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Office of the Director
Baoshan Xing , Director & Professor, 205 Paige Laboratory, bx@umass.edu
Daniel Cooley , Associate Director and Professor, Fruit Pathology, 418 Paige Laboratory, (413) 577-3803, dcooley@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 Communication and Student Recruitment, (he/him), 315 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 , Extension Professor, Fruit Entomology, 207 Fernald Hall, (413) 545-1031, jpinero@umass.edu
Sustainable Food & Farming ONLINE Renee Ciulla , (she/her), 204C Fernald Hall, (413) 687-1392, rciulla@umass.edu
Sustainable Horticulture Mandy Bayer , (she/her), 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 , (she/her), 210 Bowditch Hall, (413) 545-1059, abayer10@umass.edu
Plant & Soil Sciences Michelle DaCosta , 310 Paige Laboratory, (413) 545-2547, mdacosta@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
Allen Barker , Professor, Plant & Soil Nutrition, 205 Bowditch Hall, (413) 545-4733, barker@umass.edu
Mandy Bayer , Extension Assistant Professor, Sustainable Landscape Horticulture, (she/her), 210 Bowditch Hall, abayer10@umass.edu
Sarah Berquist, Senior Lecturer, Sustainable Food & Farming, 202 Bowditch Hall, (413) 588-2283, sbberqui@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, (she/her), 204C Fernald Hall, (413) 687-1392, rciulla@umass.edu
Daniel Cooley , Associate Director and Professor, Fruit Pathology, 418 Paige Laboratory, (413) 577-3803, dcooley@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
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
Rachel Hestrin , Assistant Professor, Plant-Microbe Interactions, 416 Paige Laboratory, rhestrin@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 , Senior Lecturer, Viticulture & Plant Pathology, 206 Bowditch Hall, (413) 545-5217, epetit@umass.edu
Jaime Piñero , Extension 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
Baoshan Xing , Director & Professor, Environmental & Soil Chemistry, 205 Paige Laboratory, (413) 545-5212, bx@umass.edu
Retired Faculty
Wesley Autio , Emeritus Professor, Tree-Fruit Horticulture, 15 Stockbridge Hall, autio@umass.edu
Prasanta Bhowmik , Emeritus Professor, Weed Science, 18 Stockbridge Hall, (413) 545-5223, pbhowmik@umass.edu
Douglas Cox , Associate Professor, Greenhouse Crops, 104 Bowditch Hall, (413) 545-5214, dcox@umass.edu
Lyle Craker , Emeritus Professor, 17 Stockbridge Hall, craker@umass.edu
Duane Greene , Emeritus Professor, Fruit Physiology, 304 Bowditch Hall, (413) 545-5219, dgreene@umass.edu
Susan Han , Associate Professor, Greenhouse Crops/Postharvest Physiology, 102B Fernald Hall, (413) 545-5228, susanh@umass.edu
William Manning , Emeritus Professor, Clark Hall, wmanning@umass.edu
Frank Mangan , Emeritus Extension Professor, Vegetable Crop Horticulture & Marketing, 416 Paige Laboratory, fmangan@umass.edu
Robert Wick , Emeritus Professor, Plant Pathology/Diagnostics, 109 Fernald Hall, (413) 545-1045, rlwick@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
James Poro , Extension Instructor & Superintendent of Turf Research Center, (413) 665-4360, jporo@psis.umass.edu
Justin Richardson , Assistant Professor, Department of GeoSciences, (413) 545-4840, JBRichardson@umass.edu
Hilary Sandler , Cranberry Station Director, and Extension Professor, (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, Soil Science, (413) 545-5215 mickey.spokas@gmail.com
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
