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@cns.umass.edu
• Kim Graves, Administrative Assistant, 208 Paige Laboratory, (413) 545-2222, kmgraves@cns.umass.edu
• Elizabeth Wiernasz, Registrar, 211 Paige Laboratory, (413) 545-3305, wiernasz@cns.umass.edu
• Allie Thorpe, Communications Director, 102 Bowditch Hall, (413) 577-3102, abthorpe@umass.edu

Associate of Science Academic Degree Program Coordinators

• Arboriculture & Community Forest Management
  Brian Kane, 214 Holdsworth, (413) 545-6637, bkane@eco.umass.edu
• Equine Management
  Cassandra Uricchio, Hadley Farm, (413) 345-0183, curicchio@umass.edu
• Landscape Contracting
  Michael Davidsohn, 230 Design Building, (413) 545-0969, davidsohn@larp.umass.edu
• Sustainable Food & Farming
  Duane Greene, 304 Bowditch Hall, (413) 545-5219, dgreene@umass.edu
• Sustainable Food & Farming Online
  Renee Ciulla, 204C Fernald Hall, (413) 687-1392, rciulla@umass.edu
• Sustainable Horticulture
  Douglas Cox, 208 Bowditch Hall, (413) 545-5214, dcox@umass.edu
• Turfgrass Management
  Michelle DaCosta, 310 Paige Laboratory, (413) 545-2547, mdacosta@umass.edu

Bachelor of Science Academic Degree Program Coordinators

• Plant & Soil Sciences
  Susan Han, Fernald Hall, (413) 545-5228, susanh@umass.edu
• Sustainable Food & Farming
  John Gerber, 308 Bowditch Hall, (413) 545-5301, jgerber@umass.edu
• Horticultural Science
  Amanda Bayer, 210 Bowditch Hall, (413) 545-1059, abayer10@umass.edu
• Turfgrass Science & Management
  Scott Ebdon, 415 Paige Laboratory, (413) 545-2506, sebdon@umass.edu

Faculty

• Wesley Autio, Director & Professor, 205 Paige Laboratory, (413) 545-2963, autio@umass.edu
• Allen Barker, Professor, 205 Bowditch Hall, (413) 545-4733, barker@umass.edu
• Mandy Bayer, Extension Assistant Professor, 210 Bowditch Hall, abayer10@umass.edu
• Sarah Berquist, Lecturer, 202 Bowditch Hall, (413) 588-2283, sbberqui@umass.edu
• Prasanta Bhowmik, Professor, 18 Stockbridge Hall, (413) 545-5223, pbhowmik@umass.edu
• Amanda Brown, Lecturer, 102 Wysocki House, amandabrown@umass.edu
• Renee Ciulla, Lecturer, 204C Fernald Hall, (413) 687-1392, rciulla@umass.edu
• Daniel Cooley, Professor, 418 Paige Laboratory, (413) 577-3803, dcooley@umass.edu
• Douglas Cox, Associate Professor, 208 Bowditch Hall, (413) 545-5214, dcox@umass.edu
• Lyle Craker, Professor, 17 Stockbridge Hall, (413) 545-2347, craker@umass.edu
• Michelle DaCosta, Associate Professor, 310 Paige Laboratory, (413) 545-2547, mdacosta@umass.edu
• Scott Ebdon, Professor, 415 Paige Laboratory, (413) 545-2506, sebdon@umass.edu
• John Gerber, Professor, 308 Bowditch Hall, (413) 545-5301, jgerber@umass.edu
• Duane Greene, Professor, 304 Bowditch Hall, (413) 545-5219, dgreene@umass.edu
• Susan Han, Associate Professor, Fernald Hall, (413) 545-5228, susanh@umass.edu
• Masoud Hashemi, Extension Professor, 207 Bowditch Hall, (413) 545-1843, masoud@umass.edu
• Stephen Herbert, Professor, 204A Bowditch Hall, (413) 545-2250, herbert@umass.edu
• George Howe, Associate Professor, Stockbridge Hall, (413) 545-5552, grhowe@umass.edu
• Geunhwa Jung, Professor, 206 Paige Laboratory, (413) 545-2243, jung@umass.edu
• Marco Keiluweit, Assistant Professor, 411 Paige Laboratory, keiluweit@umass.edu
• Frank Mangan, Extension Professor, 416 Paige Laboratory, (413) 545-1178, fmangan@umass.edu
• William Manning, Emeritus Professor, Clark Hall, (413) 545-2289, wmanning@umass.edu
• Om Parkash Dhankher, Professor, 320 Paige Laboratory, (413) 545-0062, parkash@umass.edu
• Elsa Petit, Lecturer, 206 Bowditch Hall, (413) 545-5217, epetit@umass.edu
• Stephen Simkins, Associate Professor, 20 Stockbridge Hall, (413) 545-5211, ssimkins@umass.edu
• Jillianne Smith, Lecturer, Manor House, Hadley Farm, (781) 603-4521, jrsmith@umass.edu
• John Stoffolano, Professor, 204A Fernald Hall, (413) 545-1046, stoff@umass.edu
• Cassandra Uricchio, Lecturer, Manor House Hadley Farm, (413) 345-0183, curicchio@umass.edu
• Patricia Vittum, Professor, 211 Agricultural Engin. Building, (413) 545-0268, pvittum@umass.edu
• Robert Wick, Professor, 109 Fernald Hall, (413) 545-1045, rlwick@umass.edu
• Baoshan Xing, Professor, 410 Paige Laboratory, (413) 545-5212, bx@umass.edu

Adjunct Faculty

• Dula Amarasiriwardena, Professor of Chemistry, School of Natural Science, Hampshire College, Amherst, MA, (413) 559-5561, daNS@hampshire.edu, website
• Carolyn Demoranville, Extension Associate Professor, Cranberry Station, (508) 295-2212 x25, carolynd@umass.edu
• Peter Jeranyama, Extension Assistant Professor, Cranberry Station, (508) 295-2212 x29, peterj@umass.edu
• Nazim Mamedov, Adjunct Assistant Professor, (413) 545-2570, mamedov@cas.umass.edu
• Hilary Sandler, Extension Assistant Professor, 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, 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