Department Faculty & Staff List | South Dakota State University

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Department Head

David Wright

Klingbeil Endowed Department Head/Professor

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture and Plant Science

College of Agriculture, Food and Environmental Sciences

Telephone number: 605-688-5123 Email

Coordinators

Meredith McCuen

Greenhouse Coordinator

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture and Plant Science

Telephone number: 605-688-4674 Email
Philip Rozeboom

SDSU Extension IPM Coordinator

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture and Plant Science

SDSU Extension

Telephone number: 605-688-4377 Email

Field Station Manager

Christopher Graham

Associate Professor/Extension Specialist-Agronomist

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture and Plant Science

SDSU West River Research and Extension

SDSU Extension

South Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station at SDSU

Telephone number: 605-394-2236 Email
David Karki

SDSU Extension Agronomy Field Specialist

SDSU Extension

South Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station at SDSU

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture and Plant Science

Telephone number: 605-882-5140 Email
Peter Sexton

Associate Professor and SDSU Extension Sustainable Cropping Systems Specialist

South Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station at SDSU

SDSU Extension

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture and Plant Science

Telephone number: 605-563-2989 Email

Managers

Kathy Mathiason

RST/CGT Seed Testing Laboratory Manager

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture and Plant Science

Telephone number: 605-688-6636 Email

Assistant Managers

Kyle Gustafson

Assistant Manager-Seed Certification

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture and Plant Science

Telephone number: 605-688-5909 Email

Faculty

Gazala Ameen

Assistant Professor

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture and Plant Science

Telephone number: 605-688-5025 Email
John Ball

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

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture and Plant Science

SDSU Extension

Telephone number: 605-688-4737 Email
Bruce Bleakley

Professor

Department of Biology and Microbiology

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture and Plant Science

Telephone number: 605-688-5498 Email
Arvid Boe

Professor

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture and Plant Science

Telephone number: 605-688-4759 Email
Rhoda Burrows

Professor and SDSU Extension Horticulture Specialist

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture and Plant Science

SDSU West River Research and Extension

SDSU Extension

Telephone number: 605-394-2236 Email
Melanie Caffe

Associate Professor

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture and Plant Science

Telephone number: 605-688-5950 Email
Gregg Carlson

Professor Emeritus of Plant Science

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture and Plant Science

Telephone number: 605-688-4761 Email
Jiyul Chang

Senior Lecturer

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture and Plant Science

Telephone number: 605-688-4594 Email
Jason Clark

Assistant Professor and SDSU Extension Soil Fertility Specialist

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture and Plant Science

SDSU Extension

Telephone number: 605-688-4395 Email
David Clay

South Dakota Corn Chair/Distinguished Professor

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture and Plant Science

Telephone number: 605-688-5081 Email
Sharon Clay

Distinguished Professor Emerita of Agronomy

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture and Plant Science

Telephone number: 605-688-4757 Email
Anne Fennell

Distinguished Professor

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture and Plant Science

Telephone number: 605-688-6373 Email
Neal Foster

Executive Director South Dakota Crop Improvement Association

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture and Plant Science

Telephone number: 605-688-4606 Email
Hani Ghosheh

Senior Lecturer

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture and Plant Science

Telephone number: 605-688-6644 Email
Karl Glover

Professor

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture and Plant Science

Telephone number: 605-688-4769 Email
Jose Gonzalez

Core Research Support Facilities Director/Professor

Division of Research and Economic Development

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture and Plant Science

Genomics Sequencing Facility

Telephone number: 605-688-6907 Email
Xingyou Gu

Professor

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture and Plant Science

Telephone number: 605-688-6908 Email
Clifford Hall

Professor

Department of Dairy and Food Science

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture and 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 and Plant Science

