Administrative Staff
Name | Position/title | Phone | |
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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 | |
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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] |
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] | |
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; Invasive species |
[email protected] |