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Directory | Plant, Soils & Climate

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Department Head

Matt Yost

Interim Department Head | Professor | Agroclimate Extension Specialist | Plants, Soils, & Climate (PSC)

435-797-4210

matt.yost@usu.edu

Faculty

Brent Black

Professor, Extension Fruit Specialist

435-797-2174

brent.black@usu.edu

Janis Boettinger

Professor, Pedology

(435) 797-8176

janis.boettinger@usu.edu

Rachel Broadbent

Senior Lecturer, Program Coordinator, Horticulture

801-824-9585

rachel.broadbent@usu.edu

Bruce Bugbee

Professor | Plant Physiology

435-797-2765

bruce.bugbee@usu.edu

Grant Cardon

Professor | Extension Soil Specialist

435-797-2278

grant.cardon@usu.edu

Yoshi Chikamoto

Associate Professor | Earth System Modeling

435-797-0832

yoshi.chikamoto@usu.edu

Earl Creech

Professor, Extension Agronomist

435-797-7319

earl.creech@usu.edu

Luthiene Dalanhese Franca

Lecturer, Climate Science

435-797-3039

ludalanhese@usu.edu

Chelsea Duball

Assistant Professor, Environmental Soil Science

435-797-9835

chelsea.duball@usu.edu

Pamela George

Professional Practice Assistant Professor, Landscape Design

435-797-0568

pamela.george@usu.edu

Robert Gillies

Professor, Climate Science, State Climatologist

435-797-2233

robert.gillies@usu.edu

Lawrence Hipps

Professor | Biometeorology & Atmospheric Science

435-797-2009

lawrence.hipps@usu.edu

Astrid R. Jacobson

Associate Professor, Soil Chemistry/Biogeochemistry

435-797-2184

astrid.jacobson@usu.edu

Paul G. Johnson

Professor | Associate Director, UAES

435-797-7039

paul.johnson@usu.edu

Colleen Jones

Research Associate Professor, Environmental Ecology

435-722-1757

colleen.jones@usu.edu

Scott B. Jones

Professor, Environmental Soil Physics

435-797-2175

scott.jones@usu.edu

Amita Kaundal

Associate Professor, Molecular Biology/Microbiology

435-797-0457

amita.kaundal@usu.edu

Rakesh Kaundal

Associate Professor, Bioinformatics; Director, Bioinformatics Facility

435-797-4117

rkaundal@usu.edu

Kelly Kopp

Professor, Extension Water Conservation and Turfgrass Specialist

435-757-6650

kelly.kopp@usu.edu

Noah Langenfeld

Assistant Professor, Controlled Environment Agriculture

435-797-9606

noah.langenfeld@usu.edu

Jimmy Larson

Assistant Professor | Extension Orchard Specialist

435-797-1212

j.larson@usu.edu

Jennifer Wilson MacAdam

Professor | Plant Physiology/Forage Production

435-797-2364

jennifer.macadam@usu.edu

Jonathan Meyer

Climatologist

435-797-2190

jon.meyer@usu.edu

Jeanette M. Norton

Professor | Soil Microbiology/Ecology | Graduate Program Coordinator

435-797-2166

jeanette.norton@usu.edu

Milena Oliveira

Assistant Professor & Extension Vegetable Specialist

435-797-2258

