Department Faculty & Staff List | South Dakota State University

Department Head

David Wright

Department Head/Professor

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture & Plant Science

College of Agriculture, Food & Environmental Sciences

Telephone number: 605-688-5123 Email

Faculty

Shaukat Ali

Associate Professor

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture & Plant Science

Telephone number: 605-688-6996 Email
John Ball

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

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture & Plant Science

SDSU Extension

Telephone number: 605-688-4737 Email
Bruce Bleakley

Professor

Department of Biology and Microbiology

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture & Plant Science

Telephone number: 605-688-5498 Email
Arvid Boe

Professor

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture & Plant Science

Telephone number: 605-688-4759 Email
Rhoda Burrows

Professor & SDSU Extension Horticulture Specialist

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture & Plant Science

SDSU West River Research and Extension

SDSU Extension

Telephone number: 605-394-2236 Email
Melanie Caffe

Associate Professor

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture & Plant Science

Telephone number: 605-688-5950 Email
Jiyul Chang

Senior Lecturer

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture & Plant Science

Telephone number: 605-688-4594 Email
Jason Clark

Assistant Professor & SDSU Extension Soil Fertility Specialist

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture & Plant Science

SDSU Extension

Telephone number: 605-688-4600 Email
David Clay

Professor Soil Science

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture & Plant Science

Telephone number: 605-688-5081 Email
Sharon Clay

Distinguished Professor

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture & Plant Science

Telephone number: 605-688-4757 Email
Anne Fennell

Distinguished Professor

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture & Plant Science

Telephone number: 605-688-6373 Email
Neal Foster

Executive Director South Dakota Crop Improvement Association

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture & Plant Science

SDSU Seed Testing Lab

Telephone number: 605-688-4606 Email
Billy Fuller

Professor

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture & Plant Science

Telephone number: 605-688-4593 Email
Hani Ghosheh

Senior Lecturer/Undergraduate Teaching Coordinator

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture & Plant Science

Telephone number: 605-688-6644 Email
Karl Glover

Professor

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture & Plant Science

Telephone number: 605-688-4769 Email
Jose Gonzalez

Professor

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture & Plant Science

Department of Biology and Microbiology

Genomics Sequencing Facility

Telephone number: 605-688-6907 Email
Christopher Graham

SDSU Extension Agronomist

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture & Plant Science

SDSU West River Research and Extension

SDSU Extension

Telephone number: 605-394-2236 Email
Xingyou Gu

Professor

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture & Plant Science

Telephone number: 605-688-6908 Email
Clifford Hall

Professor

Department of Dairy and Food Science

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture & Plant Science

Telephone number: 605-688-6233 Email
Jack Ingemansen

Superintendent-Foundation Seed Stock

South Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station at SDSU

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture & Plant Science

Telephone number: 605-688-5418 Email
Paul Johnson

Professor of Insect Biodiversity

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture & Plant Science

Telephone number: 605-688-4438 Email
Peter Kovacs

Assistant Professor, Precision Ag. Cropping Systems, Internship Coordinator

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture & Plant Science

Telephone number: 605-688-6536 Email
Kristine Lang

Assistant Professor & SDSU Extension Consumer Horticulture Specialist

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture & Plant Science

SDSU Extension

Telephone number: 605-688-5796 Email
Wanlong Li

Professor

Department of Biology and Microbiology

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture & Plant Science

Li Lab

Telephone number: 605-688-5743 Email
Navreet Mahal

Lecturer

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture & Plant Science

Telephone number: 605-688-6762 Email
Febina Mathew

Associate Professor and Field Crops Pathologist

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture & Plant Science

Telephone number: 605-688-5660 Email
Ali Mirzakhani Nafchi

Assistant Professor, Precision Ag Ext.

