Faculty

A.Randall Alford, Ph.D. (Louisiana State, 1980), Biology Department. Insect chemical ecology, physiological principles for alternative approaches to insect pest management.

Timothy Dalton, Ph.D. (Purdue, 1996), Department of Resource Economics and Policy. Economics and policy, risk and reduced input farming, farming system evolution, technological innovation, international agricultural development.

Darrell Donahue, Ph.D. (North Carolina State, 1992), Department of Biosystems Science and Engineering. Food process engineering, systems analysis, and risk assessment modeling.

Frank Drummond, Ph.D. (Rhode Island, 1986), Biology Department. Blueberry insect pest management, pollination.

M. Susan Erich, Ph.D. (Cornell, 1984), Department of Plant, Soil, and Environmental Sciences. Plant-soil interactions, soil organic matter, nutrient availability from alternative fertilizer materials.

Eric R. Gallandt, Ph.D. (Wisconsin-Madison, 1994), Department of Plant, Soil, and Environmental Sciences. Sustainable agriculture, cropping systems, and weed ecology and management.

Timothy S. Griffin, Ph.D. (Michigan State, 1990), Faculty Associate in Plant, Soil, and Environmental Sciences. Agronomist, USDA-ARS. Cropping systems, new crop evaluation, and nutrient cycling.

Eleanor Groden, Ph.D. (Michigan State, 1989), Biology Department. Biological control of insect pests, population ecology, insect pathology.

Mark Hutton, Ph.D. (New Hampshire, 1988), Maine Cooperative Extension; Cooperating Assistant Professor in Plant, Soil, and Environmental Sciences. Highmoor Farm, Sustainable vegetable production practices. Plant breeding and insect biocontrol.

John Jemison, Ph.D. (Pennsylvania State, 1991). Maine Cooperative Extension; Cooperating Associate Professor in Plant, Soil, and Environmental Sciences. Water quality, soil nutrient dynamics, nutrient
management.

David Lambert, Ph.D. (Pennsylvania State, 1979), Department of Plant, Soil, and Environmental Sciences. Physiology, ecology, taxonomy, genetics, and management of plant pathogens.

Tsutomu Ohno, Ph.D. (Cornell, 1983), Department of Plant, Soil, and Environmental Sciences. Soil chemistry, nutrient availability from alternative fertilizer materials.

Laurie Osher, Ph.D. (University of California-Berkeley, 1997), Department of Plant, Soil, and Environmental Sciences. Land use, nutrient cycling, soil and water quality, global change, sustainability.

Gregory Porter, Ph.D. (Pennsylvania State, 1985), Department of Plant, Soil, and Environmental Sciences. Potato cropping systems, crop physiology, soil fertility management, weed-crop interactions.

Marianne Sarrantonio, Ph.D. (Cornell, 1987), Department of Plant, Soil, and Environmental Sciences. Cropping systems, cover crops, nitrogen transformations, organic soil amendments.

Stewart Smith, Ph.D. (Connecticut, 1977), Department of Resource Economics and Policy. Agricultural policy, economics of alternative farming systems, rural community development.

Lois Stack, Ph.D. (Wisconsin-Madison, 1984), Maine Cooperative Extension. Ornamental plant culture, production, and evaluation.