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Graduate Students

The Department of Agricultural Sciences offers an M.S. in Integrated Agricultural Sciences. This degree is the first of its kind in Texas, and produces graduates with the multidisciplinary technological and professional skills capable of addressing and solving complex food system challenges. 

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Emran Hossain

Hometown: Patuakhali, Bangladesh. Research area: Food Safety, Climate Change and Environment, Sustainable Agriculture
zfo12@txstate.edu

Sarah Marie Smith

Sarah Marie Smith

Hometown: Canyon Lake, TX Research area: Agriculture economics and regenerative agriculture sms450@txstate.edu

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Hurunnahar Khushi

Hometown: Faridpur, Bangladesh
Research area: Agribusiness, Economics, and Policy
hzz8@txstate.edu

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Anup Sharma

Hometown: Nepal
Research area: Agricultural Economics
ivi3@txstate.edu


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Anindita Mandal

Hometown: Bangladesh
Research area: Moral Hazard in Poultry Sector in Developing Countries
hob16@txstate.edu

Cassaundra MelgarCDeBaca

Cassaundra MelgarCDeBaca

Hometown: Albuquerque, NM Research Area: Regenerative agriculture, Biochar: Community education and outreach; Global sustainable travel
zux5@txstate.edu



Agricultural Education and Leadership

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Kayla Marie Ayala

Hometown: New Braunfels, TX Research Area: Food security and food distribution
kma120@txstate.edu




Maggie Bayer

Maggie Bayer

Hometown: Austin, TX Research Area: Agriculture Education
mhv25@txstate.edu



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Mikael Nakole Carrasco

Hometown: Pecos, TX
Research area: Ruminant nutrition and sustainability
kel_nakole34@txstate.edu

Emma Fukuda

Emma Fukuda

Hometown: Luling, TX
Research area: Nutritional strategies to mitigate enteric methane in beef steers
emmakathcart@txstate.edu

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Adama Srinivas Reddy

Hometown: Telangana, India
Research area: Soil and cop production
xrw8@txstate.edu

Dhanush Kenchanna

Dhanush Kenchanna

Hometown: Karnataka, India
Research area: Composting food waste and vermicompost
npq10@txstate.edu

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Louis Keller

Hometown:
Research area: Soil Food Web
hcs84@txstate.edu

Ruby Shaik

Ruby Shaik

Hometown: Hyderabad, Telangana, India
Research area: Plant genetics, molecular biology, and agricultural biochemistry
yyo9@txstate.edu

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Bonny Amin

Country: Bangladesh
Research area: Natural resource management and sustainable agricultural practices
ske44@txstate.edu





Priyanka Uppalanchi

Priyanka Uppalanchi

Hometown: Hyderabad, India Research Area: Genome wide association studies in rice
dmq17@txstate.edu


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Mackenzie Rose Bark

Hometown: Killeen, TX
Research area: Horticulture
mrb316@txstate.edu

Rushika Chepuri

Rushika Chepuri

Hometown: Nalgonda, Telangana, India Research area: Plant breeding
tws80@txstate.edu


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Charles Taylor Hilderbrand

Hometown: Palacios, TX
Research area: : Methods of Regenerative Agriculture using Anaerobic Digestion & Biochar
cth75@txstate.edu