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture & Plant Science

SDSU Extension

Department of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering

Telephone number: 605-688-4774 Email
Thandi Nleya

Associate Professor

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture & Plant Science

Telephone number: 605-688-6828 Email
Kristopher Osterloh

Assistant Professor

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture & Plant Science

Telephone number: 605-688-4605 Email
Brett Owens

Instructor of Horticulture

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture & Plant Science

SDSU Extension

Telephone number: 605-688-6334 Email
Lora Perkins

Associate Professor / NPI Lead Faculty / AHPS Affiliate Associate Professor

Department of Natural Resource Management

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture & Plant Science

Telephone number: 605-688-6121 Email
Cheryl Reese

Senior Lecturer

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture & Plant Science

Telephone number: 605-688-6309 Email
Sunish Kumar Sehgal

Associate Professor/Winter Wheat Breeder

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture & Plant Science

Telephone number: 605-688-5709 Email
Brent Turnipseed

Assistant Department Head/Professor

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture & Plant Science

SDSU Seed Testing Lab

Telephone number: 605-688-4590 Email
Adam Varenhorst

Assistant Professor & SDSU Extension Field Crop Entomologist

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture & Plant Science

SDSU Extension

Telephone number: 605-688-6854 Email
Jixiang Wu

Professor

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture & Plant Science

Department of Mathematics & Statistics

Telephone number: 605-688-5947 Email
Sutie Xu

Assistant Professor

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture & Plant Science

Telephone number: 605-773-8125 Email

Managers

Kathy Mathiason

Assistant Manager-Seed Testing Laboratory

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture & Plant Science

SDSU Seed Testing Lab

Telephone number: 605-688-6636 Email
Dan Olson

Assistant Manager-Seed Certification

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture & Plant Science

Telephone number: 605-688-5909 Email

Adjunct Faculty

Jose Guzman

Assistant Professor

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture & Plant Science

Telephone number: 605-688-5156 Email
Qin Ma

Assistant Professor

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture & Plant Science

Department of Mathematics & Statistics

Telephone number: 605-688-6315 Email

Coordinators

Meredith McCuen

Greenhouse Coordinator

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture & Plant Science

Telephone number: 605-688-4674 Email
Philip Rozeboom

SDSU Extension IPM Coordinator

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture & Plant Science

SDSU Extension

Telephone number: 605-688-4377 Email

Extension Associate

Paul Johnson

SDSU Extension Weed Science Coordinator

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture & Plant Science

SDSU Extension

Telephone number: 605-688-4591 Email
Jonathan Kleinjan

SDSU Extension Agronomist

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture & Plant Science

SDSU Extension

Telephone number: 605-688-4211 Email

Extension Field Specialist

Amanda Bachmann

SDSU Extension Pesticide Education & Urban Entomology Field Specialist

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture & Plant Science

SDSU Extension

Telephone number: 605-773-8120 Email
Sara Bauder

SDSU Extension Forage Field Specialist

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture & Plant Science

Telephone number: 605-995-7378 Email
Anthony Bly

SDSU Extension Soils Field Specialist

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture & Plant Science

SDSU Extension

Telephone number: 605-782-3290 Email
David Karki

SDSU Extension Agronomy Field Specialist

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture & Plant Science

SDSU Extension

Telephone number: 605-882-5140 Email
Connie Strunk

SDSU Extension Plant Pathology Field Specialist

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture & Plant Science

SDSU Extension

Telephone number: 605-782-3290 Email
Patrick Wagner

SDSU Extension Entomology Field Specialist

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture & Plant Science

SDSU Extension

Telephone number: 605-394-1722 Email

Staff

Sharon Clasen

Senior Secretary

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture & Plant Science

SDSU Seed Testing Lab

Telephone number: 605-688-4589 Email
Amy Dahl

Program Assistant

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture & Plant Science

Telephone number: 605-688-5123 Email
Joyce Kindvall

Financial Program Assistant

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture & Plant Science

Telephone number: 605-688-4604 Email
Delwyn McCarty

Budget and Accounting Analyst

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture & Plant Science

Telephone number: 605-688-4588 Email
Anita Wells

Secretary

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture & Plant Science

Telephone number: 605-688-4600 Email

Research and Technical Staff

Jill Alms

Ag Research Mgr/Specialist

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture & Plant Science

Telephone number: 605-688-5100 Email
Aaron Bramstedt

Research Assistant

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture & Plant Science

Telephone number: 605-688-4766 Email
Hannah Gillen

Germination/Viability Supervisor

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture & Plant Science

Telephone number: 605-688-4589 Email
Nicholas Hall

Ag Research Mgr/Spec

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture & Plant Science

Telephone number: 605-688-4215 Email
Shawn Hawks

Ag Research Mgr/Spec

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture & Plant Science

Telephone number: 605-688-4250 Email
Allen Heuer

Manager-NE Research Station

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture & Plant Science

Telephone number: 605-886-8152 Email
Deepak Joshi

Research Associate I

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture & Plant Science

Telephone number: 605-688-4600 Email
Jungsook Kim

Laboratory Aide

