Departments/Units in the Division of Agriculture, Forestry and Veterinary Medicine

Agricultural and Biological Engineering
123 Agricultural Engineering
Box 9632
Mississippi State, MS 39762
Phone: (662) 325-3282
Fax: (662) 325-3803

Head: Jerome A. Gilbert
jgilbert@abe.msstate.edu

Agricultural Economics
300 Lloyd-Ricks
Box 9755
Mississippi State, MS 39762
Phone: (662) 325-2750
Fax: (662) 325-8777

Head: John E. Lee
lee@agecon.msstate.edu

Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
402 Dorman
Box 9650
Mississippi State, MS 39762
Phone: (662) 325-2640
Fax: (662) 325-8664

Head: John A. Boyle
jab@ra.msstate.edu

Coastal Aquaculture Unit
P.O. Box 7983
Gulfport, MS 39506
Phone: (228) 896-5778
 
Coastal Research and Extension Center
2710 Beach Blvd., Suite 1-E
Biloxi, MS 39531
Phone: (228) 388-4710
Fax: (228) 388-1375

Head: David Veal
cdv@ra.msstate.edu

 
College of Veterinary Medicine
Wise Center
Box 9825
Mississippi State, MS 39762
Phone: (662) 325-3432

Head: John Thomson
thomson@cvm.msstate.edu

 
Delta Research and Extension Center
P.O. Box 197
Stoneville, MS 38776
Phone: (662) 686-3242
Fax: (662) 686-7336

Head: James W. Smith
jsmith@drec.msstate.edu

 
National Warmwater Aquaculture Center
P.O. Box 197
Stoneville, MS 38776
Phone: (662) 686-9311
Fax: (662) 86-3320

Coordinator: Edwin H. Robinson
ed@drec.msstate.edu

 
Wildlife and Fisheries
109 Forest Resources Building
Mississippi State, MS 93762
Phone: (662) 325-3830
Fax: (662) 325-7778

Head: Bruce Leopold (interim head)
bleopold@cfr.msstate.edu

Individual Aquaculture Professionals Division of Agriculture, Forestry
and Veterinary Medicine

National Warmwater Aquaculture Center

Interests: catfish production, weed control, general management practices, crawfish production
 

Bates, Terry, Animal Scientist
National Warmwater Aquaculture Center
USDA/ARS Catfish Genetics Research Unit
P.O. Box 38
Stoneville, MS 38776
Phone: (662) 686-5460
Fax: (662) 686-3044
tbates@ag.gov

Interests: catfish genetics
 

Bosworth, Brian G., Research Geneticist
National Warmwater Aquaculture Center
USDA/ARS Catfish Genetics Research Unit
P.O. Box 38
Stoneville, MS 38776
Phone: (662) 686-3592
Fax: (662) 686-3567
gbosworth@ag.gov

Interests: molecular biology/genetics of channel catfish and genetic selection for processing
 

Byars, Todd, Research Assistant I
National Warmwater Aquaculture Center
P.O. Box 197
Stoneville, MS 38776
Phone: (662) 686-3575
Fax: (662) 686-3320
tbyars@drec.msstate.edu

Interests: disease management
 
D'Abramo, Louis R., Professor, Aquaculture Biologist
National Warmwater Aquaculture Center, Eastern Research Unit
Box 9690
Mississippi State, MS 39762
Phone: (662) 325-7462
Fax: (662) 325-8726
ldabramo@cfr.msstate.edu

Interests: crustacean and fish physiology, nutrition and ecology; management practices for crustacean and fish aquaculture; freshwater shrimp, crawfish, hybrid striped bass, catfish
 

Fondren, Mack, Research Assistant II
National Warmwater Aquaculture Center, Eastern Research Unit
Box 9752
Mississippi State, MS 39762
Phone: (662) 325-8046
Fax: (662) 325-4081
mfondren@ra.msstate.edu

Interests: freshwater shrimp culture, catfish culture, fish harvest technology, fish behavior
 

