Phone Number

435-797-2233

Fax Number

435-797-3376

Mailing Address

4820 OId Main Hill
Logan, UT 84322-4820

Directory | Plant, Soils & Climate

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Department Head

Paul G. Johnson

Department Head, Professor

435-797-7039

paul.johnson@usu.edu

Faculty

Greg Cuomo

Interim Dean and Associate Dean for Research & Graduate Studies

435-797-1520

greg.cuomo@usu.edu

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, Environmental Plant Physiology

435-797-2765

bruce.bugbee@usu.edu

Grant Cardon

Professor | Extension Soils 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

ludalanhese@usu.edu

Pamela George

Professional Practice Assistant Professor, Landscape Design

Robert Gillies

Professor, Climate Science, State Climatologist

435-797-2233

robert.gillies@usu.edu

Paul Grossl

Professor, Biogeochemistry

435-797-0411

paul.grossl@usu.edu

Lawrence Hipps

Professor | Meteorology/Land-Atmosphere Exchange

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

Department Head, Professor

435-797-7039

paul.johnson@usu.edu

Colleen Jones

Research Associate Professor

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

Jimmy Larson

Assistant Professor

435-797-1212

j.larson@usu.edu

Jennifer Wilson MacAdam

Professor | Plant Physiology/Forage Production

435-797-2364

jennifer.macadam@usu.edu

Jeanette M. Norton

Professor | Soil Microbiology/Ecology | Graduate Program Coordinator

435-797-2166

jeanette.norton@usu.edu

Milena Oliveira

Assistant Professor, Vegetable Extension Specialist

435-797-2258

milena.oliveira@usu.edu

Mirella Ortiz

Weed Science | Assistant Professor

435-797-0139

mirella.ortiz@usu.edu

Shital Poudyal

Assistant Professor

435-797-1295

shital.poudyal@usu.edu

Corey Ransom

Associate 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

felipe.sabadin@usu.edu

Melanie Stock

Assistant Professor, Urban & Small Farms Extension Specialist

melanie.stock@usu.edu

Lance Stott

Senior Lecturer

435-797-0199

lance.stott@usu.edu

Youping Sun

Associate Professor | Landscape Horticulture

435-797-2972

youping.sun@usu.edu

S-Y Simon Wang

Professor, Climate Dynamics

simon.wang@usu.edu

Eric Westra

Research Assistant Professor

797-1756

eric.westra@usu.edu

Matt Yost

Associate Department Head | Associate Professor | Agroclimate Extension Specialist

