Contacts

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North Central Region IR-4 team with Philip Moore and Josh Peterson.

 

IR-4 Project Headquarters

NC State University
1730 Varsity Drive
Venture IV, Suite 210
Raleigh, NC, 27606
Phone: 919-515-1552
Email: ir-4_project@ncsu.edu

 

North Central Region

IR-4 North Central Regional Field Coordinator
Nicole Soldan
Michigan State University
1066 Bogue St., Room A448
East Lansing, MI, 48824
Office: 517-353-0416
Cell: 517-712-8441
Email: schroe65@msu.edu

 

North Central Region State Liaison Representatives

 

Illinois

Mohammad Babadoost
Professor of Plant Pathology and Extension Specialist
Department of Crop Sciences
University of Illinois
N-533 Turner Hall
1102 S. Goodwin Ave.
Urbana, IL 61801
Phone: 217-493-9076
Email: babadoos@illinois.edu

 

Indiana

Steve Meyers
Purdue University
Dept. of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture
625 Agriculture Mall Dr.
West Lafayette, IN 47907
Phone: 765-496-6540
Email: slmeyers@purdue.edu

 

Iowa

Suzanne Slack
Iowa State University
Department of Horticulture
2206 Osborn Drive
Ames, Iowa, 50011
Phone: 515-294-0035
Email: slacksuz@iastate.edu

 

Kansas

Dr. Ray Cloyd
Kansas State University
Dept. of Entomology
123 WA
Manhattan, KS, 66506
Phone: 785-532-6154
Email: rcloyd@ksu.edu

 

Michigan

Nicole Soldan
Michigan State University
1066 Bogue St., Room A448
East Lansing, MI, 48824
Office: 517-353-0416
Cell: 517-712-8441
Email: schroe65@msu.edu

 

Minnesota

Vacant

 

Missouri

Ivair Valmorbida
University of Missouri
3-22 Agriculture Building
Columbia, MO 65201
Phone: 573-882-6446
Email: ivairvalmorbida@missouri.edu

Nebraska

Nevin Lawrence
University of Nebraska – Lincoln
Dept. Agronomy and Horticulture
Panhandle Research and Extension Center
4502 Ave I
Scottsbluff, NE 69361
Phone: 308-632-1230
Email: nlawrence2@unl.edu

 

North Dakota

Brian Jenks
North Central Research Extension Center
North Dakota State University
5400 Highway 83 South
Minot, ND 58701
Phone: 701-857-7677
Email: brian.jenks@ndsu.edu

 

Ohio

Dr. Ashley Leach
Ohio State University
Dept. of Entomology
1680 Madison Avenue
Wooster, OH, 44691
Phone: 330-263-9723
Email: leach.379@osu.edu

 

South Dakota

Dr. Sharon Clay
South Dakota State University
Dept. of Agronomy, Horticulture & Plant Science 
Box 2140C
McFadden Biostress Laboratory 245C
University Station
Brookings, SD 57007
Email: sharon.clay@sdstate.edu

 

Wisconsin

Daniel Heider
University of Wisconsin IPM Program
1575 Linden Drive
Madison, WI, 53706
Phone: (608) 262-6491
Fax: (608) 262-4743
Email: djheider@wisc.edu

 

For a directory to all the people involved in the NC Region and other sections of the IR-4 program, please visit the IR-4 National Program website.

For a current list of North Central state IPM coordinators, see the NC Region IPM Center website.

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