Agronomy Expert Witnesses in New Mexico

This expert is an international authority on livestock fencing and behavior, having conducted more than 300 seminars on fencing technology and grazing management for global livestock producers throughout the world. He has been a consultant and international sales representative for several agribusiness companies involved in the manufacture of fencing equipment. He is the former president of the US branch of Gallagher Electronics, the world's largest livestock fencing company. He established and trained fencing distributors in Central and South America; he is active in the industry in addition to his consultancy.

This supremely qualified plant physiologist earned his BS in Botany from DePauw University, his MS in Plant Ecology from the University of Colorado, and his doctoral degree from the University of Illinois. He is an active member of the Weed Science Society of America and lead a twenty plus year career at American Cyanamid, where he attained the position of Director of Herbicide Discovery. Additionally, he served as a Plant Physiologist for more than a decade with the USDA. Currently, he practices as a consultant for parties interested in botany, herbicide, and plant physiology.

This well-credentialed expert is Professor Emeritusof Soil and Crop Sciences at a public research university in Colorado, where he has held the title of Professor for over 20 years. He received his BS in Agronomy from Brigham Young University, his MS in Agronomy from Oklahoma State University, and his PhD in Crop Science from Oregon State University. The expert has presented at over 100 workshops/lectures and has authored nearly 50 refereed articles along with nearly 150 technical reports. He is a Fellow of the American Society of Agronomy and is also a member of the Crop Science Society of America and the Council for Agricultural Science and technology. His experience in farming dates back to his early life when he worked on a family farm in Idaho; he has been in academia focusing on agronomy and crop science for 38+ years.

This highly-qualified expert has extensive experience in environmental health and water quality, with his work focusing on health-related water microbiology, as well as drinking, groundwater, and surface water quality assessment. He earned his BS in environmental biology and zoology and his PhD in agriculture and natural resources at Michigan State University. This expert is active in his field as a member of the International Water Association and the author of over 20 articles and book chapters. His research has focused on environmental microbiology and understanding the sources of contamination, assessing microbial exposures, and measuring the transport of pathogens throughout aquatic environments. He has formerly served as a research associate of marine sciences at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and as an assistant professor in the public health department at the University of Arizona. This expert currently serves as both an assistant professor and as the co-director of the environment, exposure science, and risk assessment center at a university in Arizona. In addition, he currently serves as a visiting scientist at a coastal water research project in California.

This expert has over years of experience in prescribed fire, controlled burns, wildfire, and smoke impacts to people, vegetation, and infrastructure. He earned his BS in plant science at Cameron University and his MS in range science at Texas Tech University. This expert is active in his field as a member of the Oklahoma Volunteer Fire Department, the Coalition of Prescribed Fire Councils, and the Alliance of Prescribed Burn Associations. He is also highly-published in his field, having written one book on prescribed fire, authored or co-authored 36 extension fact sheets, and 42 peer-reviewed research articles. He began his career as a research assistant at Texas Tech University before going on to serve as a research station superintendent and a research associate at Oklahoma State University. Currently, this expert serves as a research extension specialist in prescribed fire at a university in Oklahoma.