Faculty

Core Plant Science & Technology Faculty

Mandy Bish, PhD

  • Assistant Professor

bishm@missouri.edu
(573) 882-9878

John Boyer, PhD

  • Distinguished Research Professor

BoyerJS@missouri.edu
573-882-4819

Kevin Bradley, PhD

  • Professor

BradleyKe@missouri.edu
573-882-4039

David Braun, PhD

  • Professor

  • Director, IPG

braundm@missouri.edu
573-882-1055

David Brune, PhD

  • Professor

  • State Extension Specialist

bruned@missouri.edu
573-882-0689

Heike Buecking, PhD

  • Division Director & Professor

heike.buecking@missouri.edu
573-882-3001

Juan Cabrera-Garcia, PhD

  • Horticulture State Specialist for MU Extension

  • Research Assistant Professor

jcabrera-garcia@missouri.edu
573-882-0567

Justin Calhoun, PhD

  • Assistant Extension Professor
    Soil and Cropping Systems Specialist

jscgvf@missouri.edu
573-379-4037

Justin Chlapecka, PhD

  • Assistant Research Professor
    Rice Extension Specialist

jlcdtv@missouri.edu

Lesleighan Cravens, MS

  • Instructor

CravensLe@missouri.edu
573-882-2625

Dan Downing, MS

  • Extension Specialist/Instructor

  • State Coordinator

DowningD@missouri.edu
573-884-8438

Christine Elsik, PhD

  • Professor

elsikc@missouri.edu
573-884-7422

Deborah Finke, PhD

  • Director of Undergraduate Studies & Professor

FinkeD@missouri.edu
573-884-5125

Chase Floyd, PhD

  • Assistant Research Professor
    Crop Protection Specialist

chasefloyd@missouri.edu

Felix Fritschi, PhD

  • C. Alice Donaldson Professor in Bioenergy Crop Physiology and Genetics

FritschiF@missouri.edu
573-882-3023

Walter Gassmann, PhD

  • Professor

  • Director, Bond Life Sciences Center

GassmannW@missouri.edu
573-882-7957

Mary Ann Gowdy, PhD

  • Teaching Assistant Professor

GowdyMA@missouri.edu
573-882-1014

Trupti Joshi, PhD

  • Assistant Professor

joshitr@health.missouri.edu
573-884-5963

Rob Kallenbach, PhD

  • Associate Dean

  • Senior Program Director

  • Director

KallenbachR@missouri.edu
573-882-6385

Teng Teeh Lim, PhD, PE

  • Extension Professor

limt@missouri.edu
573-882-9519

John Lory, PhD

  • Extension Associate Professor

LoryJ@missouri.edu
573-884-7815

David G. Mendoza-Cózatl, PhD

  • Director of Graduate Studies & Associate Professor

MendozaCozatlD@missouri.edu
573-882 1892

Blake Meyers, PhD

  • Professor

MeyersBC@missouri.edu
314-587-1422

Ron Mittler, PhD

  • Curators’ Distinguished Professor

MittlerR@missouri.edu
573-882-7077

Tim Moloney

  • Instructor

MoloneyT@missouri.edu
(573) 882-6684

Manjula Nathan, PhD

  • Extension Associate Professor

  • Director, Soil and Plant Testing Laboratory

NathanM@missouri.edu
573-882-3250

Kelly Nelson, PhD

  • Professor

NelsonKe@missouri.edu
660-739-4410

Henry T. Nguyen, PhD

  • Professor

NguyenHenry@missouri.edu
573-882-5494

Soyon Park, PhD

  • Assistant Professor

parksoy@missouri.edu

Andre Froes de Borja Reis

  • Assistant Professor

  • State Extension Specialist in Soybean Agronomy

afn82@missouri.edu

Craig Roberts, PhD

  • Extension Program Director & Professor

RobertsCr@missouri.edu
573-882-0481

Andrew Scaboo, PhD

  • Assistant Professor

ScabooA@missouri.edu
573-882-3462

James Schoelz, PhD

  • Associate Division Director & Professor

SchoelzJ@missouri.edu
573-882-1185

Kent Shannon, MS

  • Assistant Teaching Professor

  • Field Specialist in Ag Engineering

ShannonD@missouri.edu
573-882-7510

Robert Sharp, PhD

  • Curators Distinguished Professor

SharpR@missouri.edu
573-882-1841

Gurbir Singh, PhD

  • Assistant Professor
    State Extension Specialist in Soil Science, Agroecology and Landscape Management

