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.eduExecutive committee PIs

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
Robert Schooley
Professor, Dept. of Natural Resources & Environmental Sciences, University of Illinois
schooley@illinois.eduCo-PIs

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
Ferran Garcia-Pichel
Dean of Natural Sciences, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, ASU
ferran@asu.edu
Jeff Herrick
Soil Scientist and Land PKS PI, USDA-ARS, Jornada Experimental Range
jeff.herrick@usda.gov
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.eduResearch site manager
Project manager
Information manager
Post-doctoral researchers
Graduate students
Undergraduate students

William Beamon
Undergraduate researcher

Adrianna Tafoya
Undergraduate researcher

Karina Tovar
Undergraduate researcher

Shelly Valdovinos
Undergraduate assistant

Jordan Yanowitz
Undergraduate researcher
Professional staff

Herman Campos
Research assistant, JRN & JER

Geovany Ramirez
Research Associate Professor, Jornada Experimental Range, New Mexico State University
georam@nmsu.eduCollaborators

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