Gaunt, Patricia, Assistant Professor
National Warmwater Aquaculture Center
P.O. Box 197
Stoneville, MS 38776
Phone: (662) 686-3237
Fax: (662) 686-3568
gaunt@cvm.msstate.edu

Interests: research into drugs for aquaculture use; toxins affecting aquaculture
 

Gao, Xioadan, Research Assistant I
National Warmwater Aquaculture Center
P.O. Box 197
Stoneville, MS 38776
Phone: (662) 686-3575
Fax: (662) 686-3320

Interests: disease management
 
Hanson, Terry, Assistant Professor
National Warmwater Aquaculture Center, Eastern Research Unit
Box 9755
Mississippi State, MS 39762
Phone: (662) 325-7988
Fax: (662) 325-5116
hanson@agecon.msstate.edu

Interests: economics of aquaculture, GIS, consumer demand

 
Hargreaves, John A., Assistant Aquaculture Biologist
National Warmwater Aquaculture Center, Eastern Research Unit
Box 9690
Mississippi State, MS 39762
Phone: (662) 325-0629
Fax: (662) 325-8726
jhargreaves@cfr.msstate.edu

Interests: water quality management, pond dynamics, production systems engineering, hybrid striped bass
 

Hogue, Charles, Fishery Technician
National Warmwater Aquaculture Center, Black Belt Station
P.O. Box 327
Brooksville, MS 39739
Phone: (662) 738-5470
Fax: (662) 738-5564
chogue@ext.msstate.edu

Interests: catfish production, general management practices
 

Kelly, Anita, Assistant Aquaculture Biologist
National Warmwater Aquaculture Center, Eastern Research Unit
Box 9690
Mississippi State, MS 39762
Phone: (662) 325-3220
Fax: (662) 325-8726
akelly@cfr.msstate.edu

Interests: reproductive physiology, nutrition, ecology

Khoo, Lester, Assistant Professor
National Warmwater Aquaculture Center
P.O. Box 197
Stoneville, MS 38776
Phone: (662) 686-3303
Fax: (662) 686-3568
khoo@cvm.msstate.edu

Interests: fish pathology, immunology
 

Kingsbury, Susan, Research Assistant I
National Warmwater Aquaculture Center
P.O. Box 197
Stoneville, MS 38776
Phone: (662) 686-3584
Fax: (662) 686-3320
skbury@drec.msstate.edu

Interests: water quality
 

Li, Meng, Assistant Fishery Biologist
National Warmwater Aquaculture Center
P.O. Box 197
Stoneville, MS 38776
Phone: (662) 686-3333
Fax: (662) 686-3320
mli@drec.msstate.edu

Interests: catfish nutrition and feeding
 

Manning, Bruce, Postdoctoral Researcher
National Warmwater Aquaculture Center
P.O. Box 197
Stoneville, MS 38776
Phone: (662) 686-3581
Fax: (662) 686-3320
bmanning@drec.msstate.edu

Interests: catfish nutrition and feeding
 

Manning, Charles, Pond Manager
National Warmwater Aquaculture Center
P.O. Box 197
Stoneville, MS 38776
Phone: (662) 686-3325
Fax: (662) 686-3320

Interests: management and maintenance of research projects and facilities at NWAC
 

McDill, Ken, Research Assistant I
National Warmwater Aquaculture Center
P.O. Box 197
Stoneville, MS 38776
Phone: (662) 686-3243
Fax: (662) 686-3320
kmcdill@drec.msstate.edu

Interests: harvest technology, aquaculture engineering, fish behavior
 

McGinnis, Annisa, Research Assistant II
National Warmwater Aquaculture Center
P.O. Box 197
Stoneville, MS 38776
Phone: (662) 686-3571
Fax: (662) 686-3568
amcginnis@cvm.msstate.edu

Interests: water quality, disease research, catfish diagnosis
 

McIntire, Lee, Assistant Pond Manager
National Warmwater Aquaculture Center
P.O. Box 197
Stoneville, MS 38776
Phone: (662) 686-3325
Fax: (662) 686-3320

