Faculty
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- Bruno Basso
- MSU Foundation Professor
- 517-353-9009
- basso@msu.edu
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- Gregory Bonito, Ph.D.
- Assistant Professor - Mycology, plant-fungal interactions, truffle ecology, evolution of bacterial endosymbiosis in fungi.
- 517-884-6958
- bonito@msu.edu
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- Erin Bosch
- Agricultural Industries Coordinator - Education, Agricultural Technologies, Professional Internships
- 517-353-0160
- boscher2@msu.edu
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- Stephen Boyd
- University Distinguished Professor
- 517-881-0579
- boyds@msu.edu
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- Douglas Buhler
- Director of MSU AgBioResearch; Assistant Vice President of Research and Innovation
- 517-355-0123
- buhler@msu.edu
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- Erin Burns, PhD
- Assistant Professor - Integrated weed management with emphasis on practices to mitigate the development and spread of herbicide-resistant weeds.
- 517-353-0223
- burnser5@msu.edu
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- Jan Byrne, Ph.D.
- Plant Pathology Diagnostician
- 517-355-3504
- byrnejm@msu.edu
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- Kim Cassida, Ph.D.
- Forages and Grazing Educator
- 517-353-0278
- cassida@msu.edu
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- Regis Chikowo, Ph.D.
- Assistant Professor
- chikowor@msu.edu
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- Martin Chilvers, Ph.D.
- Assistant Professor
- 517-353-9967
- chilvers@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.
- 517-353-0210
- cichykar@msu.edu
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- James Cole, Ph.D.
- Director Ribosomal Database Project
- 517-353-3842
- colej@msu.edu
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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
- 517-353-0156
- cottonj@msu.edu
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- James Crum, PhD
- Professor - Turfgrass Management.
- (517) 353-0134
- crum@msu.edu
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- Jon Dahl
- Senior Specialist-Manager: Soil and Plant Nutrient Laboratory
- 517-355-0218
- dahl@msu.edu
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- Brad Day, Ph.D.
- Professor; Associate Department Chair for Research
- 517-353-7991
- bday@msu.edu
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- David Douches, Ph.D.
- Professor; Director of MSU Potato Breeding and Genetics Program
- 517-884-6946
- douchesd@msu.edu
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- Eunice Foster, Ph.D.
- Professor - Student recruitment and development; K-20 STEM Education; formerly research in Crop Physiology
- 517-353-0135
- fosteref@msu.edu
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- Kevin Frank, Ph.D.
- Professor & Extension Turf Specialist - Turfgrass nutrition, winter injury, and irrigation.
- 517-353-0147
- frankk@msu.edu
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- David Gilstrap, Ph.D.
- Senior Academic Specialist - Sports and Commercial Turf Management Education.
- 517-353-0140
- gilstrap@msu.edu
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- Susan Gruber, M.S.
- Undergraduate Advisor and Instructor
- 517-353-0326
- grubers@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.
- 517-353-0269
- akguber@msu.edu
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- Ray Hammerschmidt, PhD
- Professor & Faculty Coordinator of MSU Plant and Pest Diagnostics
- 517-432-0948
- hammers1@msu.edu
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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.
- 517-353-0208
- hansonl5@msu.edu
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- Mary Hausbeck, Ph.D.
- Associate Chair for Administration; University Distinguished Professor; Extension Specialist
- 517-355-4534
- hausbec1@msu.edu
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- Erin Hill, Ph.D.
- Weed Science Diagnostician
- 517-432-9693
- hiller12@msu.edu
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- Brian Horgan
- Chairperson, Department of Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences
- 517-353-0120
- horganb@msu.edu
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- Amor V.M. Ines, Ph.D.
- Assistant Professor
- 517-353-0145
- inesamor@msu.edu
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- Krista Isaacs, Ph.D.
- Assistant Professor - International Seed Systems, International agriculture.
- 517-353-0155
- isaacskr@msu.edu
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- James Kells, Ph.D.
- Professor
- 517-353-0103
- kells@msu.edu
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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.
- 517-353-0169
- kellyj@msu.edu
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- Alexandra Kravchenko, Ph.D.
- Professor - Soil spatial variability at scales from micro-aggregates to landscapes; statistical and geostatistical methods of data analysis.
- 517-353-0469
- kravche1@msu.edu
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- Richard Lenski, Ph.D.
- Hannah Professor - Microbial ecology, genetics and evolution; evolution of pathogen virulence; experiments with ‘digital’ organisms.
- 517-884-5397
- lenski@msu.edu
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- Hui Li, Ph.D.
- Professor of Environmental and Soil Chemistry
- 517-353-0151
- lihui@msu.edu
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- Chris Long
- Potato Extension Specialist - Applying potato related research to real world agriculture.
- 517-353-0277
- longch@msu.edu
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- Mitch McGrath, Ph.D.
