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.
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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 |
