Regional Experts

Holt Akers-Campbell – Regional Extension agent, small fruit horticulture – hza0093@auburn.edu

Elina Coneva – Small fruits and grape production – Edc0001@auburn.edu

Paulo Cremonez – Fruit and vegetable entomologist – cremonez@auburn.edu

Chip East – Small fruit – eastwil@aces.edu

Jim Jacobi – Plant disease diagnostics – jacobjc@auburn.edu

Jacob Kelley – Small fruit horticulture – jtk0016@auburn.edu

David Lawrence – Small fruit horticulture – lawreda@auburn.edu

Camila Rodrigues – Food safety – czr0079@auburn.edu

Ed Sikora – Fruit pathology – sikorej@auburn.edu

Jay Spiers – Small fruit crops – Jds0017@auburn.edu

Edgar Vinson – Fruit production specialist – vinsoed@aces.edu

Melissa Munoz – Small fruit horticulturist – Faculty profile

Rebecca Ann Schmidt-Jeffris – Strawberry entomology – rschmi3@clemson.edu

Guido Schnabel – Fruit pathology with special emphasis on peaches – schnabe@clemson.edu

Lindsey Thiessen – Plant pathologist – LinkedIn profile

Mary Helen Ferguson – Blueberries and strawberries – Mhferguson@agcenter.lsu.edu

Kiki Fontenot – Vegetable crops and strawberries – KKfontenot@agcenter.lsu.edu

Stuart Gauthier – Regional horticulture specialist – sgauthier@agcenter.lsu.edu

Charlie Graham – Fruit crops and pecans – CJgraham@agcenter.lsu.edu

Kerry Heafner – Regional horticulture specialist – kheafner@agcenter.lsu.edu

Michael Polozola – Statewide fruit specialist – MPolozola@agcenter.lsu.edu

Sara Shields – Regional horticulture specialist – srshields@agcenter.lsu.edu

Raj Singh – Pathology – rsingh@agcenter.lsu.edu

Ron Strahan – Weed control – rstrahan@agcenter.lsu.edu

Mark Wilson – Northwest regional horticulture agent – mawilson@agcenter.lsu.edu

Rebecca Melanson – Extension plant pathology – rebecca.melanson@msstate.edu

Jermaine Perier – Extension entomology, vegetables, fruits and nuts – jdp908@msstate.edu

Eric Stafne – Small fruit crops – eric.stafne@msstate.edu

Hamid Ashrafi – Blueberries – hamidashrafi@ncsu.edu

Roger Batts – IR-4 Field Research Center – roger_batts@ncsu.edu

Hannah Burrack – Insect management (small fruits, specialty crops and tobacco) – hannah_burrack@ncsu.edu

Bill Cline – Blueberries – bill_cline@ncsu.edu

Zvezdana Pesic-Van Esbroeck – Strawberries – zvezdana_pesic@ncsu.edu

Gina Fernandez -Brambles and strawberries – gina_fernandez@ncsu.edu

Mark Hoffmann – Extension and research in grape, muscadine and strawberry production systems – mhoffma3@ncsu.edu

Massimo Iorizzo – Strawberries, blackberries, raspberries, blueberries – miorizz@ncsu.edu

Katie Jennings – Weed management – katie_jennings@ncsu.edu

Frank Louws – Diseases – frank_louws@ncsu.edu

Mike Mainland – Blueberries and muscadines – mike_mainland@ncsu.edu

Wayne Mitchem – Weed management – wayne_mitchem@ncsu.edu

David Monks – Weed management – david_monks@ncsu.edu

Penny Perkins – Postharvest handling – penelope_perkins@ncsu.edu

Antonius B Baudoin – Fruit pathology – abaudoin@vt.edu

James C. Bergh – Fruit entomology – cbergh@vt.edu

Douglas G Pfeiffer – Fruit entomology – dgpfeiff@vt.edu

Mizuho Nita – Grape pathologist – Nita24@vt.edu

Jayesh Samtani – Small fruit production specialist – jsamtani@vt.edu

Tony Wolf – Grapes – vitis@vt.edu

Matthew Bertucci – Sustainable and organic and weed management for small fruit production – bertucci@uark.edu

Aaron Cato – Fruit and vegetable IPM specialist – acato@uada.edu

Amanda McWhirt – Fruit and vegetable production specialist – amcwhirt@uada.edu

Amanda Perez – Food systems and food safety – aperez@uada.edu

Ron Rainey – Risk management – rrainey@uada.edu

Ples Spradley – Pesticide assessment – pspradley@uada.edu

Renee Threlfall – Enology and viticulture, post-harvest processing of small fruits – rthrelf@uark.edu

Margaret Worthington – Fruit breeding, blackberries and muscadines – mlworthi@uark.edu

Koushik Adhikari – Sensory quality of small fruits and juices – koushik7@uga.edu

Zilfina Rubio Ames – Small fruits – Zilfina.RubioAmes@uga.edu

Brett Blaauw – Insects – bblaauw@uga.edu

Phillip Brannen – Fruit pathology – Extension – pbrannen@uga.edu

Patrick J. Conner – Muscadine cultivars – pconner@uga.edu

W. Florkowski – Agricultural economics – wflorko@griffin.uga.edu

Greg Fonsah – Agricultural economics – gfonsah@uga.edu

Bill Hurst – Food science – bhurst@uga.edu

Rachel Itle – Production and genetics of small fruit – ritle@uga.edu

Sarah Lowder – Viticulture Extension specialist – sarah.lowder@uga.edu

Anish Malladi – Blueberries – malladi@uga.edu

Savithri Nambeesan – Postharvest physiology of small fruit – sunamb@uga.edu

Jonathan Oliver – Fruit pathologist – jonathanoliver@uga.edu

Chad Paton – Nutrition and human health (blueberries) – cpaton@uga.edu

Harald Scherm – Blueberry diseases – scherm@uga.edu

Ash Sial – Entomology – ashsial@uga.edu

Frank Hale – Entomology – fahale@utk.edu

Zachariah Hansen – Plant pathology – zhansen1@utk.edu

Brian Leib – Engineering, irrigation – bleib@utk.edu

David Lockwood – Small fruit crops – dlockwood@utk.edu