Faculty Directory
![]() | Dr. Eduard AkhunovUniversity Distinguished Professoreakhunov@ksu.edu Wheat genome diversity and evolution. Disease resistance genes. Genetic and genomic tools and resources for wheat improvement. |
![]() | Dr. Alina AkhunovaResearch Professor, Director-Integrated Genomics Facilityakhunova@ksu.edu Genomics, molecular biology, gene expression. |
![]() | Dr. Kelsey Andersen OnofreAssistant Professor Extension and research for wheat and forage crops. |
![]() | Dr. Rodrigo Borba OnofreAssistant Professor |
![]() | Dr. Myron BruceResearch Assistant Professor |
![]() | Dr. David CookAssociate Professor, Director-Plant Pathology Graduate Programdecook@ksu.edu Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions, Chromatin Dynamics, Technology applications |
![]() | Dr. Jared CrainResearch Assistant Professor Genomic selection efforts in intermediate wheatgrass. New genomic and phenomic tools in perennial crop breeding. |
![]() | Dr. Giovana CruppeResearch Assistant Professor Wheat blast research |
![]() | Dr. Erick DeWolfProfessordewolf1@ksu.edu Plant disease epidemiology and ecology. Development of disease management strategies for fungal diseases of wheat including Fusarium head blight, tan spot, leaf rust and stripe rust |
![]() | Dr. Marty DraperProfessor and Associate Dean for Research, College of Agriculturemaddr@ksu.edu |
![]() | Dr. Bernd FriebeResearch Professorfriebe@ksu.edu Cytogenetics, molecular cytogenetics and evolution of wheat. Transfer, cytogenetic identification, and characterization of wheat-alien translocations. |
![]() | Dr. Jagger HarveyResearch Professorjjharvey@ksu.edu Director of the Feed the Future Innovation Lab for the Reduction of Post-Harvest Loss, at Kansas State University. |
![]() | Dr. Megan KennellyProfessor, Department Headkennelly@ksu.edu Extension, diagnostics, and research for diseases of horticultural crops (vegetables, fruit, trees, flowers, and turfgrass). |
![]() | Dr. Dal-Hoe KooResearch Associate Professor |
![]() | Dr. John LeslieUniversity Distinguished Professorjfl@ksu.edu Biochemical, molecular, and population genetics of model and plant pathogenic fungi. |
![]() | Dr. Chris LittleProfessorcrlittle@ksu.edu Sorghum, soybean, and cotton diseases. Seedling, root, stalk and seed diseases. Fungal pathogens of row crops. |
![]() | Dr. Sanzhen LiuAssociate Professorliu3zhen@ksu.edu Cloning and characterization of pathogen resistance and drought resistance genes. Assembly and annotation of plant and microbe genomes. |
![]() | Dr. Shahideh NouriAssistant Professorshahidehnr@ksu.edu Plant virology, virus-vector interactions, insect-specific viruses, virome, virus evolution, the development of new techniques to control viral infections |
![]() | Judy O'MaraInstructor, Director of KSU Plant Disease Diagnostic Laboratoryjomara@ksu.edu Plant disease diagnostics. Undergraduate teaching. |
![]() | Dr. Jessica RuppAssistant Professor Wheat pathology |
![]() | Dr. Jim StackProfessor, Director: Great Plains Diagnostic Networkjstack@ksu.edu Plant biosecurity. Plant disease diagnostics. Plant health-public health interface. |
![]() | Dr. Richard ToddAssociate Professorrbtodd@ksu.edu Molecular genetics, genomics and cell biology of nitrogen utilization and metabolic gene regulation in the fungus Aspergillus nidulans. |
![]() | Timothy ToddInstructornema@ksu.edu Strategies for durable resistance in soybean to Heterodera glycines. Nematode diseases in corn and wheat. Population and community ecology of soil nematodes. |
![]() | Dr. Christopher ToomajianAssociate Professortoomajia@ksu.edu Population genetics, molecular evolution, evolutionary genomics; plant and fungal genetics/genomics; bioinformatics. |
![]() | Dr. Harold TrickProfessorhnt@ksu.edu Plant molecular biology and genetic enhancement of crop plants for tolerance/resistance to abiotic and biotic stresses and value-added traits. |
![]() | Dr. Barbara ValentUniversity Distinguished Professor, Interdepartmental Genetics Program Chairbvalent@ksu.edu Effector biology and biotrophic strategies of Magnaporthe (Pyricularia) oryzae, causal agent of rice blast. Biology and management of wheat blast. |
![]() | Dr. Wei WangResearch Assistant Professor |
![]() | Dr. Bob BowdenAdjunct Professorrbowden@ksu.edu |
![]() | Dr. Justin FarisAdjunct Professorjustin.faris@ndsu.nodak.edu |
![]() | Dr. John FellersAdjunct Professorjfellers@ksu.edu |
![]() | Dr. Manjit KangAdjunct Professormanjit5264@yahoo.com |
![]() | Dr. Jesse PolandAdjunct Professorjpoland@ksu.edu |
Dr. Brett SummerellAdjunct Professorbrett.summerell@rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au |
![]() | Dr. William BockusEmeritusbockus@ksu.edu |
![]() | Dr. Bikram GillEmeritus University Distinguished Professorbsgill@ksu.edu |
![]() | Dr. Doug JardineEmeritus |
Dr. Lowell JohnsonEmeritusljohnson@ksu.edu | |
![]() | Dr. James C. NelsonEmeritusjcn@ksu.edu |
Dr. Fred SchwenkEmeritusfws@ksu.edu | |
![]() | Dr. Frank WhiteEmeritusfwhite@ksu.edu |