| Stephen Boyd - University Distinguished Professor |
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532 Plant and Soil Sciences, (517) 355-0271
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Environmental fate of pollutants; sorption and degradation of organic contaminants and pesticides in soils and sediments. Remediation of contaminated soils and sediments. Remediation of contaminated soils and sediments. |
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| Suleiman Bughrara - Assistant Professor |
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488 Plant and Soil Sciences, (517) 355-0271
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Turfgrass breeding and genetics, develop breeding methodologies and marker assisted selection to improve disease resistance and turf quality in different turfgrass species. |
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| Ron Calhoun - Specialist |
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268 Plant and Soil Sciences, (517) 355-0271
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Teaching, research and extension responsibilities in the areas of turfgrass weed ecology and management and plant growth regulator use. |
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| James Crum - Professor |
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160C Plant and Soil Sciences, (517) 355-0271
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Turfgrass management with emphasis on the modification of soil properties to improve uses for golf turf and athletic fields. Undergraduate academic advisor. |
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| Frank Dazzo - Professor |
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2209 Biomedical Phys Bldg, (517) 355-6463
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Soil microbiology; plant microbiology; biological N2-fixation; the infection process in the Rhizobium-legume and other beneficial bacterium-plant symbioses of agricultural importance. |
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| David Douches - Professor |
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486 Plant and Soil Sciences, (517) 355-0271
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Potato breeding and genetics: cytogenetics, polyploid genetics, breeding for disease and insect resistance and potato quality, molecular markers, application of transformation to potato breeding, gene mapping. |
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| Wesley Everman - Assistant Professor |
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464 Plant & Soil Sciences Bldg, (517) 355-0271
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| Kevin Frank - Associate Professor |
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584E Plant and Soil Sciences, (517) 355-0271
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Turfgrass physiology and management with emphasis on soil and plant nutrient relationships, water flux in putting greens, nutrient fate, irrigation programs. |
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| Russell Freed - Professor & Associate Chair |
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384C Plant and Soil Sciences, (517) 355-0271
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Agronomy/research management in international development. Oat and barley genetics/breeding for disease and insect resistance, grain quality, lodging, and yield. Microcomputers in Ag research. |
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| David Gilstrap - Specialist |
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384D Plant and Soil Sciences, (517) 355-0271
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Coordinator for the 2-year Sports and Commercial Turf Management program. |
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Sports and Commercial Turf Management Program |
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| A. Stuart Grandy - Assistant Professor |
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A516 Plant and Soil Sciences, (517) 355-0271
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Soil and agricultural ecology; biogeochemical cycling and molecular characterization of organic matter; soil biodiversity and nutrient dynamics; ecological processes and sustainability in potato, corn and other intensively managed field crop systems. |
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| Michael Hamm - Mott Distinguished Professor |
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312B Natural Resources, (517) 432-1611
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C.S. Mott Chair of Sustainable Agriculture. Community-based food systems. Community food security. Farmer/consumer connections in the middle. |
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| Richard Harwood - Adjunct Professor |
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Port Orchard, WA, (360) 871-4292
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| Lee Jacobs - Professor |
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522 Plant and Soil Sciences, (517) 355-0271
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Soil chemistry/fertility; specialist in the application of organic waste materials (e.g., animal manure, sewage sludge, etc.) and inorganic residues to agricultural soils; fate of inorganic elements and chemicals in soils; and other environmental soil problems. |
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| Taylor Johnston - Professor |
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260A Plant and Soil Sciences, (517) 355-0271
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Crop production, crop ecology, agronomc pedagogy. Undergraduate academic advisor. |
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| James Kells - Chairperson/Professor |
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286 Plant and Soil Sciences, (517) 355-0271
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Weed science; extension specialist in weed control-corn, small grains, and forages. Integrated and integrated pest management; biology of perennial weeds. |
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| James Kelly - University Distinguished Professor |
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370 Plant and Soil Sciences, (517) 355-0271
ext. 1181
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Dry bean breeding and genetics with emphasis on use of molecular markers to assist for yield, architecture, processing quality, drought tolerance and disease resistance. International agriculture. |
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Bean Improvement Cooperative |
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Bean Breeding and Genetics Laboratory |
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| David Krauss - Senior Specialist |
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152B Plant and Soil Sciences, (517) 355-0271
ext. 1110
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Systems Administrator for the Departmental computer networks; Undergraduate Coordinator; Manager of the Crop and Soil Sciences Learning Resource Center. |
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Computer Applications in Agronomy |
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| Sasha Kravchenko - Associate Professor |
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376 Plant and Soil Sciences, (517) 355-0271
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Spatial variability in agroecosystems as a function of landscape, topography, and soil properties. Studied my means of statistics, geostatistics and fractal/multifractal methods. |
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| Richard Leep - Professor |
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Kellogg Biological Station, (269) 671-2323
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Forage crop management; extension specialist in forage crop. Precision agriculture applications in alfalfa, sustainable forage and pasture systems. Alfalfa and grass variety testing program. |
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| Richard Lenski - Hannah Professor |
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6177 Biomedical Phys Bldg, (517) 355-6463
ext. 1603
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Microbial ecology, genetics and evolution; evolution of pathogen virulence; experiments with ‘digital’ organisms. |
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| Janet Lewis - Assistant Professor |
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382 Plant and Soil Sciences, (517) 355-0271
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Crop and Soil Sciences; Wheat breeding and genetics with emphasis on performance of soft white and red winter wheat, including improvements in yield, milling and baking quality, and host resistance to biotic and abiotic stresses such as Fusarium head blight, winterkill and pre-harvest sprouting. |
