Earlier this month, the Texas A&M AgriLife Research Director’s Awards recognized the Texas Water Resources Institute and the Texas A&M AgriLife Research and Extension Center in Lubbock with the 2025 Collaboration Award. Texas A&M AgriLife Research Director G. Cliff Lamb, Ph.D., presented the awards at a banquet on Jan. 6 in Bryan.
TWRI’s partnership with the Lubbock Center is an interdisciplinary team dedicated to addressing the most urgent agricultural challenges of the Southern Great Plains. The region suffers from water scarcity, climate variability and declining soil health, increasingly threatening production and rural livelihoods. By combining strengths in soil science, agronomy, water resources, social sciences and stakeholder engagement, the team develops practical, research-driven solutions that directly support producers in this high-risk region.
The team includes TWRI members Allen Berthold, Ph.D., associate director and assistant professor; Danielle Kalisek, assistant director and chief financial officer; and Lucas Gregory, Ph.D., associate director and chief science officer, all in Bryan-College Station. Members from Texas A&M AgriLife in Lubbock are Katie Rothlisberger-Lewis, Ph.D., AgriLife Research soil chemistry and fertility scientist and professor; Joseph Burke, Ph.D., AgriLife Research and Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service cropping system agronomy and weed scientist and assistant professor; and Christopher Cobos, Ph.D., senior research associate, all in the Texas A&M Department of Soil and Crop Sciences.
