Meet the Team



Kelly Jones
Title: Professor
Office Phone: 575-387-2319
Email: kwjones@nmsu.edu
- Research Area: Dr. Kelly Jones is a social scientist that specializes in understanding the anthropogenic drivers of land use change and biodiversity loss and measuring the impact of conservation and restoration actions on land cover change, ecosystem services, and human wellbeing outcomes. She is working on several projects related to the social and economic dimensions of wildfire mitigation and post-fire restoration in the western United States.
- Kelly Jones' website

Tammy Parsons
Title: Assistant Director, Nursery Research
Office Phone: 575-387-2319
Email: tlp@nmsu.edu

Andrei Toca
Title: Research Scientist
Email: atoca@nmsu.edu
- Toca Curriculum Vitae (CV)
- Research Area: Dr. Andrei Toca specializes in the stress ecophysiology of forest species, with a focus on enhancing reforestation success in harsh environments such as post-fire and drought-prone landscapes. His research centers on drought and cold resistance, root growth dynamics, and physiological stress memory in tree seedlings.
