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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

Interim Dean, Director of the Utah Agricultural Experiment Station | 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

Lecturer, Climate Science

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

Assistant 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

felipe.sabadin@usu.edu

Melanie Stock

Associate Professor, Urban & Small Farms Extension Specialist

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

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

Assistant Professor, Climate Science

435-797-1101

w.zhang@usu.edu

Staff

Jacob Adams

IT Project Lead, Utah Climate Center

jacob.adams@usu.edu

Andrew Bailey

Weather Research Technician, Utah Climate Center

andrew.bailey@usu.edu

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

Lorie Staples

Staff Assistant

435-797-3366

lorie.staples@usu.edu

Graduate Students

Dixant

M.S. Plant Science

Surbhi

M.S Plant Science

Ola Adeyemi

Ph.D. Plant Science

Justin Allred

Ph.D Soil Science

Isiaka Azeez

M.S. Soil Science

Christian Baker

M.S. Plant Science

Megan Baker

Ph.D. Plant Science

Josie Ball

Ph.D. Plant Science

Snehadeep Ballav

Ph.D. Climate Science

Zobair Biswas

Ph.D. Plant Science

Sterling Brinkerhoff

M.S. Plant Science

Saroj Burlakoti

Ph.D Plant Science

Alexandra Cartwright

M.S. Soil Science

Anju Chaudhary

Ph.D Plant Science

Corryn Coleman

M.S. Plant Science

Lydia Conger

M.S. Climate Science

Payton Creech

M.S. Plant Science

Sherly Disanayakalage

Ph.D. Climate Science

Madigan Eckels

Ph.D. Plant Science

David Evans

Ph.D. Climate Science

David Fidler

M.S. Plant Science/Plan B

Sri Likhitha Gudla

Ph.D. Soil Science

Seth Hackney

M.S. Plant Science

Iliak Harmsen

Ph.D. Plant Science

Masoumeh Hashemi

Ph.D. Plant Science

Steven Jachym

Ph.D. Plant Science

Luana Jonck

Ph.D. Plant Science

Raghav Kataria

Ph.D. Plant Science

Sukhmanjot Kaur

Ph.D Plant Science

Madelyn Kunzler

Ph.D. Ecology

Abby Lamborn

M.S. Ecology

Rousselene Larson

M.S. Plant Science

Abigail Lazier

M.S. Plant Science

Ashley Lewis

M.S Climate Science

Gastone Makalaya

Ph.D. Plant Science

Maloree McDonald

M.S. Plant Science

Brit Meis

M.S. Plant Science

Ahmed Mohamed

Ph.D. Plant Science

Ngoni Mufute

Ph.D. Plant Science

Benedict Okorie

Ph.D. Soil Science

Francielli Santos de Oliveira

Ph.D. Plant Science | PSC Student Representative

Casey Olson

Ph.D. Climate Science

Gabriel Oyebode

Ph.D Soil Science

Prakriti Paudel

M.S. Plant Science

Felipe Domingues Quatroni

M.S. Plant Science

Cody Ratterman

Ph.D Climate Science

Roy Reid

Ph.D. Plant Science

Thys Reynolds

M.S. Soil Science

Carson Richards

M.S. Plant Science

Tara Roche

M.S Plant Science

Alexandre Rodriguez

M.S. Soil Science

Britta Schumacher

Ph.D. Ecology

Shikha Sharma

M.S. Plant Science

Tejinder Singh

Ph.D. Plant Science

Claire Spickermann

Ph.D. Plant Science

Bradley Vernon

Ph.D. Climate Science

Zirui Wang

Ph.D. Plant Science

Kurt Wedegaertner

Ph.D. Plant Science

Anthony Whaley

M.S. Soil Science

Ty Wilson

M.S. Molecular Biology

Tim Wright

Ph.D. Climate Science

Utah Climate Center

Climate Center Faculty

Yoshi Chikamoto

Associate Professor | Earth System Modeling

435-797-0832

yoshi.chikamoto@usu.edu

Luthiene Dalanhese

Lecturer, Climate Science

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

Assistant 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

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