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture & Plant Science

Telephone number: 605-688-6243 Email
Kevin Kirby

Ag Research Mgr/Spec

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture & Plant Science

Telephone number: 605-688-4250 Email
Brian Kontz

Senior Ag Research Tech

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture & Plant Science

Telephone number: 605-688-5660 Email
Darrell McKeown

Ag Research Mgr/Spec

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture & Plant Science

Telephone number: 605-688-4600 Email
Bradley McManus

Research Associate II

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture & Plant Science

Telephone number: 605-688-4544 Email
Janet Miller

Research Associate I

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture & Plant Science

Telephone number: 605-688-6243 Email
Graig Reicks

Research Associate II

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture & Plant Science

Telephone number: 605-688-5105 Email
Bruce Swan

Ag Research Manager/Spec

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture & Plant Science

Telephone number: 605-394-2236 Email
Connie Tande

SDSU Extension Plant Diagnostician

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture & Plant Science

SDSU Extension

SDSU Plant Diagnostic Clinic

Telephone number: 605-688-5545 Email
Julie Thomas

Research Assistant

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture & Plant Science

Telephone number: 605-688-5157 Email
Lisa Ulvestad

Office Supervisor

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture & Plant Science

Department of Veterinary & Biomedical Sciences

Telephone number: 605-688-5690 Email
David Vos

Ag Research Mgr/Spec

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture & Plant Science

Telephone number: 605-688-5100 Email
Shaina Westhoff

Research Associate

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture & Plant Science

Telephone number: 605-688-6785 Email

Postdoctorates

Sumandeep Bazzer

Post Doc Research Associate

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture & Plant Science

Telephone number: 605-688-4600 Email
Dalitso Yabwalo

Post Doc Research Associate

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture & Plant Science

Telephone number: 605-688-4521 Email

Graduate Assistants

Anjana Adhikari

Temporary Employee

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture & Plant Science

Telephone number: 605-688-4600 Email
Dilmini Alahakoon

Graduate Research Assistant

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture & Plant Science

Telephone number: 605-688-4600 Email
Bikram Das

Grad Teach Assist-Instructor

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture & Plant Science

Telephone number: 605-688-4598 Email
Brennan Lewis

Temporary Employee

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture & Plant Science

Telephone number: 605-688-4600 Email
Amanda Ruiz

Graduate Research Assistant

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture & Plant Science

SDSU West River Research and Extension

Telephone number: 605-688-4600 Email

Temporary Employee

Cody Hall

Temporary Employee

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture & Plant Science

Telephone number: 605-203-1251 Email
Chris Nelson

Temporary Employee

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture & Plant Science

Telephone number: 605-688-4600 Email

Emeriti Faculty

Gregg Carlson

Professor Emeritus of Plant Science

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture & Plant Science

Telephone number: 605-688-4761 Email
Norman Evers

Instructor Emeritus of Horticulture, Forestry, Landscape and Parks

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture & Plant Science

Telephone number: 605-688-4600 Email
James Gerwing

Professor of Plant Science Emeritus

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture & Plant Science

Telephone number: 605-688-4600 Email
David Graper

Professor Emeritus of Horticulture Science

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture & Plant Science

SDSU Extension

Telephone number: 605-688-5796 Email
Robert Hall

Professor Emeritus of Plant Science

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture & Plant Science

Telephone number: 605-688-4760 Email
Padmanaban Krishnan

Professor Emeritus of Dairy and Food Science

Department of Dairy and Food Science

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture & Plant Science

Telephone number: 605-688-4040 Email
Marie Langham

Professor Emerita of Plant Pathology

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture & Plant Science

Telephone number: 605-688-5539 Email
Douglas Malo

Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Soil Science

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture & Plant Science

Telephone number: 605-688-4586 Email
Robert Pollman

Associate Professor of Plant Science/Manager of Seed Certification Emeritus

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture & Plant Science

Telephone number: 605-688-4600 Email
Thomas Schumacher

Professor Emeritus of Plant Science

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture & Plant Science

Telephone number: 605-688-4762 Email
Fedora Sutton

Professor Emerita of Molecular Biology

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture & Plant Science

Telephone number: 605-688-4600 Email
Howard Woodard

Professor Emeritus of Soil Science

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture & Plant Science

Telephone number: 605-688-4774 Email
Leon Wrage

Distinguished Professor of Plant Science Emeritus

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture & Plant Science

Telephone number: 605-695-4112 Email

Volunteer Faculty

Louis Hesler

Volunteer Faculty

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture & Plant Science

Telephone number: 605-688-4600 Email
Michael Lehman

Volunteer Faculty

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture & Plant Science

Telephone number: 605-693-5205 Email
Shannon Osborne

Volunteer Faculty

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture & Plant Science

Telephone number: 605-688-4600 Email
Sharon Schneider

Volunteer Faculty

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture & Plant Science

Telephone number: 605-693-5201 Email