New Mexico State University

Dr. Ivette Guzman joined NMSU in 2016 as an Assistant Professor of Horticulture with an interest in medicinal foods in New Mexico. At three years old, Dr. Guzman’s family immigrated to the Texas panhandle from Mexico where her family worked as seasonal farm workers. With a drive to pursue education and an interest in science, Dr. Guzman earned her Bachelors in Biology at the University of Texas at San Antonio, Master’s degree in Plant Biology at Texas Woman’s University, and a PhD in Plant Sciences at New Mexico State University. She completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the Plants for Human Health Institute at North Carolina State University.

She has served on the board of the La Semilla Food Center and co-director of the National Institutes of Health funded Maximizing Access to Research Careers (MARC) program, a training grant that sponsors undergraduate researchers from underrepresented minorities in the sciences. Her research and professional goal is to conduct interdisciplinary food research and train students to use basic science to look at the big picture of agriculture, food and nutrition. Her research is critical to increasing the health and wellbeing of surrounding communities and families.

Email: ivguzman@nmsu.edu
Office: Skeen Hall, N350
Guzman Profile

• Sharon Westfall-Loomis
• Dr. Tim Loomis
• Dr. Srijana Dura
• Dr. Joe Wood
• Dr. Philip Lujan
• Maria Alvarez Zavala, MS
• Calen McKenzie, MS
• Jacque Cormier, MS
• Jagdeep Singh, MS

Undergraduate Students

• Valerie Guha
• Sarette Patrick
• Kristen Ramos
• Adam Hopper
• Skyler Stinson
• Krystal Vargas
• Cisco Chacon
• Yvonne Lucero