Staff
Support Staff

Monica Brelsford
Research Associate

Clayton Edwards
Research Associate
Foundation Seed Program

Sarah Eilers
Program Lead
Master Gardeners

Erin Gunnink-Troth
Manager
Regional Pulse Crop Diagnostic Lab

Erik Hayes
Program Assistant
Montana State Seed Testing Lab
Linda Hebb
Post doctoral Researcher

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
Trey Johnson
Seed Analyst
Montana State Seed Testing Lab

Jeff Johnston
Research Associate
Plant Pathology - Soil borne diseases
Rachel Johnston
Research Associate
MSU Seed Potato Certification Program

Faye Jorgensen
Senior Seed Analyst
Montana State Seed Testing Lab

Jinling Kang
Research Associate
Oil Seed Genetics and Biotechnology

Andrew Lehnerz
Montana Seed Growers Association

Greg Lutgen
Research Associate
Barley Breeding Program

Bruce McMahon
Research Associate
Barley Breeding Program

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

Rebecca Papke
Program Manager
Montana Seed Growers Association

Alice Pilgeram
Research Associate
MSU Seed Potato Certification Program

Cahya Prihatna
Post-doctoral Researcher
Maria Purnamasari
Post Doctoral Researcher

Ron Ramsfield
Research Associate
Winter Wheat Breeding Program

Chloe Rice
Associate Extension Specialist
Anthropod Diagnostician
Anna Saum
Research Assistant II
MSU Seed Potato Certification Program
Jacob Schow
Research Assistant III
MSU Seed Potato Certification Program

Igor Shchepetkin
Post doctoral Researcher
Samuel Stryker
Entomology Museum Technician

Hannah Turner
Director
Barley Malt and Brewing Quality Lab

Heather Unverzagt
Manager
Montana Seed Growers Association
Jerid Vega
Entomology Collections Manager
jerid.vega@montana.edu

Bridget Westfall
Manager
Montana State Seed Testing Lab

Jessica Williams
Post-doctoral Researcher

Jianhui Zhang
Post-doctoral Researcher