milena.oliveira@usu.edu

Mirella Ortiz

Assistant Professor | Weed Science

435-797-0139

mirella.ortiz@usu.edu

Binod Pokharel

Positions Post Doc Research Associate, Utah Climate Center

307-223-6633

binod.pokharel@usu.edu

Shital Poudyal

Assistant Professor | Landscape & Ornamental Horticulture Specialist

435-797-1295

shital.poudyal@usu.edu

Corey Ransom

Professor, Weed Science

435-797-2242

corey.ransom@usu.edu

Jennifer Reeve

Professor | Organic/Sustainable Agriculture

435-797-3192

jennifer.reeve@usu.edu

Felipe Sabadin

Assistant Professor | Small Grains Breeding

435-797-2419

felipe.sabadin@usu.edu

Melanie Stock

Associate Professor, Urban & Small Farms Extension Specialist

435-797-0248

melanie.stock@usu.edu

Lance Stott

Senior Lecturer, Horticulture

435-797-0199

lance.stott@usu.edu

Youping Sun

Associate Professor | Landscape Horticulture

435-797-2972

youping.sun@usu.edu

Eric Westra

Assistant Professor | Weed Science

435-797-1756

eric.westra@usu.edu

Matt Yost

Interim Department Head | Professor | Agroclimate Extension Specialist | Plants, Soils, & Climate (PSC)

435-797-4210

matt.yost@usu.edu

Wei Zhang

Associate Professor, Climate Science

435-797-1101

w.zhang@usu.edu

Staff

Jacob Adams

IT Project Lead, Utah Climate Center

jacob.adams@usu.edu

Justin Allred

Postdoctoral Fellow

Andrew Bailey

Weather Research Technician, Utah Climate Center

andrew.bailey@usu.edu

Megan Baker

Postdoctoral Fellow

Cody Beckley

Researcher I

cody.beckley@usu.edu

Michael Bouck

Researcher II

435-881-2058

michael.bouck@usu.edu

Alicia Campbell

Lab Technician

alicia.campbell@usu.edu

Desiree Collings

Staff Assistant

(435) 797-2233

desiree.collings@usu.edu

Bradley Crookston

Postdoctoral Fellow

bradley.crookston@usu.edu

Charles Delaney

AGNR & UAES Information Technology

435-797-2093

charles.delaney@usu.edu

Chris Dolce

Software Developer

chris.dolce@usu.edu

Nathaniel Ducasse

Research Technician | MS Graduate Student

nate.ducasse@usu.edu

Silas Ekadu

Program Coordinator III -Ag-DRIP

435-294-4535

silas.ekadu@usu.edu

Tiffany Evans

Lab Manager

435-797-2217

tevans@usu.edu

Lori L. Fajardo

Staff Assistant

435-797-2255

lori.fajardo@usu.edu

Elisa Flint

Program Coordinator III

James Frisby

Lab Technician

435-554-8234

james.frisby@usu.edu

Eric Galloway

Farm Foreman | Greenville, Evans, and Blue Creek Research Farm

435-760-2312

eric.galloway@usu.edu

Juando Gonzalez

Postdoctoral Fellow

juando.gonzalez@usu.edu

HongPing Gu

Post Doc Research Associate | Postdoctoral Fellow I

hongping.gu@usu.edu

Paul Harris

Research Technician III

paul.harris@usu.edu

Alec Hay

Sr. Laboratory Manager

435-797-2600

alec.hay@usu.edu

Andrew Hill

Mesonet Director, Utah Climate Center | Researcher Sr.