Telephone number: 605-688-5418 Email
Srinivas Janaswamy

Associate Professor

Department of Dairy and Food Science

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture and Plant Science

Telephone number: 605-688-4910 Email
Eric Jones

Assistant Professor/Extension Specialist-Weed Management

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture and Plant Science

Telephone number: 605-688-4591 Email
Peter Kovacs

Associate Professor, Precision Agriculture Cropping Systems

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture and Plant Science

Telephone number: 605-688-6536 Email
Kristine Lang

Assistant Professor and SDSU Extension Consumer Horticulture Specialist

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture and Plant Science

SDSU Extension

Telephone number: 605-688-5796 Email
Wanlong Li

Professor

Department of Biology and Microbiology

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture and Plant Science

Li Lab

Telephone number: 605-688-5743 Email
Douglas Malo

Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Soil Science

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture and Plant Science

Telephone number: 605-688-4586 Email
Keerthi Mandyam

Associate Professor

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture and Plant Science

Telephone number: 605-688-5590 Email
Abigail Martens

Assistant Professor of Entomology

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture and Plant Science

Telephone number: 605-688-4593 Email
Ali Mirzakhani Nafchi

Assistant Professor, Precision Ag Extension

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture and Plant Science

SDSU Extension

Department of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering

Telephone number: 605-688-4774 Email
Ravi Mural

Assistant Professor

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture and Plant Science

Telephone number: 605-688-5553 Email
Thandi Nleya

Professor

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture and Plant Science

Telephone number: 605-688-6828 Email
Vander Luis Novaes Nunes

Assistant Professor of Sustainable Agriculture

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture and Plant Science

Telephone number: 605-688-5535 Email
Kristopher Osterloh

Assistant Professor

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture and Plant Science

Telephone number: 605-688-4605 Email
Lora Perkins

Professor, Department of Natural Resource Management; Lead Faculty, Native Plant Initiative; Affiliate Professor, Department of Agronomy, Horticulture and Plant Science

Department of Natural Resource Management

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture and Plant Science

Telephone number: 605-688-4997 Email
Cheryl Reese

Senior Lecturer

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture and Plant Science

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

Associate Professor and Winter Wheat Breeder

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture and Plant Science

Telephone number: 605-688-5709 Email
Madalyn Shires

Assistant Professor/ SDSU Extension Plant Pathology Specialist, Director of SDSU Plant Diagnostic Clinic

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture and Plant Science

SDSU Extension

Telephone number: 605-688-4521 Email
Shyam Solanki

Assistant Professor - Functional Genomics of Plant Microbe Soil Interaction, Plant Pathologist

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture and Plant Science

Telephone number: 605-688-5032 Email
Sen Subramanian
Associate Dean of Research/Professor
College of Natural Sciences
Telephone number: 605-688-4420 Email
Sean Toporek

Assistant Professor - Specialty Crops Pathology, Director of SDState Local Foods Education Center

