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	Dr. Eduard Akhunov Professor Email Dr. Akhunov Wheat genome diversity and evolution. Disease resistance genes. Genetic and genomic tools and resources for wheat improvement.
	Dr. Alina Akhunova Research Associate Professor, Director-Integrated Genomics Facility Email Dr. Akhunova Genomics, molecular biology, gene expression.
	Dr. David Cook Assistant Professor Email Dr. Cook Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions, Chromatin Dynamics, Technology applications
	Dr. Tatiana Danilova Research Assistant Professor Email Dr. Danilova
	Dr. Erick DeWolf Professor Email Dr. DeWolf Wheat Extension. Development of disease management strategies for fungal diseases of wheat including Fusarium head blight, tan spot, leaf rust and stripe rust
	Dr. Marty Draper Professor Email Dr. Draper
	Dr. Bernd Friebe Research Professor Email Dr. Friebe Cytogenetics, molecular cytogenetics and evolution of wheat. Transfer, cytogenetic identification, and characterization of wheat-alien translocations.
	Dr. Jagger Harvey Research Associate Professor Email Dr. Harvey Director of the Feed the Future Innovation Lab for the Reduction of Post-Harvest Loss, at Kansas State University.
	Dr. Doug Jardine Professor Email Dr. Jardine Extension plant pathology for sorghum, soybeans, corn, and sunflower. Seedling disease management.
	Dr. Katherine Jordan Research Assistant Professor Email Dr. Jordan
	Dr. Megan Kennelly Professor, Interim Department Head Email Dr. Kennelly Extension, diagnostics, and research for diseases of horticultural crops (vegetables, fruit, trees, flowers, and turfgrass).
	Dr. Dal-Hoe Koo Research Assistant Professor Email Dr. Koo
	Dr. John Leslie Distinguished Professor Email Dr. Leslie Biochemical, molecular, and population genetics of model and plant pathogenic fungi.
	Dr. Chris Little Associate Professor Email Dr. Little Sorghum and soybean diseases. Seedling, root, stalk and seed diseases. Fungal pathogens of row crops.
	Dr. Sanzhen Liu Assistant Professor Email Dr. Liu Cloning and characterization of pathogen resistance and drought resistance genes. Assembly and annotation of plant and microbe genomes.
	Dr. Kevin McCluskey Research Professor Email Dr. McCluckey Fungal genetics and genomics. Living collection best practices.
	Dr. Lucky Mehra Instructor Email Dr. Mehra
	Dr. Shahideh Nouri Assistant Professor Email Dr. Nouri Plant virology, virus-vector interactions, insect-specific viruses, virome, virus evolution, the development of new techniques to control viral infections
	Judy O'Mara Instructor, Director of KSU Plant Disease Diagnostic Laboratory Email Dr. O'Mara Plant disease diagnostics. Undergraduate teaching.
	Dr. Jesse Poland Associate Professor Email Dr. Poland Wheat genetics and germplasmimprovement; marker technologies, association genetics and genomic selection for use in breeding. Resistance to wheat rusts.
	Dr. Jessica Rupp Assistant Professor Email Dr. Rupp
	Dr. Jim Stack Professor, Director: Great Plains Diagnostic Network Email Dr. Stack Plant biosecurity. Plant disease diagnostics. Plant health-public health interface.
	Dr. Bin Tian Research Assistant Professor Email Dr. Tian
	Dr. Richard Todd Associate Professor Email Dr. Todd Molecular genetics, genomics and cell biology of nitrogen utilization and metabolic gene regulation in the fungusAspergillus nidulans.
	Timothy Todd Instructor Email Dr. Todd Strategies for durable resistance in soybean toHeterodera glycines. Nematode diseases in corn and wheat. Population and community ecology of soil nematodes.
	Dr. Christopher Toomajian Associate Professor Email Dr. Toomajian Population genetics, molecular evolution, evolutionary genomics; plant and fungal genetics/genomics; bioinformatics.
	Dr. Harold Trick Professor Email Dr. Trick Plant molecular biology and genetic enhancement of crop plants for tolerance/resistance to abiotic and biotic stresses and value-added traits.
	Dr. Barbara Valent Distinguished Professor, Interdepartmental Genetics Program Chair Email Dr. Valent Effector biology and biotrophic strategies of Magnaporthe (Pyricularia) oryzae, causal agent of rice blast. Biology and management of wheat blast.

	Dr. Bob Bowden Adjunct Professor Email Dr. Bowden
	Dr. Justin Faris Adjunct Professor Email Dr. Faris
	Dr. John Fellers Adjunct Associate Professor Email Dr. Fellers
	Dr. Manjit Kang Adjunct Professor Email Dr. Kang
	Dr. Brett Summerell Adjunct Professor Email Dr. Summerell
	Dr. Craig Webb Adjunct Assistant Professor Email Dr. Webb

	Dr. William Bockus Emeritus Email Dr. Bockus
	Dr. Larry Claflin Emeritus Email Dr. Claflin
	Dr. Bikram Gill Emeritus Email Dr. Gill
	Dr. Lowell Johnson Emeritus Email Dr. Johnson
	Dr. James C. Nelson Emeritus Email Dr. Nelson
	Dr. Fred Schwenk Emeritus Email Dr. Schwenk
	Dr. Don Stuteville Emeritus Email Dr. Stuteville
	Dr. Frank White Emeritus Email Dr. White

Faculty Directory

Dr. William Bockus

Dr. Larry Claflin

Dr. Bikram Gill

Dr. Lowell Johnson

Dr. James C. Nelson

Dr. Fred Schwenk

Dr. Don Stuteville

Dr. Frank White