This listing of Jornada staff includes LTER-affiliated employees from both the USDA-ARS and New Mexico State University, postdocs, students, and outside collaborators from a variety of organizations. A comprehensive list of USDA-ARS Jornada Experimental Range staff can be found on their website.
Lead PI
Niall Hanan
Professor, Plant and Environmental Sciences, New Mexico State University
nhanan@nmsu.eduInvestigators
Brandon Bestelmeyer
Research Leader, USDA-ARS, Jornada Experimental Range
brandon.bestelmeyer@usda.gov
Stephanie Bestelmeyer
Executive Director, Asombro Institute for Science Education
stephanie@asombro.org
Ferran Garcia-Pichel
Dean of Natural Sciences, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, ASU
ferran@asu.edu
Niall Hanan
Professor, Plant and Environmental Sciences, New Mexico State University
nhanan@nmsu.edu
Marguerite Mauritz-Tozer
Research Assistant Professor, University of Texas El Paso
memauritz@utep.edu
Robert Schooley
Professor, Dept. of Natural Resources & Environmental Sciences, University of Illinois
schooley@illinois.edu
Collaborators
Steven Archer
Professor, School of Natural Resources and the Environment, University of Arizona
sarcher@email.arizona.edu
Colby Brungard
Assistant Professor, Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, NMSU
cbrungard.jrn.lter@gmail.com
Jeff Herrick
Soil Scientist and Land PKS PI, USDA-ARS, Jornada Experimental Range
jeff.herrick@usda.gov
Lixin Jin
Associate Professor, Geological Sciences, UTEP
Jeff Kelly
Associate Professor of Zoology and Heritage Zoologist, Oklahoma Biological Survey, University of Oklahoma
jkelly@ou.edu
Curtis Monger
National Leader for Soil Survey Standards, USDA-NRCS, Natl Soil Survey Center
curtis.monger@usda.gov
Craig Tweedie
Professor, Dept. of Biology & Environmental Science & Engineering., University of Texas at El Paso
ctweedie@utep.edu
Research site manager
Project manager
Information manager
Post-doctoral researchers
Graduate students
Undergraduate students
Limber Martinez
Undergraduate student (REU), University of Texas El Paso
ldmartinez8@miners.utep.edu
Professional staff
Herman Campos
Research assistant, JRN & JER
Geovany Ramirez
Research Associate Professor, Jornada Experimental Range, New Mexico State University
georam@nmsu.edu
