Personnel
Assistant Research Professor
North Mississippi Research & Extension Center
Box 1690 (or: 5421 Hwy 145 S)
Verona, MS 38879
662-566-2201 (ext. 215)
662-566-2257 (fax)
email: vj40@pss.msstate.edu
Curriculum vitae
Expertise and responsibilities:
Speciality: Horticulture and Agronomy
Research Organism(s): Medicinal and Aromatic Crops
Department: North Mississippi Research and Extension Center
Assignment: Developing a program on alternative crops and value-added products in Mississippi. Our group is evaluating medicinal and aromatic crops (MAC) as new cash crops for the region. We are also developing cropping systems with oilseed crops for bioenergy/biodiesel production. The overall goal of our program is to increase profitability of cropping systems in Mississippi and Southern U.S. In addition, current work involves the development of environmentally benign cropping procedures to improve economic and environmental sustainability for agricultural producers through management of phosphorus (P) and lead (Pb) in P and Pb-enriched soils
Education background
University of Massachusetts, Dept of Plant & Soil Sciences, Ph.D - 2001
Higher Institute of Agriculture, Plovdiv, Bulgaria, Ph.D in Agronomy - 1988
Higher Institute of Agriculture, Plovdiv, Bulgaria, M.Sc. in Agronomy - 1983