Faculty & Staff Directory

Office of the Director

• Wesley Autio, Director & Professor, 205 Paige Laboratory, (413) 545-2963, autio@umass.edu
• Barbara Miller, Assistant to the Director, 201 Paige Laboratory, (413) 545-1058, blmiller@umass.edu
• Carol Redmond, Administrative Assistant, 208 Paige Laboratory (Main Office), (413) 545-2222, cbredmond@umass.edu
• Nessim Watson, Director of Recruitment and Communication, 416 Paige Laboratory, (413) 545-2238, njwatson@umass.edu
• Elizabeth Wiernasz, Registrar, 211 Paige Laboratory, (413) 545-3305, wiernasz@cns.umass.edu

Associate of Science Academic Degree Program Coordinators

• Arboriculture & Community Forest Management
  Kristina Bezanson, 119 Holdsworth Hall, (413) 545-6626, kbezanson@umass.edu
• Landscape Contracting
  Michael Davidsohn, 230 Design Building, (413) 545-0969, davidsohn@larp.umass.edu
• Sustainable Food & Farming
• Jaime Piñero, 207 Fernald Hall, (413) 545-1031, jpinero@umass.edu
• Sustainable Food & Farming ONLINE
  Renee Ciulla, 204C Fernald Hall, (413) 687-1392, rciulla@umass.edu
• Sustainable Horticulture
  Mandy Bayer, 210 Bowditch Hall, abayer10@umass.edu
• Turfgrass Management
  Michelle DaCosta, 310 Paige Laboratory, (413) 545-2547, mdacosta@umass.edu

Bachelor of Science Academic Degree Advisors

• Horticultural Science
  Mandy Bayer, 210 Bowditch Hall, (413) 545-1059, abayer10@umass.edu
• Plant & Soil Sciences
  Susan Han, 102B Fernald Hall, (413) 545-5228, susanh@umass.edu
• Sustainable Food & Farming
  Sarah Berquist, 202 Bowditch Hall, (413) 588-2283, sbberqui@umass.edu
• Sustainable Food & Farming ONLINE
  Renee Ciulla, 204C Fernald Hall, (413) 687-1392, rciulla@umass.edu
• Turfgrass Science & Management
  J. Scott Ebdon, 415 Paige Laboratory, (413) 545-2506, sebdon@umass.edu

