Our Faculty & Staff
Directory
Below you will find information about how to contact our department faculty members and administrative staff.
Our faculty members are well recognized for research and their scholarly work, including four named chairs and numerous scientific society fellows.
Our faculty members are well recognized for research and their scholarly work, including four named chairs and numerous scientific society fellows.
Faculty
- Kyle Davis, assistant professor, Department of Geography
- Delphis Levia, professor of ecohydrology and chair, Department of Geography
- George Luther, professor, School of Marine Science and Policy
- Julia Maresca, associate professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
- Pinki Mondal, assistant professor, Department of Geography
- Shawn Polson, director, CBCB Bioinformatics Core Facility
- Lorene Athey, landscape architect, owner and planner, Guided Path LLC and habitat outreach coordinator, Delaware Nature Society
- Zach Hammaker, landscape designer, ZH Design
- Rodney Robinson, president, Robinson Anderson Summers, Inc. and principal, Rodney Robinson Landscape Architects, Inc.
- Stephen Streatfield, director R&D, Fraunhofer USA Center for Molecular Biology
- Gregory Binford, National Director of Advanced Agronomic Training, Wilbur-Ellis
- Anthony Buda, USDA-ARS Pasture Systems and Watershed Management Research Unit
- Vince D'Amico, Resident Scientist, U.S. Forest Service, Northern Research Station
- Nicole Fiorellino, Extension Agronomist, University of Maryland
- Mingxin Guo, Professor, Delaware State University
- Jinjun Kan, Stroud Water Research Center
- Blake Meyers, Donald Danforth Plant Science Center
- Diana Oviedo Vargas, Stroud Water Research Center
- Marc Peipoch, Assistant Research Scientist, Stroud Water Research Center
- Richard Pouyat, National Program Leader for Air and Soil Quality Research, U.S. Forest Service
- Hajime Sakai, CEO, NAPIGEN, Inc.
- Ryan Tappero, Lead Scientist, Brookhaven National Laboratory
- Matthew Taylor, Director, Research and Conservation, Longwood Gardens
- Brian Trader, President and CEO, Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden
- Jenwei Tsai, Delaware DNREC
- Randall Wisser, INRAE, French National Research Institute for Agriculture, Food and Environment
- Byung-Chun Yoo, Delaware Biotechnology Institute
- Peter Zale, Associate Director, Conservation, Plant Breeding and Collections, Longwood Gardens
- Robert Carroll, emeritus professor
- Charles Dunham, emeritus professor
- John Frett, emeritus professor
- David Frey, associate professor
- James Hawk, emeritus professor
- Sherry Kitto, professor
- Robert Lyons, emeritus professor
- Allen Morehart, emeritus professor
- Wallace Pill, emeritus professor
- Thompson Pizzolato, professor
- J. Thomas Sims, professor and deputy dean
- James Swasey, emeritus professor
| Name (click name for more information): |
Title: |
Phone: |
Email: |
| Monica Accerbi | Research Associate III / Green Lab | (302) 831-4642 | accerbi@dbi.udel.edu |
| Andrew Adams | Horticulture Manager | (302) 831-0909 | aadamsud@udel.edu |
| Mohammed Afsar | Post Doctoral Researcher / Jin Lab | (302) 249-8517 | mzafsar@udel.edu |
| Aparajita Banerjee | Post Doctoral Researcher / Caplan Lab | (302) 831-0854 | abanerje@udel.edu |
| William (Bill) Bartz | Greenhouse Manager | (302) 831-3574 | wcbartz@udel.edu |