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| Hui Li - Assistant Professor |
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A584C Plant and Soil Sciences, (517) 355-0271
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| Mitch McGrath - Adjunct USDA Professor |
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494F Plant and Soil Sciences, (517) 355-0271
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Sugarbeet breeding and genetics; molecular genetics of sugarbeet and its use in germplasm enhancement. Mechanisms of seedling vigor and improved stand establishment. |
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| Delbert Mokma - Professor |
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584D Plant and Soil Sciences, (517) 355-0271
ext. 1271
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Soil genesis and classification, soil conservation, soil survey, onsite waste treatment, and land use. |
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| Thomas Nikolai - Specialist |
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154B Plant and Soil Sciences, (517) 355-0271
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Associate Coordinator of the 2-year Golf Turfgrass Management program. |
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| Donald Penner - Professor |
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470 Plant and Soil Sciences, (517) 355-0271
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Weed science and crop physiology; herbicide selectivity, action, and metabolism in crops and weeds. Fate of herbicides in soils; environmental toxicology. |
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| John Quensen - Assistant Professor |
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528 Plant and Soil Sciences, (517) 355-0271
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| Karen Renner - Professor |
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482 Plant and Soil Sciences, (517) 355-0271
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Weed science; extension specialist in weed control-soybeans, dry edible beans, sugar beets, and potatoes. Herbicide persistence in soils; weed ecology. Undergraduate academic advisor. |
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| G. Philip Robertson - Professor |
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Kellogg Biological Station, (269) 671-2267
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Ecosystem ecology; bio-geochemistry and energetics of agricultural systems, plant nutrient availability, soil nitrogen dynamics. |
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| Trey Rogers - Professor |
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160A Plant and Soil Sciences, (517) 355-0271
ext. 1136
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Turfgrass management with emphasis on sports turf construction, establishment, and management; putting green management strategies. Coordinator of the 2-year Turfgrass Management Golf Course program. |
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Turfgrass Management Golf Course Program |
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| Joan Rose - Nowlin Chair Professor |
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15 Natural Resource Bldg, (517) 432-4412
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International expert in microbiological water quality and public health safety. Dr. Rose has authored more than 160 manuscripts and is particularly involved in new molecular methods for waterborne pathogens such as Cryptosporidium and enteric viruses. |
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| Kara Schut - Specialist |
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280 Plant and Soil Sciences, (517) 355-0271
ext. 1160
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Coordinator for the 2-year Agricultural Industries program. |
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Agricultural Industries Program |
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| Alvin Smucker - Professor |
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530 Plant and Soil Sciences, (517) 355-0271
ext. 1251
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Soil biophysics; soil water and ion fluxes within aggregates and macropore flow, soil water quality, soil carbon sequestration, soil physical and plant root relationships. |
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| Sieglinde Snapp - Associate Professor |
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576A Plant and Soil Sciences, (517) 355-0271
ext. 1267
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My research focuses on understanding the principles of resilient cropping system design and biologically-based soil management. This includes investigating the multi-functional role of accessory crops such as cover crops in mediating nutrient efficiency, soil function and healthy crop roots. A particular area of interest is working with farmers to design more sustainable farming based on biological principles and integrated nutrient management. I have long-term interests in legume diversified cropping systems for sandy soils, from temperate Michigan to agroecosystems of smallholder farmers in Africa. |
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| Christy Sprague - Associate Professor |
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466 Plant and Soil Sciences, (517) 355-0271
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Weed management strategies in soybean, sugar beets, and dry beans. Understanding weed crop interactions and determine ways to manipulate these interactions to improve overall weed management systems. |
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| Mariam Sticklen - Professor |
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362 Plant and Soil Sciences, (517) 355-0271
ext. 1177
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Cell and molecular genetics of turfgrass and cereal crops. Cloning and characterization of pest resistance genes; development of pest resistant crops. Development of value-added food crops and non-food industrial crops via genetic engineering. |
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| Brian Teppen - Associate Professor |
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538 Plant and Soil Sciences, (517) 355-0271
ext. 1254
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Environmental soil chemistry, molecular simulation, atomic-scale mechanisms, thermodynamics, kinetics of sorption reactions at mineral surfaces. |
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| Kurt Thelen - Associate Professor |
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480 Plant and Soil Sciences, (517) 355-0271
ext. 1232
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Cropping Systems Agronomist; Extension Specialist in corn and soybean production systems, corn hybrid variety testing program. |
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| Michael Thomashow - University Distinguished Professor |
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306 Plant Biology Lab, (517) 355-2299
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Molecular genetics of plant freezing and drought tolerance; regulation of gene expression in response to environmental stress; plant biotechnology. |
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| James Tiedje - University Distinguished Professor/CME Director |
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540C Plant and Soil Sciences, (517) 355-0271
ext. 1287
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Soil microbiology; ecology, physiology and biochemistry of pollutant biodegradation and denitrification; molecular methods to study soil bacteria, DNA probes. |
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| Dechun Wang - Associate Professor |
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384E Plant and Soil Sciences, (517) 355-0271
ext. 1188
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Soybean genetics/genomics; to improve plant performance, host plant resistance and seed chemical composition contributing to increased value of the Michigan soybean crop. |
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| Darryl Warncke - Professor |
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582 Plant and Soil Sciences, (517) 355-0271
ext. 1270
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Soil fertility and fertilizer use management; site-specific nutrient management; management of peat or muck soils; soil and nutrient management for vegetable and field crop production; testing of field soils and greenhouse growth media; plant nutrient availability. |
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