singhgu@missouri.edu

Robert Sites, PhD

  • Professor

SitesR@missouri.edu
573-882-2345

Reid Smeda, PhD

  • Professor

SmedaR@missouri.edu
573-882-1329

Qisheng Song, PhD

  • Professor

SongQ@missouri.edu
573-882-9798

Gary Stacey, PhD

  • Curators Distinguished Professor

StaceyG@missouri.edu
573-884-4752

Bing Stacey, PhD

  • Assistant Research Professor

StaceyM@missouri.edu
573-882-2064

Andrew Thomas, MS

  • Research Assistant Professor

ThomasAL@missouri.edu
417-466-0065

Peng Tian, PhD

  • Assistant Extension Professor

  • Director

tianp@missouri.edu
573-882-3019

Dean Volenberg, PhD

  • Viticulture Program Leader
    Extension Assistant Professor

VolenbergD@missouri.edu
573-882-0476

Michele Warmund, PhD

  • Professor

WarmundM@missouri.edu
573-882-9632

Bradley Wilson, PhD

  • Assistant Research Professor

brwccx@missouri.edu

Xi Xiong, PhD

  • Associate Professor

XiongX@missouri.edu
573-882-1824

Bing Yang, PhD

  • Professor

yangbi@missouri.edu
573-882-7705

Jianfeng Zhou

  • Assistant Professor

zhoujianf@missouri.edu
573-882-2495

Joseph Zulovich, PhD

  • Assistant Extension Professor

  • Commercial Agricultural Engineer

ZulovichJ@missouri.edu
573-882-0868

Adjunct Faculty

Stephen H. Anderson, PhD

  • William A. Albrecht Distinguished Professor of Soil and Environmental Sciences

  • Adjunct Professor – PST

AndersonS@missouri.edu
573-882-6303

Ivan Baxter, PhD

  • Adjunct Assistant Professor

ibaxter@danforthcenter.org
314-587-1438

Brenda Beerntsen, PhD

  • Adjunct Professor

BeerntsenB@missouri.edu
573-882-5033

Norman B. Best , PhD

  • Adjunct Assistant Professor

  • Research Geneticist

Norman.best@usda.gov
573-882-9645

Kristin Bilyeu, PhD

  • Research Molecular Biologist

  • Adjunct Professor

Kristin.Bilyeu@ars.usda.gov
573-884-2234

Thomas Coudron, PhD

  • Research Chemist

  • Adjunct Associate Professor

coudront@missouri.edu
573-882-6871

Richard Dixon

  • Adjunct Professor

Richard.Dixon@unt.edu

Richard Ferrieri, PhD

  • Adjunct Professor

  • Research Professor

ferrierir@missouri.edu

Sherry Flint-Garcia, PhD

  • Research Geneticist & Lead Scientist

  • Adjunct Professor

Sherry.Flint-Garcia@ars.usda.gov
573-884-0116

Malia Gehan, PhD

  • Adjunct Associate Professor

mgehan@danforthcenter.org
314-587-1420

Jason Gillman, PhD

  • Research Geneticist (Plants)

