Faculty & Staff

David Wright

Department Head/Professor

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture & Plant Science

College of Agriculture, Food & Environmental Sciences

Meredith McCuen

Greenhouse Coordinator

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture & Plant Science

Philip Rozeboom

SDSU Extension IPM Coordinator

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture & Plant Science

SDSU Extension

Shaukat Ali

Associate Professor

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture & Plant Science

John Ball

Professor, SDSU Extension Forestry Specialist & South Dakota Department of Agriculture Forest Health Specialist

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture & Plant Science

SDSU Extension

Bruce Bleakley

Professor

Department of Biology and Microbiology

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture & Plant Science

Arvid Boe

Professor

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture & Plant Science

Rhoda Burrows

Professor & SDSU Extension Horticulture Specialist

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture & Plant Science

SDSU West River Research and Extension

SDSU Extension

Emmanuel Byamukama

Associate Professor & SDSU Extension Plant Pathologist

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture & Plant Science

SDSU Extension

Melanie Caffe

Assistant Professor

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture & Plant Science

Jiyul Chang

Senior Lecturer

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture & Plant Science

Jason Clark

Assistant Professor & SDSU Extension Soil Fertility Specialist

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture & Plant Science

SDSU Extension

David Clay

Professor Soil Science

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture & Plant Science

Sharon Clay

Distinguished Professor

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture & Plant Science

Anne Fennell

Distinguished Professor

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture & Plant Science

BioSNTR

Neal Foster

Executive Director South Dakota Crop Improvement Association

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture & Plant Science

SDSU Seed Testing Lab

Billy Fuller

Professor

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture & Plant Science

Hani Ghosheh

Senior Lecturer/Undergraduate Teaching Coordinator

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture & Plant Science

Karl Glover

Professor

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture & Plant Science

Jose Gonzalez

Professor

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture & Plant Science

Department of Biology and Microbiology

Genomics Sequencing Facility

BioSNTR

Christopher Graham

SDSU Extension Agronomist

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture & Plant Science

SDSU West River Research and Extension

SDSU Extension

Xingyou Gu

Professor

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture & Plant Science

Jack Ingemansen

Superintendent-Foundation Seed Stock

South Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station at SDSU

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture & Plant Science

Paul Johnson

Professor of Insect Biodiversity

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture & Plant Science

Peter Kovacs

Assistant Professor, Precision Ag. Cropping Systems

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture & Plant Science

Kristine Lang

Assistant Professor & SDSU Extension Consumer Horticulture Specialist

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture & Plant Science

SDSU Extension

Wanlong Li

Professor

Department of Biology and Microbiology

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture & Plant Science

Li Lab

Navreet Mahal

Lecturer

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture & Plant Science

Febina Mathew

Associate Professor and Field Crops Pathologist

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture & Plant Science

Ali Mirzakhani Nafchi

Assistant Professor, Precision Ag Ext.

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture & Plant Science

SDSU Extension

Thandi Nleya

Associate Professor

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture & Plant Science

Kristopher Osterloh

Assistant Professor

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture & Plant Science

Brett Owens

Instructor of Horticulture

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture & Plant Science

SDSU Extension

Lora Perkins

Associate Professor / NPI Lead Faculty / AHPS Affiliate Associate Professor

Department of Natural Resource Management

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture & Plant Science

Cheryl Reese

Senior Lecturer

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture & Plant Science

Sunish Kumar Sehgal

Associate Professor/Winter Wheat Breeder

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture & Plant Science

Sen Subramanian

Professor; Graduate Coordinator (Plant Science Graduate Program)

