Professional and Classified Staff
Jim Berg
Research Associate
Winter Wheat Breeding Program
Rachel Black
Program Manager
Montana State Seed Testing Lab
Nancy Blake
Research Associate
Spring Wheat Breeding Program
Monica Brelsford
Research Associate
Sue Brumfield
Research Associate
Virology Research
Nancy Cooke
DeAnna Crow
Katie Daughenbaugh
Research Associate
Veterinary Molecular Biology
katie.daughenbaugh@montana.edu
Irene Decker
Assistant to the Department Head Administrative Associate IV
Sarah Eilers
IPM Manager
Schutter Diagnostic Lab
Liz Elmore
Research Associate
Barley Breeding Program
Rebecca Evans
Program Coordinator
MSU Seed Potato Certification Program
Joseph Fenoglio
Research Associate
Regional Pulse Crops Diagnostic Lab
Jennifer Fulton Wirth
Postdoctoral Researcher
Virology
Bruna Irene Grimberg
Associate Research Professor
Erin Gunnink-Troth
Research Associate
Wheat Disease Lab
Hwa-Young Heo
Research Scientist
Spring Wheat Breeding
Andy Hogg
Research Associate
Small Grain Quality and Durum Breeding Program
Doug Holen
Manager
Montana Foundation Seed Program
Steve Hystad
Assistant Plant Pathologist
MSU Seed Potato Certification Program
Donna Ivie
Research Staff
Entomology
Anna Jesperson
Research Assistant II
MSU Seed Potato Certification Program
Jeff Johnston
Research Associate
Plant Pathology - Soil borne diseases
Faye Jorgensen
Senior Seed Analyst
Montana State Seed Testing Lab
Jinling Kang
Research Associate
Oil Seed Genetics and Biotechnology
Chris Kiel
Landscape Design Instructor
Derek Lewis
Research Associate
Pulse Crops Research
Huang Li
Post Doctoral Researcher
Oil Seed Genetics and Biotechnology
Karen Maroney
Cheryl Moore-Gough
Instructor of Plant Sciences with Gallatin College
Swarnalatha Moparthi
Post Doctoral Associate
Regional Pulse Crops Diagnostic Lab
GunNam Na
Research Associate
Oil Seed Genetics and Biotechnology
Deanna Nash
Manager
Cereal Quality Lab
Elaine Nichols
Research Assistant II
MSU Seed Potato Certification Program
Alanna Oiestad
Research Associate
Small Grain Quality and Durum Breeding Program
Richelle O'Leary
Seed Analyst
Montana State Seed Testing Lab
Ruth O'Neill
Research Associate
Entomology
Noelle Orloff
Research Associate
Schutter Diagnostic Lab
Kirsten Ostberg
Landscape Design Instructor
Dara Palmer
Program Lead
Master Gardeners
Lipi Parikh
Postdoctoral Researcher
Regional Pulse Crops Diagnostic Lab
Rebecca Papke
Program Manager
Montana Seed Growers Association
Alice Pilgeram
Research Associate
MSU Seed Potato Certification Program
James Pritchard
Landscape Design Instructor
Lessa Racow
Landscape Design Instructor
Ron Ramsfield
Research Associate
Winter Wheat Breeding Program
Emma Rice
Research Associate
Invasive Aquatic Plant Genetics
emma.rice@montana.edu
Jill Scarson
Administrative Associate III
Student Affairs Coordinator
Harvey TeSlaa
Research Assistant II
Cereal Quality Lab
Hannah Turner
Director
Barley Breeding Program
HeatherUnverzagt
Manager
Montana Seed Growers Association
Bridget Westfall
Manager
Montana State Seed Testing Lab
Hongtao Zhang
Research Scientist
Spring Wheat Breeding Program