Faculty
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Scott Bales
Dry Bean Systems Specialist
balessco@msu.edu
(989) 262-8550
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Bruno Basso
MSU Foundation Professor
basso@msu.edu
517-353-9009
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Gregory Bonito, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor - Mycology, plant-fungal interactions, truffle ecology, evolution of bacterial endosymbiosis in fungi.
bonito@msu.edu
517-884-6958
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Erin Bosch-Hannah
Academic Specialist
boscher2@msu.edu
517-353-0160
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Stephen Boyd
University Distinguished Professor - Degradation of contaminants, pesticides & metals in soils and sediment, remediation of contaminated soils, subsoils & sediment.
boyds@msu.edu
517-881-0579
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Daniel Bublitz
Sugar Beet Extension Specialist
bublitzd@msu.edu
(989) 392-7805
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Erin Burns, PhD
Assistant Professor
burnser5@msu.edu
517-353-0223
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Jan Byrne, Ph.D.
Plant Pathology Diagnostician
byrnejm@msu.edu
517-355-3504
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Kim Cassida, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor/Extension Specialist - Forages & Cover Crops
cassida@msu.edu
517-353-0278
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Regis Chikowo, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
chikowor@msu.edu
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Karen Cichy, Ph.D.
Associate Adjunct Professor - Dry bean breeding /genetics emphasizing seed quality, including human nutritional, processing quality and consumer acceptance.
cichykar@msu.edu
517-353-0210
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Julie Cotton, M.S.
Program Coordinator, Instructor, and Advisor for Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems and Ecological Food and Farming Systems programs
cottonj@msu.edu
517-353-0156
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James Crum, PhD
Professor - Turfgrass Management.
crum@msu.edu
(517) 353-0134
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Jon Dahl
Senior Specialist-Manager: Soil and Plant Nutrient Laboratory
dahl@msu.edu
517-355-0218
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Brad Day, Ph.D.
Professor - Molecular biology of host-pathogen interaction
bday@msu.edu
517-353-7991
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Julie Doll
Education & Outreach Coordinator
jedoll@msu.edu
(269) 671-2266
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David Douches, Ph.D.
Professor; Director of MSU Potato Breeding and Genetics Program
douchesd@msu.edu
517-884-6946
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Eunice Foster, Ph.D.
Professor - Student recruitment and development; K-20 STEM Education; formerly research in Crop Physiology
fosteref@msu.edu
517-353-0135
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Kevin Frank, Ph.D.
Turfgrass Specialist
frankk@msu.edu
517-353-0147
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David Gilstrap, Ph.D.
Senior Academic Specialist - Sports and Commercial Turf Management Education.
gilstrap@msu.edu
517-353-0140
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Francisco Gomez, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor; Dry Bean Breeding & Genomics Program
gomezfr1@msu.edu
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Andrey Guber, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor - Soil physics, soil hydrology and modeling water flow, solute and microbial transport in soils.
akguber@msu.edu
517-353-0269
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Ray Hammerschmidt, PhD
Professor & Faculty Coordinator of MSU Plant and Pest Diagnostics
hammers1@msu.edu
517-432-0948
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Linda Hanson, Ph.D.
Research Plant Pathologist and Adjunct Associate Professor - Focus on soil-borne pathogens, particularly fungi, sugar beet and rotation crops, diversity and interaction w/ cropping systems.
hansonl5@msu.edu
517-353-0208
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Mary Hausbeck, Ph.D.
University Distinguished Professor and Extension Specialist
hausbec1@msu.edu
517-355-4534
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Erin Hill, Ph.D.
Weed Science Diagnostician
hiller12@msu.edu
517-432-9693
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Brian Horgan
Chairperson, Department of Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences
horganb@msu.edu
517-353-0120
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Amor V.M. Ines, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
inesamor@msu.edu
517-353-0145
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Krista Isaacs, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor - International Seed Systems, International agriculture.
isaacskr@msu.edu
517-353-0155
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Andrew Jarosz, Ph.D.
Associate Professor - Disease epidemiology; ecology and evolution of plant pathogens.
amjarosz@msu.edu
517-432-2942
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James Kells, Ph.D.
Professor
kells@msu.edu
517-353-0103
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James Kelly, Ph.D.
University Distinguished Professor - Dry bean breeding and genetics, for yield, plant architecture, processing quality, drought tolerance and disease resistance.
kellyj@msu.edu
517-353-0169
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Alexandra Kravchenko, Ph.D.
Professor
kravche1@msu.edu
517-353-0469
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Richard Lenski, Ph.D.
Hannah Professor - Microbial ecology, genetics and evolution; evolution of pathogen virulence; experiments with ‘digital’ organisms.
lenski@msu.edu
517-884-5397
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Hui Li, Ph.D.
