NHAES Staff

UNH alum Tim Fischer ’20 began his career in the same place he works now – UNH’s MacFarlane Research Greenhouses.

Matt Biondi brings a lifelong passion for mindfully using our natural resources to his role as manager of UNH’s MacFarlane Research Greenhouses.

UNH’s Equine Facilities manager Erin Morgan-Paugh comes to the university with 10 years of teaching experience in an equine program.

Luke Pacchioli serves as a lead farmer worker for all the COLSA farms, as well as the Macfarlane Research Greenhouses.

Rachel Dubanoski ’15 earned her Bachelor’s degree in Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems with a focus on Dairy Management from the University of New Hampshire before working in the dairy industry in Vermont. In 2021, she came back to New Hampshire and was hired on as assistant farm manager at…

Jason Scruton, a longtime New Hampshire dairy farmer, joined UNH as the manager of the Organic Dairy Research Farm.

UNH farm manager Evan Ford pursued a career in farming and horticulture, which eventually led him to UNH, after seeing the importance and value of food production overseas.

New Hampshire Agricultural Experiment Station research technician Renee Goyette spent years running her own farm and selling produce at local farmers’ markets, Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) operations, and restaurants before she began working at UNH with the late UNH researcher and…

Jon Whitehouse, manager of the Fairchild Dairy Teaching and Research Center, has spent close to four decades running this conventional dairy farm and research center located at the University of New Hampshire.

UNH woodlands manager Steve Eisenhaure ’97 oversees the Office of Woodlands and Natural Areas, teaches forest management at UNH and has been recognized for his work supporting and advancing New England’s forestry industry.

Fairchild Dairy lead farm worker Tim Cahill '21 joined the team at the New Hampshire Agricultural Experiment Station in 2022—a little over a year after graduating from UNH with a Bachelor’s degree in Animal Science. No stranger to working with large animals, Tim worked at the Connolly Brothers…

COLSA and NHAES finish carpenter Curtis Johnson got his start working in construction and carpentry in the New Hampshire seacoast area in 1987. In 2007, he joined COLSA as a part-time carpenter. Now, on any given day, you’ll likely find him engaged in a new task around campus, whether it’s breaking…