Graduate Students
The Department of Agricultural Sciences offers an M.S. in Integrated Agricultural Sciences. This degree is the first of its kind in Texas, and produces graduates with the multidisciplinary technological and professional skills capable of addressing and solving complex food system challenges.
Current graduate students by area:Agribusiness, Economics and Policy |
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Emran Hossain
Hometown: Patuakhali, Bangladesh.
Research area: Food Safety, Climate Change and Environment, Sustainable Agriculture
zfo12@txstate.edu
zfo12@txstate.edu

Sarah Marie Smith
Hometown: Canyon Lake, TX
Research area: Agriculture economics and regenerative agriculture
sms450@txstate.edu

Hurunnahar Khushi
Hometown: Faridpur, Bangladesh
Research area: Agribusiness, Economics, and Policy
hzz8@txstate.edu
Research area: Agribusiness, Economics, and Policy
hzz8@txstate.edu

Anup Sharma
Hometown: Nepal
Research area: Agricultural Economics
ivi3@txstate.edu
Research area: Agricultural Economics
ivi3@txstate.edu

Anindita Mandal
Hometown: Bangladesh
Research area: Moral Hazard in Poultry Sector in Developing Countries
hob16@txstate.edu
Research area: Moral Hazard in Poultry Sector in Developing Countries
hob16@txstate.edu

Cassaundra MelgarCDeBaca
Hometown: Albuquerque, NM
Research Area: Regenerative agriculture, Biochar: Community education and outreach; Global sustainable travel
zux5@txstate.edu
zux5@txstate.edu
Agricultural Education and Leadership

Kayla Marie Ayala
Hometown: New Braunfels, TX
Research Area: Food security and food distribution
kma120@txstate.edu
kma120@txstate.edu

Maggie Bayer
Hometown: Austin, TX
Research Area: Agriculture Education
mhv25@txstate.edu
mhv25@txstate.edu

Mikael Nakole Carrasco
Hometown: Pecos, TX
Research area: Ruminant nutrition and sustainability
kel_nakole34@txstate.edu
Research area: Ruminant nutrition and sustainability
kel_nakole34@txstate.edu

Emma Fukuda
Hometown: Luling, TX
Research area: Nutritional strategies to mitigate enteric methane in beef steers
emmakathcart@txstate.edu
Research area: Nutritional strategies to mitigate enteric methane in beef steers
emmakathcart@txstate.edu

Adama Srinivas Reddy
Hometown: Telangana, India
Research area: Soil and cop production
xrw8@txstate.edu
Research area: Soil and cop production
xrw8@txstate.edu

Dhanush Kenchanna
Hometown: Karnataka, India
Research area: Composting food waste and vermicompost
npq10@txstate.edu
Research area: Composting food waste and vermicompost
npq10@txstate.edu

Louis Keller
Hometown:
Research area: Soil Food Web
hcs84@txstate.edu
Research area: Soil Food Web
hcs84@txstate.edu

Rubeena Yasmin Shaik
Hometown: Hyderabad, Telangana, India
Research area: Plant genetics, molecular biology, and agricultural biochemistry
yyo9@txstate.edu
Research area: Plant genetics, molecular biology, and agricultural biochemistry
yyo9@txstate.edu

Bonny Amin
Country: Bangladesh
Research area: Natural resource management and sustainable agricultural practices
ske44@txstate.edu
Research area: Natural resource management and sustainable agricultural practices
ske44@txstate.edu

Priyanka Uppalanchi
Hometown: Hyderabad, India
Research Area: Genome wide association studies in rice
dmq17@txstate.edu
dmq17@txstate.edu

Mackenzie Rose Bark
Hometown: Killeen, TX
Research area: Horticulture
mrb316@txstate.edu
Research area: Horticulture
mrb316@txstate.edu

Rushika Chepuri
Hometown: Nalgonda, Telangana, India
Research area: Plant breeding
tws80@txstate.edu
tws80@txstate.edu

Charles Taylor Hilderbrand
Hometown: Palacios, TX
Research area: : Methods of Regenerative Agriculture using Anaerobic Digestion & Biochar
cth75@txstate.edu
Research area: : Methods of Regenerative Agriculture using Anaerobic Digestion & Biochar
cth75@txstate.edu