Leadership

Meet the leadership team of the Texas A&M AgriLife Research and Extension Center at Dallas

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Our center is the administrative office for District IV of the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service. For general inquiries and assistance from AgriLife Extension experts, please contact your county office.

Center Leadership

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Daniel Leskovar, Ph.D.

Center Director, Professor, Texas A&M AgriLife Research

In addition to serving as center director, Dr. Leskovar’s vegetable physiology program focuses on the development of integrated sustainable vegetable cropping systems and understanding plant morphological and physiological adaptation mechanisms to environmental stresses. 
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Ambika Chandra, Ph.D.

Assistant Center Director, Professor,

Texas A&M AgriLife Research
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Jared Conrad

Senior Administrator

Texas A&M AgriLife Research

Ben DeBusk

Dallas Center Administrator

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AgriLife Extension Regional Leadership

Dr. Hurley Miller

District Extension Administrator, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service

972.952.9263

Larry W. Pierce Jr.

Regional Program Leader, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service

903.834.6191

Paula Butler

Regional Program Leader, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service

972.952.9229
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Sharon Harris

District IV Office Manager, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service

972.952.9201

Thematic Leads

Urban Agriculture and Forestry

Daniel Leskovar, Ph.D.

Professor, Controlled Environment Agriculture Principle Investigator, Center Director

Texas A&M AgriLife Research

Turfgrass and Urban Landscapes

Ambika Chandra, Ph.D.

Professor, Principal Investigator
Texas A&M AgriLife Research

972.952.9218

Healthy Living

Rebecca Seguin-Fowler, Ph.D., RDN

Healthy Living Lead, Principal Investigator

979.845.2142