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture and Plant Science

Telephone number: 605-688-5219 Email
Adam Varenhorst

Associate Professor/Extension Specialist-Field Crop Entomologist

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture and Plant Science

SDSU Extension

Telephone number: 605-688-6854 Email
Shaina Westhoff

Lecturer

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture and Plant Science

Telephone number: 605-688-5534 Email
Sutie Xu

Assistant Professor

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture and Plant Science

Telephone number: 605-773-8125 Email

Extension Field Specialist

Amanda Bachmann

SDSU Extension Pesticide Education and Urban Entomology Field Specialist

SDSU Extension

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture and Plant Science

Telephone number: 605-773-8120 Email
Sara Bauder

SDSU Extension Forage Field Specialist

SDSU Extension

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture and Plant Science

Telephone number: 605-995-7378 Email
Anthony Bly

SDSU Extension Soils Field Specialist

SDSU Extension

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture and Plant Science

Telephone number: 605-782-3290 Email
Robin Buterbaugh

Horticulture Extension Field Specialist I

SDSU Extension

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture and Plant Science

Telephone number: 605-688-4940 Email
James Doyle

Diversified Agriculture Extension Field Specialist I

SDSU Extension

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture and Plant Science

Department of Animal Science

Telephone number: 605-842-1267 Email
Hans Klopp

Extension Soil Health Field Specialist I

SDSU Extension

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture and Plant Science

Telephone number: 605-882-5140 Email
Stephen Robertson

Pesticide Educator Extension Field Specialist I

SDSU Extension

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture and Plant Science

Telephone number: 605-688-5550 Email
Connie Strunk

SDSU Extension Plant Pathology Field Specialist

SDSU Extension

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture and Plant Science

Telephone number: 605-782-3290 Email
Patrick Wagner

SDSU Extension Entomology Field Specialist

SDSU Extension

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture and Plant Science

Telephone number: 605-394-1722 Email
Clarence Winter

Extension Field Specialist I

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture and Plant Science

SDSU Extension

Telephone number: 605-394-1722 Email

Staff

Lorenzo Burger

Temporary Employee

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture and Plant Science

Telephone number: 605-688-4600 Email
Amy Dahl

Program Assistant II

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture and Plant Science

Telephone number: 605-688-5123 Email
Nate Donato

Graduate Research Assistant

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture and Plant Science

Telephone number: 605-688-6121 Email
Shirley Jensen

Senior Accountant

South Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station at SDSU

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture and Plant Science

Telephone number: 605-688-4600 Email
Joyce Kindvall

Financial Program Assistant

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture and Plant Science

Telephone number: 605-688-4604 Email
Bradley McManus

IPM Specialist

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture and Plant Science

Telephone number: 605-688-4544 Email
Julie Sperlich

Senior Secretary

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture and Plant Science

SDSU Seed Testing Lab

Telephone number: 605-688-4589 Email
Eva Sweet

Temporary Employee

South Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station at SDSU

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture and Plant Science

Telephone number: 605-688-4600 Email
Charles Tesch

Graduate Research Assistant

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture and Plant Science

Telephone number: 605-688-4600 Email
Blake Toennies

Senior Secretary

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture and Plant Science

Telephone number: 605-688-4600 Email
Lisa Ulvestad

Program Assistant - Teaching

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture and Plant Science

Telephone number: 605-688-4450 Email

Research and Technical Staff

Indu Acharya

Research Assistant

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture and Plant Science

Telephone number: 605-688-4600 Email
Jill Alms

Agricultural Research Manager/Specialist

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture and Plant Science

Telephone number: 605-688-5100 Email
Sravanthi Bachina

Research Associate I

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture and Plant Science

Telephone number: 605-688-4600 Email
Dwarika Bhattarai

Research Associate II

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture and Plant Science

Telephone number: 605-688-4600 Email
Skye Brugler

Research Associate I

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture and Plant Science

Telephone number: 605-688-4600 Email
Sayda Ferdoushi

Research Associate I

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture and Plant Science

Telephone number: 605-688-4600 Email
Hannah Gillen

CSA-G Germination/Viability Supervisor

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture and Plant Science

Telephone number: 605-688-4125 Email
Nicholas Hall

Agricultural Research Manager/Specialist

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture and Plant Science

Telephone number: 605-688-4215 Email
Shawn Hawks

Agricultural Research Manager/Specialist

