CFR - Key Persons


Adam Holder

Job Titles:
  • Network Analyst

Adam Polinko

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor

Adam T. Rohnke

Job Titles:
  • Extension Specialist I

Adriana Costa

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor

Alexandra Firth

Job Titles:
  • Postdoctoral Associate

Amanda Morris

Job Titles:
  • Custodian II

Amber McDonald

Job Titles:
  • Graphic Designer / Center for Resolving Human Wildlife Conflict

Amy Rowlen

Job Titles:
  • Research Associate III

Andrew Smith

Job Titles:
  • Extension Instructor / Center for Resolving Human Wildlife Conflict

Angela Hill

Job Titles:
  • Administrative Assistant

Anthony Seveque

Job Titles:
  • Associate

Aqil Tariq

Job Titles:
  • Postdoctoral Associate

Ashley Byars

Job Titles:
  • Contract and Grant Specialist

Ashley Schulz

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor

Austin Himes

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor

Benjamin Farber

Job Titles:
  • Research Associate II

Beth Baker

Job Titles:
  • Associate

Bill Hamrick

Job Titles:
  • Senior Extension Associate

Brady Self

Job Titles:
  • Associate Extension Professor

Brenda Clark

Job Titles:
  • Office Associate

Brian Mitchell

Job Titles:
  • Research Associate III

Bronson Strickland


Butch Bailey

Job Titles:
  • Extension Associate III

C. Elizabeth Stokes

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor

Carrie Stroud

Job Titles:
  • Business Manager I

Chad Dacus

Job Titles:
  • Extension Instructor / Training Manager / Center for Resolving Human Wildlife Conflict

Charles Mischke

Job Titles:
  • Research Professor, Aquaculture

Charlsie Halford

Job Titles:
  • Administrative Assistant II

Chase Shaw

Job Titles:
  • Web Designer I

Chelsea Taylor

Job Titles:
  • Administrative Assistant II

Chris Forrester

Job Titles:
  • Building Maintenance Technician II

Chris McGinnis

Job Titles:
  • Research Technician

Christine Fortuin

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor

Christopher Ayers

Job Titles:
  • Instructor, Curator of Collections

Cindy Scott

Job Titles:
  • Training Assistant / Center for Resolving Human Wildlife Conflict

Cory Bailey

Job Titles:
  • Admissions Coordinator
  • Senior Admissions Coordinator

Courtney Siegert

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor

Crissy Hathcock

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Director, Financial Services

D. Hearne Foster

Job Titles:
  • Research Associate I

Dale H. Arner

Job Titles:
  • Professor of Wildlife Ecology and Management / Dean / Director, CFR and FWRC

Dana Morin

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor, Wildlife Ecology

Daniel Johnson

Job Titles:
  • Agricultural Technician

Dave Ammon

Job Titles:
  • Graphic Designer

David Butler


David Wise

Job Titles:
  • Research Professor, Aquatic Animal Health / Director, National Warmwater Aquaculture Center

Dominique Belcher

Job Titles:
  • Graphic Designer

Donald L. Grebner

Job Titles:
  • Professor and Head

Dr. Andrew Kouba

Job Titles:
  • Head and Dale H. Arner Professor of Wildlife Ecology and Management
  • Professor and Head / Wildlife, Fisheries & Aquaculture

Dr. Rubin Shmulsky

Job Titles:
  • Head and Warren S. Thompson Professor of Wood Science and Technology
  • Professor and Head

Dr. Steve Bullard

Job Titles:
  • Associate Dean
  • Associate Director
  • Associate Dean and Associate Director, CFR / FWRC

Edward Entsminger

Job Titles:
  • Research Associate III

Eric Hileman

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Research Professor, Human - Wildlife Interactions

Eric McConnell

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor

Eric Sparks

Job Titles:
  • Associate

Esteban Galeano Gomez

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor

Fernando Yamamoto

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Research Professor

Forest Hydrology

Job Titles:
  • Coordinator

Francisco Vilella

Job Titles:
  • Professor, Conservation Biology / Assistant Leader, USGS MS Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit

Frank Owens

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor

Franklin Quin

Job Titles:
  • Research Associate III

Frederico Franca

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Research Professor

Ganesh Karunakaran

Job Titles:
  • Associate Research Professor, Aquaculture

Garrett Hunt

Job Titles:
  • Coordinator, Grounds Maintenance and Heavy Equipment

George L. Switzer

Job Titles:
  • Department Head
  • Professor of Forestry

Gwendolyn Boyd-Shields

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor

Haleigh Fason

Job Titles:
  • Contract and Grants Specialist II

Heidi Renninger

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor

Henry Taylor

Job Titles:
  • Research Technician

Jackson McCommon

Job Titles:
  • Research Technician

James C. Kennedy Endowed

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor in Waterfowl and Wetlands Conservation

James Callicutt

Job Titles:
  • Extension Instructor

James E. Henderson

Job Titles:
  • Professor and Head / Coastal Research and Extension Center

Jared Elmore

Job Titles:
  • Research Associate II

Jeanie McNeel

Job Titles:
  • Coordinator of Administrative Services

Jeff Little

Job Titles:
  • Director of Development

Jessica Myers

Job Titles:
  • Senior Accountant

Jimmy Avery

Job Titles:
  • Extension Professor, Aquaculture / Director, Southern Regional Aquaculture Center

John W. Starr

The John W. Starr Memorial RV Park is located adjacent to the Charles E. Burkhardt Pavilion and Site, home of the Mid-South Forestry Equipment Show. For reservations, phone 662-338-9036.

