Associate Dean, Cooperative Extension / Economic Development
Director, Cooperative Extension- Services
Professor, Soil/Water and Environmental Science
Professor, Plant Science
Associate Director, Experiment Station
Professor, Arid Lands Resources Sciences - GIDP
Professor, Global Change - GIDP

Jeff's research program is directed towards the development of crop production management strategies (primarily irrigated cotton and cantaloupes) that optimize the soil-plant system agronomically and economically, with full consideration of the short- and long-term impact of inputs environmentally. A study of the soil-plant relationships regarding nurtrients essential to cotton and cantaloupes is an important part of the program. Salinity and sodicity management in agricultural soils is an important part of the program. The overall goal, by interacting with other programs, is to reduce the level of inputs such as pesticides, fertilizers, and irrigation water, and maintain profitability and sustainability in both the short- and long-term agricultural production systems in the desert Southwest.

Associate Dean, Cooperative Extension / Economic Development
Director, Cooperative Extension- Services
Professor, Soil/Water and Environmental Science
Professor, Plant Science
Associate Director, Experiment Station
Professor, Arid Lands Resources Sciences - GIDP
Professor, Global Change - GIDP

Jeff's research program is directed towards the development of crop production management strategies (primarily irrigated cotton and cantaloupes) that optimize the soil-plant system agronomically and economically, with full consideration of the short- and long-term impact of inputs environmentally. A study of the soil-plant relationships regarding nurtrients essential to cotton and cantaloupes is an important part of the program. Salinity and sodicity management in agricultural soils is an important part of the program. The overall goal, by interacting with other programs, is to reduce the level of inputs such as pesticides, fertilizers, and irrigation water, and maintain profitability and sustainability in both the short- and long-term agricultural production systems in the desert Southwest.

Associate Dean, Cooperative Extension / Economic Development
Director, Cooperative Extension- Services
Professor, Soil/Water and Environmental Science
Professor, Plant Science
Associate Director, Experiment Station
Professor, Arid Lands Resources Sciences - GIDP
Professor, Global Change - GIDP

Jeff's research program is directed towards the development of crop production management strategies (primarily irrigated cotton and cantaloupes) that optimize the soil-plant system agronomically and economically, with full consideration of the short- and long-term impact of inputs environmentally. A study of the soil-plant relationships regarding nurtrients essential to cotton and cantaloupes is an important part of the program. Salinity and sodicity management in agricultural soils is an important part of the program. The overall goal, by interacting with other programs, is to reduce the level of inputs such as pesticides, fertilizers, and irrigation water, and maintain profitability and sustainability in both the short- and long-term agricultural production systems in the desert Southwest.

Professor Emeritus of UA Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering

Research Expertise:
Space technologies – propulsion and power
Bio-inspired technologies
In-situ resource utilization, or ISRU

Associate Professor, UA Lunar and Planetary Laboratory
Associate Professor, Planetary Sciences

Dr. Pascucci’s research is directed towards understanding the formation and evolution of giant and terrestrial planets in the Solar System and in other planetary systems. She is particularly interested in merging the cosmochemist view of the solar nebula evolution with the astronomical view of protoplanetary disk evolution and planet formation.

Her research activities include studies of exoplanetary architectures, evolution and dispersal of the pre-planetary material around young stars and associated physical mechanisms, and evolution of volatiles (e.g., water) in protoplanetary disks in relation to their delivery to terrestrial planets.

Associate Professor, UA Lunar and Planetary Laboratory
Associate Professor, Planetary Sciences

Dr. Pascucci’s research is directed towards understanding the formation and evolution of giant and terrestrial planets in the Solar System and in other planetary systems. She is particularly interested in merging the cosmochemist view of the solar nebula evolution with the astronomical view of protoplanetary disk evolution and planet formation.

Her research activities include studies of exoplanetary architectures, evolution and dispersal of the pre-planetary material around young stars and associated physical mechanisms, and evolution of volatiles (e.g., water) in protoplanetary disks in relation to their delivery to terrestrial planets.