Meet Our Team

Full Time Faculty and Staff 

Dechun Wang

Professor - Soybean genetics/genomics; to improve plant performance, host plant resistance and seed chemical composition.
wangdech@msu.edu
517-353-0219

Randy Laurenz

Research Assistant II
laurenz2@msu.edu

Paige Tabit

Research Assistant I
picket34@msu.edu

Graduate Research Assistants 

Drew Mitchell

Research Assistant I
mitch987@msu.edu

Raju Thada Magar

Research Assistant I
thadaraj@msu.edu

Other Contributors

Muhammad Salman

Visiting Scholar
salmanm3@msu.edu

Alexis Zimmerman

Professional Aide
zimme324@msu.edu

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