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The CEA program brings together faculty, staff, and other supporting personnel from three College of Agriculture and Life Sciences departments, including Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering, Plant Sciences, and Agricultural Education.




Program Director
Dr. Gene A. Giacomelli
Director. Controlled Environment Agriculture Program,

Professor
Department of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering,

Professor
Department Plant Sciences,

CEA Building, Room 101
1951 East Roger Road,
Tucson, Arizona 85719
Phone: (520) 626 9566
FAX: (520) 626 1700

Shantz Building, Room 504
P.O. Box 210038
Tucson, Arizona 85721-0038
Phone: (520) 621 1607
FAX: (520) 621 3963

giacomel@ag.arizona.edu
http://ag.arizona.edu/ABE
CEA Faculty & Staff
Dr. Merle H. Jensen

 

Professor Emeritus
Department of Plant Sciences,
Assistant Dean of Sponsored Research,
Associated Director, Az. Agrl. Experiment Station

Forbes Building, Room 314
PO Box 210036
Tucson, Arizona 85721
Phone: (520) 621-5242

mjensen@ag.arizona.edu
http://ag.arizona.edu/pls
 
 
Dr. Chieri Kubota

Associate Professor
Department of Plant Sciences,
Department of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering,

CEA Building, Room 102
1951 E. Roger Rd
Tucson, AZ 85719
Phone: (520) 626 8833

Forbes Building, Room 209
P.O. Box 210036
Tucson, AZ 85721
Phone: (520) 626 7937

ckubota@ag.arizona.edu
http://ag.arizona.edu/pls/faculty/
kubota.htm

 
Dr. Patricia A. Rorabaugh

Lecturer, Hydroponic Crop Specialist
Department of Plant Sciences,

CEA Building, Room 103
1951 E. Roger Rd
Tucson, AZ 85719
Phone: (520) 626 9953

patrora@ag.arizona.edu


 
Dr. Roger T. Huber
Professor Emeritus
Department of Entomology,

CEA Building, Room 105
1951 E. Roger Rd
Tucson, AZ 85719
Phone: (520) 626 9566
Fax:(520) 626 1700
Cell phone:(520) 401 5908

rhuber@u.arizona.edu
rhuber@cals.arizona.edu
 
Dr. Anita (Teena) Hayden
Assistant Adjunct Professor
Department of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering,

241 Rockhouse Rd, Marion, NC 28752
VP & Chief Development Officer
Native American BotanicsCorporation

hayden@nativeamericanbotanics.com

www.nativeamericanbotanics.com
 
Dr. Mary Olsen
  Associate Specialist
Department of Plant Pathology,

molsen@ag.arizona.edu
 
Dr. Allan Matthias
 

Associate Professor
Department of Soil, Water and Environmental Science
,

Shantz Building, Room 529
P.O. Box 210038
Tucson, Arizona 85721-0038

Phone: (520) 621 7226

matthias@ag.arizona.edu
 
Dr. Peter Waller
Associate Professor
Department of Agricultural and Biosystems
Engineering,

Shantz Building, Room 530
P.O. Box 210038
Tucson, Arizona 85721-0038
Phone: (520) 621 2896


pwaller@ag.arizona.edu
 
 
Dr. Ursula Schuch
  Associate Professor
Specialist, Arid Ornamental Plants
Department of Plant Sciences,
Tucson, AZ 85721

Phone: (520) 621 1060
Fax:(520)621 7186

ukschuch@ag.arizona.edu
Staff
Priscilla Files
Program Coordinator
Controlled Environment Agriculture Center,
Agriculture and Biosystems Engineering


CEA Building
1951 E. Roger Rd
Tucson, AZ 85719
Phone: (520) 626 9566

pfiles@ag.arizona.edu
 
 
Stephen Kania

Research Specialist, Senior
Department of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering,

CEAC building, Room 104
1951 E. Roger Rd
Tucson, AZ 85719
Phone: (520)-626-3928
Fax: (520)-626-1700

kania@ag.arizona.edu
http://ag.arizona.edu/ceac/index.htm



 
Mark Kroggel

Research Specialist
Department of Plant Sciences,
Controlled Environment Agriculture

Forbes Building, Room 303
P.O. Box 210036
Tucson, AZ 85721
Phone: (520) 626 3928

kroggel@ag.arizona.edu
Other Staff
Mr. Phil Sadler
Sadler Machine Company
Phoenix, AZ

SadlerMachineCo@aol.com
Graduated Students
Chris Pagliarulo
  MS/PhD student
Department of Plant Sciences

pagz@ag.arizona.edu


 
Efren Fitz-Rodriguez
PhD Student
Department of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering

CEA Building, Room 111A
1951 Roger Rd
Tucson AZ 85719
Phone: (520) 626-9615

efitz@email.arizona.edu
 
Min Wu
PhD student
Department of Plant Sciences

CEA Building, Room 111A
1951 Roger Rd
Tucson AZ 85719
Phone: (520) 245 1571

wum@email.arizona.edu
 
Nadia Sabeh
PhD student
Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering

CEA Building, Room 111
1951 E. Roger Rd
Tucson, AZ 85719
Phone: (520) 626 9615

ncsabeh@email.arizona.edu


 
Paula Costa

PhD Student
Department of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering

CEA Building, Room 111A
1951 Roger Rd
Tucson AZ 85719
Phone: (520) 626-9215
Cell Phone: (520) 245-4153

prr@ag.arizona.edu


 
Armando Suarez-Romero

MSstudent
Department of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering

CEA Building, Room 111A
1951 Roger Rd
Tucson AZ 85719
Phone: (520) 626-9615

asromero@u.arizona.edu

 
Johann S. Buck
MS Student
Department of Plant Sciences

Forbes Building, Room 303
Tucson, AZ 85721-0036
Phone: (520) 850 1374

jsbuck@ag.arizona.edu
 
Jennifer Nelkin

MS Student
Department of Plant Sciences


Forbes Building, Room 437B
Tucson, AZ 85721
Phone: (520) 621 1060


nelkin@email.arizona.edu


 
Mohammed Saleh Alshitawi
 

MS Student
Department of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering

Phone: (520) 272 8499

alshitawi@hotmail.com


Pedro de Jesus Romero
MS Student
Department of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering

Shantz Building, Room 129
Tucson, AZ. 85721

pedromer@email.arizona.edu

Student workers
Brandon Jewell
  veegun@email.arizona.edu
 
Carlos Valentin Gomez
  cvale21@email.arizona.edu
 
Cody Fasbinder
  coastyone@hotmail.com
 
Diana Higdon-Chandler
  dianahc@email.arizona.edu
 
Gilberto Madrid
  gmadrid@email.arizona.edu
 
Hope Garrison
  hopeegarrison@aol.com
 
Julio Lopez
  soyd@comcast.net
 
Lane Patterson
undergraduate student
Department of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering

lane12345@rocketmail.com
 
Mark Bais
  baism@u.arizona.edu
 
Stefanie Mares
  wolfprincess639@yahoo.com
 



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