MSU Extension welcomes new specialty crops weed scientist

Derek Plotkowski<plotkow5@msu.edu>, Michigan State University Extension -

Josh Miranda, PhD, joins Michigan State University in August 2025 as the new assistant professor of weed science.

A smiling man in a black Oregon State Beavers t-shirt stands on a grassy cliff overlooking the Pacific Ocean, with rugged coastal bluffs, waves, and a distant shoreline in the background.

Michigan State University welcomed Josh Miranda, PhD, to the Department of Horticulture as the new assistant professor of weed science in August 2025. Miranda comes to us from his graduate work at Oregon State University, where he worked on managing herbicide-resistant weeds in perennial crops, conducting herbicide performance trials to support registration, and testing electric weeders in orchards.

A close-up of a hand holding a clump of dark soil with tiny weed seedlings emerging, against the backdrop of a lettuce field with rows of young plants.
Weeds in a lettuce field in southwest Michigan. Photo by Ben Phillips, MSU Extension.

In his role at Michigan State University, Miranda will lead research in weed science in tree fruit and vegetable systems. The Michigan State University Extension fruit and vegetable teams are excited to collaborate with a new faculty specialist to identify and manage weed-related pressures in crop production.

Miranda can be reached by email at miran101@msu.edu.

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