Welcome to Agronomy.

Faculty and Staff by Expertise

Also see Faculty/Staff Listing for an alphabetical listing.


Alfalfa
Keith Johnson (Dr.)
Jeff Volenec (Dr.)

Canola
Ellsworth Christmas (Dr.)

Climate Change
Dev Niyogi (Dr.)
Laura Bowling (Dr.)
Rich Grant (Dr.)
Ron Turco (Dr.)
Craig Beyrouty (Dr.)
Linda Lee (Dr.)

Melba Crawford (Dr.)
Diane Stott (Dr.)

Conservation Tillage
Eileen Kladivko (Dr.)
Gary Steinhardt (Dr.)

Diane Stott (Dr.)
Tony Vyn (Dr.)

Corn
Chuck Mansfield (Vincennes, IN)
Bob Nielsen (Dr.); Web page:  The Corn Growers Guidebook
Lee Schweitzer (Dr.)
Jim Vorst (Dr.)
Tony Vyn (Dr.)
Clifford Weil (Dr.)

Crop Diagnostic Training Center - Web page: The Purdue Crop Diagnostic Training & Research Center
Corey Gerber (Dr.), Director

Cropping Systems
Sylvie Brouder (Dr.)
Ellsworth Christmas (Dr.)
Bob Nielsen (Dr.)
Tony Vyn (Dr.)

Crops Teaching
Cale Bigelow (Dr.)
Tom Housley (Dr.)
Lee Schweitzer (Dr.)
Lori Snyder

Diagnostic Plant Problems (also check Botany & Plant Pathology Department)
Corey Gerber (Dr.)
Bob Nielsen (Dr.) 

Earthworms
John Graveel (Dr.)
Eileen Kladivko (Dr.)

Environmental Chemistry
Craig Beyrouty (Dr.)
Cliff Johnston (Dr.)
Brad Joern (Dr.)
Linda Lee (Dr.)
P. Suresh C. Rao (Dr.)
A. Paul Schwab (Dr.)
Darrell Schulze (Dr.)

Forages (grasses, legumes, hay, pastures, silage, seeding mixtures)  Web page:  Purdue Forage Information
Keith Johnson (Dr.)
Jeff Volenec (Dr.)
Lori Snyder

Forest Soil Fertility
William McFee (Dr.)

Genomics Center - Web page: Purdue University Agricultural Genomics Initiative 
Joe Anderson (Dr.)
Rebecca Doerge (Dr.)

Scott Jackson (Dr.)
Jianxin Ma (Dr.)
Steve Scofield (Dr.)
Daniel Szymanski (Dr.)
Cliff Weil (Dr.)

Hay - Web page: Purdue Forage Information
Keith Johnson (Dr.)
Jeff Volenec (Dr.)

Lawn and Golf Course Management - Web page:  Turf Home Page
Cale Bigelow (Dr.)
Zac Reicher (Dr.)

Manure Management
Sylvie Brouder (Dr.)
Brad Joern (Dr.)

Douglas R. Smith (Dr.)

Meteorology/Weather
Rich Grant (Dr.)
Dev Niyogi (Dr.)

Natural Resources, Environmental Soil Science - Web page: Natural Resources and Environmental Science
Craig Beyrouty (Dr.)
Laura Bowling (Dr.)
John Graveel (Dr.)
Brad Joern (Dr.)
Eileen Kladivko (Dr.)
Brad Lee (Dr.)
Linda Lee (Dr.)
Cindy Nakatsu (Dr.)
Dev Niyogi (Dr.)
Phillip Owens (Dr.)
Paul Schwab (Dr.)
Diane Stott (Dr.)
Ron Turco (Dr.)

Pedology
Brad Lee (Dr.)
Darrell Norton  (Dr.)/USDA/ARS
Phillip Owens (Dr.)
Darrell Schulze (Dr.)
Gary Steinhardt (Dr.)

Performance Trials (Crop Variety Testing)
Keith Johnson (alfalfa & forage)
Phil DeVillez  (corn, soybeans, wheat & oats)
Terry Lemming  (sorghum)

Plant Genetics and Breeding
Joe Andersen (Dr.)  (wheat)
Gebisa Ejeta (Dr.)  (sorghum)
Scott Jackson (Dr.)  (soybeans)
Karen Hudson (Dr.) (soybeans)
Allen LeRoy (Dr.)  (soybeans) 
Jianxin Ma (Dr.) (soybeans)
Herb Ohm (Dr.)  (wheat and oats)
Steven Scofield (Dr.) (wheat)
Daniel Szymanski (Dr.) (Arabidopsis and maize)
Mitch Tuinstra (Dr.)
Rick Vierling (Dr.) (soybeans)
Cliff Weil (Dr.)  (maize)

Plant Physiology
Tom Housley (Dr.) (wheat, sorghum)
Dev Niyogi (Dr.) (biosphere- atmosphere interactions)
Lee Schweitzer (Dr.) (soybeans)
Jeff Volenec (Dr.) (forages)

Popcorn
Bob Nielsen (Dr.)

