Faculty

- Vance Baird
- Professor and Chairperson
- Environmental stress; nuclear genome organization, gene expression.
- (517) 353-0361
- bairdw@msu.edu
- Cornelius Barry
- Associate Professor
- Biochemical Evolution of Specialized Metabolism within the Solanaceae Family; Genetic Determinants of Fruit Quality and Ripening
- (517) 884-6959
- barrycs@msu.edu

- Randy Beaudry
- Professor
- Postharvest biology and technology; controlled atmosphere storage of pome fruit, modified atmosphere packaging; sugarbeet storage, ripening biology and aroma volatile biochemistry.
- (517) 353-0303
- beaudry@msu.edu
- Bridget Behe Ph.D.
- Professor
- Marketing of horticultural crops, both edible and ornamental
- (517) 353-0346
- behe@msu.edu

- John Biernbaum PhD
- Professor
- Organic crop production; production and use of compost for fertility, transplant media and water extracts (tea) for managing soil and plant health.
- (517) 353-0419
- biernbau@msu.edu
- Daniel Brainard PhD
- Associate Professor
- Development of reduced-tillage, cover-crop intensive vegetable production systems; weed ecology and management, with an emphasis on seed biology
- 517-353-0417
- brainar9@msu.edu

- John Bukovac
- Professor Emeritus
- Pomology: Current research is focused on chemical management of crop load on fruit quality and flower initiation to increase cropping efficiency and factors affecting cuticular penetration of foliar-applied plant growth regulators
- 517-353-0393
- bukovacm@msu.edu
- Art Cameron
- Professor
- Director of the MSU Horticulture Gardens, sustainable landscape design, urban horticulture
- 517-353-0338
- cameron@msu.edu

- Dan Chitwood
- Assistant Professor
- Plant morphology, X-ray Computed Tomography, Topological Data Analysis
- chitwoo9@msu.edu
- Bert Cregg
- Professor, Tree Physiology
- Physiology and management of trees in landscapes and nursery production
- 517-355-5191
- cregg@msu.edu

- Marcus Duck
- Advisor and Instructor; Institute of Agricultural Technology Program Coordinator
- 517-353-0351
- duckmarc@msu.edu
- Patrick Edger
- Assistant Professor
- Polyploid Genomics
- 765-749-1496
- edgerpat@msu.edu

- Todd Einhorn
- Associate Professor
- Tree fruit physiology, plant-water relations, rootstock biology, plant growth regulation
- (517) 353-0430
- einhornt@msu.edu
- Tom Fernandez
- Professor
- Sustainability of wholesale production nurseries, water management and quality
- 517-353-0336
- fernan15@msu.edu

- James Flore
- Professor Emeritus
- Carbon assimilation and partitioning by fruit crops; effects of biotic and abiotic stress on assimilation and carbon partitioning.
- 517-353-0375
- flore@msu.edu
- Denae Friedheim
- Student Organic Farm - Program Director
- (517) 703-4337
- friedhei@msu.edu

- Kristin Getter
- Academic Specialist
- Floriculture, Green Roofs
- (517) 353-0341
- getterk@msu.edu
- Susan Gruber M.S.
- Undergraduate Advisor and Instructor
- Undergraduate Advisor and Instructor
- 517-353-0326
- grubers@msu.edu

- Rebecca Grumet
- Professor
- Reproductive development in Cucumis; regulation of sex-expression; disease resistance; biotechnology biosafety; cucurbit genomics.
- 517-353-0431
- grumet@msu.edu
- Kyung-Hwan Han
- Professor
- Molecular biology of secondary growth; secondary wall biosynthesis; feedstock development for bioenergy and biomaterials; drought tolerance
- 517-353-4751
- hanky@msu.edu

- Jim Hancock
- Professor Emeritus
- Blueberry and strawberry breeding and genetics; marker-assisted selection breeding; environmental biosafety of GE crops.
- hancock@msu.edu
- Eric Hanson PhD
- Professor
- Mineral nutrition and fertilizer use in fruit production; high-tunnel berry crop production; cover crops and weed management
- 517-353-0386
- hansone@msu.edu

