Contacts
For a directory to all the people involved in the NC Region and other sections of the IR-4 program, please visit the IR-4 National Program website.
IR-4 Project Headquarters
NC State University
1730 Varsity Drive
Venture IV, Suite 210
Raleigh, NC, 27606
Phone: 919-515-1552
Email: ir-4_project@ncsu.edu
North Central Region
IR-4 North Central Regional Field Coordinator
Nicole Soldan
Michigan State University
1066 Bogue St., Room A448
East Lansing, MI, 48824
Office: 517-353-0416
Cell: 517-712-8441
Email: schroe65@msu.edu
North Central Region State Liaison Representatives
Illinois
Vacant
Indiana
Steve Meyers
Purdue University
Department of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture
625 Agriculture Mall Dr.
West Lafayette, IN 47907
Phone: 765-496-6540
Email: slmeyers@purdue.edu
Iowa
Vacant
Kansas
Dr. Ray Cloyd
Kansas State University
Dept. of Entomology
123 WA
Manhattan, KS, 66506
Phone: 785-532-6154
Email: rcloyd@ksu.edu
Michigan
Nicole Soldan
Michigan State University
1066 Bogue St., Room A448
East Lansing, MI, 48824
Office: 517-353-0416
Cell: 517-712-8441
Email: schroe65@msu.edu
Minnesota
Vacant
Missouri
Reid Smeda
University of Missouri
204 Waters Hall
Colombia, MO 65211
Office: (573) 882-1329
Cell: (573) 864-2873
Email: SmedaR@missouri.edu
Nebraska
Amit Jhala
University of Nebraska - Lincoln
Department of Agronomy and Horticulture
Lincoln, NE, 68583-0915
Phone: (402) 472-1534
Email: amit.jhala@unl.edu
North Dakota
Brian Jenks
North Central Research Extension Center
North Dakota State University
5400 Highway 83 South
Minot, ND 58701
Phone: 701-857-7677
Email: brian.jenks@ndsu.edu
Ohio
Dr. Douglas J. Doohan
OSU/OARDC
Dept of Horticulture and Crop Sci
1680 Madison Avenue
Wooster, OH, 44691
Phone: 330-202-3593
Fax: 330-263-3887
Email: doohan.1@osu.edu
South Dakota
Dr. Sharon Clay
South Dakota State University
Department of Agronomy, Horticulture & Plant Science
Box 2140C
McFadden Biostress Laboratory 245C
University Station
Brookings, SD 57007
Email: sharon.clay@sdstate.edu
Wisconsin
Daniel Heider
University of Wisconsin IPM Program
1575 Linden Drive
Madison, WI, 53706
Phone: (608) 262-6491
Fax: (608) 262-4743
Email: djheider@wisc.edu
For a current list of North Central state IPM coordinators, see the NC Region IPM Center website.