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Faculty and Staff

Faculty - Click the name to view further details including contact information. Also, to view a list of Faculty Members by Discipline and Commodity Area, click here.

Name Position/Area of Research Email Address
Gerard T. “Jerry” Berggren, Jr. Professor Emeritus GBerggren@agcenter.lsu.edu

 
Zhi-Yuan Chen Associate 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

 
Lawrence E. Datnoff Professor & Head/
Administration
LDatnoff@agcenter.lsu.edu

 
Donald M. Ferrin Assistant Professor/
All horticultural crops


 
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 & Florence Avalon Daggett Professor in Rice Research
Rice Pathology
MRush@agcenter.lsu.edu

 
Raymond W. Schneider Professor/
Soybean Pathology
RSchneider@agcenter.lsu.edu

 
Raghuwinder Singh Instructor RSingh@agcenter.lsu.edu  
 
Rodrigo A. Valverde Professor/Virolology RValverde@agcenter.lsu.edu
 
Maurice Wolcott Instructor MWolcott@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
 
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
Merje Toome Post Doctoral Researcher MToome@agcenter.lsu.edu 
 

Extension Associates

Name Position Email Address
Patricia A. Bollich Scientific Research Technologist PABollich@agcenter.lsu.edu
 
Timothy Burks Extension Associate TBurks@agcenter.lsu.edu

Research Associates

Name Position Email Address
Inderjit Kaur Barphagha Research Associate IBarphagha@agcenter.lsu.edu
 
Cathy DeRobertis Research Associate CDeRobertis@agcenter.lsu.edu
 
Cheryl Giles Research Associate CGiles@agcenter.lsu.edu
 
Mary Hoy Research Associate MHoy@agcenter.lsu.edu
 
Melea Martin Research Associate CMartin@agcenter.lsu.edu
 
Nipur Patel Research Associate NPatel@agcenter.lsu.edu
 
Yenjit Raruang Research Associate YRaruang@agcenter.lsu.edu
 
Clark Robertson Research Associate CRobertson@agcenter.lsu.edu
 
Carolyn Savario Research Associate CSavario@agcenter.lsu.edu
 
Rebecca Sweany Research Associate RSweany@agcenter.lsu.edu

Staff

Name Position Email Address
Robert M. Carver Administrative Coordinator 4 RCarver@agcenter.lsu.edu
 
Dolores Dyess Administrative Coordinator 3 DDyess@agcenter.lsu.edu  
 
Charletta Warr Accounting Technician CWarr@agcenter.lsu.edu

 


Department of Plant Pathology & Crop Physiology
302 Life Science Building
Louisiana State University
Baton Rouge, LA 70803 
(225) 578-1464
 

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