Extension Subject Matter Specialists

Extension Subject Matter Specialists

Extension Subject Matter Specialists by Area

Extension Agriculture Economics

Name Email Address Area of Specialty
Kenneth H. Burdine kburdine@uky.edu Livestock Marketing and Management
Alison F. Davis alison.davis@uky.edu

Community and Economic Development Initiative of Kentucky

Greg Halich greg.halich@uky.edu  Livestock/Forages and Grain Crops Management
Steve Isaacs sisaacs@uky.edu  Farm Management and Leadership Development
Jordan M. Shockley jordan.shockley@uky.edu Farm Management
William M. Snell wsnell@uky.edu Macro Ag Economy, Policy, and Trade
Timothy A. Woods tim.woods@uky.edu  Horticulture Marketing and Agribusiness Management
Emily R. Brown e.brown@uky.edu

KY Ag Leadership Program

UK Income Tax Seminar Program

Alex Butler alex.butler@uky.edu 

MarketReady Program

Samantha K. Kindred samantha.kindred@uky.edu  
Jerry S. Pierce jerry.pierce@uky.edu Kentucky Farm Business Management Program
Kristina Joyce kjoyce@uky.edu Kentucky Small Business Development Center
Kathy C. Roe kathy.roe@uky.edu UK Income Tax Seminar Program
Jonathan D. Shepherd jdshepherd@uky.edu Farm Management
Brett A. Wolff brett.wolff@uky.edu Center for Crop Diversification

 

 

Extension Agriculture and Natural Resources 

Name Email Address Area of Specialty
Amanda Gumbert amanda.gumbert@uky.edu Water Quality

 

Extension Animal and Food Sciences

Name Email Address Area of Specialty
Donna Amaral-Phillips damaral@uky.edu  Dairy
Les Anderson landerso@uky.edu  Beef
Michelle Arnold michelle.arnold@uky.edu UK Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory
Darrh Bullock dbullock@uky.edu Beef Breeding, Genetics, Beef Coordinator
Fernanda Camargo Fernanda.Camargo@uky.edu Equine Extension
Bob Coleman rcoleman@uky.edu  Equine Science and Management
Roberta Dwyer rmdwyer@uky.edu Veterinary Preventive Medicine
Cynthia Gaskill cynthia.gaskill@uky.edu UK Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory
Jeffery Lehmkuhler Jeff.Lehmkuhler@uky.edu Beef Nutrition
Tony Pescatore apescato@uky.edu 4-H Youth Environmental Management
Gregg Rentfrow gkrent2@uky.edu  Meat Science
Paul Vijayakumar Paul.V@uky.edu Food Science
Steve Austin Steven.Austin@uky.edu  Agriculture Extension Associate 4-H
Jacqueline Jacob jacquie.jacob@uky.edu  Agriculture Extension Project Manager, Poultry
Kevin Laurent kevin.laurent@uky.edu  Beef
Amy Lawyer amy.lawyer@uky.edu  Equine
Larissa Tucker larissa.tucker@uky.edu  4-H Youth, Youth Dairy Programs

 

Extension Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering

Name Email Address Area of Specialty
Morgan Hayes hayesmorgan@uky.edu Livestock Housing, Ventilation, Air Quality
Joshua Jackson joshjackson@uky.edu

Livestock Systems, Precision Management,

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Sam McNeill sam.mcneill@uky.edu Grain Storage Systems
Timothy Stombaugh tim.stombaugh@uky.edu Machine Systems Automation Engineering
Joseph Taraba joseph.taraba@uky.edu

Bioenviromental Engineering

Matthew Dixon matt.dixon@uky.edu

Senior Meteorologist

Steve Higgins shiggins@uky.edu Environmental Compliance
Lee Moser lee.moser@uky.edu Livestock Structures

 

Extension Entomology

Name Email Address Area of Specialty
Dr. Raul Villanueva (75%) raul.villanueva@uky.edu Grain crops, stored grain UKREC - Princeton
Dr. Ric Bessin (100%) rbessin@uky.edu Fruit, vegetables, tobacco, IPM, IR-4, PSEP
Dr. Zach DeVries (20%) zdevries@uky.edu Urban & structural pest control
Dr. Dan Potter (20%) dapotter@uky.edu Turf, ornamental, pollinators
Dr. Reddy Palli (10% rpalli@uky.edu Department Chair, State Entomologist
Blake Newton (100%) blaken@uky.edu 4-H & youth, insect ID, PSEP, web resources
Jessica VanErden  jessica.vanerden@uky.edu Entomology staff assistant, Lexington
Request supplies and materials from Jessica
Jonathan Larson (80%) jonathan.larson@uky.edu Livestock, forages, landscape & turf

