{"id":9,"date":"2022-04-15T14:22:12","date_gmt":"2022-04-15T18:22:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/pse-draft\/?page_id=9"},"modified":"2026-02-13T11:00:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-13T16:00:07","slug":"people","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/pse\/people\/","title":{"rendered":"People"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">People<\/h1>\n\n\n<section class=\"cl-wrapper cl-menu-wrapper\"><nav id=\"\" class=\"cl-menu  \" data-name=\"people\" data-show-title=\"0\"><ul id=\"menu-people\" class=\"cl-menu-list cl-menu-list-no-js\"><li id=\"menu-item-38\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-38\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/pse\/people\/\">Faculty<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-39\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-39\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/pse\/people\/staff\/\">Staff<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/nav><\/section>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Faculty<\/h2>\n\n\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"uri-people-tool cl-tiles halves\"><div class=\"peopleitem h-card has-thumbnail\">\n\t<header>\n\t\t<div class=\"header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/pse\/meet\/rebecca-brown\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"401\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/pse\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2109\/Rebecca-Brown.jpg\" class=\"u-photo  wp-post-image\" alt=\"Rebecca Brown, Department of Plant Sciences and Entomology\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/pse\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2109\/Rebecca-Brown.jpg 400w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/pse\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2109\/Rebecca-Brown-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/pse\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2109\/Rebecca-Brown-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/pse\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2109\/Rebecca-Brown-364x365.jpg 364w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"p-name\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/pse\/meet\/rebecca-brown\/\">Rebecca Brown<\/a><\/h3>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/header>\n\t<div class=\"inside\">\n\n\t\t<p class=\"people-title p-job-title\">Professor and Chair<\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"people-department\"><\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"people-misc\"><span class=\"p-tel\">401.874.2755<\/span> <br> <a class=\"u-email\" href=\"mailto:brownreb@uri.edu\">brownreb@uri.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"peopleitem h-card has-thumbnail\">\n\t<header>\n\t\t<div class=\"header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/pse\/meet\/steven-alm\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1600\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/pse\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2109\/Steve-Alm.jpg\" class=\"u-photo  wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/pse\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2109\/Steve-Alm.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/pse\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2109\/Steve-Alm-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/pse\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2109\/Steve-Alm-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/pse\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2109\/Steve-Alm-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/pse\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2109\/Steve-Alm-364x485.jpg 364w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/pse\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2109\/Steve-Alm-500x667.jpg 500w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/pse\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2109\/Steve-Alm-1000x1333.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"p-name\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/pse\/meet\/steven-alm\/\">Steven R. Alm<\/a><\/h3>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/header>\n\t<div class=\"inside\">\n\n\t\t<p class=\"people-title p-job-title\">Professor<\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"people-department\"><\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"people-misc\"><span class=\"p-tel\">401.874.5998<\/span> <br> <a class=\"u-email\" href=\"mailto:stevealm@uri.edu\">stevealm@uri.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"peopleitem h-card has-thumbnail\">\n\t<header>\n\t\t<div class=\"header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/pse\/meet\/thomas-mather\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"843\" height=\"1006\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/pse\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2109\/tom.jpg\" class=\"u-photo  wp-post-image\" alt=\"picture of tom next to a microscope.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/pse\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2109\/tom.jpg 843w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/pse\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2109\/tom-251x300.jpg 251w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/pse\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2109\/tom-768x916.jpg 768w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/pse\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2109\/tom-364x434.jpg 364w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/pse\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2109\/tom-500x597.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 843px) 100vw, 843px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"p-name\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/pse\/meet\/thomas-mather\/\">Thomas Mather<\/a><\/h3>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/header>\n\t<div class=\"inside\">\n\n\t\t<p class=\"people-title p-job-title\">Professor<\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"people-department\"><\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"people-misc\"><span class=\"p-tel\">401.874.5616<\/span> <br> <a class=\"u-email\" href=\"mailto:tmather@uri.edu\">tmather@uri.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"peopleitem h-card \">\n\t<header>\n\t\t<div class=\"header\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"p-name\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/pse\/meet\/nathaniel-mitkowski\/\">Nathaniel Mitkowski<\/a><\/h3>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/header>\n\t<div class=\"inside\">\n\n\t\t<p class=\"people-title p-job-title\">Professor<\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"people-department\"><\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"people-misc\"><span class=\"p-tel\">401.874.5996<\/span> <br> <a class=\"u-email\" href=\"mailto:mitkowski@uri.edu\">mitkowski@uri.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"peopleitem h-card \">\n\t<header>\n\t\t<div class=\"header\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"p-name\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/pse\/meet\/bridget-ruemmele\/\">Bridget Ruemmele<\/a><\/h3>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/header>\n\t<div class=\"inside\">\n\n\t\t<p class=\"people-title p-job-title\">Professor<\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"people-department\"><\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"people-misc\"><span class=\"p-tel\">401.874.7874<\/span> <br> <a class=\"u-email\" href=\"mailto:bridgetr@uri.edu\">bridgetr@uri.