Department of

Horticultural Science

Faculty

Name	Position/title	Areas of Interest	Email
Neil Anderson	Professor, Interim Department Head	floriculture, reproductive biology, invasive species biology, geophytes	[email protected]
Michael Barnes	Research Assistant Professor	Turfgrass, urban ecosystems, sustainability, human dimensions	[email protected]
Matthew Clark	Associate Professor, Director of Research (Minnesota Landscape Arboretum)	Disease resistance, plant genetics, fruit quality	[email protected]
Jerry Cohen	Gordon and Margaret Bailey Professor, Distinguished Graduate Teaching Professor	Auxin, Metabolomics, Plant Propagation, Organogenesis	[email protected]
Nathan Eylands	Assistant Professor	Controlled Environment Agriculture, Hydroponics, LED Lighting, Physiology, Photobiology, Resource Optimization	[email protected]
Julie Grossman	Professor	Organic Agriculture; Agroecology, Soil Nutrient Cycling; Soil Health; Legume Cover Crops; Rhizobia Ecology; Biological Nitrogen Fixation	[email protected]
Adrian Hegeman	Professor, Departments of Horticultural Science and Plant and Microbial Biology	plant biochemistry, plant metabolomics, mass spectrometry, botanical natural products	[email protected]
Tom Michaels	Professor	plant breeding and genetics	[email protected]
Brandon Miller	Assistant Professor	Underutilized plants; germplasm collection and evaluation; nursery production; landscape horticulture	[email protected]
Dominic Petrella	Assistant Professor	Turfgrass science; low-input managment; plant response(s) to light; plant stress physiology	[email protected]
Mary Rogers	Associate Professor	Organic horticulture; integrated pest management; urban agriculture; sustainable agriculture and food systems.	[email protected]
Laura Shannon	Associate Professor	Potato breeding, population and quantitative genetics, domestication, diversity	[email protected]
Alan Smith	Professor		[email protected]
Soon Li Teh	Assistant Professor, Grape Breeding & Enology	Grape breeding, quantitative genetics, wine biochemistry, disease resistance, pest resistance	[email protected]
Cindy Tong	Professor	Postharvest disorders, apple fruit crispness, environmental effects on postharvest attributes	[email protected]
Seth Wannemuehler	Assistant Professor	Plant breeding, genetic fingerprinting, landscape horticulture	[email protected]
Eric Watkins	Professor, Vice Provost for Distributed Learning	Turfgrass, plant breeding, low-input landscapes	[email protected]
Chengyan Yue	Professor	Horticultural Marketing and Trade	[email protected]

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	[email protected]

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	[email protected]
Gary Gardner	Emeritus Professor		[email protected]
Mary Hockenberry Meyer	Emeritus Professor	Native and landscape grasses, prairie restoration, plant propagation, environmental stress and plant hardiness.	[email protected]
Stan Hokanson	Professor	Woody Plant Germplasm Collection/Characterization, Plant Breeding and Genetics	[email protected]
Emily Hoover	Morse Distinguished Teaching Professor	Sustainable fruit production	[email protected]
James Luby	Professor	Fruit crops breeding, DNA-informed breeding	[email protected]