Administrative Staff
| Name | Position/title | Phone | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kelsey Bogdanovich | Communications & Admin Specialist | [email protected] | |
| 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 |
| Anna Sidorenko | Executive Accounts Specialist | [email protected] |
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] |
| Rajmund Eperjesi | Researcher 5 | tissue culture, plant physiology, SNP genotyping |
[email protected] |
| Adria Fernandez | Researcher | Cover crops; soil microbial communities; legume crops |
[email protected] |
| Katrina Freund Saxhaug | Postdoctoral Associate | Plant metabolomics, plant biochemistry, plant-insect interactions |
[email protected] |
| Megan Harder | Researcher 1 | Sustainable Agriculture, Crop Diversity, Nutrient Cycling |
[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] | |
| Sarah Kostick | Postdoctoral Associate | Apple Breeding; DNA-informed Breeding; genomewide prediction |
[email protected] |
| John Larsen | Researcher 1 | Tissue Culture, Potato Breeding, and Cultivar Development |
[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; Bee Lawns |
[email protected] |
| Renata P Pincelli Souza | Researcher 6 | plant physiology, abiotic stress, plant growth regulators |
[email protected] |
| Calvin Peters | Researcher | Data Science, Machine Learning / AI, Mass Spectrometry |
[email protected] |
| Dominic Petrella | Postdoctoral Associate | Plant physiology, abiotic stress, shade responses, photoinhibition |
[email protected] |
| Cora Rost | Researcher 1/ Greenhouse Supervisor | plant-derived pesticides, ornamentals, invasives |
[email protected] |
| Ryan Schwab | Researcher 3 | low-input, wetting agents, irrigation, golf |
[email protected] |
| Florence Sessoms | Researcher | Nutrient and water conservation, soil microbes |
[email protected] |
| Thomas Stefaniak | Researcher 5 | plant breeding, cultivar development |
[email protected] |
| Emily Tepe | Researcher 5 | Sustainable fruit production; Apple rootstocks; Edible landscaping; Online teaching |
[email protected] |
| John Tillman | Researcher | Molecular Breeding, Marker Assisted Breeding, Apple Cider Research |
[email protected] |
| David Tork | Researcher 3 | Plant breeding, domestication, floriculture |
[email protected] |
| Erin Treiber | Postdoctoral Associate | post-harvest; phylloxera; plant-insect |
[email protected] |
Extension Staff
| Name | Position/title | Phone | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Natalie Hoidal | Extension Educator - Local Foods & Vegetable Production | [email protected] | |
| Annie Klodd | Assistant Extension Professor - Fruit and Vegetable Production | [email protected] | (651) 480-7723 |
| Maggie Reiter | Assistant Extension Professor, Turfgrass | [email protected] | |
| Marissa Schuh | Extension Educator - Horticulture IPM | [email protected] | 612-460-7462 |
| Julie Weisenhorn | Associate Extension Professor and Extension Educator, Horticulture | [email protected] | 9522396608 |