Faculty

• Wesley Autio, Director & Professor, Tree-fruit Horticulture, 205 Paige Laboratory, (413) 545-2963, autio@umass.edu
• Allen Barker, Professor, Plant & Soil Nutrition, 205 Bowditch Hall, (413) 545-4733, barker@umass.edu
• Mandy Bayer, Extension Assistant Professor, Sustainable Landscape Horticulture, 210 Bowditch Hall, abayer10@umass.edu
• Sarah Berquist, Lecturer, Sustainable Food & Farming, 202 Bowditch Hall, (413) 588-2283, sbberqui@umass.edu
• Prasanta Bhowmik, Professor, Weed Science, 18 Stockbridge Hall, (413) 545-5223, pbhowmik@umass.edu
• Amanda Brown, Lecturer, Sustainable Food & Farming, 102 Wysocki House, (413) 687-1158, amandabrown@umass.edu
• Nicole Burton, Lecturer, Agricultural Learning Center, 911 N Pleasant St, (413) 429-6544, ngburton@umass.edu
• Renee Ciulla, Lecturer, Sustainable Food & Farming, 204C Fernald Hall, (413) 687-1392, rciulla@umass.edu
• Daniel Cooley, Professor, Fruit Pathology, 418 Paige Laboratory, (413) 577-3803, dcooley@umass.edu
• Douglas Cox, Associate Professor, Greenhouse Crops, 104 Bowditch Hall, (413) 545-5214, dcox@umass.edu
• Michelle DaCosta, Associate Professor, Turfgrass Physiology, 310 Paige Laboratory, (413) 545-2547, mdacosta@umass.edu
• Om Parkash Dhankher, Professor, Molecular Biology, 318 Paige Laboratory, (413) 545-0062, parkash@umass.edu
• Lisa Depiano, Lecturer, Permaculture, 308 Bowditch Hall, (413) 545-1012, ldepiano@umass.edu
• J. Scott Ebdon, Professor, Turfgrass Agronomy, 415 Paige Laboratory, (413) 545-2506, sebdon@umass.edu
• John Gerber, Professor, Sustainable Food & Farming, 17 Stockbridge Hall, (413) 545-5301, jgerber@umass.edu
• Susan Han, Associate Professor, Greenhouse Crops/Postharvest Physiology, 102B Fernald Hall, (413) 545-5228, susanh@umass.edu
• Masoud Hashemi, Extension Professor, Sustainable Agriculture, 207 Bowditch Hall, (413) 545-1843, masoud@umass.edu
• Stephen Herbert, Professor, Sustainable Agriculture, 204A Bowditch Hall, (413) 545-2250, herbert@umass.edu
• Geunhwa Jung, Professor, Turfgrass Pathology, 206 Paige Laboratory, (413) 545-2243, jung@umass.edu
• Marco Keiluweit, Assistant Professor, Environmental Soil Science, 411 Paige Laboratory, (413) 545-6798, keiluweit@umass.edu
• Ashley Keiser, Assistant Professor, Soil & Ecosystem Ecology, 311 Paige Laboratory, (413) 577-1027, akeiser@umass.edu
• Olga Kostromytska, Extension Assistant Professor, Turfgrass Entomology, 208 Bowditch Hall, (413) 577-3997, okostromytsk@umass.edu
• Elsa Petit, Lecturer, Viticulture & Plant Pathology, 206 Bowditch Hall, (413) 545-5217, epetit@umass.edu
• Jaime Piñero, Extension Associate Professor, Fruit Entomology, 207 Fernald Hall, (413) 545-1031, jpinero@umass.edu
• Stephen Simkins, Associate Professor, Soil Microbiology, 20 Stockbridge Hall, (413) 545-5211, ssimkins@umass.edu
• John Stoffolano, Professor, Entomology, 204A Fernald Hall, (413) 545-1046, stoff@umass.edu
• Robert Wick, Professor, Plant Pathology/Diagnostics, 109 Fernald Hall, (413) 545-1045, rlwick@umass.edu
• Baoshan Xing, Professor, Environmental Soil Chemistry, 410 Paige Laboratory, (413) 545-5212, bx@umass.edu

Emeritus Faculty

• Lyle Craker, Emeritus Professor, 17 Stockbridge Hall, (413) 545-2347, craker@umass.edu
• Duane Greene, Professor, Fruit Physiology, 304 Bowditch Hall, (413) 545-5219, dgreene@umass.edu
• William Manning, Emeritus Professor, Clark Hall, (413) 545-2289, wmanning@umass.edu
• Frank Mangan, Extension Professor, Vegetable Crop Horticulture & Marketing, 416 Paige Laboratory, (413) 545-1178, fmangan@umass.edu
• Patricia Vittum, Emeritus Professor, 211 Agricultural Engin. Building, (413) 545-0268, pvittum@umass.edu

Adjunct Faculty

• Dula Amarasiriwardena, Professor of Chemistry, School of Natural Science, Hampshire College, Amherst, MA, (413) 559-5561, daNS@hampshire.edu, website
• Peter Jeranyama, Extension Associate Professor, Cranberry Station, (508) 295-2212 x29, peterj@umass.edu
• Nazim Mamedov, Adjunct Assistant Professor, 033 Stockbridge Hall, (413) 253-7267, mamedov@cas.umass.edu
• Justin Richardson, Assistant Professor, Department of GeoSciences, (413) 545-4840, JBRichardson@umass.edu
• Hilary Sandler, Director, Cranberry Station, (508) 295-2212 x21, hsandler@umass.edu
• Catherine Sands, Adjunct Lecturer; Director, Fertile Ground, (413) 268-7334, chsands@pubpol.umass.edu
• Mickey Spokas, Adjunct Assistant Professor, (413) 545-5215 mspokas@umass.edu
• Jason White, Head of the Department of Analytical Chemistry; Vice Director, The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station, 123 Huntington Street, P.O. Box 1106, New Haven, CT, (203) 974-8523, Jason.White@ct.gov