Remote Sensing - Web page: Laboratory for Applications of Remote Sensing
Melba Crawford (Dr.)
Laura Bowling (Dr.)
Dev Niyogi (Dr.)

Septic Systems, waste disposal
Brad Joern (Dr.)
Brad Lee (Dr.)
Phillip Owens (Dr.)
Gary Steinhardt (Dr.)

Land Application of Municipal and Industrial By-products
Brad Joern (Dr.)
Jim Camberato (Dr.)

Small Grains, Oats and Wheat
Chuck Mansfield (Dr.) (Vincennes, IN)
Herb Ohm (Dr.)

Soil and Environmental Physical Chemistry
Cliff Johnston (Dr.)

Soil Chemistry
Craig Beyrouty (Dr.)
Cliff Johnston (Dr.)
Linda Lee (Dr.)
P. Suresh Rao (Dr.)

Darrell Schulze (Dr.)

Paul Schwab (Dr.)
George VanScoyoc (Dr.)

Soil Classification, Mapping, Survey
Darrell Norton (Dr.)
Phillip Owens (Dr.)
Darrell Schulze (Dr.)
Gary Steinhardt (Dr.)

Soil Compaction
Gary Steinhardt (Dr.)

Soil Erosion, National Soil Erosion Research Laboratory
Chi-hua Huang (Dr.)/USDA/ARS
Darrell Norton (Dr.)/USDA/ARS
Douglas R. Smith (Dr.)/USDA/ARS
Gary Steinhardt (Dr.)
Diane Stott (Dr.)/USDA/ARS

Soil Fertility & Nutrient Management
Craig Beyrouty (Dr.)
Cale Bigelow (Dr.)
Sylvie Brouder (Dr.)

Brad Joern (Dr.)
George Van Scoyoc (Dr.)
Jeff Volenec (Dr.)
Tony Vyn (Dr.)
Jim Camberato (Dr.)

Soil Information Systems - Web page: Laboratory for Applications of Remote Sensing
Melba Crawford (Dr.)

Soil Microbiology & Biochemistry
Cindy Nakatsu (Dr.)
Diane Stott (Dr.)/USDA/ARS
Ron Turco (Dr.)

Soil Mineralogy
Cliff Johnston (Dr.)
Darrell Schulze (Dr.)

Soil Remediation
Craig Beyrouty (Dr.)
John Graveel (Dr.)
Linda Lee (Dr.)
Cindy Nakatsu (Dr.)
P. Suresh C. Rao (Dr.)
Paul Schwab (Dr.)
Ron Turco (Dr.)

Soil Teaching
John Graveel (Dr.)
William McFee (Dr.)
George VanScoyoc (Dr.)

Soil Testing
Sylvie Brouder (Dr.)
Brad Joern (Dr.)
Tony Vyn (Dr.)

Soil Physics
Eileen Kladivko (Dr.)
P. Suresh C. Rao (Dr.)

Sorghum
Gebisa Ejeta (Dr.)
Bob Nielsen (Dr.)

Soybeans
Sylvie Brouder (Dr.)
Scott Jackson (Dr.)
Karen Hudson (Dr.)
Allen LeRoy (Dr.)
Lee Schweitzer (Dr.)

Rick Vierling (Dr.)
Jim Vorst (Dr.)

Tony Vyn (Dr.)

Sustainable Agriculture
Eileen Kladivko (Dr.)
Lori J. Snyder (Dr.)
Jeff Volenec (Dr.) (forage management)
Tony Vyn (Dr.) (crop rotations and conservation tillage)

Turf - Web page:  Turf Home Page
Cale Bigelow (Dr.)
Yiwei Jiang, (Dr.)
Zac Reicher (Dr.)

Urban Land Use
Brad Joern (Dr.)
Brad Lee (Dr.)
Dev Niyogi (Dr.)

Watershed Hydrology
Laura Bowling (Dr.)
Dev Niyogi (Dr.)

Water Quality
Laura Bowling (Dr.)
Sylvie Brouder (Dr.)
Brad Joern (Dr.)

Eileen Kladivko (Dr.)
Douglas R. Smith (Dr.)
Ron Turco (Dr.)

Wheat
Chuck Mansfield (Dr.) (Vincennes, IN)
Herb Ohm (Dr.)

Also see the Extension directory for a complete list of extension personnel at: http://www.agry.purdue.edu/ext/staff-all.html