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture & Plant Science

Department of Biology and Microbiology

Brent Turnipseed

Assistant Department Head/Professor

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture & Plant Science

SDSU Seed Testing Lab

Adam Varenhorst

Assistant Professor & SDSU Extension Field Crop Entomologist

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture & Plant Science

SDSU Extension

Jixiang Wu

Professor

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture & Plant Science

Department of Mathematics & Statistics

Sutie Xu

Assistant Professor

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture & Plant Science

Kathy Mathiason

Assistant Manager-Seed Testing Laboratory

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture & Plant Science

SDSU Seed Testing Lab

Dan Olson

Assistant Manager-Seed Certification

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture & Plant Science

Jose Guzman

Assistant Professor

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture & Plant Science

Qin Ma

Assistant Professor

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture & Plant Science

Department of Mathematics & Statistics

Paul O. Johnson

SDSU Extension Weed Science Coordinator

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture & Plant Science

SDSU Extension

Jonathan Kleinjan

SDSU Extension Agronomist

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture & Plant Science

SDSU Extension

Amanda Bachmann

SDSU Extension Pesticide Education & Urban Entomology Field Specialist

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture & Plant Science

SDSU Extension

Sara Bauder

SDSU Extension Agronomy Field Specialist

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture & Plant Science

Anthony Bly

SDSU Extension Soils Field Specialist

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture & Plant Science

SDSU Extension

David Karki

SDSU Extension Agronomy Field Specialist

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture & Plant Science

SDSU Extension

Gared Shaffer

SDSU Extension Weeds Field Specialist

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture & Plant Science

SDSU Extension

Connie Strunk

SDSU Extension Plant Pathology Field Specialist

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture & Plant Science

SDSU Extension

Patrick Wagner

SDSU Extension Entomology Field Specialist

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture & Plant Science

SDSU Extension

Sharon Clasen

Senior Secretary

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture & Plant Science

SDSU Seed Testing Lab

Amy Dahl

Program Assistant

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture & Plant Science

Adeline Flaskey

Secretary

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture & Plant Science

Joyce Kindvall

Financial Program Assistant

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture & Plant Science

Delwyn McCarty

Budget and Accounting Analyst

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture & Plant Science

Trevor Tande

Computer Support Specialist

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture & Plant Science

Anita Wells

Secretary

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture & Plant Science

Jill Alms

Ag Research Mgr/Specialist

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture & Plant Science

Nathan Braun

Senior Ag Research Tech

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture & Plant Science

Hannah Gillen

Germination/Viability Supervisor

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture & Plant Science

SDSU Seed Testing Lab

Nicholas Hall

Ag Research Mgr/Spec

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture & Plant Science

Shawn Hawks

Ag Research Mgr/Spec

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture & Plant Science

Allen Heuer

Manager-NE Research Station

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture & Plant Science

Deepak Joshi

Research Associate I

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture & Plant Science

Jungsook Kim

Laboratory Aide

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture & Plant Science

Kevin Kirby

Ag Research Mgr/Spec

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture & Plant Science

Brian Kontz

Senior Ag Research Tech

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture & Plant Science

Darrell McKeown

Ag Research Mgr/Spec

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture & Plant Science

Bradley McManus

Research Associate II

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture & Plant Science

Janet Miller

Research Associate I

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture & Plant Science

Graig Reicks

Research Associate II

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture & Plant Science

Debankur Sanyal

Postdoctoral Research Associate

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture & Plant Science

Bruce Swan

Ag Research Manager/Spec

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture & Plant Science

Connie Tande

SDSU Extension Plant Diagnostician

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture & Plant Science

SDSU Extension

SDSU Plant Diagnostic Clinic

Julie Thomas

Research Assistant

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture & Plant Science

David Vos

Ag Research Mgr/Spec

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture & Plant Science

Shaina Westhoff

Research Associate

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture & Plant Science

Dalitso Yabwalo

Post Doc Research Associate

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture & Plant Science

Dilmini Alahakoon

Graduate Research Assistant

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture & Plant Science

Rachel Geary

Graduate Research Assistant

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture & Plant Science

Ruchika Kashyap

Graduate Research Assistant

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture & Plant Science

Stephanie Liebl

Graduate Research Assistant

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture & Plant Science

Lawrence Sethor Segbehoe

Grad Research Assistant

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture & Plant Science

Roberto Villegas-Diaz

Graduate Research Assistant

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture & Plant Science

Cody Hall

Temporary Employee

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture & Plant Science

Alison Knutson

Student Employee

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture & Plant Science

Chris Nelson

Temporary Employee

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture & Plant Science

Craig Weber

Student Employee

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture & Plant Science

Gregg Carlson

Professor Emeritus of Plant Science

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture & Plant Science

Norman Evers

Instructor Emeritus of Horticulture, Forestry, Landscape and Parks

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture & Plant Science

James Gerwing

Professor of Plant Science Emeritus

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture & Plant Science

David Graper

Professor Emeritus of Horticulture Science

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture & Plant Science

SDSU Extension

Robert Hall

Professor Emeritus of Plant Science

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture & Plant Science

Marie Langham

Professor Emerita of Plant Pathology

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture & Plant Science

Douglas Malo

Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Soil Science

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture & Plant Science

Robert Pollman

Associate Professor of Plant Science/Manager of Seed Certification Emeritus

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture & Plant Science

Thomas Schumacher

Professor Emeritus of Plant Science

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture & Plant Science

Fedora Sutton

Professor Emerita of Molecular Biology

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture & Plant Science

Howard Woodard

Professor Emeritus of Soil Science

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture & Plant Science

Leon Wrage

Distinguished Professor of Plant Science Emeritus

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture & Plant Science

Louis Hesler

Volunteer Faculty

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture & Plant Science