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"peopleitem h-card has-thumbnail\">\n\t<header>\n\t\t<div class=\"header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/pse\/meet\/john-r-taylor\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/pse\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2109\/John-Taylor-Profile.jpg\" class=\"u-photo  wp-post-image\" alt=\"John Taylor, Associate Professor of Agroecology in the Department of Plant Sciences and Entomology\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/pse\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2109\/John-Taylor-Profile.jpg 500w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/pse\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2109\/John-Taylor-Profile-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/pse\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2109\/John-Taylor-Profile-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/pse\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2109\/John-Taylor-Profile-364x364.jpg 364w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"p-name\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/pse\/meet\/john-r-taylor\/\">John R. Taylor<\/a><\/h3>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/header>\n\t<div class=\"inside\">\n\n\t\t<p class=\"people-title p-job-title\">Associate Professor of Agroecology<\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"people-department\"><\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"people-misc\"><span class=\"p-tel\">401.874.9027<\/span> <br> <a class=\"u-email\" href=\"mailto:jr_taylor@uri.edu\">jr_taylor@uri.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"peopleitem h-card has-thumbnail\">\n\t<header>\n\t\t<div class=\"header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/pse\/meet\/lisa-tewksbury\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"687\" height=\"692\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/pse\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2109\/Lisa-Tewksbury.jpg\" class=\"u-photo  wp-post-image\" alt=\"Dr. Lisa Tewksury\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/pse\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2109\/Lisa-Tewksbury.jpg 687w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/pse\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2109\/Lisa-Tewksbury-298x300.jpg 298w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/pse\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2109\/Lisa-Tewksbury-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/pse\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2109\/Lisa-Tewksbury-364x367.jpg 364w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/pse\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2109\/Lisa-Tewksbury-500x504.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 687px) 100vw, 687px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"p-name\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/pse\/meet\/lisa-tewksbury\/\">Lisa Tewksbury<\/a><\/h3>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/header>\n\t<div class=\"inside\">\n\n\t\t<p class=\"people-title p-job-title\">Research Associate\/Adjunct Professor<\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"people-department\">Plant Science and Entomology\/IPM\/URI Biocontrol Lab\/<\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"people-misc\"><span class=\"p-tel\">401.874.2750<\/span> <br> <a class=\"u-email\" href=\"mailto:lisat@uri.edu\">lisat@uri.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"peopleitem h-card has-thumbnail\">\n\t<header>\n\t\t<div class=\"header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/pse\/meet\/camilo-villouta\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"895\" height=\"906\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/pse\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2109\/Camilo-Villouta_scaled.jpg\" class=\"u-photo  wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/pse\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2109\/Camilo-Villouta_scaled.jpg 895w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/pse\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2109\/Camilo-Villouta_scaled-296x300.jpg 296w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/pse\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2109\/Camilo-Villouta_scaled-768x777.jpg 768w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/pse\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2109\/Camilo-Villouta_scaled-364x368.jpg 364w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/pse\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2109\/Camilo-Villouta_scaled-500x506.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 895px) 100vw, 895px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"p-name\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/pse\/meet\/camilo-villouta\/\">Camilo Villouta<\/a><\/h3>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/header>\n\t<div class=\"inside\">\n\n\t\t<p class=\"people-title p-job-title\">Assistant Professor in Controlled Environment Agriculture<\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"people-department\">Plant Sciences and Entomology<\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"people-misc\"><span class=\"p-tel\">401-874-4538<\/span> <br> <a class=\"u-email\" href=\"mailto:camilo.villouta@uri.edu\">camilo.villouta@uri.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u00a0Emeritus<\/h2>\n\n\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"uri-people-tool cl-tiles halves\"><div class=\"peopleitem h-card has-thumbnail\">\n\t<header>\n\t\t<div class=\"header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/pse\/meet\/brian-maynard\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"993\" height=\"1020\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/pse\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2109\/BKM_Head_2.jpeg\" class=\"u-photo  wp-post-image\" alt=\"Brian Maynard\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/pse\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2109\/BKM_Head_2.jpeg 993w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/pse\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2109\/BKM_Head_2-292x300.jpeg 292w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/pse\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2109\/BKM_Head_2-768x789.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/pse\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2109\/BKM_Head_2-364x374.jpeg 364w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/pse\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2109\/BKM_Head_2-500x514.jpeg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 993px) 100vw, 993px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"p-name\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/pse\/meet\/brian-maynard\/\">Brian Maynard<\/a><\/h3>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/header>\n\t<div class=\"inside\">\n\n\t\t<p class=\"people-title p-job-title\">Professor<\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"people-department\"><\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"people-misc\"><span class=\"p-tel\">401.874.5372<\/span> <br> <a class=\"u-email\" href=\"mailto:bmaynard@uri.edu\">bmaynard@uri.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>People Faculty \u00a0Emeritus<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":581,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-9","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/pse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/pse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/pse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/pse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/581"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/pse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/pse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":640,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/pse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9\/revisions\/640"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/pse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}