Professor of Environmental and Soil Chemistry
lihui@msu.edu
517-353-0151
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Chris Long
Potato Extension Specialist
longch@msu.edu
517-353-0277
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Emily Merewitz-Holm, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor - Plant physiologist; abiotic & biotic stresses of turfgrasses and crop species; whole-plant, biochemical, & molecular techniques.
merewitz@msu.edu
517-353-0203
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Jessica Miesel, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor - Fire ecology; ecosystem ecology; forest ecology and management; pyrogenic carbon; biochar; soil ecology and biogeochemistry
mieselje@msu.edu
517-353-0485
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Timothy Miles, Ph.D
Assistant Professor / Extension Specialist
milesti2@msu.edu
517-355-3964
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Laura Miles, M.S.
Molecular Diagnostics and Outreach
lmiles@msu.edu
517-355-3504
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Amirpouyan Nejadhashemi, Ph.D.
University Foundation Professor
pouyan@msu.edu
517-432-7653
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Thomas Nikolai, Ph.D.
Senior Turfgrass Academic Specialist - Golf Course Putting Green mechanical and cultural practices, turfgrass health.
nikolait@msu.edu
(517) 353-0133
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Eric Olson, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor - Wheat Breeding and Genetics
eolson@msu.edu
517-353-0142
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Eric Patterson
Assistant Professor, Weed Geneticist
Patte543@msu.edu
517-353-0467
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Dennis Pennington, M.S.
Wheat Systems Specialist
pennin34@msu.edu
269-832-0497
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Karen Renner, Ph.D.
Professor - Integrated weed management including weed seed fate and diversified cropping systems influence on weed dynamics.
renner@msu.edu
517-353-0233
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G. Philip Robertson, Ph.D.
University Distinguished Professor
robert30@msu.edu
269-760-8364
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John Rogers III, Ph.D.
Professor, Turfgrass Research - Golf Course Renovations
rogersj@msu.edu
517-353-0136
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Joan Rose, Ph.D.
Homer Nowlin Chair in Water Research
rosejo@msu.edu
517-432-4412
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Howard Russell, M.S.
Insect / Arthropod Diagnostician
bugman@msu.edu
517-353-9386
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Monique Sakalidis
Assistant Professor
sakalidi@msu.edu
517-432-0825
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Ashley Shade
Assistant Professor
shadeash@msu.edu
517-884-5399
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Maninder Singh, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Cropping Systems Agronomy
msingh@msu.edu
517-353-0226
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Sieglinde Snapp, PhD
Professor of Soils and Cropping Systems Ecology and Associate Director of the Center for Global Change and Earth Observations
snapp@msu.edu
517-282-5644
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Christy Sprague, Ph.D.
Professor and Extension Specialist
sprague1@msu.edu
517-353-0224
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Kurt Steinke, PhD
Extension Specialist - Soil Science and Associate Professor of Soil Fertility and Nutrient Management
ksteinke@msu.edu
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George Sundin
Professor - Plant bacteriology; host pathogen interactions; fruit tree disease management; bacterial plasmid biology; microbial evolution.
sundin@msu.edu
517-355-4573
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Brian Teppen, Ph.D.
Professor - Soil chem., molecular simulation, atomic-scale mechanisms, thermodynamics, kinetics of sorption reactions at mineral surfaces.
teppen@msu.edu
517-353-0481
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Kurt Thelen, Ph.D.
Professor - Crop systems that increase food, feed & energy security while safeguarding soil, air, water and biodiversity.
thelenk3@msu.edu
517-353-0232
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Michael Thomashow, Ph.D.
University Distinguished Professor; MSU Foundation Professor
thomash6@msu.edu
517-355-2299
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Addie Thompson, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor - Maize genetics and genomics; quantitative genetics; plant morphology; drought stress; high-throughput phenotyping.
thom1718@msu.edu
517-353-0112
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Lisa Tiemann, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Soil Biology - Soil ecology and biogeochemistry; mechanisms of soil organic matter formation and microbial controls on soil nitrogen cycling.
ltiemann@msu.edu
517-353-0487
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Frances Trail, Ph.D.
Professor - Mycology; host-pathogen interactions.
trail@msu.edu
517-432-2939
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Joseph Vargas, Ph.D.
Professor - Fungicide resistance; disease management; biological control; chemical control and breeding; epidemiology.
vargas@msu.edu
517-353-9082
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Dechun Wang, Ph.D.
Professor - Soybean genetics/genomics; to improve plant performance, host plant resistance and seed chemical composition.
wangdech@msu.edu
517-353-0219
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Fred Warner, M.S.
Nematode Diagnostician
fwnemalb@msu.edu
517-432-1333
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Cholani Weebadde, PHD
Assistant Professor - Plant Breeder for International Programs
weebadde@msu.edu
517-355-0159
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Jaime Willbur, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor - Integrated disease management in potato and sugar beet production
willbur1@msu.edu
517-355-4754
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Wei Zhang, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Environmental and Soil Physics
weizhang@msu.edu
517-353-0471
