Meet the Faculty

Marc Linit

Associate Dean for Research & Extension, CAFNR
Professor, Division of Plant Sciences

Phone: 573-882-7488
Fax: 573-884-7993
E-mail: LinitM@missouri.edu
Address: 2-44 Agriculture Building
Web site: Marc Linit at CAFNR

Education
B.S., General Studies, Ohio University
M.S., Forest Resources, University of Maine
Ph.D., Entomology, University of Arkansas

Description
As Associate Dean, Marc Linit provides administrative leadership for the research and extension programs of the College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources.

His research, in collaboration with Terrell Stamps, is on insects affecting forest and plantation communities. Their efforts are focused in two areas: arthropod community dynamics within agroforestry systems and the interspecific association between the pinewood nematode and its insect vector.