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Resistance to pests and pathogens
Name Position title Specialization Contact
Pierluigi (Enrico) Bonello Professor, Plant Pathology (614) 688-5401
bonello.2@osu.edu
Resistance to pests and pathogens
Anne Dorrance Professor, Plant Pathology; Associate Dean and Director, The Ohio State University Wooster Campus Characterization of sources of resistance in soybean towards soil borne pathogens (330) 202-3560
dorrance.1@osu.edu
Resistance to pests and pathogens
Andrew Michel Associate Professor and Associate Chair, Entomology Molecular genetics; adaptation of insect-plant interactions (330) 263-3730
michel.70@osu.edu
Resistance to pests and pathogens
Feng Qu Associate Professor, Plant Pathology (330) 263-3835
qu.28@osu.edu
Resistance to pests and pathogens
Germplasm characterization
Name Position title Specialization Contact
Jessica Cooperstone Assistant Professor, Horticulture and Crop Science, Food Science and Technology Phytochemicals; metabolomics; plant and human health 614-292-2843
cooperstone.1@osu.edu
Germplasm characterization
Diane Miller Associate Professor, Horticulture and Crop Science Wild apple germplasm; field/consumer testing of Midwest Apple Improvement Association selections (330) 263-3824
miller.87@osu.edu
Germplasm characterization
Commercialization & development
Name Position title Specialization Contact
Katrina Cornish Professor, Horticulture and Crop Science Bioemergent materials; rubber crops to products; waste valorization; CRISPR; crop domestication (330) 263-3982
cornish.19@osu.edu
Commercialization & development
Plant transformation
Name Position title Specialization Contact
John Finer Professor, Horticulture and Crop Science Transformation; promoter analysis; somatic embryogenesis; GFP expression; tissue culture (330) 263-3880
finer.1@osu.edu
Plant transformation
Plant breeding
Name Position title Specialization Contact
David Francis Professor, Horticulture and Crop Science (330) 263-3893
francis.77@osu.edu
Plant breeding
Jonathan Fresnedo Ramirez Assistant Professor, Horticulture and Crop Science Plant domestication and germplasm improvement of outcrossing species for production of biomaterials (330) 263-3822
fresnedoramirez.1@osu.edu
Plant breeding
Leah McHale Associate Professor, Horticulture and Crop Science Plant breeding, genetics & genomics; disease resistance; grain quality; soybean (614) 292-9003
mchale.21@osu.edu
Plant breeding
Clay Sneller Professor, Horticulture and Crop Science Plant breeding; statistics; genomic selection (330) 263-3944
sneller.5@osu.edu
Plant breeding
Eric Stockinger Associate Professor, Horticulture and Crop Science Genetics & breeding of malting barley; winter-hardiness, gene regulation, copy number variation (330) 263-3876
stockinger.4@osu.edu
Plant breeding
Germplasm diversity
Name Position title Specialization Contact
John Freudenstein Professor, Evolution, Ecology, and Organismal Biology (614) 688-0363
freudenstein.1@osu.edu
Germplasm diversity
Pablo Jourdan Associate Professor, Horticulture and Crop Science Germplasm enhancement; in vitro conservation; interspecific hybridization of herbaceous ornamentals (614) 292-3708
jourdan.1@osu.edu
Germplasm diversity
Plant genetics
Name Position title Specialization Contact
Andrea Gschwend Assistant Professor, Horticulture and Crop Science Plant genomics; transcriptomics; gene evolution 614-292-2014
gschwend.2@osu.edu
Plant genetics
Jay Hollick Associate Professor, Molecular Genetics; Director, Center for Applied Plant Sciences (614) 292-9869
hollick.3@osu.edu
Plant genetics
JC Jang Associate Professor, Horticulture and Crop Science, Molecular Genetics Plant signal transduction; post-transcriptional regulation of gene expression (614) 292-8496
jang.40@osu.edu
Plant genetics
David Mackey Professor, Horticulture and Crop Science, Molecular Genetics Plant immune systems; plant perturbation by microbial virulence factors (614) 292-5879
mackey.86@osu.edu
Plant genetics
Phenotyping
Name Position title Specialization Contact
Joe Scheerens Professor, Horticulture and Crop Science (330) 263-3826
scheerens.1@osu.edu
Phenotyping

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