Faculty and Staff

Statistics

Currently, the Department has 17 permanent faculty members, 7 affiliated faculty/trainers, 35+ graduate students, 20+ scientists, researchers and postdoctoral fellows, and over 40 support staff persons. The entire staff upholds the Department’s commitment to basic and applied research, extension, and instruction.

Our department, May 2019.
Our department, May 2019.
Our Faculty, May 2019.
Our Faculty, May 2019.

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Faculty

Article Topic(s)
The Tree of Life Is Rooted in Math Claudia Solis-Lemus
The Tuber Protector Amanda Gevens
‘App’-riculture Damon Smith and his smartphone app
The Case for Healthier Tomatoes Jeri Barak, Caitilyn Allen, and Rick Lankau study microbiomes of tomato plants
Resistance is Not Futile Mehdi Kabbage and Damon Smith research Sclerotinia stem rot
MySpace: Caitilyn Allen Caitilyn Allen

Staff

Article Topic(s)
Clean Tubers, from Test Tube to Plant Brooke Babler, Andy Witherall, and the Wisconsin Seed Potato Certification program
Wild Potatoes Tapped for Late Blight Guard Duty Dennis Halterman and former postdoc Hari Karki and their research into the source of Late Blight

Graduate Students

Article Topic(s)
Deibel Family Gift Cultivates Grad Student Discoveries Mentions Dianiris Luciano-Rosario

Alumni

Article Topic(s)
Guatemala: Tomatoes Ripen Students’ Training Jonathan Jacobs BS’07
Catch Up with … John Bowman MS’80 Plant Pathology John Bowman MS’80

 

Caroline Hanson, inspired by Professor Jeri Barak’s First-Year Interest Group seminar in plant pathology, created a program to distribute free patio tomato plants to low-income families. Read the article here.  Photo by Nik Hawkins.