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NERA Members Directory - updated May 2023

Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station (New Haven)


Jason White
Director
123 Huntington Street, P.O. Box 1106
New Haven, CT 06504
Ph 203-974-8500
Fx 203-974-8502
Jason.White@ct.gov

Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station (Storrs)


Indrajeet Chaubey
Dean and Director
1376 Storrs Road U-4066

Storrs, CT 06269
Ph 860-486-2917

indrajeet.chaubey@uconn.edu

Kumar Venkitanarayanan

Associate Director and Associate Dean
George White Building, Room 114
Storrs, CT 06269
Ph 860-486-0947

kumar.venkitanarayanan@uconn.edu

 

Cornell University Agricultural Experiment Station (Ithaca) / Cornell AgriTech (Geneva)


Benjamin Z. Houlton
Dean – CALS

215 Garden Avenue
Roberts Hall 260, Cornell University
Ithaca, NY 14853-5905
Ph 607-255-2241
calsdean@cornell.edu

Margaret Smith
Director, Cornell Agricultural Experiment Station
Ithaca, NY 14853-5905
Ph: 607-255-2552
mes25@cornell.edu

Olga Padilla-Zakour

Interim Director, Cornell AgriTech

Professor, Department of Food Science

College of Agriculture and Life Sciences

154 Food Research Laboratory

665 W North Street

Geneva, NY 14456

Ph 315 787 2351

oip1@cornell.edu

 

Anna Katharine Mansfield
Associate Director, Cornell AgriTech

Associate Professor of Enology, Department of Food Science

107 Food Research Laboratory

665 W North Street

Geneva, NY 14456
Ph 315 787 2268

akm87@cornell.edu

 

 

Delaware Agricultural Experiment Station


Calvin Keeler
Interim Dean and Director, Delaware Agricultural Experiment Station
113 Townsend Hall, University of Delaware
Newark, DE 19716-2103
Ph 302-831-6473
Fx 302-831-6758

ckeeler@udel.edu

District of Columbia Experiment Station

 

Dwane Jones
Dean and Director of Landgrant Programs
College of Agriculture, Urban Sustainability & Environmental Sciences
University of the District of Columbia
4200 Connecticut Ave., N.W., Bldg. 52, Room 416E
Washington, DC 20008
Ph 202-274-7182
dwane.jones@udc.edu

William W. Hare
Associate Dean/Director
Land Grant Programs/CAUSES
University of the District of Columbia
4200 Connecticut Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20008
Ph 202-274-7133
whare@udc.edu

Maine Agricultural and Forest Experiment Station


Diane Rowland
Dean, University of Maine College of Natural Sciences, Forestry and Agriculture

Director, Maine Agricultural and Forest Experiment Station
Winslow Hall, University of Maine
Orono, ME 04469-5782
diane.rowland@maine.edu

George Criner

Associate Dean/Director, Maine Agricultural and Forest Experiment Station

5782 Winslow Hall, Rm 101, University of Maine

Orono, ME 04469-5782
Ph 207-581-3205
criner@maine.edu

Maryland Agricultural Experiment Station


Craig Beyrouty
Dean and Director
1104 Symons Hall, University of Maryland
College Park, MD 20742-5565
Ph 301-405-2072
beyrouty@umd.edu

Puneet Srivastava
Associate Dean for Research and Associate Director
1201 Symons Hall, University of Maryland
College Park, MD 20742-5565
Ph 301-405-2459
srivapu@umd.edu

Massachusetts Agricultural Experiment Station


Jody Jellison
Director, Center for Agriculture, Food and the Environment
Director, Massachusetts Agricultural Experiment Stations
Director, UMass Extension; Assistant Vice Chancellor
319 Stockbridge Hall, University of Massachusetts
70 Butterfield Terrace
Amherst, MA 01003-9242
Ph 413-545-4800
Fx 413-545-6555
jjellison@cns.umass.edu

William Miller

Assistant Director
Room 321Stockbridge Hall, University of Massachusetts
Amherst, MA 01003
Ph 413-545-5017
wamiller@cns.umass.edu