435-764-1456

matt.yost@usu.edu

Wei Zhang

Assistant Professor

435-797-1101

w.zhang@usu.edu

Staff

Lisa Allen

Undergraduate Advisor

435-797-0454

lisa.allen@usu.edu

Idowu Atoloye

Postdoctoral Fellow

idowu.atoloye@usu.edu

Andrew Bailey

Weather Research Technician

Cody Beckley

Researcher I

cody.beckley@usu.edu

Michael Bouck

Researcher II

435-881-2058

michael.bouck@usu.edu

Susan Buffler

CWEL Coordinator of Programs

797-5529

susan.buffler@usu.edu

Alicia Campbell

Lab Technician

Jobie Carlisle

Research Tehnician

435-881-2243

jobie@usu.edu

Bradley Crookston

Postdoctoral Fellow

bradley.crookston@usu.edu

Charles Delaney

CAAS & UAES Information Technology

435-797-2093

charles.delaney@usu.edu

Nathaniel Ducasse

Research Technician

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

James Frisby

Lab Technician

435-554-8234

james.frisby@usu.edu

Eric Galloway

Project Coordinator I

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

John Lawley

Researcher

435-757-8117

John.lawley@usu.edu

Mason Mayo

Research Technician

mason.mayo@usu.edu

Jonathan Meyer

Climatologist

435-797-2190

jon.meyer@usu.edu

Alan Moller

Research Technician

alan.moller@usu.edu

Tayler Mountford

Statewide Academic Advisor, Success Coordinator

435-797-4230

tayler.mountford@usu.edu

Rodney Nelson

Researcher

rodney.nelson@usu.edu

Corey Picraux

Agricultural Assistant II

435-797-3446

corey.picraux@usu.edu

Kaitlyn Reich

Research Technician III

kaitlyn.reich@usu.edu

Michele Schahczenski

Program Coordinator

Martin Schroeder

Staff Meteorologist / Technician

435-797-2190

martin.schroeder@aggiemail.usu.edu

Lorie Staples

Staff Assistant

435-797-3366

lorie.staples@usu.edu

Keren Williams

Staff Assistant

435-797-2233

keren.williams@usu.edu

Graduate Students

Kamaldeep

M.S. Plant Science

Surbhi

MS Plant Science

Cambry Adams

M.S. Plant Science

Ola Adeyemi

Ph.D. Plant Science

Grace Affram

PhD Climate Science

Justin Allred

PhD Soil Science

Jeremiah Armentrout

M.S. Soil Science

Megan Baker

Ph.D. Plant Science

Josette Ball

MS Plant Science

Saroj Burlakoti

PhD Plant Science

McKenna Carnahan

M.S Plant Science

Chieh-Yun Chang

M.S. Soil Science

Anju Chaudhary

PhD Plant Science

Evan Christensen

M.S. Plant Science

Preston Christensen

M.S. Soil Science

Katilin Dabbs

M.S. Soil Science

Piyush Dahal

PhD Climate Science

Brad Davis

Ph.D. Plant Science

Justin Deakin

M.S. Soil Science

Jenae Dean

M.S. Plant Science

Ananta Devkota

M.S. Plant Science

Chihiro Dixon

PhD Soil Science

Naveen Duhan

Ph.D. Plant Science

Madigan Eckels

Ph.D. Plant Science

David Evans

Ph.D. Climate Science

Brendan Fatzinger

Ph.D. Plant Science

Kyle Forsyth

M.S. Plant Science

Nahid Hasan

Ph.D. Climate Science

Masoumeh Hashemi

Ph.D. Plant Science

Benson Israelsen

M.S. Plant Science

Dalton Jones

M.S. Plant Science

Raghav Kataria

Ph.D. Plant Science

Mark Kindred

M.S. Soil Science

Jenny Koller

M.S. Plant Science

Will Krause

M.S. Plant Science

Madelyn Kunzler

Ph.D. Ecology

Matthew LaPlante

Ph.D. Climate

Abby Lamborn

M.S. Ecology

Noah Langenfeld

Ph.D. Plant Science

Rousselene Larson

M.S. Plant Science

Ashley Lewis

MS Climate Science

Christina Lilligren

M.S. Plant Science

Josh Martin

M.S. Plant Science

Ngoni Mufute

Ph.D. Plant Science

Rodney Nelson

M.S. Plant Science

Prakriti Nepal

MS Plant Science

James Nielson

MS Plant Science

Francielli Santos de Oliveira

Ph.D. Plant Science

Casey Olson

M.S. Climate Science

Alyssa Palmer

M.S. Plant Science

Abby Porter

MS Plant Science

Cody Ratterman

PhD Climate Science

Roy Reid

M.S. Plant Science

Tara Roche

MS Plant Science

Sarah Schreck

M.S. Soil Science

Britta Schumacher

Ph.D. Ecology

Tejinder Singh

Ph.D. Plant Science

Vishal Singh

Ph.D. Plant Science

Claire Spickermann

Ph.D. Plant Science

Tina Sullivan

Ph.D. Plant Science

Danielle Thiemann

Ph.D. Plant Science/Ecology

Bradley Vernon

M.S. Plant Science

Nick Volesky

M.S. Plant Science

Zirui Wang

Ph.D. Plant Science

Kurt Wedegaertner

Ph.D. Plant Science

Mitchell Westmoreland

Ph.D. Plant Science

Anthony Whaley

M.S. Soil Science

Tim Wright

Ph.D. Climate Science

Li-Ting (Mila) Yen

Ph.D. Soil Science

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