| Valann Budischak | Associate Director, Botanic Gardens | (302) 831-4188 | valannb@udel.edu |
| Tim Chaya | Limited Term Researcher / Caplan Lab | (302) 831-0854 | tchaya@udel.edu |
| John Emerson | Extension Agent I | (302) 730-4000 |
jremer@udel.edu |
| Emmalea Ernest | Associate Scientist | (302) 856-7303 | emmalea@udel.edu |
| Barbra Ferrell | Associate Scientist / Wommack Lab | (302) 831-0148 | ferrellb@udel.edu |
| Matthew Fischel | Post Doctoral Researcher / D. Sparks Lab | (302) 831-8435 | fischel@udel.edu |
| Karen Gartley | Research Manager / Program Director, UD Soil Testing Program | (302) 831-1385 | kgartley@udel.edu |
| Hilary Gibson | Program Coordinator / Nutrient Management Program | (302) 735-8137 |
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| Katelyn Gray | Post Doctoral Researcher / Jaisi Lab | 302) 831-4749 | graykat@udel.edu |
| Ashley Hostetler | Post Doctoral Researcher / E. Sparks Lab | (302) 831-2427 | ahende@udel.edu |
| Kun Huang | Research Associate III / Caplan Lab | (302) 831-0854 | huangkun@udel.edu |
| Chander Lekha | Analytical Chemist / Soil Testing Program | (302) 831-8407 | chander@udel.edu |
| Matthew Limmer | Post Doctoral Researcher / Seyfferth Lab | (302) 831-6210 | limmer@udel.edu |
| Tracy McMullen | Business Administrator II | (302) 831-8153 | tracymc@udel.edu |
| Vinay Nagarajan | Associate Scientist / Green Lab | (302) 831-3400 | nagarajan@dbi.udel.edu |
| Joseph Paller | Lab Coordinator I / Soil Testing Program | (302) 831-8407 | jpaller@udel.edu |
| Maria Pautler | Research Associate III / Seyfferth & Shober Labs | (302) 831-0847 | mpautler@udel.edu |
| Erin Peck | Erin Peck Post Doctoral researcher / Inamdar Lab | erinpeck@udel.edu | |
| Jill Pollok | Plant Diagnostician | (302) 831-1390 | jillp@udel.edu |
| Jon Reneau | Limited Term Researcher / E. Sparks Lab | (302)-831-1447 | jreneau@udel.edu |
| Sydney Riggi | Extension Agent III | (302) 730-4000 | sydney@udel.edu |
| Gabriel Robles Luna | Post Doctoral Researcher / Lee Lab | (302) 831-4671 | garobles@udel.edu |
| Claudio Rubione | Research Associate I / VanGessel Lab | (302) 856-7303 | crubione@udel.edu |
| Yuriy Sakhno | Post Doctoral Researcher / Jaisi Lab | (302) 831-4749 | ysakhno@udel.edu |
| Barbara Scott | Associate Scientist | (302) 856-7303 | bascott@udel.edu |
| Taozhu Sun | Post Doctoral Researcher / Jin Lab | (302) 563-0084 | taozhu@udel.edu |
| Shawn Tingle | Research Associate II | (302) 856-7303 | tingle@udel.edu |
| Teclemariam (Tecle) Weldekidan | Scientist / E. Sparks & Wisser Labs | (302) 831-1381 | tecle@udel.edu |
| Jing Yan | Post Doctoral Researcher / Jin Lab | yanjing@udel.edu | |
| Melinda Zoehrer | Program Coordinator, Botanic Gardens | (302) 831-0153 | mzoehrer@udel.edu |
| Name (click the name for further information): | Title: | Phone: | Email: |
| Susan Biddle | Academic Support Coordinator | (302) 831-2531 | sbiddle@udel.edu |
| Rodney Dempsey | Horticultural Greenhouse Supervisor | (302) 831-1374 | dempsey@udel.edu |
| Gail Ferry | Administrative Assistant II | (302) 831-3409 | gferry@udel.edu |
| Laurie Jones | Administrative Assistant III | (302) 831-6378 | joneslj@udel.edu |
| Diana Mesa | Administrative Assistant II | (302) 831-2534 | dpmesa@udel.edu |
| Susan Winkelmayer | Administrative Assistant | (302) 831-6161 | swink@udel.edu |