Professors/Specialists by Department

Agro-Environmental Sciences

Ada N. Alvarado Ortiz

Integrated Pest Management

Areas of interest: Sustainable Management, Pesticides, Pollinators, Natural Enemies

Dania Rivera Ocasio

Ornamental

Areas of interest: Horticulture, Plants for Pollinators, Native Plants, Forests, Tree Production

Ermita Hernández Heredia

Vegetables

Areas of interest: Sustainable Production and Management, Alternative Production Systems, Organic Amendments, Biological Controls, Pest Management, Insects, and Diseases

José L. Zamora Echevarría

Tropical Fruit Production

Area of Interest: Use of Drones in Agricultural Production, Propagation and Artificial Floral Induction, Foliage Management, Nutrition, and Irrigation Systems

Edda L. Martínez Cález

Entomology

Areas of interest: Taxonomy, Integrated Pest Management, Beekeeping, Pollinators, Forest Pests

Sally González Miranda

Urban Forestry and Landscaping

Area of Interest: Arboriculture, Urban Forestry, Landscaping, Conservation, Sustainability

Wanda I. Almodóvar Caraballo

Plant pathology

Area of Interest: Diagnosis, Integrated Management, Exotic Diseases, Diseases of Starchy Crops, Diseases in Hydroponics

Daniel A. Bair Gallegos

Soils

Areas of interest: Soil Chemistry, Soil Health

Alfredo Aponte Zayas

Grass and Forage

Area of Interest: Pasture Management and Establishment, Grazing, Sustainable Pasture Management, Silvopasture, and Fertility

Agricultural Education

Gloriselle Negrón Ríos

Environmental Health

Area of Interest: Environmental Health, Care and Protection of Natural Resources

Ivys A. Figueroa Sánchez

Health

Area of Interest: Health Promotion and Disease Prevention

Anibal II Ruiz Lugo

Non-Formal Education Methodology and Programs

Area of Interest: Methodologies and Strategies for Non-Formal Education, Logical Models, Extension Programs, Sustainable Production Systems, Ecological Intelligence

Lorna I. Campos

Food and Nutrition Specialist

Area of Interest: Nutritional Therapy for the Entire Life Cycle, Food Resource Management, Safe Food Handling, Healthy and Economical Recipes, Movement and Physical Activity

María del C. Rodríguez

Program Evaluation

Area of Interest: Quantitative Evaluation, Qualitative Evaluation, Logical Model

Roberto Rigau Llorens

External Resources

Area of Interest: Identification of External Funds for the CCA, Proposal Writing, Administration of Sponsored Projects, Identification of External Funds for Farmers, Identification of External Funds for Non-Profit Organizations

Ircha Martínez Rodríguez

Consumer Education

Area of Interest: Personal and Family Finance, Resource Management, Financial Health and Well-being, Leadership & Coaching, Professional Media Influence

Janis Del Rosario Morales

Positive Youth Development

Areas of interest: 4-H Projects, Fine Arts, 4-H SEA Traveling Theater, and Multimedia

Yvonne Laracuente Bernat

Well-being of Older Adults

Areas of interest: Education on Aging and the Elderly, Active and Healthy Aging, Ageism.

Economía Agrícola y Sociología Rural

Alexandra Gregory Crespo

Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology

Areas of interest: Price Analysis, Production Economics, Consumer Economics, Agricultural Accounting

Alwin J. Jiménez Maldonado

Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology

Areas of interest: Property Management, Agricultural Finance, Risk Management, Financial Analysis, Agricultural Insurance

Germán Ramos Cartagena

Community Resource Development

Areas of interest: Community Organization, Community Self-Management, Sustainable Development, Community and Social Entrepreneurship, Volunteering

Robinson Rodríguez Pérez

Community Resource Development

Area of Interest: Community Organization, Economic Development, Community Qualitative Research Self-Management and Resilience Poverty and Inequality

Felipe Veluk Gutierrez

Community Resource Development

Area of Interest: Rural Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Social Organization and Collective Leadership, Territorial Governance, and Community Forestry

Ciencia Animal

Jaime E. Curbelo Rodríguez

Physiology of the Mammary Gland

Area of Interest: Mastitis, Milk Quality, Agricultural Innovation, Heat Stress in Cattle, Diseases in Cattle

Guillermo Ortiz Colón

Nutrition for Ruminants

Carlos A. Nazario Pagán

Poultry farming

Areas of interest: Poultry Management, Commercial Fresh Egg Production, Commercial Broiler Production, Environmental Control, Poultry Nutrition

Ingeniería Agrícola y Biosistemas

Eric Irizarry Otaño

Agricultural Engineering