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Kerry Cooper

Associate Professor
520-621-3342
kcooper@arizona.edu

Arun Dhar

Professor
Director, Aquaculture Pathology Lab
520-621-8727
adhar@arizona.edu

Gerardo (Jerry) Lopez

Associate Professor
Extension Specialist
520-621-4399
lopezg3@arizona.edu

Fiona McCarthy

Professor
520-626-2875
fionamcc@arizona.edu

Sadhana Ravishankar

Professor
520-626-1499
sadhravi@arizona.edu

Michael Riggs

Professor
520-621-8445
mriggs@cals.arizona.edu
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Liliana Salvador

Assistant Professor
lilianasalvador@arizona.edu

Gayatri Vedantam

Professor
520-626-6839
gayatri@arizona.edu

V.K. Viswanathan

Professor
520-626-7687
vkv@arizona.edu

Joint faculty

David Baltrus

Associate Professor, School of Plant Sciences
520-621-1977
baltrus@arizona.edu

Paul Carini

Associate Professor, Department of Environmental Science
520-621-1646
paulcarini@arizona.edu

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