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.
Current graduate students by area:Agribusiness, Economics and Policy |
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Katie Tritsch
Hometown: Houston, TX
Research area: Needs assessment of Texas small producers
kt1205@txstate.edu
Debarshi Bhattacharjee
Hometown: Sylhet, Bangladesh Research area: Aquaculture and fisheries economics
Amonea Conway
Hometown: Spring, TX
Research area: Economics of food waste reduction
alc210@txstate.edu
Katherine Westerman
Hometown: Austin, TX
Research area: Economics of soil science
k_w277@txstate
Prokash Deb
Hometown: Sylhet, Bangladesh
Research area: Aquaculture and fisheries economics
p_d123@txstate.edu
Daisy Delgado
Hometown: San Antonio, Texas Research area: Food security and climate change
Anisa Elizondo
Hometown: Austin, TX
Research area: Food safety and consumer preference
a_e260@txstate.edu
Malorie Diamond
Hometown: San Antionio, TX
Research area: Identifying early onset pubescence in goats through endocrinology
mjd87@txstate.edu
Crystal Russo
Hometown: Mcmahan, Texas
Research area: Effects of animal nutrition on the gut microbiome
cmr189@txstate.edu
Ana Villanueva
Hometown: Brownsville, TX Research area: Animal science, nutrition, and disease control
Meagan Knipp
Hometown: Cypress, TX
Research area: Goat parasite geo-location
mek78@txstate.edu
Trixie Wetmore
Hometown: Carthage, NY
Research area: Self-medication of goats against Haemonchus contortus infection using garlic
tlw150@txstate.edu
Jaycob Gorski
Hometown: New Braunfels, TX
Research area: Agricultural biological control; wasp diet modification for targeted pest control
jag747@txstate.edu
Jeff McAfee
Hometown: Austin, TX
Research area: Soil and hydroponic microbiology
Abigail Jacks
Hometown: Rosharon, TX Research area: Greenhouse management and plant propagation
Burt Barnes
Hometown: New Braunfels, TX
Research area: Soil Science laboratory curriculum
brb92@txstate.edu
Michael Kelly
Research area: Biological control of Pythium in hydroponic strawberries: compost tea versus endo mycorrhizae
Kailyse Besse
Hometown: San Antonio, Texas Research Area: Soil science and conservation
Cody R. Brown
Hometown: Andrews, TX
Research area: Restoration agriculture centered around soil health and perennial cropping systems
crb146@txstate.edu
Ryan Manthei
Hometown: Andrews, TX
Research area: Vermicompost in hydroponics
manthei.r@gmail.com
Hannah Boyer
Hometown: Cypress, Texas Research Area: Regenerative agriculture, greenhouse management, and plant propagation
Rose M. Flores
Hometown: San Antonio, Texas
Research area: Biodynamics in Viticulture
rflores237@alamo.edu
Phoebe Mau
Hometown: Austin, TX
Research area: Viniculture
pcm31@txstate.edu
Jhessye Moore-Thomas
Hometown: Tampa, Florida Research Area: Regenerative agriculture, community gardens, and agricultural education
Alumni Graduate Students
Ian Anderson
Hometown: Industry, TX
Research area: Investigation of consumer demand for local produce
Fiona Suoerga
Hometown: Inner Mongolian, China
Research area: Livestock feeds
eea18@txstate.edu
Harpreet (Sony) Kaur Sandhu
Hometown: Punjab, India
Research area: Botanical control of sweet potato weevil (Cylas formicarius)
hks33@txstate.edu
Brianna Barnett
Research area: Assessing professional development needs of agriculture faculty based on college size
Emily Arnold
Hometown: Austin, TX
Research area: Soil remediation
eea18@txstate.edu
Collin Hayes
Hometown: College Station, TX
Research area: Synergistic effects of combining various plant products with dewormers to treat parasites in ruminants that are resistant to available anthelmintics
Cody Brown
Hometown: Andrews, TX
Research area: Restoration agriculture centered around soil health and perennial cropping systems
crb146@txstate.edu
Carolina Souza Mesquita
Hometown: Brazil
Research area: The effects of water configuration (form) in beef loins on color, tenderness, and electrical conductivity
Rafea Sultana Rea
Hometown: Bangladesh
Research area: Soil and plant nutrition
r_r628@txstate.edu