andrew.charles.hill@usu.edu

Abby Macbeth

Academic Advisor

435-797-0454

abby.macbeth@usu.edu

Schedule an Appointment

Mason Mayo

Research Technician

mason.mayo@usu.edu

Darren Mickelson

Weather Technician Intern, Utah Climate Center

a02305849@aggies.usu.edu

Phearen Miller

Research Technician III

Alan Moller

Research Technician

alan.moller@usu.edu

Tayler Mountford

Statewide Academic Advisor, Success Coordinator

435-797-4230

tayler.mountford@usu.edu

Schedule an Appointment

Rodney Nelson

Researcher

rodney.nelson@usu.edu

Keith Paskett

Systems and Database Administration, Utah Climate Center

keith.paskett@usu.edu

Corey Picraux

Agricultural Assistant II

435-797-3446

corey.picraux@usu.edu

Michele Schahczenski

Program Coordinator

Martin Schroeder

Researcher

martin.schroe@usu.edu

Britta Schumacher

Postdoctoral Fellow

Tejinder Singh

Postdoctoral Fellow

Lorie Staples

Staff Assistant

435-797-3366

lorie.staples@usu.edu

Kurt Wedegaertner

Postdoctoral Fellow

Graduate Students

Dixant

M.S. Plant Science | Sun Lab

Surbhi

M.S Plant Science | MacAdam Lab

Ola Adeyemi

Ph.D. Plant Science | Ortiz Lab

Isiaka Azeez

M.S. Soil Science | Norton Lab

Christian Baker

M.S. Plant Science | Bugbee Lab

Josie Ball

Ph.D. Plant Science | Ortiz Lab

Snehadeep Ballav

Ph.D. Climate Science | Zhang Lab

Abbigale Baum

M.S. Plant Science - Graduate Student | Langenfeld Lab

abbigale.baum@usu.edu

Zobair Biswas

Ph.D. Plant Science | Black Lab

Sterling Brinkerhoff

M.S. Plant Science | Sun Lab

Saroj Burlakoti

Ph.D Plant Science | Poudyal Lab

Kelvy Cardoso

M.S. Plant Science | Pokharel Lab

Alexandra Cartwright

M.S. Soil Science | Jones Lab

Anju Chaudhary

Ph.D Plant Science | Poudyal Lab

Corryn Coleman

M.S. Plant Science | Sabadin Lab

Lydia Conger

M.S. Climate Science | Chikamoto Lab

Payton Creech

M.S. Plant Science | Westra Lab

Sherly Disanayakalage

Ph.D. Climate Science | Zhang Lab

David Evans

Ph.D. Climate Science | Chikamoto Lab

David Fidler

M.S. Plant Science/Plan B | Oliveira Lab

Sri Likhitha Gudla

Ph.D. Soil Science | Jacobson Lab

Seth Hackney

M.S. Plant Science | Sabadin Lab

Iliak Harmsen

Ph.D. Plant Science | Creech Lab

Masoumeh Hashemi

Ph.D. Plant Science | Yost Lab

Steven Jachym

Ph.D. Plant Science | Bugbee Lab

Luana Jonck

Ph.D. Plant Science | Westra Lab

Taranpreet Kaur

Ph.D. Plant Science

Sajad Khoshnood

Ph.D. Watershed Science | Zhang Lab

Madelyn Kunzler

Ph.D. Ecology | Yost Lab

Abby Lamborn

M.S. Ecology | Kopp Lab

Abigail Lazier

M.S. Plant Science - Graduate Student | Langenfeld Lab

abigail.lazier@usu.edu

Gastone Makalaya

Ph.D. Plant Science | Oliveira Lab

Maloree McDonald

M.S. Plant Science | Ortiz Lab

Brit Meis

M.S. Plant Science | Larson Lab

Ahmed Mohamed

Ph.D. Plant Science | Creech Lab

Ngoni Mufute

Ph.D. Plant Science | Yost Lab

Benedict Okorie

Ph.D. Soil Science | Yost Lab

Francielli Santos de Oliveira

Ph.D. Plant Science | PSC Student Representative | Ortiz Lab

Casey Olson

Ph.D. Climate Science | Gillies Lab

Gabriel Oyebode

Ph.D Soil Science | Reeve/Jacobson Lab

Dalton Palmer

MS Plant Science | Bugbee Lab

Parth Patel

MS Plant Science | R. Kaundal Lab

Prakriti Paudel

M.S. Plant Science | MacAdam Lab

Felipe Domingues Quatroni

M.S. Plant Science | Westra Lab

Roy Reid

