People

David Kerns
Professor and Statewide IPM Coordinator, Associate Department Head for Extension Programs
College Station
Cotton
979-458-0336

Stephen Biles
Extension Agent-IPM
Port Lavaca
Row crops and pasture crop and pest management
361-552-9747

Wizzie Brown
Senior Extension Program Specialist
Travis County
Urban, structural, landscape, pollinators
(512) 854-9600

Jonathan Consford
Program Specialist – IPM
El Paso Research Center
Pecan, Cotton, Soil-borne fungal pathogens, Cover Crops, and Technology in Agriculture

David R. Drake
EA-IPM
Commerce
Wheat, Corn, Soybeans, Cotton, other row and forage crops
drdrake@ag.tamu.edu
903-468-3295

Brad Easterling
Extension Agent-IPM
Garden City
Cotton, Wheat, Sorghum, Forage
432-354-2381

Jose Santiago Gonzalez
Assistant Professor and Extension Entomologist
Corpus Christi, TX
Field crop entomology (Corn, Cotton, Sorghum, Forages)
361-698-7425

Janet Hurley, ACE
Senior Extension Program Specialist – IPM
Texas A&M AgriLife Research and Extension Center Dallas
Structural pest management, rodents, bats
jahurley@ag.tamu.edu
972-952-9213

Molly Keck
Senior Program Specialist – Integrated Pest Management
Bexar County
Landscape & Urban IPM, Apiculture
210-631-0400

Rafia A. Khan
Assistant Professor/ Extension Entomologist
Texas A&M AgriLife Research and Extension Center- Overton
Ornamental and Landscape IPM
rafia.khan@ag.tamu.edu
903-834-6191

Tyler Mays
Extension Agent-IPM
Hillsboro
Corn, cotton, sorghum, wheat, forage
254.582.4022

Keegan McCollum
Extension Agent – IPM
Gaines County
Cotton and Peanuts
325-226-6213

Patrick Porter
Extension Entomologist
Lubbock
Row crops, insect identification
806-723-8427

Robert Puckett
Professor and Extension Entomologist
College Station
Structural, Urban
(979) 458-0853

Blayne Reed
Extension Agent IPM Hale, Swisher, & Floyd counties
Plainview
Field Crop Integrated Pest Management and agronomy with emphasis on cotton, corn, sorghum, wheat, and alfalfa with independent applied research.
806-291-5267

Simeon Ross
Extension Program Specialist – I
Wharton
Corn, Sorghum, Cotton, Soy, Row crop
979-532-3310

Danielle Sekula
IPM Agent
Weslaco  (Hidalgo, Cameron, & Willacy counties)
Cotton, Sorghum, Corn, Sesame, Sunflowers, Citrus, etc.
956-968-5581

Kerry Siders
Extension Agent-IPM
Levelland
Sorghum, Forage
806 894-3150

Garett Slater
Apiculture Extension Specialist
Overton
Honey bee education and breeding
701-928-0418

Kyle Slusher
Assistant Professor and Extension Specialist – Pecan, Viticulture, and Fruit Entomology
Texas A&M AgriLife Center at Stephenville
Agricultural Integrated Pest Management, Biological Control
eddie.slusher@ag.tamu.edu
859-242-2782

Sonja Swiger
Professor/ Extension Entomologist
Texas A&M AgriLife Research and Extension Center – Stephenville
Livestock, Medical and Veterinary Entomology – biting flies, mosquitoes, filth flies, ticks, poultry beetles
slswiger@ag.tamu.edu
254-968-4144
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John Thobe
Extension Agent IPM, Bailey, Castro, and Parmer counties
Muleshoe
712-790-9828

Suhas Vyavhare
Extension Entomologist
Lubbock
Field Crops Entomology
806-723-8446

Lauren Ward
Honey Bee Program Specialist
Angleton
Apiculture
979-864-1558 ext. 1508

Greg Wilson
IPM Program Specialist
San Angelo (Tom Green and Runnels)
325-657-7318
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