 

Extension Forestry and Natural Resources

Name Email Address Area of Specialty
Ellen Crocker e.crocker@uky.edu Forest Health
Matt Springer mattspringer@uky.edu Wildlife Management
Jeffery Stringer stringer@uky.edu Hardwood Silviculture and Forest Operations
Bobby Ammerman bammerma@uky.edu Secondary Wood Industry
Darren Morris darren.morris@uky.edu White Oak Initiative
Billy Thomas billy.thomas@uky.edu Extension Forester
Laurie Thomas laurie.thomas@uky.edu Youth and Adult Forestry Education Programs

 

Extension Horticulture

Name Email Address Area of Specialty
Winston Dunwell wdunwell@uky.edu Nursery Crops
Richard Durham rdurham@uky.edu Home Horticulture
Dewayne Ingram dingram@uky.edu Horticulture
Rachel Rudolph

rachel.rudolph@uky.edu

Vegetable specialist
Patsy Wilson patsy.wilson@uky.edu Horticulture
Shawn Wright shawn.wright@uky.edu Fruit, Vegetables and Medicinal Herbs

 

Extension Landscape Architecture

Name Email Address Area of Specialty
Ryan Sandwick ryan.sandwick@uky.edu Community Design Specialist 

 

Extension Plant and Soil Sciences

Name Email Address Area of Specialty
Andy Bailey abailey@uky.edu Dark Tobacco
J.D. Green jdgreen@uky.edu Weed Science
John Grove jgrove@uky.edu Soil Fertility
Jimmy Henning jimmy.henning@uky.edu Forages
Carrie Knott  carrie.knott@uky.edu Grain Crops
Brad Lee brad.lee@uky.edu Water Quality
Chad Lee cdlee2@uky.edu Grain Crops
Travis Legleiter Travis.Legleiter@uky.edu Weed Science
Josh McGrath josh.mcgrath@uky.edu Soil and Nutrient Management
Bob Pearce rpearce@uky.edu Burley Tobacco and Hemp
Edwin Ritchey elritc2@uky.edu Soil & Nutrient Management. Soil & Waste Management
Ray Smith raysmith1@uky.edu Forages
Chris Teutsch chris.teutsch@uky.edu Forages
Tom Keene  tom.keene@uky.edu Forages and Hemp

 

Extension Plant Pathology

Name Email Address Area of Specialty
Carl Bradley carl.bradley@uky.edu Small grains, Soybeans, Canola
Nicole Ward Gauthier nicole.ward@uky.edu Fruit crop diseases
Landscape plant diseases
Nursery and greenhouse crop diseases
Urban horticulture plant diseases
Hemp diseases
Paul Vincelli pvincell@uky.edu Turfgrass & Forest Trees Diseases
Kiersten A. Wise

kiersten.wise@uky.edu

Corn, Sorghum, Forages

 

Kentucky State University

Name Email Address Area of Specialty
Kenneth (Ken) Bates ken.bates@kysu.edu  Geospatial Extension Specialist
Sheri Crabtree, MSc sheri.crabtree@kysu.edu Horticulture Research and Extension Associate
Christopher (Chris) Cribbs christopher.cribbs@kysu.edu Entrepreneurship
Gill Finley, MPA gill.finley@kysu.edu Community Economic Development
Janelle Hager, M.S.

janelle.hager@kysu.edu

Aquaponics
David Peery

David.Peery@kysu.edu

Livestock Health & Management
Small Ruminants
Backyard Poultry
Preventative Medicine & Care
Dairy
FAMACHA Certified

Marion Simon, Ph.D

marion.simon@kysu.edu

Small Farms
Tom Webster, Ph.D.

thomas.webster@kysu.edu

Apiculture
Forrest Wynne forrest.wynne@kysu.edu Aquaculture

Contact Information

Craig H. Wood, Ph.D.
Assistant Director of Extension for Agriculture, Natural Resources and Horticulture

242 Scovell Hall 115 Huguelet Drive Lexington, KY 40546-0064

+1 (859) 257-1846

ukanrdesk@uky.edu