Faculty | Department of Agronomy and Plant Genetics

Name	Areas of Interest	Email
Jim Anderson Professor	Breeding and Genetics of Spring Wheat, Intermediate wheatgrass, and Field pennycress	[email protected]
Prabin Bajgain Research Assistant Professor	Breeding & Genomics of Perennial Cereal Crops	[email protected]
Roger Becker Professor - Extension Agronomist	Extension Agronomist; Weed Management	[email protected]
Rex Bernardo Professor and Endowed Chair in Corn Breeding and Genetics	Maize breeding and statistical genetics	[email protected]
Mary Brakke Teaching Assistant Professor		[email protected]
Jeffrey A Coulter Professor and Extension Agronomist	Corn-based cropping systems	[email protected]
Kathryn J Draeger Adjunct Assistant Professor, Statewide Director, Regional Sustainable Development Partnerships	Sustainable Agriculture, Clean Energy, Resilient Rural Communities, Rural Grocery Stores, Supply Chains	[email protected]
Beverly R Durgan Dean, UMN Extension, Professor of Weed Science	Small grain weed management systems	[email protected]
Nancy Jo Ehlke Professor	Turf grasses and native legumes genetics and breeding; management strategies	[email protected]
Axel Garcia y Garcia Associate Professor, Sustainable Cropping Systems Specialist	Nitrogen and water use in rainfed and irrigated agoecosystems and crop production in northern conditions	[email protected]
Jo Heuschele Research Agronomist (Biochemistry), Adjunct Assistant Professor		[email protected]
Candy Hirsch Professor	Maize Genetics and Genomics	[email protected]
Mitch Hunter Associate Director of Forever Green Initiative; Adjunct Assistant Professor	Forever Green Initiative	[email protected]
Gregg Johnson Associate Professor	Integrated weed management (Southern ROC, Waseca). Cropping Systems	[email protected]
Nicholas R Jordan Professor	Agroecology, eco-social systems, agricultural diversification	[email protected]
Jake Jungers Assistant Professor	Agroecology, sustainability, water quality, greenhouse gas emissions, perennial grains, cropping systems	[email protected]
Jennifer A Kimball Assistant Professor	Wild rice breeding, genetics, and conservation	[email protected]
Aaron Lorenz Professor	Soybean Breeding and Genetics	[email protected]
M David Marks Adjunct Professor	Domestication of pennycress	[email protected]
Peter L Morrell Professor	Computational Biology	[email protected]
Gary J Muehlbauer Distinguished McKnight University Professor, Department Head, Agronomy and Plant Genetics	Wheat and Barley Molecular Genetics	[email protected]
Helene Murray Executive Director, MISA	Sustainable and Organic Agriculture; Multifunctional Agriculture; Local Food Systems	[email protected]
Seth L Naeve Professor and Extension Agronomist	Soybean management.	[email protected]
Walid Sadok Associate Professor	Plant physiology, Agronomy, Climate change	[email protected]
Debalin Sarangi Assistant Professor and Extension Weed Scientist	Applied Weed Science, Herbicide resistance, Weed Ecology and Management	[email protected]
Craig C Sheaffer Professor	Alfalfa and Cropping Systems	[email protected]
Kevin P Smith Professor	Breeding and Genetics of Barley, Oat, and Silphium	[email protected]
Robert Stupar Professor	Legume molecular genetics	[email protected]
Samantha Wells Associate Professor		[email protected]
Jochum J Wiersma Extension Professor, Small Grains Specialist	Small grains production and management	[email protected]
Donald L Wyse Professor, Co-Director, Center for Integrated Natural Resources & Agricultural Management (CINRAM)	Biology, ecology and management of invasive weeds, diversification of cropping systems, renewable energy systems, and selection and breeding of winter annual and perennial crops.	[email protected]
Zhanyou Xu Alfalfa Breeder, adjunct associate professor	Genomic selection, machine learning, deep learning, germplasm evaluation and field breeding.	[email protected]

Emeritus Faculty

Name	Email
Vernon B Cardwell Professor Emeritus	[email protected]
Burle G Gengenbach Professor Emeritus	[email protected]
Jeffrey L Gunsolus Emeritus Professor and Extension Weed Scientist	[email protected]
Leland L Hardman Professor Emeritus, Extension	[email protected]
Dale R Hicks Professor Emeritus, Extension	[email protected]
Hans Joachim Jung Adjunct Professor Emeritus (USDA-ARS)	[email protected]
JoAnn F S Lamb Adjunct Associate Professor Emeritus	[email protected]
Gordon C Marten Adjunct Professor Emeritus (USDA-ARS)	[email protected]
James H Orf Professor Emeritus	[email protected]
Ronald L Phillips Regents Professor Emeritus/former McKnight Presidential Chair in Genomics	[email protected]
Paul M Porter Professor Emeritus	[email protected]
Donald C Rasmusson Professor Emeritus	[email protected]
Howard W Rines Adjunct Professor Emeritus (USDA-ARS)	[email protected]
Steve R Simmons Morse-Alumni Distinguished Teaching Professor/Professor Emeritus	[email protected]
Robert E Stucker Professor Emeritus	[email protected]
Carroll P Vance Adjunct Professor Emeritus	[email protected]

Dept. of Agronomy and Plant Genetics
411 Borlaug Hall
1991 Upper Buford Circle
St. Paul, MN 55108

Phone: 612-625-7773
Fax: 612-625-1268
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