Featured Faculty
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Marcus Duck Awarded 2024 Institute of Agriculture Technology Outstanding Faculty Award
Published on April 1, 2024
Marcus Duck Awarded 2024 Institute of Agriculture Technology Outstanding Faculty Award -
Dr. Bridget Behe Named USDA-ARS 2024 Morrison Memorial Award Winner
Published on March 4, 2024
Dr. Bridget Behe Named USDA-ARS 2024 Morrison Memorial Award Winner -
Dr. Rebecca Grumet Receives MI Vegetable Council Master Farmer Associate Award
Published on December 15, 2023
Dr. Rebecca Grumet - Receives Michigan Vegetable Council Master Farmer Associate Award -
Dr. Greg Lang receives 2023 Distinguished Service Award from Michigan State Horticultural Society
Published on December 15, 2023
Dr. Greg Lang receives 2023 Distinguished Service Award from Michigan State Horticultural Society -
Dr. Steve van Nocker enjoys the diversity of people on campus
Published on September 27, 2021
Professor says the intellectual and experiential melting pot at MSU allows us to view and approach scientific questions from many different angles. -
Dr. Debalina Saha enjoys conducting applied research and interacting with her students
Published on February 8, 2021
Dr. Saha was hired as an Assistant Professor in July 2019 to help the ornamental (nursery, greenhouse, landscape) industry with weed control issues. -
Marcus Duck teaches several classes and interacts with students outside the classroom
Published on August 10, 2020
Duck joined Michigan State University in 2002 and currently serves as an advisor and instructor in the Department of Horticulture and the Institute of Agricultural Technology. He has a passion for watching his students grow. -
Dr. Brad Rowe enjoys the flexibility of working on his own research program at MSU
Published on July 6, 2020
Dr. Brad Rowe has been at Michigan State for over 20 years and brings a diversity of knowledge and experience in green roof technology, growing substrates, roof vegetable production, and more. -
Dr. Daniel Brainard appreciates the amazing variety of crops, scales and philosophies Michigan has to offer
Published on March 20, 2020
Dr. Daniel Brainard has been with Michigan State since 2013 and really enjoys his colleagues and the close and productive relationships they have built with diverse vegetable growers in the state. -
Dr. Cregg's research has focused on physiology and management of trees in nursery, Christmas tree, and landscape systems
Published on December 18, 2019
Dr. Bert Cregg has been with MSU's Department of Horticulture for 20 years and has many research projects -
Dr. Fernandez research focuses on how water management practices affect nursery plant production
Published on December 1, 2019
Dr. Tom Fernandez has been with the Horticulture Department for 20 years and works with the Nursery Industry -
Dr. Rebecca Grumet's research focuses on fruit development and disease resistance
Published on November 7, 2019
Dr. Rebecca Grumet has been with the Horticulture Department for over 30 years and appreciates the size, intellectual breath, and diversity MSU provides. -
Dr. Robert VanBuren's history of working with drought led him to target improvements in crops
Published on May 3, 2019
Dr. VanBuren and his team utilizes crop genetics and conventional breeding approaches to improve crop quality. -
Dr. Behe's research focuses on consumer behavior with regard to ornamental plants and edible crops
Published on January 21, 2019
Dr. Bridget Behe uses her research to educate businesses on making better decisions, making them more profitable and sustainable. -
Dr. Hollender performs research in fruit tree development, genetics, and physiology
Published on October 28, 2018
Dr. Courtney Hollender aims to apply her research in the field to make tree fruit production thrive in Michigan. -
Dr. Roberto Lopez's research focuses on specialty crops grown in controlled environments
Published on June 20, 2018
After earning tenure at Purdue University, Dr. Roberto Lopez now performs his controlled environment research in the MSU Horticulture Department -
Dr. Chitwood uses mathematical models to quantify and analyze the substantial morphological data from CT scanners
Published on April 3, 2018
Dr. Dan Chitwood is one of our newest professors who hopes to alter the way plant scientists think about phenotyping.