Faculty Profiles

Dr. Ken Mix

Professor at Department of Agricultural Sciences, College of Science & Engineering

Mix, Kenneth D. Conservation Ranching, Beekeeping and Financial Education Program, USDA OPPE, Federal, $750000. (Submitted: August 2023, Funded: October 2023 - Present). Grant.

Mix, Kenneth D (Principal). The Small Producer Initiative’s “Cover Cropping Research on Regenerative Soil Solutions, Education, Extension and Demonstration (RReSSEED)”, USDA-NRCS, Federal, $1000000. (Submitted: July 2021, Funded: October 2022 - September 2024). Grant.
Mix, Kenneth D, Percent Contribution: %50, Tritsch, Katie (Co-Principal), Percent Contribution: %50. Bridging Success: Strengthening Community, Capacity, and Viability of Texas Beginning Farmers and Ranchers, USDA, Federal, $549000. (Funded: September 2022 - August 2025). Grant.

Racelis, Alexis (Principal), Drewery, Merritt L (Co-Principal), Mix, Kenneth D (Co-Principal), Gabler, Christoper (Co-Principal), Rugg, Savannah (Co-Principal), Baldillo, I (Co-Principal), Cantu, J. South Texas Agriculture Roadmap for Training, Research, Experiential Learning, and Careers (STARTREC) in Food, Agriculture, and Natural Resources, USDA HSI Education Grants Program, Federal, $975314. (Submitted: January 2021, Funded: September 1, 2021 - August 31, 2025). Grant.

Mix, Kenneth D (Principal), Omana Sudhakaran, Pratheesh O (Co-Principal). Small Producer Initiative's Agricultural Mentoring Program, USDA, Federal, $400000. (Funded: October 2020 - October 2023). Grant.
Mix, Kenneth D, Schwinning, Susan, Percent Contribution: %25, Benavides, Elizabeth Ashley, Percent Contribution: %25, Drewery, Merritt L, Percent Contribution: %25. Transdisciplinary Research, Educational and Extension Laboratory, USDA, Federal, $145616. (Submitted: October 2019, Funded: February 2020 - February 2023). Grant.
Mix, Kenneth D (Principal), Liu, Xiangping (Co-Principal). Economic Modeling of Soil Carbon Sequestration Resulting From Agricultural Soil Health Practices, Texas State University Research Enhancement Program, Texas State University, $5538. (Submitted: October 13, 2020, Funded: December 15, 2020 - December 31, 2021). Grant.

Mix, Kenneth D. Integrating the Small Producer Initiative with Research and Extension (InSPIRE), USDA - Office of Advocacy and Outreach, Federal, $200000. (Submitted: May 15, 2018, Funded: October 2018 - October 2019). Grant.
Mix, Kenneth D. Texas State Serving Small Producers (aka The Small Producer Initiative), USDA, Federal, $149500. (Funded: March 2018 - February 2020). Grant.

Benavides, Elizabeth Ashley (Principal), Percent Contribution: %60, Mix, Kenneth D (Co-Principal), Percent Contribution: %20, Kerwin, Sean Michael (Co-Principal), Percent Contribution: %10, Rohde, Rodney E (Co-Principal), Percent Contribution: %10. Development of Novel anthelmintics and antiparasitics derived from plant sources, Institutional (Higher Ed), $30000. (Submitted: May 2017, Funded: August 1, 2017 - August 1, 2018). Grant.
Tate, Jitendra S (Principal), Percent Contribution: %100, Mix, Kenneth D (Co-Principal). Ragweed to Riches via Sustainable Agriculture and Composites, Speed Networking, Texas State University, $2500. (Funded: June 1, 2017 - June 30, 2018). Grant.

Asiabanpour, Bahram (Principal), Wagner, Nicole (Co-Principal), Mix, Kenneth D. EverGreen: A Cross-Disciplinary Research-Based Education Program for Hispanic Students at the Food-Water-Energy Intersection, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Federal, $1000000. (Funded: September 2016 - June 2021). Grant.
Eichler, Matthew A, Mix, Kenneth D (Co-Principal), Wagner, Nicole Catherine (Co-Principal). RURAL-V: Reaching Underserved Rural Agricultural Latinos and Veterans, United States Department of Agriculture - Office of Advocacy and Outreach, Federal, $146342. (Submitted: May 2016, Funded: September 30, 2016 - September 29, 2017). Grant.

Mix, Kenneth D (Co-Principal), Jensen, Jennifer (Principal). Methods to Reduce RoundUp Damage and Yield Suppression from Drift, Brock Consulting Group, $18000. (Funded: November 2015). Grant.
Wescott, Daniel (Principal), Rhode, Rodney (Co-Principal), Mix, Kenneth D (Co-Principal). Examination of Upper Threshold Events on the Necrobiome Associated with Human Decomposition In A Subtropic Ecosystem, Multidisciplinary Internal Research Grant (MIRG), $25000. (Funded: May 2015). Grant.
Mix, Kenneth D (Principal), Hagelman, Ronald (Co-Principal), Eichler, Matthew (Co-Principal). Boots to Roots: Preparing Female Hispanic Veterans in the Agricultural and STEM Degrees, USDA, $249935. (Funded: March 2015 - March 2018). Grant.
Morris, Mike (Principal), Sechrist, Peggy (Co-Principal), Teague, Richard (Co-Principal), Mix, Kenneth D (Co-Principal). Soil for Water, Adapting to Long-Term Drought: Grazing Management for Soil Health, Dixon Foundation ($50,000) and Meadows Foundation ($50,000), Private / Foundation / Corporate, $100000. (Submitted: May 2014, Funded: January 2015 - January 2016). Grant.

Mix, Kenneth D (Principal), Gandonou, Jean-Marc (Co-Principal). Facing Climate Change and Drought with the Application of a Soil Surfactant to Improve Precipitation Infiltration, Texas State University-Research Enhancement Program (REP), $8290. (Submitted: October 2011, Funded: January 2012 - Present). Grant.

Mix, Kenneth D (Principal). The Students’ Sustainable Farm, Texas State University-Environmental Service Committee (ESC), $45600. (Funded: October 2011 - Present). Grant.

Zakhidov, Alexander (Principal), Percent Contribution: %20, Beall, Gary W, Percent Contribution: %20, Mix, Kenneth D, Percent Contribution: %20, Miyahara, Yoichi, Percent Contribution: %20, Jin, Tongdan, Percent Contribution: %20. Practical Flexible Solar Cells, MWI. Team Solar-Flex, Texas State University, $10000. (Submitted: March 8, 2019). Grant.