Meet the Faculty

Core Faculty

	Wayne Bailey Forage and Field Crop Entomology		Bruce Barrett Insect Behavior,Tree Fruit Entomology		Dale Blevins Crop Physiology
	Kevin Bradley, Weed Science		Johann Bruhn Research Forest Mycology		Arun Chatterjee Microbial Physiology & Genetics
	Michael Collins Division Director		Georgia Davis Maize Functional Genomics		James English Molecular Biology & Ecology of Phytophthora
	Deborah Finke Insect Ecology; Plant-Insect Interactions		Felix Fritschi Crop Physiology		Walter Gassmann Molecular Plant Pathology
	Mary Ann Gowdy Floriculture		Robert Hall Forensic Entomology		Richard Houseman Urban Entomology
	Robert Kallenbach Forage Producation & Management		Marc Linit Forest Insect Ecology		John Lory Soil Fertility
	Robert McGraw Forage Physiology		Anne McKendry Wheat Genetics & Breeding		Jeanne Mihail Fungal Biology & Ecology
	Melissa Mitchum Molecular Plant Nematology		Manjula Nathan Soil Testing/Nutrient Management		Kelly Nelson Grain & Forage Production Systems
	Henry Nguyen Molecular Genetics & Soybean Biotechnology		Harlan Palm Precision Agriculture		Craig Roberts Forage Quality & Persistence
	Peter Scharf Nutrient Management		James Schoelz Plant Virology		Jack Schultz Life Sciences Center
	J. Grover Shannon Soybean Breeding		Robert Sharp Plant Physiology		Robert Sites Systematic & Aquatic Entomology
	David Sleper Soybean Breeding & Genetics		Reid Smeda Weed Science		Qisheng Song Molecular Insect Physiology
	Gary Stacey Soybean Biotechnology		Christopher Starbuck Woody Ornamentals		William (Gene) Stevens Crop Production/Soils
	Laura Sweets Field Crop Diseases		Kelly Tindall Field Crop Entomology		David Trinklein Floriculture
	P. Leszek Vincent Plant Classification & Medicinal Plants		Michele Warmund Fruit Crops		William (Bill) Wiebold Corn & Soybean Management
	James Wrather Field Crop Disease Management		Zhanyan Zhang Plant Genetic Engineering

 

Adjunct Faculty

	Stephen Anderson Soil Physics		Prakash Arelli Crop Genetics & Production		Brenda Beerntsen Medical-Veterinary Entomology
	Paul Beusleinck Plant Genetics		Kristin Bilyeu Soybean Seed Quality		Edgar Cahoon Molecular Plant Biology
	Tom Coudron Insect Biochemistry		Sherry Flint-Garcia Plant Genetics		Claude Fauquet Tropical Agricultural Biotechnology
	Perry Gustafson Plant Breeding & Genetics		Eliot Herman Modification of Soybean Proteins		Bruce Hibbard Host-Plant Resistance/Resistance Management
	Jong Chan Hong Molecular Plant Biology & Functional Genomics		Newell Kitchen Cropping Systems/Soil Science		Laszlo Kovacs Molecular Grape Pathology
	Robert Kremer Soil Microbiology & Biochemistry		Hari Krishnan Soybeen Seed Composition		Robert Lawrence Forest Insect Management
	Arthur McIntosh Insect Virology		Michael McMullen Maize Genetics		Peter Motavalli Soil Nutrient Management
	Robert L. Myers Alternative Crops		Mel Oliver Plant Genetics		Holly Popham Insect Virology & Molecular Biology
	Wenping Qiu Molecular Plant Virology		Daniel Schachtman Molecular Plant Physiology		Mary Schaeffer (Polacco) Maize Bioinformatics
	Kent Shelby Molecular Biology		David Stanley Insect Nutrition & Immunobiology		Keith Striegler Viticulture
	Chris Taylor Molecular Nematology		Paul Tracy Agronomic Production		John Walker Molecular & Cellular Plant Biology
	Oliver Yu Plant Genetic Engineering

 

Academic Associates

	Brad Fresenburg Turfgrass Research & Extension		Mary Kroening Missouri Master Gardener Program		Nadia Navarrete-Tindall Native Plants
	Simeon Wright Plant Health Diagnosis & Management

 

Emeritus Faculty

	Sam Anand		Michael Chippendale		Edward Coe
	Larry Darrah		John Dunn		Armon Keaster
	Gary Krause		Roger Mitchell		Ralph E. Munson
	C. Jerry Nelson		Gerry Neuffer		Ben Puttler
	Tom Wyllie