Faculty

Name Position/title Areas of Interest Email
Neil Anderson Professor, Interim Department Head

floriculture, reproductive biology, invasive species biology, geophytes

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Matthew Clark Associate Professor

Cold-hardy grapes, pest resistance, wine quality

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Jerry Cohen Gordon and Margaret Bailey Professor, Distinguished Graduate Teaching Professor

Auxin, Metabolomics, Plant Propagation, Organogenesis

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Nathan Eylands Assistant Professor

Controlled Environment Agriculture, Hydroponics, LED Lighting, Physiology, Photobiology, Resource Optimization

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Julie Grossman Professor

Organic Agriculture; Agroecology, Soil Nutrient Cycling; Soil Health; Legume Cover Crops; Rhizobia Ecology; Biological Nitrogen Fixation

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Adrian Hegeman Professor, Departments of Horticultural Science and Plant and Microbial Biology

plant biochemistry, plant metabolomics, mass spectrometry, botanical natural products

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Stan Hokanson Professor

Woody Plant Germplasm Collection/Characterization, Plant Breeding and Genetics

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James Luby Professor

Apple breeding, DNA-informed breeding

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Tom Michaels Professor

plant breeding and genetics

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Brandon Miller Assistant Professor

Underutilized plants; germplasm collection and evaluation; nursery production; landscape horticulture

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Mary Rogers Associate Professor

Organic horticulture; integrated pest management; urban agriculture; sustainable agriculture and food systems.

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Laura Shannon Associate Professor

Potato breeding, population and quantitative genetics, domestication, diversity

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Alan Smith Professor [email protected]
Soon Li Teh Assistant Professor, Grape Breeding & Enology

Grape breeding, quantitative genetics, wine biochemistry, disease resistance, pest resistance

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Cindy Tong Professor

postharvest disorders, apple fruit crispness, environmental effects on postharvest attributes

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Eric Watkins Professor, Vice Provost for Distributed Learning

Turfgrass, plant breeding, low-input landscapes

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Chengyan Yue Professor

Horticultural Marketing and Trade

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Adjunct Faculty

Name Position/title Areas of Interest Email
Josh Friell Adjunct Assistant Professor [email protected]
David Remucal Curator of Endangered Plants, Adjunct Professor

Ex situ conservation, Rare plant conservation, Conservation horticulture, Seed longevity

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Emeritus Faculty

Name Position/title Areas of Interest Email
Vince Fritz Professor, Extension Vegetable Horticulturist

Processing and Fresh Vegetable Production; Phytonutrient Enhancement; High Tunnel Production

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Gary Gardner Emeritus Professor [email protected]
Mary Hockenberry Meyer Emeritus Professor

Native and landscape grasses, prairie restoration, plant propagation, environmental stress and plant hardiness.

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Emily Hoover Morse Distinguished Teaching Professor

Sustainable fruit production

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