Interests: management and maintenance of research projects and facilities at NWAC

 
Minchew, C. Douglas, Assistant Fishery Biologist
National Warmwater Aquaculture Center
P.O. Box 197
Stoneville, MS 38776
Phone: (662) 686-3248
Fax: (662) 686-3320
dminchew@drec.msstate.edu

Interests: harvest technology, aquaculture engineering, fish behavior
 

Mischke, Charles, Assistant Fishery Biologist
National Warmwater Aquaculture Center
P.O. Box 197
Stoneville, MS 38776
Phone: (662) 686-3560
Fax: (662) 686-3320
cmischke@drec.msstate.edu

Interests: water quality
 

Nonneman, Dan, Research Molecular Biologist
National Warmwater Aquaculture Center
USDA/ARS Catfish Genetics Research Unit
P.O. Box 38
Stoneville, MS 38776
Phone: (662) 686-3589
Fax: (662) 686-3567
dnonnema@ag.gov

Interests: catfish genetics
 

Oberle, Daniel F., Research Assistant II
National Warmwater Aquaculture Center
P.O. Box 197
Stoneville, MS 38776
Phone: (662) 686-3329
Fax: (662) 686-3320
doberle@drec.msstate.edu

Interests: catfish nutrition, analytical chemistry
 

Robinson, Edwin H., Aquaculture Program Leader, Fishery Biologist
Coordinator, National Warmwater Aquaculture Center
P.O. Box 197
Stoneville, MS 38776
Phone: (662) 686-3242
Fax: (662) 686-3320
ed@drec.msstate.edu

Interests: catfish nutrition, feed development, practical nutrient requirements, nutrition/disease interaction, nutrition/environmental quality interaction, protein quantity and quality, vitamin and mineral nutrition
 

Santucci, Timothy D., Research Assistant I
National Warmwater Aquaculture Center
P.O. Box 197
Stoneville, MS 38776
Phone: (662) 686-3304
Fax: (662) 686-3568
santucci@cvm.msstate.edu

Interests: disease diagnosis, microbiology
 

Silverstein, Jeffrey, Research Geneticist
National Warmwater Aquaculture Center
USDA/ARS Catfish Genetics Research Unit
P.O. Box 38
Stoneville, MS 38776
Phone: (662) 686-3591
Fax: (662) 686-3567
jsilverstein@ag.gov

Interests: physiology/quantitative genetics, feeding, growth, reproduction

 
Small, Brian, Genetics Researcher
National Warmwater Aquaculture Center
USDA/ARS Catfish Genetics Research Unit
P.O. Box 38
Stoneville, MS 38776
Phone: (662) 686-3586
Fax: (662) 686-3567
Bsmall@ars.usda.gov

Interests: molecular biology/genetics of channel catfish

Steeby, James A., Area Extension Agent, Aquaculture
National Warmwater Aquaculture Center
P.O. Box 239
Belzoni, MS 39038
Phone: (662) 247-2915
Fax: (662) 247-2823
jsteeby@ext.msstate.edu

Interests: catfish production, record keeping, weed control, general management practices, water quality
 

Terhune, Jeffery S., Assistant Fishery Biologist
National Warmwater Aquaculture Center
P.O. Box 197
Stoneville, MS 38776
Phone: (662) 686-3576
Fax: (662) 686-3320
jefft@drec.msstate.edu

Interests: applied disease research, disease management
 

Tobia, Joseph, Senior Histotechnologist
National Warmwater Aquaculture Center
P.O. Box 197
Stoneville, MS 38776
Phone: (662) 686-3256
Fax: (662) 686-3468
tobia@cvm.msstate.edu

Interests: providing histological sections in aid of disease diagnosis for commercial aquaculture and research facilitation
 

Torrans, Les, Fishery Biologist
National Warmwater Aquaculture Center
USDA/ARS Catfish Genetics Research Unit
P.O. Box 38
Stoneville, MS 38776
Phone: (662) 686-5460
Fax: (662) 686-3044
torrans@ag.gov