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture and Plant Science

Telephone number: 605-688-4250 Email
Allen Heuer

Manager-NE Research Station

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture and Plant Science

Telephone number: 605-886-8152 Email
Jungsook Kim

Laboratory Aide

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture and Plant Science

Telephone number: 605-688-6243 Email
Kevin Kirby

Temporary Employee

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture and Plant Science

Telephone number: 605-688-4250 Email
Brennan Lewis

Research Associate I

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture and Plant Science

Telephone number: 605-688-4600 Email
Janet Miller

Research Associate III

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture and Plant Science

Telephone number: 605-688-6243 Email
Lindsay Muller

Research Assistant

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture and Plant Science

Telephone number: 605-688-4600 Email
Nick Passone

Graduate Research Assistant

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture and Plant Science

Telephone number: 605-688-4600 Email
Tapish Pawar

Research Associate I

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture and Plant Science

Telephone number: 605-688-4600 Email
Graig Reicks

Research Associate II

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture and Plant Science

Telephone number: 605-688-5105 Email
Bruce Swan

Agriculture Research Manager/Specialist

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture and Plant Science

Telephone number: 605-394-2236 Email
Connie Tande

SDSU Extension Plant Diagnostician

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture and Plant Science

SDSU Extension

SDSU Plant Diagnostic Clinic

Telephone number: 605-688-5545 Email
Julie Thomas

Research Assistant

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture and Plant Science

Telephone number: 605-688-5157 Email
David Vos

Agricultural Research Manager/Specialist

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture and Plant Science

Telephone number: 605-688-5220 Email

Postdoctorates

Henrique Dias

Postdoctorate Research Associate

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture and Plant Science

Telephone number: 605-688-4600 Email
Dalitso Yabwalo

Research Associate I

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture and Plant Science

Telephone number: 605-688-5660 Email

Graduate Assistants

Ahmed Abdalla

Graduate Research Assistant

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture and Plant Science

Telephone number: 605-688-4600 Email
Muhammad Ahmad

Graduate Research Assistant

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture and Plant Science

Telephone number: 605-688-4600 Email
Mohammad Ali

Graduate Research Assistant

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture and Plant Science

Telephone number: 605-688-4600 Email
Francisco Alvarado

Graduate Research Assistant

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture and Plant Science

Telephone number: 605-688-4600 Email
Kamal Bhattarai

Graduate Research Assistant

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture and Plant Science

Telephone number: 605-688-4600 Email
Marya Bibi

Graduate Research Assistant

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture and Plant Science

Telephone number: 605-688-4600 Email
Larousse Dorissant

Graduate Research Assistant

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture and Plant Science

Telephone number: 605-688-4600 Email
Kristina Harms

Graduate Research Assistant

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture and Plant Science

Telephone number: 605-688-4600 Email
Riya Jain

Graduate Research Assistant

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture and Plant Science

Telephone number: 605-688-4600 Email
Romandeep Kaur Kaur

Graduate Research Assistant

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture and Plant Science

Telephone number: 605-688-4600 Email
Srinadh Kodali

Graduate Research Assistant

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture and Plant Science

Telephone number: 605-688-4600 Email
Varshith Kommineni

Graduate Research Assistant

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture and Plant Science

Telephone number: 605-688-4600 Email
Nikhil LNU

Graduate Research Assistant

South Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station at SDSU

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture and Plant Science

Telephone number: 605-688-4600 Email
Zach Loomis

Graduate Research Assistant

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture and Plant Science

Telephone number: 605-688-4600 Email
Jesus Loya

Temporary Research Associate I

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture and Plant Science

Telephone number: 605-688-4600 Email
Komal Mahajan

Graduate Research Assistant

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture and Plant Science

Telephone number: 605-688-4600 Email
Sierra Mesman

Graduate Research Assistant

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture and Plant Science

Telephone number: 605-688-4600 Email
Amarachi Ochonye

Graduate Research Assistant

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture and Plant Science

Telephone number: 605-688-4600 Email
Shailesh Pandit

Graduate Research Assistant

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture and Plant Science

Telephone number: 605-688-5156 Email
Connor Ruen

Graduate Research Assistant

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture and Plant Science

Telephone number: 605-688-4600 Email
Chitra Sudalaimani

Graduate Research Assistant

South Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station at SDSU

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture and Plant Science

Telephone number: 605-688-4600 Email
Subash Thapa

Graduate Research Assistant

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture and Plant Science

Telephone number: 605-690-3124 Email
Gabby Thooft

Temporary Employee

South Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station at SDSU

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture and Plant Science

Telephone number: 605-688-5156 Email
Paul Umezinwa

Graduate Research Assistant

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture and Plant Science

Telephone number: 605-688-4600 Email
Hannah Voye

Graduate Research Assistant

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture and Plant Science

Telephone number: 605-688-4600 Email
Huayu Xu

Graduate Research Assistant

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture and Plant Science

Telephone number: 605-688-4600 Email

Temporary Employee

Cody Hall

Research Assistant

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture and Plant Science

Telephone number: 605-203-1251 Email
Brian Kontz

Temporary Employee

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture and Plant Science

Telephone number: 605-688-5660 Email
Chris Nelson

Research Assistant

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture and Plant Science

Telephone number: 605-688-4600 Email
Brooke Seeley

Temporary Employee

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture and Plant Science

Telephone number: 605-688-4600 Email

Emeriti Faculty

Shaukat Ali

Professor Emeritus of Plant Pathology

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture and Plant Science

Telephone number: 605-688-6996 Email
Dean Dybing

Adjunct Professor of Plant Science Emeritus

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture and Plant Science

Telephone number: 605-688-4589 Email
Billy Fuller

Professor Emeritus of Entomology

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture and Plant Science

Telephone number: 605-688-4593 Email
James Gerwing

Professor of Plant Science Emeritus

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture and Plant Science

Telephone number: 605-688-4600 Email
David Graper

Professor Emeritus of Horticulture Science

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture and Plant Science

SDSU Extension

Telephone number: 605-688-5796 Email
Robert Hall

Professor Emeritus of Plant Science

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture and Plant Science

Telephone number: 605-688-4760 Email
Paul Johnson

Professor Emeritus of Entomology

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture and Plant Science

Telephone number: 605-688-4438 Email
Padmanaban Krishnan

Professor Emeritus of Dairy and Food Science

Department of Dairy and Food Science

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture and Plant Science

Telephone number: 605-688-4040 Email
Marie Langham

Professor Emerita of Plant Pathology

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture and Plant Science

Telephone number: 605-688-5539 Email
Dale L. Reeves

Professor of Plant Science Emeritus

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture and Plant Science

Telephone number: 605-688-4589 Email
Diane Rickerl

Professor Emerita of Plant Science

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture and Plant Science

Telephone number: 605-688-4600 Email
Thomas Schumacher

Professor Emeritus of Plant Science

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture and Plant Science

Telephone number: 605-691-5784 Email
Clair Stymiest

Associate Professor of Plant Science Emeritus

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture and Plant Science

Telephone number: 605-688-4589 Email
Fedora Sutton

Professor Emerita of Molecular Biology

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture and Plant Science

Telephone number: 605-688-4600 Email
Brent Turnipseed

Professor Emeritus of Agronomy

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture and Plant Science

Telephone number: 605-688-4590 Email
Howard Woodard

Professor Emeritus of Soil Science

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture and Plant Science

Telephone number: 605-688-4774 Email
Leon Wrage

Distinguished Professor of Plant Science Emeritus

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture and Plant Science

Telephone number: 605-695-4112 Email

Volunteer Faculty

Patrick Ewing

Volunteer Faculty

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture and Plant Science

Telephone number: 605-688-4600 Email
Louis Hesler

Volunteer Faculty

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture and Plant Science

Telephone number: 605-688-4600 Email
Michael Lehman

Volunteer Faculty

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture and Plant Science

Telephone number: 605-693-5205 Email
Shannon Osborne

Volunteer Faculty

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture and Plant Science

Telephone number: 605-688-4600 Email
Adrian Pekarcik

Volunteer Faculty

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture and Plant Science

Telephone number: 605-688-4600 Email
Karl Roeder

Volunteer Faculty

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture and Plant Science

Telephone number: 605-688-4600 Email
Sharon Schneider

Volunteer Faculty

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture and Plant Science

Telephone number: 605-693-5201 Email
Chuntao Yin

Volunteer Faculty

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture and Plant Science

Telephone number: 605-688-4600 Email