R. Charlie Shultz

R. Charlie Shultz (Academic Director, Controlled Environment Agriculture, Santa Fe Community College) is considered a leader in the field of Aquaponics and has worked with diverse populations across the globe. Charlie received his undergraduate training at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, earning BS degrees in Fishery Science and Biology. Charlie then worked with fish at the University of Georgia and the University of the Virgin Islands where aquaponics was pioneered. Charlie completed his master’s research at Kentucky State University looking at the potential for indoor aquaponic food production. After graduate school, Charlie spent two years working at Lethbridge College in Southern Alberta, Canada as an Aquaponics Researcher before relocating to San Marcos, TX to run an integrated tilapia and vegetable farm. For the past seven years Charlie has built a CEA program at Santa Fe Community College focused on CEA workforce training.