- Zachary Hayden
- Assistant Professor
- Soil and Nutrient Management for Vegetables
- (517) 353-0410
- haydenza@msu.edu
- Courtney Hollender
- Assistant Professor
- Molecular Genetics, Plant Development, Fruit Tree Physiology
- (517) 353-0446
- chollend@msu.edu

- Amy Iezzoni
- Professor
- Sour cherry breeding for fruit quality and disease resistance; cherry genetics; marker-assisted breeding; cherry rootstock selection.
- 517-353-0391
- iezzoni@msu.edu
- Ning Jiang
- Professor
- Function of transposable elements; mechanisms of genome diversification; computational and molecular biology.
- 517-353-0381
- jiangn@msu.edu

- Suzanne Lang
- Associate Professor
- langsu@msu.edu
- Gregory Lang
- Professor
- Tree fruit horticulture, physiology, and genetic evaluation, including high efficiency training systems and orchard climatic modification systems
- 517-353-0388
- langg@msu.edu

- Wayne Loescher
- Professor
- Stress physiology, carbohydrate partitioning and photosynthesis.
- 517-353-0445
- loescher@msu.edu
- Roberto Lopez
- Assistant Professor
- Controlled environment specialty crop production; Lighting applications for greenhouses and indoor vertical production; light-emitting diodes; young plant propagation.
- 517-353-0342
- rglopez@msu.edu

- Norm Lownds
- Associate Professor
- Youth education; using technology for experiential learning; 4-H Children’s Garden Director.
- (517) 353-0349
- lownds@msu.edu
- Haddish Melakeberhan
- Associate Professor
- Integrated and sustainable nematode, nutrient cycling, and soil health management in cropping systems.
- (517) 355-4487
- melakebe@msu.edu

- Muraleedharan Nair
- Professor
- Bioactive natural products: Functional foods and Phytoceuticals. Discovery, isolation, purification, identification and standardization of bioactive molecules; efficacy, dose and toxicity evaluation; formulation and process development.
- (517) 353-0406
- nairm@msu.edu
- W. Garrett Owen
- Eastern Michigan Floriculture and Greenhouse Outreach Specialist
- Propagation and nutrient management of herbaceous perennials, greenhouse substrates and alternatives, and floriculture crop diagnostics.
- 248-347-0269, Ext. 202
- wgowen@msu.edu

- Ronald Perry
- Professor Emeritus
- (517) 353-0433
- perryr@msu.edu
- Brad Rowe
- Professor
- Green roof technology: plant evaluations, growing substrates, carbon sequestration, stormwater management, energy conservation.
- (517) 353-0334
- rowed@msu.edu

- Erik Runkle
- Professor
- Lighting applications in greenhouses and indoor vertical farms; light-emitting diodes; greenhouse energy conservation; crop production in controlled environments
- (517) 353-0350
- runkleer@msu.edu
- Paolo Sabbatini
- Associate Professor
- Grapevine physiology; photosynthetic carbon assimilation and partitioning; viticulture; cultivar evaluation of Michigan.
- (517) 353-0302
- sabbatin@msu.edu

- Dixie Sandborn
- Extension Specialist
- dixie@msu.edu
- Robert Schutzki
- Associate Professor
- Landscape horticulture; characterization of adaptive traits; plant physiological status during landscape establishment.
- (517) 353-0337
- schutzki@msu.edu

- Guo-Qing Song
- Associate Professor
- Improvement of horticultural crops using genomics, genetic, and biotechnological tools; development of efficient plant micropropagation, regeneration and transformation techniques.
- (517) 353-0384
- songg@msu.edu
- Steve van Nocker
- Professor
- Developmental genetics of plants, traits important for production including flowering, chromatin regulation of gene expression
- vannocke@msu.edu

- Robert VanBuren
- Assistant Professor
- 517-353-0355
- vanbur31@msu.edu
- Ryan Warner
- Associate Professor
- Genetics of plant development; genomics-assisted breeding; marker-assisted selection; floriculture crops.
- (517) 353-0344
- warnerry@msu.edu

- Irvin Widders
- Professor; Director, Dry Grain Pulses CRSP
- (517) 355-4611
- widders@msu.edu
- Bernard Zandstra
- Professor
- Weed control in fruit, vegetables, and Christmas trees; registration of new pesticides.
- (517) 353-6637
- zandstra@msu.edu

College of Agriculture & Natural ResourcesDepartment of Horticulture