Personnel Employed at the

Southwestern Cotton Ginning Research Laboratory

 Name

Position

Ed Hughs
shughs@nmsu.edu

Research Leader / Supervisory
Agricultural Engineer

Fermin C. Alvarado
fealvara@nmsu.edu

Electronics Technician

Billy M. Armijo
biarmijo@nmsu.edu

Supervisory Engineering Technician

Carlos B. Armijo
cararmij@nmsu.edu

Textile Technologist

Dr. Kevin D. Baker
kevibake@nmsu.edu

Agricultural Engineer

Chris M. Lloyd
swcgrl@nmsu.edu

Secretary

Dr. Paul A. Funk
pfunk@nmsu.edu

Agricultural Engineer

Marvis N. Gillum
mgillum@nmsu.edu

Contract Agricultural Engineer

Ernest D. Herrera

Textile Equipment Operator

Michael A. Lieberman
milieber@nmsu.edu

Research Physicist

Tye L. Lightfoot
tlightfo@nmsu.edu

Engineering Technician

James J. Melendrez

Sheet Metal Mechanic

Paul Delgado
pdelgado@nmsu.edu

Maintenance Mech. Worker

Kirk Zivovich
kirkz@nmsu.edu

Maintenance Mech. Worker

David Carabajal

 Laborer

Dr. Murali Siddaiah
msiddaia@nmsu.edu

Research Specialist

S. Mark Trujillo

Tool Maker

Dr. Derek Whitelock
dwhitelo@nmsu.edu

 Agricultural Engineer

Jo Ann Fernandez
joaferna@nmsu.edu

Administrative Officer
Ph#(505)646-6316

Elizabeth M. Knoll
eknoll@nmsu.edu

Administrative Support Asst.
Ph#(505)646-6317

Julie E. Lightfoot
jlightfo@nmsu.edu

Office Automation Asst.
Ph#(505)646-3460

Above personnel can be reached at (505)526-6381 or Fax (505)525-1076
email:swcgrl@nmsu.edu

Southwestern Cotton Ginning Research Laboratory
P.O. Box 578
Mesilla Park, New Mexico 88047

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