Faculty and Staff Directory

Faculty and Staff

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Name	Position/Area of Research	Email Address
M. Catherine Aime	Assistant Professor/Mycology	MAime@agcenter.lsu.edu
Gerard T. “Jerry” Berggren, Jr.	Professor & Department Head/ Administration	GBerggren@agcenter.lsu.edu
Zhi-Yuan Chen	Assistant Professor / host resistance, host-fungus interactions in soybean and maize	ZChen@agcenter.lsu.edu
Christopher A. Clark	Professor/ Sweetpotato Pathology	CClark@agcenter.lsu.edu
Marc A. Cohn	Professor/ Seed Physiology/Weed Science	MCohn@agcenter.lsu.edu
Kenneth E. Damann, Jr.	Professor/ Mycotoxicology, aflatoxin in corn	KDamann@agcenter.lsu.edu
Donald M. Ferrin	Assistant Professor/ All horticultural crops	DFerrin@agcenter.lsu.edu
Jong Hyun Ham	Assistant Professor/ Phytobacteriology	jJHam@agcenter.lsu.edu
Gordon E. Holcomb	Professor Emeritus/ Ornamental plants & turfgrass disease	GHolcomb@agcenter.lsu.edu
Clayton A. Hollier	Professor/ Agronomic crops and crop loss assessment	CHollier@agcenter.lsu.edu
Jeffrey W. Hoy	Professor/ Sugarcane Pathology	JHoy@agcenter.lsu.edu
John P. Jones	Professor Emeritus/
Edward C. McGawley	Professor/ Nematology	EMcgawley@agcenter.lsu.edu
Norimoto Murai	Professor/ Protein gene regulation & transgenic research	NMurai@agcenter.lsu.edu
Charles Overstreet	Professor/ Nematology	COverstreet@agcenter.lsu.edu
Milton C. Rush	Professor/ Rice Pathology	MRush@agcenter.lsu.edu
Raymond W. Schneider	Professor/ Soybean Pathology	RSchneider@agcenter.lsu.edu
Rodrigo A. Valverde	Professor/	RValverde@agcenter.lsu.edu

Adjunct & Associate Faculty

Name	Position/Area of Research	Email Address
Robert Brown	Affiliate Member
Thomas E. Cleveland	Affiliate Member
Patrick D. Colyer	Affiliate Member
John M. Dyer	Adjunct Professor
Michael Grisham	Adjunct Professor
Donald E. Groth	Adjunct Professor
Steven D. Linscombe	Full Member
Guy Boyd Padgett	Affiliate Member

Post Doctoral Researchers

Name	Position	Email Address
Rangaraj Nandakumar	Post Doctoral Researcher	RNandakumar@agcenter.lsu.edu
Yurong Xie	Post Doctoral Researcher	YXie@agcenter.lsu.edu

Extension Associates

Name	Position	Email Address
Maurice Wolcott	Extension Associate	MWolcott@agcenter.lsu.edu

Research Associates

Name	Position	Email Address
Cathy DeRobertis	Research Associate	CDeRobertis@agcenter.lsu.edu
Cheryl Giles	Research Associate	CGiles@agcenter.lsu.edu
Erica Gray	Research Associate	EGray@agcenter.lsu.edu
Nicole Hazard	Research Associate	NHazard@agcenter.lsu.edu
Mary Hoy	Research Associate	MHoy@agcenter.lsu.edu
Clark Robertson	Research Associate	CRobertson@agcenter.lsu.edu
Carolyn Savario	Research Associate	CSavario@agcenter.lsu.edu

Staff

Name	Position	Email Address
Patricia A. Bollich	Scientific Research Technician	PABollich@agcenter.lsu.edu
Robert M. Carver	Administrative Coordinator 4	RCarver@agcenter.lsu.edu
Dolores Dyess	Administrative Coordinator 3	DDyess@agcenter.lsu.edu
Stephanie Parker	Administrative Coordinator 3	SParker@agcenter.lsu.edu
Charletta Warr	Accounting Technician	CWarr@agcenter.lsu.edu

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