Faculty

Dr. Blake Meyers,
Professor Plant Molecular Biology, Interim Chair

Dr. Harsh Bais,
Assistant Professor Plant/Soil Interface

Dr. Susan Barton,
Assistant Professor and Extension Specialist

Dr. Gregory Binford,
Associate Professor of Soil and Water Quality

Dr. Jules Bruck,
Assistant Professor Landscape Horticulture

Dr. Nicole Donofrio,
Assistant Professor of Plant Pathology

Dr. Thomas Evans,
Professor of Plant Pathology

Dr. John Frett,
Professor Landscape Horticulture

Dr. David Frey,
Associate Professor Ornamental Horticulture

Dr. Jeffry Fuhrmann,
Professor Soil and Environmental Microbiology

Dr. Pamela Green,
Crawford H. Greenewalt Chair in Plant Molecular Biology

Dr. David Hansen,
Associate Professor of Soil and Environmental Quality

Dr. James Hawk,
Professor Plant Breeding

Dr. Mark Isaacs
Assistant Professor, Plant & Soil Science
Director, Agriculture and Natural Resources

Dr. Yan Jin,
Professor Soil Physics

Dr. Sherry Kitto,
Professor Horticulture

Dr. Jung-Youn Lee,
Associate Professor in Plant Molecular Biology

Dr. Robert Lyons,
Professor/Coordinator, Longwood Graduate Program

Chad Nelson
Assistant Professor Landscape Design

Dr. Wallace Pill,
Professor Ornamental Horticulture

Dr. Thompson Pizzolato,
Professor Plant Anatomy

Dr. Janine Sherrier,
Associate Professor Plant Biochemistry and Plant Microbe Interactions

Dr. Tom Sims,
Professor of Soil and Environmental Chemistry

Dr. Donald L. Sparks,
S. Hallock du Pont Chair of Soil Chemistry

Dr. Mark VanGessel,
Professor Weed Science

Dr. Bruce Vasilas,
Professor Soil and Crop Management

Dr. Randy Wisser,
Assistant Professor of Plant Genetics  

Dr. Eric Wommack,
Associate Professor Environmental Microbiology 

Dr. Kyungsoo Yoo,
Assistant Professor Soil and Land Resources

Professional Staff

Monica Accebi,
Laboratory Coordinator

William Bartz
Plant Growth Facility Manager

Valann Budischak,
Extension Associate IV

Karen Gartley,
Program Coordinator

Caroline Golt,
Research Associate III

Gerald Hendricks,
Research Manager

Quintin Johnson,
Extension Associate

Charlotte McDemitt
Assistant to the Chair

Robert Mulrooney,
Extension Specialist - Plant Pathology

Katherine Murray,
Research Associate I

Mayumi Nakano,
Research Associate, Plant Biology

Catherine Olsen,
Lab Supervisor - Soil Testing

Maria Pautler,
Research Associate III

Barbara Scott,
Research Assistant

Dr. Richard Taylor,
Extension Specialist III

Robert Uniatowski,
Associate Scientist

Teclemariam Weldekidan,
Research Associate III

 

Administrative Staff

Sharon Bancroft
Administrative Assistant

Rodney Dempsey,
Horticultural Greenhouse Supervisor

Kathy Fleischut,
Senior Secretary

Vicki Paisley,
Senior Secretary

Melody Phillips
Records Analyst

Kathryn Thoroughgood,
Staff Assistant, Longwood Graduate Program

Kathleen Turner,
Staff Assistant

Susan Wooler,
Senior Secretary

 

Joint Appointment Faculty

Dr. Shreeram Inamdar
Assistant Professor of Watershed Hydrology & Chemistry

Dr. Delphis Levia
Assistant Professor of Forest Hydrology and Microclimatology

Dr. George Luther,
Maxwell P. and Mildred H. Harrington Professor of Marine Studies

 

Adjunct/ Supplemental Faculty

Tomasz Anisko
Longwood Gardens

Milo Aukerman,
DuPont

Theodore Carski,
DuPont

Sean Coughlan,
DuPont

Kathryne Everts,
University of Maryland

Mingxin Guo
Delaware State University

Nancy Gregory,
Supplemental Faculty/Plant Diagnostician

Jim Harbage ,
Longwood Gardens

Richard Howard,
DuPont

Venu Kavalacharla
Delaware State University

Anthony Kinney,
DuPont

Daniel Kucera,
Supplemental Professor, Introduction to Forestry

Doug Needham
Longwood Gardens

Hajime Sakai,
DuPont, AG Genomics

Antoni Rafalski,
Senior Research Associate, E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co.

Casey Sclar,
Longwood Gardens

Matt Taylor,
Longwood Gardens

Chris Town,
J. Craig Venter Institute

Quinn Zhu,
DuPont

Byung-Chun Yoo
DuPont

 

Post-Doctoral Associates/ Limited Term Researchers

Ramesh Attinti
Post-doctoral Associate, Soil Physics

Emanuele De Paoli
Post-doctoral Associate, Plant Biology

Matthew Ginder-Vogel
Post-doctoral Associate, Soil Chemistry

Rebekah Helton
Post-doctoral Associate, Environmental Microbiology

Sunhee Park
Post-doctoral Associate, Plant Biology

Linda Rymarquis
Post-doctoral Associate, Plant Biology

Stacey Simon
Post-doctoral Associate, Plant Biology

Emeritus Faculty

Dr.  Eugene P. Brasher,
Professor Emeritus

Dr. Robert Carroll,
Professor Emeritus

Dr. Henry W. Crittenden,
Professor Emeritus

Dr. Donald F. Crossan,
Professor Emeritus

Dr. Charles W. Dunham,
Professor Emeritus

Dr. Hugh Frick,
Professor Emeritus

Dr. Allen Morehart,
Professor Emeritus

Dr. James E. Swasey,
Professor Emeritus