naranjo
Assistant Professor
Ornamental Plant Breeding & Genetics
850-875-7162
L.LeytonNaranjo@ufl.edu
Dr. Ioannis Karapanos
Assistant Professor
Vegetable Crops
850-875-7118
i.karapanos@ufl.edu
Dr. Barry Tillman
Assistant Director
Professor Agronomy
850-526-1617
btillman@ufl.edu
Dr. Nicolas DiLorenzo
Professor
Animal Science
850-526-1615
ndilorenzo@ufl.edu
Dr. Jose Dubeux
Professor
Agronomy
850-526-1618
dubeux@ufl.edu
Dr. Angela Gonella-Diaza
Assistant Professor
Beef Cattle Reproduction
850-526-1612
a.gonelladiaza@ufl.edu
Robert (Bob) Hochmuth
Assistant Director
RSA Vegetables
386-219-4255
bobhoch@ufl.edu
Kevin Athern
RSA Agribusiness and Rural
Developement
386-219-4262
athearn@ufl.edu
Vacant Position
RSA - Agronomic Crops