Ph.D. Plant Science | Creech Lab

Thys Reynolds

M.S. Soil Science | Reeve Lab

Carson Richards

M.S. Plant Science | Bugbee Lab

Jonathan Ries

Ph.D. Plant Science | Bugbee Lab

Tara Roche

M.S Plant Science | MacAdam Lab

Alexandre Rodriguez

M.S. Soil Science | Stock Lab

Amiya Sahoo

Climate Science PhD | Yost Lab

Claire Spickermann

Ph.D. Plant Science | Johnson Lab

Bradley Vernon

Ph.D. Climate Science | Zhang Lab

Zirui Wang

Ph.D. Plant Science | Kopp/Poudyal Lab

David Weeks

PhD Climate Science | Chikamoto Lab

Stephanie Wiegman

M.S. Plant Science | Black Lab

Ty Wilson

M.S. Molecular Biology | A Kaundal Lab

Tim Wright

Ph.D. Climate Science | Chikamoto Lab

Utah Climate Center

Climate Center Faculty

Yoshi Chikamoto

Associate Professor | Earth System Modeling

435-797-0832

yoshi.chikamoto@usu.edu

Luthiene Dalanhese Franca

Lecturer, Climate Science

435-797-3039

ludalanhese@usu.edu

Robert Gillies

Professor, Climate Science, State Climatologist

435-797-2233

robert.gillies@usu.edu

Lawrence Hipps

Professor | Biometeorology & Atmospheric Science

435-797-2009

lawrence.hipps@usu.edu

Jonathan Meyer

Climatologist

435-797-2190

jon.meyer@usu.edu

Binod Pokharel

Positions Post Doc Research Associate, Utah Climate Center

307-223-6633

binod.pokharel@usu.edu

Wei Zhang

Associate Professor, Climate Science

435-797-1101

w.zhang@usu.edu

Climate Center Staff

Megumi Chikamoto

Research Scientist

megumi.chikamoto@usu.edu

Casey Olsen

Climate Data Analyst, Utah Climate Center

casey.olson@usu.edu

Climate Center Mesonet Team

Andrew Bailey

Weather Research Technician, Utah Climate Center

andrew.bailey@usu.edu

Andrew Hill

Mesonet Director, Utah Climate Center | Researcher Sr.

andrew.charles.hill@usu.edu

Darren Mickelson

Weather Technician Intern, Utah Climate Center

a02305849@aggies.usu.edu

Alan Moller

Research Technician

alan.moller@usu.edu

Climate Center IT Department

Jacob Adams

IT Project Lead, Utah Climate Center

jacob.adams@usu.edu

Chris Dolce

Software Developer

chris.dolce@usu.edu

Keith Paskett

Systems and Database Administration, Utah Climate Center

keith.paskett@usu.edu

Advisory Board

Jim Bowcutt

Utah Dept of Agriculture and Food (UDAF)

Ben Conrad

Campbell Scientific | Chair

Preston Cox

Perennial Favorites

Spencer Gibbons

Utah Farm Bureau

Steven Jachym

PhD Student | PSC Student Representative

steven.jachym@usu.edu

Francielli Santos de Oliveira

Ph.D. Plant Science | PSC Student Representative | Ortiz Lab

Paul Stokes

Utah Golf Course Superintendents

James Strong

Deseret Farms

Marlon Winger

USDA - Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS)

Emeritus Faculty

Craig D. Aston

Lecturer, Landscape Horticulture

435-797-2247

craig.aston@usu.edu

John Carman

Steven A. Dewey

Dan Drost

John O. Evans

David Hole

Emeritus Professor, Plant Breeding/Genetics

435-797-3455

david.hole@usu.edu

Roger Kjelgren

Landscaping

435-797-2972

roger.kjelgren@usu.edu

Esmaiel Malek

V. Philip Rasmussen

Teryl Roper

Emeritus Professor, Extension Fruit Crops Specialist

Larry A. Rupp

Emeritus Professor, Extension Ornamental Horticulture Specialist

435-232-1158

larry.rupp@usu.edu

Schuyler D. Seeley

James H. Thomas

Bill Varga

Ralph Whitesides

Stanford Young

Seed Certification

435-797-2082

stanford.young@usu.edu