Faculty & Staff
Many of our Crop and Soil Sciences department faculty and staff have submitted messages for you, our graduates. We are honored to have been a part of your academic path and thrilled with your achievements.
But this isn’t goodbye. Let’s stay in touch so that we can watch where your path leads and how you will grow the future!
Dr. Jeff Mullahey
Department Head
Dr. Deanna Osmond
Associate Department Head & Department Extension Leader
Dr. Charles Peacock
Director of Crop Science Graduate Programs
Dr. Steve Broome
Professor of Coastal Zone Restoration
Soil Science, 1967 (BS)
Soil Science, 1969 (MS)
Soil Science, 1973 (PhD)
Dr. Richard Cooper
Professor of Turfgrass Science
Dr. Keith Edmisten
Professor of Crop and Soil Science
Dr. Josh Heitman
Professor of Soil Physics & Hydrology
Dr. Amy Johnson
Assistant Professor, Agricultural Institute
Dr. Ramon Leon
Assistant Professor of Weed Biology and Ecology
Dr. Susana Milla-Lewis
Associate Professor of Turfgrass Breeding & Genetics
Dr. Matthew Ricker
Assistant Professor of Pedology & Land Use
Dr. Michelle Schroeder-Moreno
Professor of Agroecology
Drs. Rachel and Matthew Vann
Assistant Professor & Soybean Extension Specialist
Crop Science, 2015 (MS)
Crop Science, 2017 (PhD)
Assistant Professor of Tobacco Production & Management
Crop Science, 2011 (MS)
Crop Science, 2015 (PhD)
Dr. Michael Vepraskas
Professor of Wetland Soils and Pedology
Marilyn Davis
Housekeeping, Williams Hall
Brittany DesLauriers
Undergraduate Programs Specialist
Kathy Kelly
Executive Assistant