Experts

MSU Extension has several regional educators, statewide educators and affiliated members that work throughout Michigan. You can view the Point of Contact Map to find a local regional contact or connect with a statewide educator.

Field Crops Point of Contact

Published April 1, 2020

Eric Anderson

Soybean Educator
eander32@msu.edu
269-467-5511
Dean Baas

Sustainable Agriculture Educator
baasdean@msu.edu
269-467-5646
Erin Burns, Ph.D.

Assistant Prof. - Integrated weed management w/ emphasis on practices to mitigate the development and spread of herbicide-resistant weeds.
burnser5@msu.edu
517-353-0223
Kim Cassida, Ph.D.

Associate Professor/Extension Specialist - Forages & Cover Crops
cassida@msu.edu
517-353-0278
Madelyn Celovsky

Conservation Agronomist Educator
celovsk2@msu.edu
Christine Charles

Extension Educator
charl122@msu.edu
Martin Chilvers, Ph.D.

Associate Professor - Field Crop Pathology
chilvers@msu.edu
517-353-9967
Teresa Crook

Field Crops Educator
crookter@msu.edu
Christina Curell

Cover Crop and Soil Health Educator
curellc@msu.edu
231-745-2732
James DeDecker

Director - MSU Upper Peninsula Research and Extension Center
dedecke5@msu.edu
906-439-5176
Christina DiFonzo

Professor & Field Crops Entomologist
difonzo@msu.edu
517-353-5328
Younsuk Dong, Ph.D.

Irrigation Specialist
dongyoun@msu.edu
Jenna Falor

Field Crops Educator
falorjen@msu.edu
517-449-9055
Ehsan Ghane

Drainage Extension Specialist
ghane@msu.edu
Timothy Harrigan

Extension Specialist
harriga1@msu.edu
517-353-0767
Erin Hill, Ph.D.

Weed Science Diagnostician
hiller12@msu.edu
517-432-9693
Monica Jean

Field Crops Educator
atkinmon@msu.edu
989-224-5240
Philip Kaatz

Field Crops Educator
kaatz@msu.edu
Lyndon Kelley

Water Management and Irrigation Educator
kelleyl@msu.edu
269-467-5511
Steve Miller

Extension Irrigation Specialist
mill1229@msu.edu
517-353-4456
Dennis Pennington, M.S.

Wheat Systems Specialist
pennin34@msu.edu
Marisol Quintanilla

Assistant Professor and Extension Nematologist
marisol@msu.edu
517-884-2058
Nicolle Ritchie

Field Crops Agronomist Educator
ritchi67@msu.edu
Maninder Singh, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Cropping Systems Agronomy
msingh@msu.edu
517-353-0226
Rob Sirrine

Statewide leadership for hops education, outreach and research
sirrine@msu.edu
Christy Sprague, Ph.D.

Professor, Crops and Soils Sciences Program Director and Extension Specialist
sprague1@msu.edu
517-353-0224
Kurt Steinke, Ph.D.

Extension Specialist - Soil Science
ksteinke@msu.edu
Steve Whittington

Field Crops Extension Educator
whitti34@msu.edu
989-831-7509 (Extension Office)
David Wishowski

Sugarbeet Educator
wishowsk@msu.edu