- Adjunct USDA Professor - Developing enhanced sugar beet germplasm and discovering genes of agronomic importance for sustainable crop production.
- 517-353-0207
- mitchmcg@msu.edu
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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.
- 517-353-0203
- merewitz@msu.edu
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- Jessica Miesel, Ph.D.
- Department of Forestry
- 517-353-0485
- mieselje@msu.edu
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- Laura Miles, M.S.
- Molecular Diagnostics and Outreach
- 517-355-3504
- lmiles@msu.edu
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- Timothy Miles, Ph.D
- Assistant Professor - Extension Specialist for diseases of blueberries, grapes, hops and other berry crops.
- 517-355-3964
- milesti2@msu.edu
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- Amirpouyan Nejadhashemi, Ph.D.
- University Foundation Professor
- 517-432-7653
- pouyan@msu.edu
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- Thomas Nikolai, Ph.D.
- Senior Turfgrass Academic Specialist - Golf Course Putting Green mechanical and cultural practices, turfgrass health.
- (517) 353-0133
- nikolait@msu.edu
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- Eric Olson, Ph.D.
- Assistant Professor - Wheat Breeding and Genetics
- 517-353-0142
- eolson@msu.edu
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- Eric Patterson
- Assistant Professor, Weed Geneticist
- 517-353-0467
- Patte543@msu.edu
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- Dennis Pennington, M.S.
- Biomass Educator
- 269-832-0497
- pennin34@msu.edu
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- Steve Pueppke, Ph.D.
- Director, MSU College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Global and Strategic Initiatives
- 517-355-0123 Ext. 110
- pueppke@msu.edu
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- Karen Renner, Ph.D.
- Professor - Integrated weed management including weed seed fate and diversified cropping systems influence on weed dynamics.
- 517-353-0233
- renner@msu.edu
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- G. Philip Robertson, Ph.D.
- University Distinguished Professor
- 269-760-8364
- robert30@msu.edu
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- John Trey Rogers III, Ph.D.
- Professor, Coordinator - Sports Turf and Golf Turf Management Programs; Turfgrass Research - Golf course renovations
- 517-353-0136
- rogersj@msu.edu
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- Joan Rose, Ph.D.
- Homer Nowlin Endowed Chair in Water Research; Professor; Co-Director, Center for Water Sciences and Center for Advancing Microbial Risk Assessment
- 517-432-4412
- rosejo@msu.edu
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- Noah Rosenzweig, Ph.D.
- Assistant Professor - Plant Pathology; Ecology of plant-associated soil microbes.
- 517-353-2040
- rosenzw4@msu.edu
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- Howard Russell, M.S.
- Professor
- 517-353-9386
- bugman@msu.edu
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- Monique Sakalidis
- Assistant Professor
- 517-432-0825
- sakalidi@msu.edu
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- Maninder Singh, Ph.D.
- Assistant Professor of Cropping Systems Agronomy
- 517-353-0226
- msingh@msu.edu
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- Sieglinde Snapp, PhD
- Professor - Soils and Cropping Systems Ecology
- 517-282-5644
- snapp@msu.edu
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- Kurt Steinke, PhD
- Associate Professor of Soil Fertility and Nutrient Management
- 517-353-0271
- ksteinke@msu.edu
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- George Sundin
- Professor
- 517-355-4573
- sundin@msu.edu
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- Brian Teppen, Ph.D.
- Professor
- 517-353-0481
- teppen@msu.edu
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- Kurt Thelen, Ph.D.
- Professor
- 517-353-0232
- thelenk3@msu.edu
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- Michael Thomashow, Ph.D.
- University Distinguished Professor; MSU Foundation Professor
- 517-355-2299
- thomash6@msu.edu
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- Addie Thompson, Ph.D.
- Assistant Professor
- 517-353-0112
- thom1718@msu.edu
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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.
- 517-353-0487
- ltiemann@msu.edu
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- Frances Trail, Ph.D.
- Professor - Mycology; host-pathogen interactions.
- 517-432-2939
- trail@msu.edu
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- Joseph Vargas, Ph.D.
- Professor - Fungicide resistance; disease management; biological control; chemical control and breeding; epidemiology.
- 517-353-9082
- vargas@msu.edu
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- Dechun Wang, Ph.D.
- Professor
- 517-353-0219
- wangdech@msu.edu
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- Fred Warner, M.S.
- Professor
- 517-432-1333
- fwnemalb@msu.edu
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- Cholani K. Weebadde, Ph.D.
- Assistant Professor - Plant Breeder for International Programs
- 517-355-0159
- weebadde@msu.edu
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- Jaime Willbur, Ph.D.
- Assistant Professor - Integrated disease management in potato and sugar beet production
- 517-355-4754
- willbur1@msu.edu
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- Wei Zhang, Ph.D.
- Associate Professor of Environmental and Soil Physics
- 517-353-0471
- weizhang@msu.edu
