Administrative Staff
| Name | Position/title | Phone | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kelsey Bogdanovich | Administrative Director | [email protected] | 612-624-3039 |
| Ella Booth | Applied Plant Sciences Graduate Coordinator | [email protected] | |
| Lindsey Christianson | Plant Growth Facility Assistant Manager | [email protected] | 612-625-3153 |
| Ben Clasen | Plant Growth Facilities Manager | [email protected] | 612-624-0082 |
| Dave La Fave | Finance Professional 3 | [email protected] | 612-624-3795 |
| Anna Sidorenko | Executive Accounts Specialist | [email protected] |
Academic Staff
| Name | Position/title | Areas of Interest | |
|---|---|---|---|
| David Bedford | Senior Research Fellow | Apple Breeding; Cultivar Development and Commercialization |
[email protected] |
| Paige Boyle | Postdoctoral Associate | Turfgrass, sustainability, bee lawns |
[email protected] |
| Tori Dahl | Student Organic Farm Manager | [email protected] | |
| Gary Deters | Lawn Water Conservation Educator | Lawn water conservation, bentgrass, and low input turf. |
[email protected] |
| Tiffany Enzenbacher | Researcher | Apple Diseases, Integrated Pest Management, Landscape Horticulture, Plant Production |
[email protected] |
| Adria Fernandez | Researcher | Cover crops; soil microbial communities; legume crops |
[email protected] |
| Kate Fessler | Grape Breeding and Enology Grant & Project Manager | Viticulture and Enology, Sustainable fruit production, Outreach & Extension |
[email protected] |
| Katrina Freund Saxhaug | Researcher | Plant metabolomics, plant biochemistry, plant-insect interactions |
[email protected] |
| Andrew Hollman | Researcher 6 | Fine Fescue, No-Mow, Breeding, winter survival |
[email protected] |
| Drew Horton | Enology Specialist/HORT1031 Instructor | Grape wines, Apple Cider, Fermentation, Winery design |
[email protected] |
| Harpreet Kaur | Postdoctoral Research Associate | Alfalfa Pan-genomes, Genome Sequencing, Plant Breeding, Genetics, Computational Genomics |
[email protected] |
| Sarah Kostick | Researcher 6 | Apple Breeding; DNA-informed Breeding; genomewide prediction |
[email protected] |
| Emily Tepe | Researcher 5 | Sustainable fruit production; Apple rootstocks; Edible landscaping; Online teaching |
[email protected] |
| Kim Tiber | Turfgrass Field Facility Manager | [email protected] | |
| John Tillman | Researcher | Molecular Breeding, Marker Assisted Breeding, Apple Cider Research |
[email protected] |
| David Tork | Researcher 5 | Genetics, plant breeding, domestication |
[email protected] |
| Erin Treiber | Postdoctoral Associate | post-harvest; phylloxera; plant-insect |
[email protected] |
| Leah Worth | Researcher 2 | Organic fruit production, integrated pest management, raspberries |
[email protected] |
Extension Staff
| Name | Position/title | Phone | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Emily Hansen | Extension Educator - Horticulture | [email protected] | 612-394-6302 |
| Natalie Hoidal | Extension Educator - Local Foods & Vegetable Production | [email protected] | |
| Laura Irish Hanson | Extension Educator - horticulture | [email protected] | |
| Jillian Patrie | Extension Educator - Horticulture | [email protected] | 218-299-7338 |
| Quincy Sadowski | Extension Educator - Horticulture | [email protected] | 320-200-3137 |
| Marissa Schuh | Extension Educator - Horticulture Integrated Pest Management | [email protected] | 612-460-7462 |
| Robin Trott | Extension Educator - Horticulture | [email protected] | 320-762-3890 |
| Julie Weisenhorn | Associate Extension Professor and Extension Educator - Horticulture | [email protected] | 9522396608 |
| Madeline Wimmer | Extension Educator - Food Systems / Fruit Production | [email protected] | 6125685494 |