Interests: water quality and catfish production techniques
 

Tucker, Craig S., Fishery Biologist and
Director, Southern Regional Aquaculture Center
National Warmwater Aquaculture Center
P.O. Box 197
Stoneville, MS 38776
Phone: (662) 686-3286
Fax: (662) 686-3569
ctucker@drec.msstate.edu

Interests: channel catfish, water quality, pond ecology, aquatic weed control, phytoplankton, aeration
 

Waldbieser, Geoffery C., Research Scientist
National Warmwater Aquaculture Center
USDA/ARS Catfish Genetics Research Unit
P.O. Box 38
Stoneville, MS 38776
Phone: (662) 686-3593
Fax: (662) 686-3567
gwaldbie@ag.gov

Interests: molecular biology/genetics of channel catfish and development of molecular genetic markers useful for catfish genetic improvement
 

Ware, Cynthia, Research Assistant I
National Warmwater Aquaculture Center
P.O. Box 197
Stoneville, MS 38776
Phone: (662) 686-3302
Fax: (662) 686-3568
cware@cvm.msstate.edu

Interests: water quality analysis
 

Wise, David J., Associate Fishery Biologist
National Warmwater Aquaculture Center
P.O. Box 197
Stoneville, MS 38776
Phone: (662) 686-3239
Fax: (662) 686-3320
dwise@drec.msstate.edu

Interests: applied disease research, presumptive diagnosis, disease management

 
Wolters, William R., Research Geneticist
National Warmwater Aquaculture Center
Leader, USDA/ARS Catfish Genetics Research Unit
P.O. Box 38
Stoneville, MS 38776
Phone: (662) 686-3597 and 686-3598
Fax: (662) 686-3567
wolters@ag.gov or bwolters@ars.usda.gov

Interests: genetics and breeding of channel catfish, research to determine inheritance of commercially important traits such as growth, disease resistance, reproduction and processing characteristics, developing breeding plans to select for desirable char acteristics and developing germplasm
 

Zimba, Paul, Research Microbiologist
National Warmwater Aquaculture Center
USDA/ARS Catfish Genetics Research Unit
P.O. Box 38
Stoneville, MS 38776
Phone: (662) 686-3588
Fax: (662) 686-3567
pzimba@ars.usda.gov

Interests: water quality and phytoplankton dynamics

College of Veterinary Medicine

Lawrence, Mark, Assistant Professor
College of Veterinary Medicine
Box 9825
Mississippi State, MS 39762
Phone: (662) 325-1195
Fax: (662) 325-1031
lawrence@cvm.msstate.edu

Interests: fish diseases
 

Petrie-Hanson, Lora, Assistant Professor
College of Veterinary Medicine
Box 9825
Mississippi State, MS 39762
Phone: (662) 325-1291
Fax: (662) 325-1031
lora@cvm.msstate.edu

Interests: fish disease diagnostics, catfish larval development and pathology, ontogeny of the immune response of channel catfish, Ictalurus punctatus

 
Pote, Linda M.W., Associate Professor
College of Veterinary Medicine
Box 9825
Mississippi State, MS 39762
Phone: (662) 325-1194; (662) 325-1154
Fax: (662) 325-1031
pote@cvmfaculty.msstate.edu

Interests: ichthyoparasitology, aquatic parasitology; general parasitology

 
Wang, Chinling, Associate Professor
College of Veterinary Medicine
Box 9825
Mississippi State, MS 39762
Phone: (662) 325-1683
Fax: (662) 325-1031
wang@cvm.msstate.edu

Interests: food safety, biotechnology, microbiology

MAFES Aquaculture Professionals

Boyle, John, Biochemist
Head, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Box 9650
Mississippi State, MS 39762
Phone: (662) 325-2640
Fax: (662) 325-8664
jab@ra.msstate.edu

Interests: CCV, Edwardsiella ictaluri, catfish, PCR, molecular biology
 

Cathcart, Thomas P., Professor
Agricultural and Biological Engineering
P.O. Box 9632
Mississippi State, MS 39762
Phone: (662) 325-3282
Fax: (662) 325-3853
tc@abe.msstate.edu