  • Adjunct Associate Professor

Jason.Gillman@ars.usda.gov
573-882-7210

Perry Gustafson, PhD

  • Adjunct Professor

pgus@missouri.edu

Bruce Hibbard, PhD

  • Research Entomologist

  • Adjunct Professor

Bruce.Hibbard@usda.gov
573-882-6281

Jong Chan Hong, PhD

  • Adjunct Professor

JCHong@gnu.ac.kr
+82-55-751-5960

Chin-Feng Hwang, PhD

  • Adjunct Professor

ChinFengHwang@MissouriState.edu
417-547-7538

Robert Kremer, PhD

  • Adjunct Professor

KremerR@missouri.edu
573-356-3665

Hari Krishnan, PhD

  • Research Molecular Biologist

  • Adjunct Professor

hari.b.krishnan@usda.gov
573-882-8151

Greg Luce, MS

  • Adjunct Instructor

LuceG@missouri.edu
573-473-7079

Robert Myers, PhD

  • Adjunct Associate Professor

  • Director, MU Center for Regenerative Agriculture

MyersRob@missouri.edu
573-882-1547

Melvin J. Oliver, PhD

  • Adjunct Professor

olivermj@missouri.edu
573-882-1740

Wenping Qiu, PhD

  • Adjunct Professor

WenpingQiu@missouristate.edu
417-547-7517

Kent Shelby, PhD

  • Research Entomologist

  • Adjunct Assistant Professor

Kent.Shelby@ars.usda.gov
573-876-8303

Thomas L. Slewinski, PhD

  • Adjunct Assistant Professor

thomas.slewinski@bayer.com
636-737-5326

Doug Spaunhorst

  • Adjunct Professor

dspaunhorst@mfa-inc.com
573-876-5290

David Stanley, PhD

  • Research Leader

  • Adjunct Professor

David.Stanley@ars.usda.gov
573-876-8301

Chris Topp, PhD

  • Adjunct Assistant Professor

ctopp@danforthcenter.org
314-587-1401

David Trinklein, PhD

  • Adjunct Associate Professor

TrinkleinD@missouri.edu
573-882-9631

Leszek Vincent, PhD

  • Adjunct Assistant Professor

Leszek@missouri.edu

Jacob D. Washburn, PhD

  • Research Geneticist

  • Adjunct Assistant Professor

Jacob.Washburn@usda.gov
573-355-4786

William (Bill) Wiebold, PhD

  • Adjunct Professor & Professor Emeritus

  • Interim Director

  • Director

WieboldW@missouri.edu
573-882-0621

Ru Zhang, PhD

  • Adjunct Associate Professor

rzhang@danforthcenter.org
314-587-1451

Emeriti Faculty

Richard Aldrich

  • Professor Emeritus

Sam Anand, PhD

  • Professor Emeritus

AnandS@missouri.edu

Dave Baker

  • Assistant Dean Emeritus
    Associate Professor Emeritus

BakerD@missouri.edu
573-424-4638

Dale Blevins, PhD

  • Professor Emeritus

BlevinsD@missouri.edu

Steven C. Borgelt, PhD, PE

  • Chancellor's Professor

  • Associate Professor Emeritus

BorgeltS@missouri.edu
573-882-7549

Robert Broz

  • Extension Assistant Professor Emeritus

BrozR@missouri.edu

Johann Bruhn, PhD

  • Professor Emeritus

BruhnJ@missouri.edu

Michael Chippendale, PhD

  • Professor Emeritus

ChippendaleM@missouri.edu
573-441-1234

Ed Coe, PhD

  • Professor Emeritus

CoeE@missouri.edu
573-882-2768

Michael Collins, PhD

  • Professor Emeritus

CollinsMic@missouri.edu

Harry Downs

  • Professor Emeritus

Arthur Gaus

  • Professor Emeritus of Horticulture

gausa@missouri.edu

Robert Hall, PhD

  • Professor Emeritus

HallR@missouri.edu

Armon Keaster, PhD

  • Professor Emeritus

KeasterA@missouri.edu

Charles Knowles

  • Professor Emeritus of Entomology

knowlesc@missouri.edu
573-882-2346

Victor Lambeth

  • Professor Emeritus

Marc Linit, PhD

  • Emeritus Professor

LinitM@missouri.edu

Anne McKendry, PhD

  • Professor Emerita

McKendryA@missouri.edu
573-882-7708

Jeanne Mihail, PhD

  • Professor Emerita

MihailJ@missouri.edu

C. Jerry Nelson, PhD

  • Professor Emeritus

NelsonCJ@missouri.edu
573-882-2802

Thomas L. Payne

  • Vice Chancellor and Dean Emeritus

  • Professor Emeritus

paynet@missouri.edu
573-884-6847

Ben Puttler

  • Assistant Professor Emeritus

PuttlerB@missouri.edu
573-882-1457

Darryl Sanders

  • Professor Emeritus of Entomology

sandersd@missouri.edu
573-882-7181

Mary Schaeffer, PhD

  • Professor Emerita

SchaefferM@missouri.edu

Peter Scharf, PhD

  • Professor Emeritus

ScharfP@missouri.edu
573-882-0777

Jack Schultz, PhD

  • Professor Emeritus

SchultzJC@missouri.edu

Leon Schumacher, PhD

  • Professor Emeritus

schumacherl@missouri.edu

William Shaffer, Jr.

  • Professor Emeritus

David Sleper, PhD

  • Professor Emeritus

SleperD@missouri.edu

James Smith, Jr.

  • Professor Emeritus

SmithJames@missouri.edu
573-876-8306

Christopher Starbuck, PhD

  • Associate Professor Emeritus

StarbuckC@missouri.edu

Allen Thompson, PhD

  • Professor Emeritus

ThompsonA@missouri.edu
573-882-4004

Howell Wheaton

  • Professor Emeritus of Agronomy

wheatonh@missouri.edu

William (Bill) Wiebold, PhD

  • Adjunct Professor & Professor Emeritus

  • Interim Director

  • Director

WieboldW@missouri.edu
573-882-0621

Alan Wrather, PhD

  • Professor Emeritus

WratherJ@missouri.edu

Thomas Wyllie

  • Professor Emeritus