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Plant & Soil Science
Faculty

With a high teacher-to-student ratio, our expert faculty guide students through a broad range of research and theory, encompassing plant breeding and genomics, horticulture, crop physiology, turfgrass science, winemaking, and water management. Our department is also home to two cutting-edge institutes: the Institute of Genomics for Abiotic Stress Tolerance (IGCAST) and the Fiber & Biopolymer Research Institute (FBRI). 

Meet our Faculty

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Noureddine Abidi, Ph.D.

Leidigh Professor

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Vikram B. Baliga, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Practice

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Mariam P. Berdeja, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Viticulture

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Mark Burow, Ph.D.

Professor of Molecular Genetics

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Benildo De los Reyes, Ph.D.

Professor of Plant Genomics | PSS Associate Chair of Graduate Programs

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Sanjit Deb, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Soil Physics

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Peter Dotray, Ph.D.

Rockwell Chair of Weed Science | PSS Outreach Program Leader

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Diego Gomez-Maldonado, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

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Wenxuan Guo, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Crop Ecophysiology & Precision Agriculture

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Chien Van Ha, Ph.D.

Research Assistant Professor

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Luis Rafael Herrera-Estrella, Ph.D.

President’s Distinguished Professor of Plant Genomics

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Daniel Hirmas, Ph.D.

Professor | B.L. Allen Endowed Chair in Pedology

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Krishna Jagadish, Ph.D.

Interim Dept. Chair | Professor | Thornton Distinguished Chair

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Madhusudhana R. Janga, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor | Director Plant Transformation Facility

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Yinping Jiao, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Crop Population Genomics

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Brendan Kelly, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Cotton Fiber Phenomics

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Haydee Laza, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor Plant Physiology

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Katie Lewis, Ph.D.

Professor of Soil Fertility

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Degao Liu, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

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Scott Longing, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Entomology

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Damar Lopez-Arredondo, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor in Plant-Soil-Microbial Interactions

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Thayne Montague, Ph.D.

Professor of Horticulture | PSS Associate Chair of Undergraduate Programs

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Philippe Nicolas, Ph.D.

Research Assistant Professor

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Irish Lorraine B. Pabuayon, Ph.D.

Research Assistant Professor

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Isaiah Pabuayon, Ph.D.

Research Assistant Professor

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Gunvant Patil, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor in Molecular Crop Improvement

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Russ Plowman

Senior Lecturer of Horticulture

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Maureen Qualia

Senior Lecturer of Enology

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Kalavathy Rajan, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

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Rupinder Saini, Ph.D.

Research Assistant Professor of Weed Science

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Rozalynne Samira, Ph.D.

Research Assistant Professor

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Julia Shamshina, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

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Jyotsna Sharma, Ph.D.

Professor of Plant Ecology & Conservation

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Rosalyn Shim, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Plant Breeding & Genetics

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Matthew G. Siebecker, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Applied Environmental Soil Chemistry

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Catherine Simpson, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Sustainable/Urban Horticulture

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Sukhbir Singh, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Specialty and Alternative Crops

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Lindsey Slaughter, Ph.D.

Associate Professor Soil Microbial Ecology/Biochemistry

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Impa Somayanda, Ph.D.

Research Assistant Professor of Crop and Forage Physiology

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Alicia Thomas, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Practice | Undergraduate Student Advisor

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Son Tran, Ph.D.

Professor

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Pankaj Trivedi, Ph.D.

Associate Professor in Plant & Soil Microbiome Analysis

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Christopher Turner, Ph.D.

Research Assistant Professor

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Kirk Williams

Lecturer of Viticulture

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Wenwei Xu, Ph.D.

Professor of Corn Breeding | Joint Appointment - Texas AgriLife Research

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Joey Young, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Turfgrass Science


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