Interests: water quality, automated monitoring, energy conservation

 
Killcreas, Wallace E., Economist
Agricultural Economics
Box 9755
Mississippi State, MS 39762
Phone: (662) 325-2672
Fax: (662) 325-5116
killcreas@agecon.msstate.edu

Interests: FISHY 00 Catfish Production Management and Decision Aids computer program
 

LaSalle, Mark W., Associate Specialist
Coastal Research and Extension Center
2710 Beach Blvd. Suite 1-E
Biloxi, MS 39531
Phone: (228) 388-4710
Fax: (228) 388-1375
markl@ext.msstate.edu

Interests: constructed wetlands, catfish, water quality, hybrid striped bass, brood stock development, redfish/spawning
 

Long, Ronald David, Research Assistant I
Coastal Aquaculture Center
P.O. Box 7983
Gulfport, MS 39506
Phone: (228) 896-5778
Fax: (228) 388-1375

Interests: use of wetlands for improving water quality of catfish ponds, monitoring water quality conditions of local estuary areas
 

Marshall, Douglas L., Associate Food Scientist
Department of Food Science and Technology
Box 9805
Mississippi State, MS 39762
Phone: (662) 325-8722
Fax: (662) 325-8728
microman@ra.msstate.edu

Interests: aquaculture food processing; food safety; food quality, by-product utilization; food product development; control of human food-borne pathogens
 

Ohs, Cortney, Research Assistant I
Department of Wildlife and Fisheries
Box 9690
Mississippi State, MS 39762
Phone: (662) 325-7491
Fax: (662) 325-8726
cohs@cfr.msstate.edu

Interests: investigation of the efficacy of spray-dried artificial diet fed to larval freshwater prawn, Macrobrachinum rosengergii, hybrid striped bass, Morone chrysops x M. saxatillis, and striped bass, Morone saxatillis

 
Posadas, Benedict, Assistant Economist
Coastal Research and Extension Center
2710 Beach Blvd., Suite 1-E
Biloxi, MS 39531
Phone: (228) 388-4710
Fax: (228) 388-1375
benp@ext.msstate.edu

Interests: economics, aquaculture economics, resource economics
 

Pote, Jonathan W., Professor
Agricultural and Biological Engineering
Box 9632
Mississippi State, MS 39762
Phone: (662) 325-3282
Fax: (662) 325-3853
jpote@research.msstate.edu

Interests: water quality, water conservation, water chemistry, aquacultural engineering, research on aquacultural facilities design, water conservation in aquaculture, water quality studies
 

Silva, Juan L., Food Scientist
Department of Food Science and Technology
Food and Fiber Center*
Box 9805/*Box 9642
Mississippi State, MS 39762
Phone: (662) 325-3200/*325-2160
Fax: (662) 325-8728/*325-7844
Jls@ra.msstate.edu

Interests: catfish, processing, quality, shelf life, packaging, design and engineering, underutilized species, byproducts recovery, mince, water and wastewater, tilapia, carp, shellfish, crawfish, shrimp, prawns, freezing, canning, product development
 

To, S.D. Filip, Associate Professor
Agricultural and Biological Engineering
Box 9632
Mississippi State, MS 39762
Phone: (662) 325-3282
Fax: (662) 325-3853
fto@abe.msstate.edu

Interests: instrumentation, automation, electronics, embedded systems, agricultural and biological engineering, customized embedded instrumentation, sensors development and application.
 

Walters, Sula Christine, Research Assistant I
Coastal Aquaculture Unit
P.O. Box 7983
Gulfport, MS 39506
Phone: (228) 896-5778
Fax: (228) 388-1375

Interests: water quality analysis
 

Wilson, Robert P., Biochemist
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Box 9650
Mississippi State, MS 39762
Phone: (662) 325-7740
Fax: (662) 325-8864
rpw1@ra.msstate.edu

Interests: general finfish nutrition, nutrient requirements of finfish
 

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