Person Grouping: institute-associate

Jeff Tomberlin

Professor, AgriLife Research Fellow, Presidential Impact Fellow and Director, National Science Foundation Center for Environmental Sustainability Through Insect Farming Project: Edible insects and health. The commercial industry around entomophagy was valued at 33 million USD in 2015, with future growth estimated at more than 40% by 2023. The release of the Food and Agriculture Organization…
Bhimu Patil

Professor and Director, Vegetable and Fruit Improvement Center Project: Green N-Carbon Dots to Develop Climate Resilient Tomatoes with Enhanced Health Promoting Bioactive Compounds. This project aims to develop green, non-toxic nitrogen-doped carbon dot system for use with tomato farming in order to enhance drought tolerance as well as nutritive value. Seed nano-priming can improve sustainability…
Yuxiang Sun

Professor Department of Nutrition, Associate Department Head for Graduate Programs, AgriLife Research Faculty Fellow Project: Ghrelin – a unique biomarker for nutritional state and inflamm-aging. This project aims to determine whether current knowledge of ghrelin in animal models is applicable to humans, and to determine whether ghrelin is a good biomarker of aging. Ghrelin is…
Bruce McCarl

University Distinguished Professor and Leader of Research Project: Agriculture sector analysis of environmental developments and nutritional initiatives. The initial work of this project aims at applying cost-benefit analysis to the agriculture sector, specifically in looking at climate change on livestock production and location, and the effects of increasing market share for grass-fed beef with the…
Katie Lewis

Associate Professor, Soil Fertility & Chemistry Project: Enhancing health on the Texas High Plains with sustainable and resilient cropping systems that mitigate wind erosion and dust control. This project will answer critical questions about how wind erosion detrimentally impacts human health, and identify strategies to help sustainably improve crop production in the semi-arid Texas High…