NERA


Richard C. Rhodes III
Executive Director, NERA
University of Rhode Island
Aquaculture Center
14 East Farm Road
Kingston, RI 02881
Ph  401-874-2468
rcrhodes@uri.edu

David Leibovitz
Coordinator, NERA
University of Rhode Island
Aquaculture Center
14 East Farm Road
Kingston, RI 02881
Ph  401-874-4801
david_leibovitz@uri.edu

New Hampshire Agricultural Experiment Station

 

Anthony S. Davis  
Dean, College of Life Sciences and Agriculture 
Rudman Hall, University of New Hampshire 
46 College Road
Durham, NH 03824-2617
Ph 603-862-1453

anthony.davis@unh.edu 
 

Anton Bekkerman
Director, New Hampshire Agricultural Experiment Station
Rudman Hall, University of New Hampshire
46 College Road
Durham, NH 03824-2617

Anton.Bekkerman@unh.edu

New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station


Laura J. Lawson
Executive Dean and Director
Rutgers-The State University of New Jersey
88 Lipman Drive
New Brunswick, NJ 08901-8525

Ph 848-932-3600

ljlawson@sebs.rutgers.edu

 

Wendie Cohick
Director for Research and Sr. Assoc. Dir.
Rutgers-The State University of New Jersey
88 Lipman Drive
New Brunswick, NJ 08901-8525

Ph 848-932-3777

cohick@sebs.rutgers.edu

Northeastern Regional Center for Rural Development

 

Stephan J. Goetz

Director

207C Armsby Building (Penn State University)

University Park, PA 16802-5602

Ph 814-863-7105

Fx 814-865-3746

sgoetz@psu.edu

Pennsylvania Agricultural Experiment Station


Richard Roush
Dean and Director
201 Agricultural Administration Building, The Pennsylvania State University
University Park, PA 16802
Ph 814-865-2541
rtr10@psu.edu

Blair Siegfried
Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Education

Associate Director, Pennsylvania Agricultural Experiment Station
217 Agricultural Administration Building, The Pennsylvania State University
University Park, PA 16801

Ph 814 865 3136

bds313@psu.edu

Rhode Island Agricultural Experiment Station


John Kirby
Dean and Director
College of the Environment and Life Sciences, The University of Rhode Island
Center for Biotechnology and Life Sciences, Room 423
120 Flagg Rd.
Kingston, RI 02881-0804
Ph 401-874-2957
Fx 401-874-4017
jdkirby@uri.edu

Lisa Townson
Associate Dean, Extension and Agricultural Programs
College of the Environment and Life Sciences, The University of Rhode Island
Center for Biotechnology and Life Sciences, Room 413
120 Flagg Rd.
Kingston, RI 02881-0804
Ph 401-874-2240
Fx 401-874-4017
ltownson@uri.edu 

Vermont Agricultural Experiment Station

Leslie Parise
Dean and Director
110 Morrill Hall
Burlington, VT 05405
Ph 802-656-0442

Leslie.Parise@UVM.EDU

Jane Kolodinsky

Interim Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Education
202 Morrill Hall, University of Vermont
Burlington, VT 05405
Ph 802-656-4616

Jane.Kolodinsky@uvm.edu

West Virginia Agricultural & Forestry Experiment Station

 

Darrell Donahue
Dean and Director
Agricultural Sciences Building, West Virginia University
P.O. Box 6108
Morgantown, WV 26506-6108

Ph 304-293-2395

darrell.donahue@mail.wvu.edu

Jason Hubbart
Interim Associate Dean of Research

Associate Director, WV Agriculture and Forestry Experiment Station
340 Percival Hall, West Virginia University
P.O. Box 6108
Morgantown, WV 26506-6108
Ph 304-293-2472
Jason.Hubbart@mail.wvu.edu

Matthew Wilson
Chair, Experiment Station Section/ESCOP
4121 Agricultural Sciences Building, West Virginia University
P.O. Box 6108
Morgantown, WV 26506-6108
Ph 304-293-1935
Fx 304-293-3740
mwilso25@wvu.edu

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