Jordon Roberts


Joshua Granger

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor

Karen Brasher

Job Titles:
  • Manager of Communications

Karen Williams

Job Titles:
  • Business Manager

Kate Altazan

Job Titles:
  • Office Associate

Kay Davidson

Job Titles:
  • Business Coordinator

Kayla Fast

Job Titles:
  • Research Associate III

Kevin M. Hunt

Job Titles:
  • Sharp Professor of Human Dimensions / Coordinator of WFA Graduate Studies

Kevin Ragon

Job Titles:
  • Assistant

Krishna Poudel

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor

Kristine O. Evans

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor, Conservation Biology

Laiken Fulgham

Job Titles:
  • Business Coordinator

Landon Jones

Job Titles:
  • Research Associate III

Lanna Miller

Job Titles:
  • Student Services Coordinator

Laura Andrews

Job Titles:
  • Program Manager

Laurice Spinelli Correa

Job Titles:
  • Postdoctoral Associate

Laya Khademibami

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Research Professor

Leandro E. (Steve) Miranda

Job Titles:
  • Professor, Fisheries / Leader, USGS MS Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit

Leslie Burger

Job Titles:
  • Associate

Logan Little

Job Titles:
  • Research Technician

Logan Sleezer

Job Titles:
  • Research Associate II

Loren W. (Wes) Burger

Job Titles:
  • Dean
  • Director
  • Dean and Director / College of Forest Resources / Mississippi State University
  • Dean and Director, CFR / FWRC

Mack W. Fondren

Job Titles:
  • Facilities Coordinator

Marcus Drymon

Job Titles:
  • Assistant

Marica McGinnis

Job Titles:
  • Business Coordinator

Mark Hill

Job Titles:
  • Research Technician

Mark McConnell

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor, Bryan Endowed Program for Upland Birds and Prairie Conservation

Mark Woodrey

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Research Professor, Avian Ecology

Matthew Harrison

Job Titles:
  • Extension Associate I

Melanie Boudreau

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Research Professor

Michael Sandel

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor

Michael Sanders

Job Titles:
  • Research Associate I

Miranda Huang

Job Titles:
  • Research Associate II

Morgan Alexander

Job Titles:
  • Student Diversity Coordinator

Morgan Herzog

Job Titles:
  • Business Coordinator / Center for Resolving Human Wildlife Conflict

Mostafa Mohammadabadi

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor

Natalie Dearing

Job Titles:
  • Project Manager

Nathaniel Todt

Job Titles:
  • Research Associate II

Nicole Medeiros

Job Titles:
  • Business Manager I

Patricia Smith

Job Titles:
  • Office Associate

Peter J. Allen

Job Titles:
  • Professor, Aquatic Sciences

Rainer Nichols

Job Titles:
  • Instructor / Center for Resolving Human Wildlife Conflict

Raymond Iglay

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor, Wildlife Ecology

Rebecca Holmes

Job Titles:
  • Research Technician

Rodney Reed

Job Titles:
  • Research Technician

Ryan Mann

Job Titles:
  • Research Associate

Sandra B. Correa

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor, Aquatic Ecology and Fisheries

Scott Edwards

Job Titles:
  • Extension Instructor

Scott Rush

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor, Wildlife Ecology and Management

Sharon Carr

Job Titles:
  • Administrative Assistant I

Shawna Johnson

Job Titles:
  • Administrative Assistant I

Stephen Caples

Job Titles:
  • Web Designer II

Steve Demarais - Chairman

Job Titles:
  • Chairman

Suja Aarattuthodiyil

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Research Professor

Summer Mays

Job Titles:
  • Administrative Assistant I

Susan Blanton

Job Titles:
  • Administrative Assistant I

T. Adam Tullos

Job Titles:
  • Extension Instructor / Center for Resolving Human Wildlife Conflict

Tamara Franca

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor

Taylor Maldonado

Job Titles:
  • Accounting Assistant

Thompson Hall

Many of the classrooms, laboratories, and offices of the College of Forest Resources are located in Thompson Hall. Completed in 1993, Thompson Hall is an 84,000 square-foot state-of-the-art facility which houses classrooms, laboratories, and offices.

Tommy (TJ) Walker

Job Titles:
  • Diversity Program and Student Development Coordinator

Tony Garcia

Job Titles:
  • Systems Analyst

Troy Lindsey

Job Titles:
  • Research Technician

Vanessa Beeson

Job Titles:
  • Publications Editor

W. Cade Booth

Job Titles:
  • Research Associate II

W. Daryl Jones

Job Titles:
  • Extension Professor, Economic Enterprises

Warren S. Thompson

Job Titles:
  • Professor of Wood Science and Technology

Wes Neal

Job Titles:
  • Research Professor

Yong (Ethan) Liang

Job Titles:
  • GIS Coordinator

Yun Sang Kim

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor

Yun Yang

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor