Administrative Staff
| Name | Position/title | Phone | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Samantha Grover | Administrative Director | [email protected] | 612-624-3039 |
| Dave Jacobi | Finance Professional 3 | [email protected] | 612-624-3795 |
| Lauren Matushin | Student Services Coordinator | [email protected] | 612-624-8747 |
Academic Staff
| Name | Position/title | Areas of Interest | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Barnes | Postdoctoral Associate | sustainable transitions, sustainable turf, urban nature and health, greenspace design |
[email protected] |
| David Bedford | Senior Research Fellow | Apple Breeding; Cultivar Development and Commercialization |
[email protected] |
| Gary Deters | Turf Research Field Facility Manager | Bentgrass, low input turf, golf courses |
[email protected] |
| Shane Evans | Education Program Specialist | Lawn Water Conservation, Irrigation Technology, Residential Lawn Care, Low-input Turf |
[email protected] |
| Katelyn Filbrandt | Researcher I | tissue culture; ELISA tests |
[email protected] |
| Katrina Freund Saxhaug | Postdoctoral Associate | Plant metabolomics, plant biochemistry, plant-insect interactions |
[email protected] |
| Natalie Hoidal | Extension Educator - Local Foods & Vegetable Production | vegetable crops, IPM, organic, soil health |
[email protected] |
| Andrew Hollman | Researcher 6 | Fine Fescue, No-Mow, Breeding, winter survival |
[email protected] |
| Drew Horton | Enology Specialist - Grape Breeding & Enology Project | Winemaking, Experimental Winemaking, Hybrid Grapes |
[email protected] |
| Laura Irish | Teaching Specialist | propagation; education; club advising |
[email protected] |
| Mitch Johnson | Researcher | [email protected] | |
| Annie Klodd | Assistant Extension Professor - Fruit and Vegetable Production | Viticulture, berry production, tree fruit, pumpkins, asparagus |
[email protected] |
| Sarah Kostick | Postdoctoral Associate | Apple Breeding; DNA-informed Breeding; genomewide prediction |
[email protected] |
| Xiaoxi Meng | Post-Doc | Potato genomics; Diversity; Evolution |
[email protected] |
| Baylee Miller | Researcher 2 | quantitative trait locus mapping, haplotype analysis, marker-assisted selection |
[email protected] |
| Kristine Moncada | Scientist | Low-input fine fescues; Roadside turfgrasses; Lawn water conservation |
[email protected] |
| Dominic Petrella | Postdoctoral Associate | Plant physiology, abiotic stress, shade responses, photoinhibition |
[email protected] |
| Maggie Reiter | Assistant Extension Professor, Turfgrass | Turfgrass science |
[email protected] |
| Marissa Schuh | Extension Educator - Horticulture IPM | IPM, vegetable production, fruit production |
[email protected] |
| Ryan Schwab | Researcher 3 | low-input, wetting agents, irrigation, golf |
[email protected] |
| Thomas Stefaniak | Researcher 5 | plant breeding, cultivar development |
[email protected] |
| Erin Treiber | Postdoctoral Associate | post-harvest; phylloxera; plant-insect |
[email protected] |
| Julie Weisenhorn | Associate Extension Professor and Extension Educator, Horticulture | Landscape design, plant selection, home horticulture best practices, invasive species |
[email protected] |